Association of Dietary Pattern during Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study in Northern China.

Objective: To examine the association of maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in northern China.

Methods: The dietary intakes of pregnant women were recorded twice by 24-hour dietary recalls for three days prior to having been diagnosed with GDM, at 5-15 and 24-28 gestational weeks, respectively. GDM was diagnosed, and serum glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was measured at 24-28 weeks.

Genomic sequence, organization and characteristics of a new nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from Clanis bilineata larva.

Background: Baculoviruses are well known for their potential as biological agents for controlling agricultural and forest pests. They are also widely used as expression vectors in molecular cloning studies. The genome sequences of 48 baculoviruses are currently available in NCBI databases.

[Extraction of mitochondrial DNA of Tilletia indica Mitra and application of the ATP6 gene on fungal phylogenetic analysis].

Tilletia indica Mitra, an important pest around the world which is the causative agent of Karnal Bunt of wheat, was very close to Tilletia walkeri phylogenetically and morphologically. 69.6 ng mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of Tilletia indica obtained from 6.