Publications by authors named "B Indu"

Sporulene, a pentacyclic triterpenoid, was discovered in Bacillus subtilis and is associated with bacterial endospores. However, the study was not further extended, leaving a trail of questions. One such question is what diversity of sporulenes exists among spore-forming members? Considering the sporulene biosynthesis pathway as a fundamental tool to survey the distribution of this molecule, a genome mining study was conducted.

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The caprine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from fetal adnexa are highly proliferative. These cells possess tri-lineage differentiation potential and express MSC surface antigens and pluripotency markers with a wound-healing potential. This present study was conducted to compare the immunomodulatory potential of caprine MSCs derived from the fetal adnexa.

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Models using in vitro produced buffalo embryos and in vitro cultured uterine epithelial cells (UECs) may be useful in understanding the intricacies of embryo-uterine cross talk. In the present study, buffalo UECs were obtained from slaughterhouse derived non-gravid uterus. UECs monolayer was treated with steroids (10pg/ml estradiol for 24h and 3.

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Our major concern was to address "yeast endobacteria" which was based on a few reports in the recent past where bacteria may find yeast as a niche for survival. In this study, we report the microbiota of twenty-nine axenic yeast cultures recovered from different habitats based on their 16S rRNA gene-amplicon metagenomes. Yeasts were identified based on D1/D2 or ITS gene sequences.

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