ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Vol. 62, No. 2, 2010

CONTENTS

Scientific Papers

Milena Milivojević, Gordana Nikčević, Nataša Kovačević-Grujičić, A. Krstić, Marija Mojsin, Danijela Drakulić, and Milena Stevanović
Involvement of ubiquitous and tale transcription factors, as well as liganded RXRα, in the regulation of human SOX2 gene expression in the
NT2/D1 embryonal carcinoma cell line  .........................................................................................................................................................................................................199

Nada Kraguljac Kurtović, Milena Krajnović, B. Dimitrijević, Biljana Mihaljević, Mirjana Gotić, and Koviljka Krtolica
Frequency of aberrant promoter methylation of P15INK4B and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase genes in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma:
a pilot study .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................  211

Vesna Spasovski, Nataša Tošić, Tatjana Kostić, Branka Zukić, Maja Stojiljković, Milica Čolović, and Sonja Pavlović
The role of FASR/FASL system in pathogenesis of myeloproliferative neoplasms ...........................................................................................................................  223

M. Kojić, Jelena Lozo, B. Jovčić, Ivana Strahinjić, Đ. Fira, and L. Topisirović
A successful use of a new shuttle cloning vector PA13 for the cloning of the bacteriocins BACSJ and acidocin 8912  .............................................................. 231

Chunxiao Ji, Heng Ma, and Fenglian Ren
The roles of p38MAPK and caspase-3 in dads-induced apoptosis in human HepG2 cells ...............................................................................................................  245

Z. Abu Rabi, M. Markićević, Tijana Vujasinović, Silvana Lukić, Ljiljana Stamatović, and Dragica Nikolić-Vukosavljević
Early and late tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer ................................................................................................................................................................................  249

Vesna Mandušić, D. Popov-Čeleketić, Zora Nešković-Konstantinović, Ksenija Kanjer, Ana Božović, and Dragica Nikolić-Vukosavljević
Levels of estrogen receptor B splice variant (ERBΔ5) mRNA correlates with progesterone receptor in breast carcinomas ........................................................  257

Sanja Soskić, Aleksandra Stanković, Tamara Đurić, Maja Živković, P. Ristić, Z. Andjelković, Mirjana Šumarac-Dumanović, and D. Alavantić
PRO12ALA gene polymorphism in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma as a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus
in the Serbian population ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 263

N. Mitić and Miroslava Janković
Activity profile of the CA125 antigen towards human red blood cells ..................................................................................................................................................  271

B. M. Mitić, V. T. Tomić, S. E. Makarov, B. S. Ilić, and B. P. M. Ćurčić
On the appendage regeneration of Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus (Latzel) (Chilopoda: Lithobiidae) ...........................................................................................  281

Nataša Popović and Snežana B. Pajović
Lithium modulates the chronic stress-induced effect on blood glucose level of male rats ................................................................................................................  289

Dragoslava Živadinović and M. Nikčević
Kinetic properties of lactate dehydrogenase from trout muscle .............................................................................................................................................................  297

Svetlana Grdović, Gordana Vitorović, Branislava Mitrović, V. Andrić, B. Petrujkić, and M. Obradović
Natural and anthropogenic radioactivity of feedstuffs, mosses and soil in Belgrade environment, Serbia ....................................................................................  301

Reza Jafari, Shila Goldasteh, and Shahram Afrogheh
Control of the wax moth Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by the male sterile technique (MST) ...........................................................................  309

Bojana Banović, Jovanka Miljuš-Đukić, M. Konstantinović, and Vesna Maksimović
A search of Brassica SI-involved orthologs in buckwheat leads to novel buckwheat sequence identification: MLPK possibly involved in SI response .... 315

Hatice Boke, Belma Aslim, and Gulcin Alp
The role resistance to bile salts and acid tolerance of exopolysaccharides (EPSS) produced by yogurt starter bacteria  ............................................................ 323

A. Lučić, Snežana Mladenović-Drinić, N. Stavretović, V. Isajev, Vera Lavadinović, L. Rakonjac, and Marijana Novaković
Genetic diversity of Austrian pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) populations in Serbia revealed by RAPD ...............................................................................................  329

Suzana Pavlović, Branka Vinterhalter, Nevena Mitić, S. Adžić, N. Pavlović, M. Zdravković, and D. Vinterhalter
In vitro shoot regeneration from seedling explats in Brassica vegetables: red cabbage, broccoli, savoy cabbage and cauliflower .........................................  337

Vesna Rajković, Milica Matavulj, and D. Vučković
The effects of chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields on thyroid parafollicular cells in rats .....................................................................................................  347

