Calcofluor-white Calcofluor-white Calcofluor-white is a special fluorescent stain that binds strongly to structures containing cellulose and chitin. In plant cell biology research, it is used for the staining of cell walls of both algae and higher plants. It is also useful in medicine and animal biology for the identification of fungi in the tissue, (it binds to the chitin in the cell walls of the fungi). In research, calcofluor-white is also used to stain bud scars of yeast cells because the bud scars have a higher content of chitin, which stains them more than the rest of the cell membrane. Due
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor Vitamin D potently induces GDNF expression. Exposure of dopaminergic-like cell line to Ibogaine HCl results in an increase in GDNF mRNA, leading to protein expression and to the corresponding activation of the GDNF signaling pathway. This, in turn, leads to a further increase in the mRNA level of the growth factor through a feed-back loop. It was also found that ibogaine metabolite, noribogaine, also possess the ability to increase GDNF levels. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the "GDNF" gene. GDNF is a small protein that potently