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**-cheng Huang
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Open AccessThe sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome
Using next-generation sequencing technology alone, we have successfully generated and assembled a draft sequence of the giant panda genome. The assembled contigs (2.25 gigabases (Gb)) cover approximately 94% o...
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Erratum: The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome
Nature 463, 311–317 (2010) In this Article, the Latin species name of the giant panda was written incorrectly as Ailuropoda melanoleura. The correct name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca.
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Open AccessCSN-mediated deneddylation differentially modulates Ci155 proteolysis to promote Hedgehog signalling responses
The Hedgehog (Hh) morphogen directs distinct cell responses according to its distinct signalling levels. Hh signalling stabilizes transcription factor cubitus interruptus (Ci) by prohibiting SCFSlimb-dependent ub...
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Open AccessMap** wetland changes in China between 1978 and 2008
Four wetland maps for all China have been produced, based on Landsat and CBERS-02B remote sensing data between 1978 and 2008 (1978, 1990, 2000 and 2008). These maps were mainly developed by manual interpretati...
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Open AccessNetwork Biology of Tumor Stem-like Cells Identified a Regulatory Role of CBX5 in Lung Cancer
Mounting evidence links cancers possessing stem-like properties with worse prognosis. Network biology with signal processing mechanics was explored here using expression profiles of a panel of tumor stem-like ...
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Open AccessEmergence of grou** in multi-resource minority game dynamics
Complex systems arising in a modern society typically have many resources and strategies available for their dynamical evolutions. To explore quantitatively the behaviors of such systems, we propose a class of...
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Open AccessOrdering Ag nanowire arrays by a glass capillary: A portable, reusable and durable SERS substrate
Assembly of nanowires into ordered macroscopic structures with new functionalities has been a recent focus. In this Letter, we report a new route for ordering hydrophilic Ag nanowires with high aspect ratio by...
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Open AccessThe genome of Prunus mume
Prunus mume (mei), which was domesticated in China more than 3,000 years ago as ornamental plant and fruit, is one of the first genomes among Prunus subfamilies of Rosaceae been sequenced. Here, we assemble a 280...
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Open AccessCoral community changes in response to a high sedimentation event: A case study in southern Hainan Island
A high sedimentation event caused by dredging and dum** of sediment was recorded on **aodonghai Reef in Yulin Bay, southern Hainan Island, China. Significantly high sedimentation and constant light shading w...
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Open AccessHirsutella sinensis mycelium suppresses interleukin-1β and interleukin-18 secretion by inhibiting both canonical and non-canonical inflammasomes
Cordyceps sinensis is a medicinal mushroom used for centuries in Asian countries as a health supplement and tonic. Hirsutella sinensis—the anamorphic, mycelial form of C. sinensis—possesses similar properties and...
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Open AccessDesign, synthesis and nonlinear optical properties of “dendronized hyperbranched polymers”
A new type of dendritic polymer, named dendronized hyperbranched polymer (DHP), was prepared successfully by the macromonomer approach. Thanks to the perfect 3D isolation effects, DHPG1 exhibited good NLO propert...
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Open AccessEmergence of scaling in human-interest dynamics
Human behaviors are often driven by human interests. Despite intense recent efforts in exploring the dynamics of human behaviors, little is known about human-interest dynamics, partly due to the extreme diffic...
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Open AccessOutcomes of patients with acetaminophen-associated toxic hepatitis at a far east poison center
There is an overall paucity of data regarding the outcomes of patients with acetaminophen-associated toxic hepatitis in Taiwan. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to recruit a larger number of patients a...
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Open AccessRobustness of chimera states in complex dynamical systems
The remarkable phenomenon of chimera state in systems of non-locally coupled, identical oscillators has attracted a great deal of recent theoretical and experimental interests. In such a state, different group...
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Open AccessThe Brassica oleracea genome reveals the asymmetrical evolution of polyploid genomes
Polyploidization has provided much genetic variation for plant adaptive evolution, but the mechanisms by which the molecular evolution of polyploid genomes establishes genetic architecture underlying species d...
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Open AccessOne-step shell polymerization of inorganic nanoparticles and their applications in SERS/nonlinear optical imaging, drug delivery and catalysis
Surface functionalized nanoparticles have found their applications in several fields including biophotonics, nanobiomedicine, biosensing, drug delivery and catalysis. Quite often, the nanoparticle surfaces mus...
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Open AccessGeneration of Marker-free Transgenic Plants Concurrently Resistant to a DNA Geminivirus and a RNA Tospovirus
Global threats of ssDNA geminivirus and ss(-)RNA tospovirus on crops necessitate the development of transgenic resistance. Here, we constructed a two-T DNA vector carrying a hairpin of the intergenic region (I...
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Open AccessThe K898E germline variant in the PP1-binding motif of BRCA1 causes defects in DNA Repair
BRCA1 is a phosphoprotein involved in many biological processes, including transcription, ubiquitination, checkpoint control, homologous recombination and DNA repair. We have demonstrated that protein phosphat...
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Open AccessModest CaV1.342-selective inhibition by compound 8 is β-subunit dependent
Two voltage-gated calcium channel subtypes—CaV1.2 and CaV1.3—underlie the major L-type Ca2+ currents in the mammalian central nervous system. Owing to their high sequence homology, the two channel subtypes share ...
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Open AccessComparative analysis of regulatory information and circuits across distant species
A map of genome-wide binding locations of 165 human, 93 worm and 52 fly transcription-regulatory factors (almost 50% presented for the first time) from diverse cell types, developmental stages, or conditions r...
