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Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences since 1997
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Volume 37, No. 2, 2000
Research Articles
Characterization of a-galactosidase in abaxial and adaxial regions from cotyledons of Lupinus luteus L. (Family: Fabaceae)

Rehana Asghar and Darleen A. DeMason


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Evaluation of physiological indices as a screening technique for drought resistance in oilseed rape
B. Paseban-Islam, M.R. Shakiba, M.R. Neyshabouri, M. Moghaddam and M.R. Ahmadi

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Cadmium resistant yeast from industrial effluents: Role in environmental cleanup
Abdul Rauf Shakoori, Shaista Jabeen, Farah R. Shakoori, Naila Dar , Rizwan-ul-Haq and Anwar Nasim

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Microscopy of as-received and used ceramic foam filters
Rafiq Ahmad and Robert Ian Marshall

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Antihepatotoxic effects of Butea monosperma flowers against liver damage induced by paracetamol and carbon tetrachloride
M.S. Akhtar, A.R. Asif and M.A. Sheikh

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BscA1, isolated from Bacillus schlegelii, is an isoschizomer of SfaNI with diffent cleavage position
Shahnaz Chaudhry

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Gamma irradiation sensitivity and its modulation with gibberellic acid for seedling cytological changes in chickpea (Cicer aeritinum L.)
Muhammad R. Khan , Afsari S. Qureshi and Syed A. Hussain

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Gamma irradiation sensitivity and its modulation with gibberellic acid for seedling physiology in chickpea (Cicer aeritinum L.)
Muhammad R. Khan, Afsari S. Qureshi and Syed A. Hussain

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Toxicopathic changes in the liver of the freshwater cyprinid fish, Barilius vagra, following exposure to zinc
Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Abdul Hafeez and Iftikhar Ahmad

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Periodicity of age distribution in humans: observed peaks of mortality
M.M. Qurashi and Shafiq A. Khan

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Renal disease and inbreeding in Pakistani population
S.A. Shami, Samina Jalali and Viqar Sayeed Saraf

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Effect of environmental factors on pheromone trap catches of chickpea pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Huebn.) from 1983 to 1998
Khalique Ahmed, Afsari S. Qureshi and Feeroza Khalique

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Influence of temperature regimes on pheromone trap catch population of chickpea pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Huebn.) from 1983 to 1998
Khalique Ahmed, Afsari S. Qureshi and Feeroza Khalique

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Reviews
Nitinol shape memory alloys and their medical applications

A. ul Haq and M. Saif ullah Awan


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Use of molecular biology in the characterization and utilization of plant genetic resources
A.S. Larik and Z.A. Soomro

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Short Communications
A comment on curvature inheritance symmetry admitted by a Godel-type spacetime

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Instructions to Authors

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