S. Hristovski and L. Melovski
Radial patterns of 13 elements in the tree rings of beech trees from Mavrovo National Park, FYROM ..........................................................................................  351

Zorica Tomić, Zorica Bijedić, Dragica Vilotić, and D. P. Gačić
Phytocenological research into the meadow associations on forest hunting grounds of Serbia .....................................................................................................  363

Aneta Sabovljević, M. Sabovljević, and D. Grubišić
Gibberelin influence on the morphogenesis of the moss Bryum argenteum Hedw. in in vitro conditions ....................................................................................  373

M. Veljić, Ana Ćirić, Marina Soković, P. Janaćković, and P. D. Marin
Antibacterial and antifungal activity of the liverwort (Ptilidium pulcherrimum) methanol extract ................................................................................................  381

Diane Harshaw, Lutfun Nahar, Brahmachari Vadla, Gadria M. Saif-E-Naser, and Satyajit D. Sarker
Bioactivity of Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae) .................................................................................................................................................................................  387

Khalisanni Khalid and Lee Hung Kiong
Screening of some Malay medicated oils for antimicrobial activity ......................................................................................................................................................  393

Ashok Kumar, Lakshman, K., Jayaveera, K. N., Sheshardi Shekar, D., and C. Vivek
Antinociceptive and antipyretic activities of Amaranthus viridis Linn. in different experimental models  .................................................................................... 397

M. Đekić-Ivanković, K. Šavikin, G. Zdunić, J. Debeljak-Martačić, J. Tepšić, T. Popović, V. Vučić, A. Konić-Ristić, and Marija Glibetić
The effects of a new plant mixture on lipid levels in patients with metabolic sindrome ....................................................................................................................  403

M. Medarević, S. Branković, D. Pantić, and Snežana Obradović
Effects of the control method (Goč variety) in forest management in western Serbia .......................................................................................................................  407

M. Radovanović
Forest fires in Europe from July 22-25, 2009 .............................................................................................................................................................................................  419

V. Ivetić, V. Isajev, N. Stavretović, and Snežana Mladenović-Drinić
Implementation of Monmonier’s algorithm of maximum differences for the regionalization of forest tree populations as
a basis for the selection of seed sources   ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 425

Milena Kataranovski, Lidija Zolotarevski, Sandra Belij, Ivana Mirkov, Jelena Stošić, Aleksandra Popov, and D. Kataranovski
First record of Calodinum hepaticum and Taenia taeniaeformis liver infection in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Serbia  ..................................... 431

P. Glöer and V. Pešić
The freshwater snails of the genus Bythinella Moquin-Tandon (Gastropoda: Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae) from Montenegro .................................................  441

Osman Seyyar, Hakan Demir, and Metin Aktaş
A new species and two new records of the genus Zelotes Gistel, 1848 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Turkey  .......................................................................... 449

†M. Brajković, L. Stanisavljević, Z. Nikolić, S. B. Ćurčić, Ivana Živić, and D. Stojanović
Male genitalia of the species of the subfamily Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their importance in taxonomy ................................................... 455

†M. Brajković, Z. Nikolić, S. B. Ćurčić, Ivana Živić, and D. Stojanović
Morphological changes of the ovipositor in species of Cheloninae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the course of adaptation to egg-larval parasitism ...... 469

S. D. Covaciu-Marcov, A. Ş. Cicort-Lucaciu, I. Sas, Diana Cupşa, Eva H. Kovács, and Sára Ferenţi
Food composition of some low altitude Lissotriton montandoni (Amphibia, Caudata) populations from North-Western Romania .....................................  479

Kornélia Kurucz, Heléna Kallenberger, Csilla Szigeti, and J. J. Purger
Survival probabilities of first and second clutches of blackbird (Turdus merula) in an urban environment ...............................................................................  489

B. P. M. Ćurčić, R. N. Dimitrijević, T. Radja, Nina B. Ćurčić, and M. Milinčić
Chthonius (Chthonius) onaei n. sp. (Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones), a new epigean species from Croatia ............................................................................ 495

B. P. M. Ćurčić, T. Radja, S. B. Ćurčić, and Nina B. Ćurčić
On Roncus almissae n. sp., R. krupanjensis n. sp., and R. radji n. sp., three new pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae)
from Croatia and Serbia, respectively  ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 501

In Memoriam

L. Topisirović
Academician Dušan T. Kanazir ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 509

Ž. Tomanović
Prof. Dr. Miloje Brajković ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 511

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