Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences articles from April 2005

Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences archives from April 2005

Ethnicity influences the distribution of cytochrome P450 3a4 gene polymorphism.
April 1, 2005... CYP3A4, a member of CYP3A family, exhibits an interindividual variation in the level of gene expression and enzyme production. It is hypothesized that such variations in the level of gene expression are caused by polymorphisms within the...

Effect of an acid hydrolyzate of southern pine softwood on the growth and fermentation ability of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
April 1, 2005... An alternative energy source could come from microbial fermentation of the sugars present in acid hydrolyzates derived from agricultural biomass. The fermenting microbes must be tolerant of acidic conditions and able to ferment sugars present...

The historical distribution of prairies in the Jackson Prairie Belt and in western Mississippi.
April 1, 2005... Blackland prairie was once found in two regions of Mississippi, the Black Belt and the Jackson Prairie Belt. The latter is located on the Jackson Formation and stretches from central Yazoo County across the center of the state to the border of...

President's column.(Editorial)
April 1, 2005... It was an honor and a privilege to preside over the 69th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, which was held at the Oxford Conference Center in Oxford, Mississippi, February 17-18, 2005. This meeting celebrated the 75th...

Mississippi Junior Academy of Science.
April 1, 2005... http://www.mjas.org/ 2005 MJAS Competition Report The annual MJAS competition was held on February 11, 2005, at the Hinds Community College--Raymond Campus. Dr. Robert A. Thomas, a biologist from Loyola University-New Orleans, gave the...

Photographs from the 69th Annual Meeting of the Missississippi Academy of Sciences: February 2005--Oxford, Mississippi.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 1, 2005... Posters are a popular way to present research. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Charles Swann, MAS Executive Officer, discusses earthquake hazzards in Mississippi. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sarah Lea McGuire,...

Agriculture and Plant Sciences.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2005... The 2005 meeting was a great success. There was a record number of oral as well as poster presentations. In all there were 25 presentations, 13 oral and 12 poster. All the students who made oral or poster presentations were awarded cash prizes...

Mississippi Academy of Sciences: sixty-ninth Annual Meeting--February 2005; Late and corrected abstracts.
April 1, 2005... Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF COTTON FILLER PROTEINS AT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES Meng-Hsuan Ho and Din-Pow Ma, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 Cotton fibers are...