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Inheritance of resistance to Helminthosporium maydis blight in maize (Zea mays L.)
The nature and mode of inheritance of resistance to Helminthosporium maydis blight was investigated in two maize varieties, ‘RbU-W’ and ‘DIC’. The study of F1, F2, and reciprocal backcross populations of crosses ...
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Implications of selecting improved strains of soybeans for dry-matter accumulation and grain yield
Three maturity groups of soybeans (Glycine max L.) were used to investigate the relationship between dry-matter accumulation (DMA) and grain yield (GY), and the prospects for selection of high seed yielding strai...
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Stability of microbial lipase in alcoholysis of fish oil during repeated enzyme use
The applications of enzymatic alcoholysis of cod liver oil for preparing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid was investigated. Lipase CES and lipase PS-10 from Pseudomonas sp. catalyzed the alcoholysis of fish oil...
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Comparative analysis of transgenic rice plants obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and particle bombardment
We compared rice transgenic plants obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated and particle bombardment transformation by carrying out molecular analyses of the T0, T1 and T2 transgenic plants. Oryza sativa japonica rice ...
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In vitro study of alginate–chitosan microcapsules: an alternative to liver cell transplants for the treatment of liver failure
The application of alginate–chitosan (AC) microcapsules to liver cell transplantation has not been previously investigated. In the current in vitro study, we have investigated the potential of AC microcapsules fo...
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Preparation and characterization of novel polymeric microcapsules for live cell encapsulation and therapy
This article describes the preparation and in vitro characterization of novel genipin cross-linked alginate-chitosan (GCAC) microcapsules that have potential for live cell therapy applications. This microcapsu...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: An accurate method to directly measure water strider’s stroke force on the water (Aquarius paludum: Heteroptera: Gerridae)
We measured the force of free pulling water striders, using a hair attached to their backs and a 3D strain gauge force sensor. We showed the repeatability and accuracy of this method. The error of the method w...
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Increased glycine betaine synthesis and salinity tolerance in AhCMO transgenic cotton lines
Glycine betaine is an osmoprotectant that plays an important role and accumulates rapidly in many plants during salinity or drought stress. Choline monooxygenase (CMO) is a major catalyst in the synthesis of glyc...
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Retraction note on: An accurate method to directly measure water strider’s stroke force on the water (Aquarius paludum: Heteroptera: Gerridae)
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Quantification and Comparison of Soil Elements in the Tibetan Plateau Kaschin-Beck Disease Area
The prevalence rate of Kaschin-Beck disease (KBD) in most parts of China is currently decreasing, but the disease is still active and severe on the Tibetan Plateau. Soil samples including the surface layer (0–...
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Genetic structure composed of additive QTL, epistatic QTL pairs and collective unmapped minor QTL conferring oil content and fatty acid components of soybeans
The relative importance of various types of quantitative trait locus (QTL) conferring oil content and its fatty acid components in soybean seeds was assessed through testing a recombinant inbred line (RIL) pop...
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Effects of Several Environmental Factors on Longevity and Health of the Human Population of Zhongxiang, Hubei, China
Increasing human health and longevity is of global interest. Environmental, genetic, and stochastic factors all affect longevity. Among these factors, the environment is extremely important. To investigate the...
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Identification of Human Age Using Trace Element Concentrations in Hair and the Support Vector Machine Method
Trace element content in hair is affected by the age of the donor. Hair samples of subjects from four counties in China where people are known to have long lifespan (“longevity counties”) were collected and th...
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Trace Elements in Fingernails of Healthy Chinese Centenarians
Trace element concentrations in body tissues of healthy centenarians have not been widely analyzed, yet they can be used as reference data leading to improved assessment of the aging process and monitoring of ...
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Mesotoga prima gen. nov., sp. nov., the first described mesophilic species of the Thermotogales
A novel mesophilic member of the Thermotogales, strain MesG1.Ag.4.2, was isolated from sediments from Baltimore Harbor, MD, USA. The strain grew optimally at 37 °C with a doubling time of 16.5 h on xylose. Car...
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Analysis of unculturable bacterial communities in tea orchard soils based on nested PCR-DGGE
The bacterial communities in the soils from tea orchards and their adjacent wasteland in Anhui Province, China were analysed by nested PCR-DGGE technique combined with sequencing. DGGE profiles revealed that t...
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A proteoliposome containing apolipoprotein A-I mutant (V156K) enhances rapid tumor regression activity of human origin oncolytic adenovirus in tumor-bearing zebrafish and mice
We recently reported that the efficiency of adenoviral gene delivery and virus stability are significantly enhanced when a proteoliposome (PL) containing apolipoprotein (apo) A–I is used in an animal model. In...
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The EmhABC efflux pump decreases the efficiency of phenanthrene biodegradation by Pseudomonas fluorescens strain LP6a
Pseudomonas fluorescens strain LP6a, designated here as strain WEN (wild-type PAH catabolism, efflux positive), utilizes the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon phenanthrene as a carbon source but al...
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Real-time quantitative analysis of the influence of blue light on citrinin biosynthetic gene cluster expression in Monascus
When Monascus MX was grown under blue light instead of in the dark, citrinin production increased from 478 mg l−1 to 698 mg l−1. To explain this, the expression of the pksCT gene, which encodes citrinin polyketid...
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Genetic components and major QTL confer resistance to bean pyralid (Lamprosema indicata Fabricius) under multiple environments in four RIL populations of soybean
Bean pyralid (BP; Lamprosema indicata Fabricius) is one of the major leaf-feeding insects that affect soybean crops in central and southern China. Four recombinant inbred line populations (KY, WT, XG and SX) were...