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**ao-Long Yan
Life Sciences
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Adaptation of a prey population to increasing predation risks
To test the hypotheses that multigenerational predation risk favors clones with longer postero-lateral spines and a larger body, and that fitness consequences of selection depend on both tested fitness variabl...
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Open AccessLABS: linear amplification-based bisulfite sequencing for ultrasensitive cancer detection from cell-free DNA
Methylation-based liquid biopsies show promises in detecting cancer using circulating cell-free DNA; however, current limitations impede clinical application. Most assays necessitate substantial DNA inputs, po...
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Open AccessReductive soil disinfestation by mixing carbon nanotubes and mushroom residues to mitigate the continuous crop** obstacles for Lilium Brownii
Reductive soil disinfestation can effectively alleviate continuous crop** obstacles. The effects of mixing mushroom residues and carbon nanotubes on the structure and function of soil microbial communities a...
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Open AccessMulti-modal molecular determinants of clinically relevant osteoporosis subtypes
Due to a rapidly aging global population, osteoporosis and the associated risk of bone fractures have become a wide-spread public health problem. However, osteoporosis is very heterogeneous, and the existing s...
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve drought tolerance of tea plants via modulating root architecture and hormones
The tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] is an evergreen crop with a shallow root system that predominantly grows in acidic soil, strongly dependent on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The present study eval...
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Open AccessRegulation of a vacuolar proton-pum** P-ATPase MdPH5 by MdMYB73 and its role in malate accumulation and vacuolar acidification
As the main organic acid in fruits, malate is produced in the cytoplasm and is then transported into the vacuole. It accumulates by vacuolar proton pumps, transporters, and channels, affecting the taste and fl...
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Production of MSTN knockout porcine cells using adenine base-editing-mediated exon skip**
Gene-knockout pigs have important applications in agriculture and medicine. Compared with CRISPR/Cas9 and cytosine base editing (CBE) technologies, adenine base editing (ABE) shows better safety and accuracy i...
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Response of Soil Bacteria of Dicranopteris dichotoma Populations to Vegetation Restoration in Red Soil Region of China
Dicranopteris dichotoma (D. dichotoma) is a monodominant community in different vegetation restoration stages, in order to reveal the response of the soil bacterial community and physicochemical properties of the...
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Azospirillum Aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixting and Aerobic Denitrifying Bacteria Isolated from an Estuary of a Freshwater River
A novel Gram-staining negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain YIM DDC1T, was isolated from an estuary sediment sample of Dongda River flowing into Dianchi lake in Yunnan, southwest China. The s...
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Open AccessExtracellular vesicles mediate antibody-resistant transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global pandemic. Antibody resistance dampens neutralizing antibody therapy and threatens current global Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine ...
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Fungal diversity notes 1512–1610: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa
This article is the 14th in the Fungal Diversity Notes series, wherein we report 98 taxa distributed in two phyla, seven classes, 26 orders and 50 families which are described and illustrated. Taxa in this stu...
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Open AccessDNA damage-induced paraspeckle formation enhances DNA repair and tumor radioresistance by recruiting ribosomal protein P0
Paraspeckles are mammal-specific membraneless nuclear bodies that participate in various biological processes. NONO, a central paraspeckle component, has been shown to play pivotal roles in DNA double-strand b...
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Open AccessChromosome-level genome assembly of Zizania latifolia provides insights into its seed shattering and phytocassane biosynthesis
Chinese wild rice (Zizania latifolia; family: Gramineae) is a valuable medicinal homologous grain in East and Southeast Asia. Here, using Nanopore sequencing and Hi-C scaffolding, we generated a 547.38 Mb chromos...
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Open AccessMYH9-dependent polarization of ATG9B promotes colorectal cancer metastasis by accelerating focal adhesion assembly
Tumour metastasis is a major reason accounting for the poor prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC), and the discovery of targets in the primary tumours that can predict the risk of CRC metastasis is now urgently...
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Open AccessLactobacillus plantarum surface-displayed ASFV (p54) with porcine IL-21 generally stimulates protective immune responses in mice
African classical swine fever virus (ASFV) has spread seriously around the world and has dealt with a heavy blow to the pig breeding industry due to the lack of vaccines. In this study, we produced recombinant La...
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Fungal diversity notes 1277–1386: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa
This is the twelfth contribution to the Fungal Diversity Notes series on fungal taxonomy, based on materials collected from many countries which were examined and described using the methods of morphology, ana...
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RNF144A functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer through ubiquitin ligase activity-dependent regulation of stability and oncogenic functions of HSPA2
Deregulation of E3 ubiquitin ligases is intimately implicated in breast cancer pathogenesis and progression, but the underlying mechanisms still remain elusive. Here we report that RING finger protein 144A (RN...
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Open AccessCellular redox state as a critical factor in initiating early embryonic-like program in embryonic stem cells
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Open AccessFreshwater Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is one of the largest classes of Ascomycota that comprises a highly diverse range of fungi mainly characterized by perithecial ascomata and inoperculate unitunicate asci. Freshwater Sordariomyc...
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Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa
This article is the tenth series of the Fungal Diversity Notes, where 114 taxa distributed in three phyla, ten classes, 30 orders and 53 families are described and illustrated. Taxa described in the present st...
