ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Vol. 63, No. 3, 2011
CONTENTS
Scientific Papers
Isidora Petrovic, Nataša Kovacevic-Grujicic, Jelena Popovic, A. Krstic, Milena Milivojevic,
and Milena Stevanovic
Members of the CREB/ATF nad AP1 family of transcription factors are involved in the
regulation of SOX18 gene expression ..................................................................................................................................... 517
G. Brajuškovic, Milica Strnad, Snežana Cerovic, and Stanka Romac
Programmed cell death proteins and chronic leukemia ......................................................................................................... 527
Ersin Minareci, Bülent Ergönül, Hüsniye Kayalar, and Fatih Kalyoncu
Chemical compositions and antioxidant activities of five endemic Asperula taxa............................................................ 537
Sevki Arslan, Ozden Ozgun, Gurbet Celik, Asli Semiz, Olcay Dusen, Ramazan Mammadov,
and Alaatin Sen
Effects of Cyclamen trochopteranthum on hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes ............................................................. 545
J. A. López-Elías, E. Esque-Miranda, M. Martíez-Porchas, María C. Garza-Aguirre, Martha Rivas-Vega,
and Nolberta Huerta-Aldaz
The effect of inoculation time and inoculum concentration on the productive response of
Tetraselmis chuii (Butcher, 1958) mass cultured in F/2 and F/3 media .............................................................................. 557
S. F. Nabavi, S. M. Nabavi, M. A. Ebrahimzadeh, S. H. Eslami, N. Jafari,
and A. Hajizadeh Moghaddam
The protective effect of curcumin against sodium fluoride-induced oxidative stress in rat heart ............................... .563
Vesna Peric-Mataruga, Marija Mrdakovic, Milena Vlahovic, Larisa Ilijin, Milena Jankovic-Tomanic,
D. Mircic, and Vera Nenadovic
Biogenic amines in protocerebral A2 neurosecretory neurons of Lymantria dispar
L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) – response to trophic stress. ............................................................................................. 571
Iva Lakic, P. Vujovic, N. Jasnic, S. Ðuraševic, P. Ristic, and Gordana Cvijic
Vaspressin modulates hypothalamo-pituitary activity by paracrine action during acute
and chronic immobilization stress in rats ............................................................................................................................... 579
Iva Lakic, Tamara Drenca, Jelena Ðordevic, P. Vujovic, N. Jasnic, S. Ðuraševic,
Sladana Dronjak-Cucakovic, and Gordana Cvijic
Novel acute stressor effects on interscapular brown adipose tissue sympathetic inervation and
UCP-1 content in chronically isolated and spontaneously hypertensive rats ................................................................ 589
Nataša Spasojevic, P. Jovanovic, Vera Spasojevic-Tišma, N. Ðelic, and Sladana Dronjak
Differential in vivo regulation of TH and DBH mRNA in rat atria by maprotiline and fluoxetine ................................. 597
B. Spremo-Potparevic, L. Živkovic, B. Plecas-Solarovic, and V. P. Bajic
Chromosome instability in Alzheimer’s disease.................................................................................................................... 603
D. Loncar, S. Jankovic, D. Milovanovic, Olivera Miloševic-Ðordevic, M. Stojadinovic, and S. Loncar
Non-invasive screening – the probability of events ............................................................................................................ 609
Svetlana Miletic, Gordana Toncev, Jasna Jevdic, B. Jovanovic, and D. Canovic
Fatigue and depression in multiple sclerosis: correlation with quality of life .................................................................. 617
Fan Yang, Jie Wang, Chunxi Liu, Xiaochen Xu, Wenjiun Li, Zhihua Xia, and Jianbo Xiao
Pb2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Mg2+, and Mn2+ reduce the affinities of flavone, genistein and kaempferol
for human serum albumin in vitro ........................................................................................................................................... 623
S. Putnik, D. Savic, M. Matkovic, Z. Gluvic, Milena Lackovic, G. Ilic, and G. Milašinovic
Is cardiac venous anatomy a crucial factor in maximizing the response to cardiac resynchronisation
therapy?....................................................................................................................................................................................... 635
