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Asad Maroufi

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Ahmadi Moghaddam Y, Maroufi A, Zareei S, Irani M
Front Mol Biosci . 2023 Mar; 10:1098365. PMID: 36936983
Although the anti-cancer activity of ricin is well-known, its non-specific targeting challenges the development of ricin-derived medicines. In the present study, novel potential ribosome-inactivating fusion proteins (RIPs) were computationally engineered...
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Rostami Azar A, Maroufi A
Iran J Biotechnol . 2022 Jul; 20(1):e2607. PMID: 35891954
Background: Chinese liquorice (), an important medicinal plant, contains various valuable secondary metabolites. Secondary metabolites biosynthesis is very tightly regulated; therefore, elucidation and manipulation of the biosynthetic pathways are of...
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Ebrahimzadegan R, Maroufi A
Sci Rep . 2022 Feb; 12(1):1784. PMID: 35110618
Dragon's head plant (Lallemantia iberica), is a flowering species belongs to the mint family (Lamiaceae). The species contains valuable essential oils, mucilage and oil which are used in pharmaceutical and...
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Fathi E, Majdi M, Dastan D, Maroufi A
Plant Physiol Biochem . 2019 Jul; 142:43-52. PMID: 31272034
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a medicinal plant from the Asteracea which biosynthesize different secondary metabolites especially terpenes and phenylpropanoids. To improve our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms behind the biosynthesis...
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Salimi V, Maroufi A, Majdi M
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) . 2018 Dec; 64(14):89-95. PMID: 30511627
Digitalis nervosa is an important medicinal plant species belonging to the family of Scrophulariaceae that has the potential to be used for heart failure. 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) is a key...
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Maroufi A, Karimi M, Mehdikhanlou K, Loose M
3 Biotech . 2018 Aug; 8(8):349. PMID: 30073134
Chicory capable of synthesizing long-chain inulin is of great interest. During the growing season, the sucrose-sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase (1-SST) activity is vital for production of long-chain inulin in chicory. With the...
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Majdi M, Malekzadeh-Mashhady A, Maroufi A, Crocoll C
Plant Physiol Biochem . 2017 Apr; 115:152-162. PMID: 28365519
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) is known to produce a variety of phenolic monoterpenes such as thymol and carvacrol. Thymol and carvacrol are health-promoting, biocide and antitoxin compounds and have been...
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Majdi M, Abdollahi M, Maroufi A
Plant Cell Rep . 2015 Jul; 34(11):1909-18. PMID: 26183953
Up-regulation of germacrene A synthase and down-regulation of parthenolide hydroxylase genes play key role in parthenolide accumulation of feverfew plants treated with methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid. Parthenolide is an...
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Maroufi A, Van Bockstaele E, Loose M
BMC Mol Biol . 2010 Feb; 11:15. PMID: 20156357
Background: Quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is a sensitive technique for quantifying gene expression levels. One or more appropriate reference genes must be selected to accurately compare...