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Fulvivirga sedimenti sp.nov, isolated from the sediment of oceanic tidal zone
A yellow-orange, rod-shaped (0.3–0.4 × 2.2–3.8 µm), Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, atrichous bacterium, designated strain 1062T, was isolated from tidal zone sediment collected from **aoshi Island, Weihai, Shan...
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Open AccessMetabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for direct production of vitamin C from D-glucose
Production of vitamin C has been traditionally based on the Reichstein process and the two-step process. However, the two processes share a common disadvantage: vitamin C cannot be directly synthesized from D-...
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Open AccessDNA methylation-mediated differential expression of DLX4 isoforms has opposing roles in leukemogenesis
Previously, we reported the expression of DLX4 isoforms (BP1 and DLX7) in myeloid leukemia, but the functional role of DLX4 isoforms remains poorly understood. In the work described herein, we further determined ...
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Biotransformation of Phlorizin by Eurotium cristatum to Increase the Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Docynia indica Leaves
Docynia indica is used as a plant resource for both medicine and food in minority areas of southwestern China and Southeast of Asia, especially Docynia indica leaves, which are often used as a kind of functional ...
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Sodium Para-aminosalicylic Acid Reverses Changes of Glutamate Turnover in Manganese-Exposed Rats
Sodium para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS-Na) has been used to treat patients with manganism, a neurological disease caused by manganese (Mn) toxicity, although the exact molecular mechanisms are yet unclear. The p...
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A comparative study of microbial community and functions of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with obesity and healthy people
The gut microbiota is crucial in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the metabolism of T2DM patients is not well-understood. We aimed to identify the differences on composition and fu...
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Open AccessScreening of a highly inhibitor-tolerant bacterial strain for 2,3-BDO and organic acid production from non-detoxified corncob acid hydrolysate
Fermentation of chemicals from lignocellulose hydrolysate is an effective way to alleviate environmental and energy problems. However, fermentation inhibitors in hydrolysate and weak inhibitor tolerance of mic...
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Spectroscopic signatures of edge states in hexagonal boron nitride
We use Z-contrast imaging and atomically resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy on an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope to investigate the local electronic states of boron atom...
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Identification of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase genes from Tripterygium wilfordii
We found triptolide synthesis is correlated with the expressions of TwGGPPS1 and TwGGPPS4 . This lays the foundation for ...
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Comparison between conidia and blastospores of Esteya vermicola, an endoparasitic fungus of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Esteya vermicola, an endoparasitic fungus of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, the pinewood nematode (PWN), exhibits great potential as a biological control agent against this nematode. E. vermicola pr...
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Syntheses and Fluorescence Properties of Two Novel Lanthanide (III) Perchlorate Complexes with Bis(benzylsulfinyl)methane
A novel ligand with double sulfinyl groups, bis(benzylsulfinyl)methane, was synthesized by a new method and its two lanthanide (III) complexes were synthesized and characterized by element analysis, molar cond...
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Effects of Ultrasound on a Glycin–Glucose Model System—A Means of Promoting Maillard Reaction
Effects of ultrasound on pH, intermediate products, browning, glycin and glucose contents, reducing power, and antioxidant activity of a glycin–glucose solution were examined. Results showed that the ultrasoni...
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Consequences of cps mutation of Klebsiella pneumoniae on 1,3-propanediol fermentation
The filtration in 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) downstream process is influenced by the large amounts of capsular polysaccharides (CPS) produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae CGMCC 1.6366. The morphological and fermentatio...
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Characterization of soybean genomic features by analysis of its expressed sequence tags
We analyzed 314,254 soybean expressed sequence tags (ESTs), including 29,540 from our laboratory and 284,714 from GenBank. These ESTs were assembled into 56,147 unigenes. About 76.92% of the unigenes were homo...