D. Kachlik, M. Konarik, and P. Hajek
A case of double variant of the arterial system in the upper extremity:
arteria brachialis accessoria et arteria comitans nervi mediani............................................................................................ 641
Biljana Jekic, Vera Bunjevacki, Valerija Dobricic, Ivana Novakovic, Jelena Milašin,
Branka Popovic, Tatjana Damjanovic, Nela Maksimovic, V. Perovic, and Ljliljana Lukovic
NPM1 gene mutations in children with myelodysplastic syndromes ............................................................................... 649
Ana Vuleta, Sanja Manitaševic-Jovanovic, and Branka Tucic
Pattern of plasticity to irradiance levels and genotypic correlations between structural
and physiological leaf traits in Iris pumila ............................................................................................................................. 655
Tariq Mahmood, Nadia Hassan, Nazia Nazar, and Ishrat Naveed
Phylogenetic analysis of different Artemisia species based on chloroplast gene rps11 ............................................... 661
Manoj Kumar-Mishra, Sandhyarani Nishani, and Jayarama
Molecular identification and genetic relationships among coffee species (Coffea L.)
inferred from ISSR and SRAP marker analyses ..................................................................................................................... 667
Ž. D. Popovic, Jelena Purac, Danijela Kojic, Elvira L. Palmer,
M. R. Worland, D. P. Blagojevic,
and Gordana Grubor-Lajšic
LEA protein expression during cold-induced dehydration in the Arctic collembola Megaphorura arctica ............... 681
Yenner Tekeli, Gokhan Zengin, Abdurrahman Aktumsek, Mehmet Sezgin, and Emrah Tolak
Antibacterial activities of extracts from twelve Centaurea species from Turkey ............................................................. 685
M. Zia-Ul-Haq, Mansoor Ahmad, Mehjabeen, Noor Jehan, Shakeel Ahmad, Mughal Qayum,
and Inamullah Khan Marwat
Antimicrobial screening of selected flora of Pakistan ......................................................................................................... 691
A. Pavic, S Stankovic, and Žaklina Marjanovic
Biochemical characterization of a sphingomonad isolate from the ascocarp of white truffle
(Tuber magnatum Pico) ............................................................................................................................................................ 697
Mahbobeh Sharifi, Mohammad Ghadamyari, Maryam Mahdavi Moghadam, and Fetemeh Saiidi
Biochemical characterization of digestive carbohydrases from Xanthogaleruca luteola and
inhibition of its a–amylase by inhibitors extracted from the common bean ..................................................................... 705
Fan Yang, Zhiwei Yang, and Jianbo Xiao
Radical scavenging activity of crude polysaccharides from Camellia sinensis ............................................................... 717
Mehmet Demir Kaya, Suay Bayramin, Gamze Kaya, and Oguzhan Uzun
Seed vigor and ion toxicity in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) seedlings produced by various
seed sizes under NaCl stress ................................................................................................................................................... 723
B. Lorestani, M. Cheraghi, and N. Yousefi
Accumulation of Pb, Fe, Mn, Cu, and Zn in plants and choice of hyperaccumulator plant
in the industrial town of Vian, Iran .......................................................................................................................................... 739
K. M. Asaduzzaman, M. Habibur Rahman, and Tanzima Yeasmin
Purifcation and characterization of acid phosphatase from germinating black gram
(Vigna mungo L.) sedling ......................................................................................................................................................... 747
Muhammad Aasim, Nurdan Sahin-Demirbag, Khalid Mahmood Khawar,
Hayrettin Kendir,
and Sebahattin Özcan
Direct axillary shoot regeneration from the mature seed explant of the hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) ..................... 757
Chrisoula B. Pirini, Vasiliki Karagiannakidou, and Savvas Charitonidis
Abundance, diversity and distribution of macrophyte communities
in neighboring lakes of different trophic states and morphology in north-central Greece............................................. 763
