Volume 17 No. 4 July – August, 2012

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

Cover: The Bucharest University Building

1.	L BĂDESCU, OANA BĂDULESCU, MAGDA BĂDESCU, MANUELA CIOCOIU Natural polyphenols improve the dislipidemy and eye complications in the experimental diabetes mellitus	……………	7397
2.	SERAP DERMAN, KADRIYE KIZILBEY, BANU MANSUROGLU, ZEYNEP MUSTAFAEVA Poly(N-Vinyl-2-Pyrrolidone-co-Acrylic Acid)- Bovine Serum Albumin Complex Formation Studied by HPLC and UV/Vis Spectroscopy	……………	7408
3.	BURULEANU CLAUDIA LAVINIA, IULIANA MANEA, MAGDA GABRIELA BRATU, DANIELA AVRAM, CARMEN LEANE NICOLESCU Evaluation of the cabbage and cucumber juices as substrate for Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5	……………	7418
4.	A.I. GALACTION, M. POSTARU, D. CAşCAVAL Kinetic study on reactive extraction of propionic acid with tri-n-octylamine	……………	7430
5.	H.S. HAMDY AND E. M. FAWZY Economic production of tannase by Aspergillus niger van tiegh adopting different fermentation protocols and possible applications	……………	7441
6.	ALIYU, A.B., IBRAHIM, M.A., IBRAHIM, H., MUSA, A.M., LAWAL, A.Y. OSHANIMI, J.A., USMAN, M., ABDULKADIR, I.E., OYEWALE, A.O., AMUPITAN, J.O. Free radical scavenging and total antioxidant capacity of methanol extract of Ethulia conyzoides growing in Nigeria	……………	7458
7.	M. SOLEIMANI AGHDAM, M.R. ASGHARI, H. MORADBEYGI, N. MOHAMMADKHANI, M. MOHAYEJI, J. REZAPOUR-FARD Effect of postharvest salicylic acid treatment on reducing chilling injury in tomato fruit	……………	7466
8.	ANCA FRATILA, VALENTIN OLEKSIK, CORNEL BOITOR, ADRIAN PASCU, BOGDAN PIRVU Numerical study about the strain analysis and the marginal design of dental indirect restorations	……………	7474
9.	CLAUDIA SALA, ADRIANA MORAR, OLIMPIA COLIBAR, ATTILA ALEXANDRU MORVAY Antibiotic resistance of gram negative bacteria isolated from meat surface biofilm	……………	7483
10.	VELICEVICI GIANCARLA, MADOŞĂ EMILIAN, ŞUMĂLAN RADU, CIULCA SORIN, POPESCU SORINA,PETOLESCU CERASELA, The use of RAPD and ISSR markers for genetic diversity among some barley cultivars	……………	7493
11.	MUHAMMAD SHAHID NADEEM, HABIB AHMAD, BIBI NAZIA MURTAZA AND ABDUL RAUF cDNA Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence Analysis and Characterization of Bubalus bubalis Heart Mitochondrial Malate Dehydrogenase	……………	7504
12.	ADRIANA STAN, CRISTINA DRAGOMIR, DANIELA TUDOR, LORAND SAVU, EMILIA SEVERIN The utility of molecular techniques for better prenatal diagnosis services in Romania	……………	7515
13.	ELENA COJOCARU, CRISTIAN COJOCARU, BEATRICE IRINA SARAMET, DANIELA DICULENCU Identification Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using an immunochromatographic test Running title: A useful test for M. tuberculosis identification	……………	7525
14.	VENKATESH CHATURVEDI, ASHOK KUMAR Optimization of protein extraction protocol for 2D PAGE analysis of biofilm forming strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	……………	7529
15.	REDA RIMAVIČIŪTĖ, IRENA DUMALAKIENĖ, RITA VILIENĖ, RITA MEŠKIENĖ, ROLANDAS MEŠKYS Construction of a DNA vector system for Mycoplasma gallinarum	……………	7533
16.	XIAO-YUN WU, HAI-TAO DING, LI-PING KE, YUE-YONG XIN, XIAO-FEI CHENG Characterization of an acid-resistant glucose 1-dehydrogenase from Bacillus cereus var. mycoides	……………	7540
17.	POON KOK SIONG, SADEGH MOHAJERand ROSNA MAT TAHA Production of Artificial seeds derived from encapsulated in vitro micro shoots of cauliflower, Brassica oleracea var. botrytis	……………	7357