R. Dekic, Svjetlana Lolic, R. Gnjato, G. Trbic, O. Gnjato, and A. Ivanc
Indicators of the environmental state of the Bilecko Jezero Lake ...................................................................................... 775
Naser Jafari, Saiad Mohamad Nabavi, and Moslem Akhavan
Ecological investigation of zooplankton abundance in the river Haraz,
northeast Iran: impact of environmental variables ............................................................................................................... 785
Kang Xiaoshan, Pan Borong, Duan Shimin, Shi Wei, and Zhang Yongzhii
The reproductive biology of Calligonum L. in relation to ex situ conservation in a botanical garden......................... 799
Z. Galic, S. Orlovic, Verica Vasic, Vladislava Galovic, Bojana Klašnja, D. Stojanovic, and Violeta Babic
Phytocoenological characteristics in poplar plantations in the protected region
of the central Danube basin .................................................................................................................................................... 811
Dragana Milijaševic, Ana Milanovic, Jovana Brankov, and M. Radovanovic
Water quality assessment of the Borska Reka River using the WPI (water pollution index) method ......................... 819
V. Ducic, B. Milovanovic, and S. Ðurdic
Identification of recent factors that affect the formation of the upper tree line in eastern Serbia................................. 825
Dragica Vilotic, Mirjana Šijacic-Nikolic, Danijela Miljkovic, Mirjana Ocokoljic, and M. Rebic
Comparative analysis of the anatomical structure of heartwood and sapwood selected
Gymnocladus canadensis Lam. trees in Srpska Crnja, Serbia ............................................................................................. 831
Benhim Salimi, Iraj Mobedi, Adel Haghighi Khiabanian, and Mehdi Soltani
On the diversity of leeches (Annelida, Hirudina) in the fresh waters of Kurdistan Province, Iran .............................. 837
B. M. Mitic, S. E. Makarov, B. S. Ilic, D. Z. Stojanovic, and B. P. M. Curcic
Cases of trunk segmental anomalies in the geophilomorph centipedes Clinopodes flavidus C. L. Koch
and Clinopodes trebevicensis (Verhoeff) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) ......................................................................... 841
B. P. M. Curcic, B. S. Ilic, T. Rađa, S. E. Makarov, V. T. Tomic, and R. N. Dimitrijevic
On two new cave-dwelling and relict pseudoscorpions of the genus Chthonius C. L. Koch
(Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones) from Bosnia .................................................................................................................... 847
B. P. M. Curcic, S. B. Curcic, Nina B. Curcic, T. Rada, and R. N. Dimitrijevic
On two new pseudoscorpions from Herzegovina ................................................................................................................ 855
Hassan Ghahari, Jian Huang, and Shaaban Abd-Rabou
A contribution to the Encarsia and Eretmocerus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) sšecies from the
Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve and vicinity, north-western Iran .........................................................................................867
Mariya Yovkova, and Olivera Petrovic-Obradovic
Tinocallis kahawaloukalani (Kirkaldy, 1907) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) – a new invasive species in Bulgaria .............. 879
Aleksandra Vesic, Jelena Blažencic, and M. Stankovic
Charophytes (Charophyta) in the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve, Serbia ................................................................... 883
Mehrdad Jafarpour, Alireza Jalizand, and Shahin Eghbalsaied
High fiber media as the most efficient substrates for Pleurotus florida culture ............................................................... 889
Milica Ljaljevic-Grbic, M. Stupar, Jelena Vukojevic, amd D. Grubišic
In vitro antifungal and demelanizing activity of Nepeta rtanjensis essential oil against the
human pathogen Bipolaris spicifera ....................................................................................................................................... 897
Huijun Dong, Junyun Jiang, Tongshun Yan, and Junjie Zhao
Optimization of cyclosporine a production by Beauveria nivea in continuous fed-batch fermentation ..................... 907