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Open AccessFrost hardiness of Finnish plus tree progenies of Scots pine from seed orchards in Finland and Ukraine
To avoid the surrounding pollination, seed orchards of Finnish plus trees have been established in Ukraine, i.e., far from their natural distribution. However, it is unknown whether the pollination site affect...
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Open AccessAssociation of body fat and muscle tissue parameters with fatty liver disease identified by ultrasound
To examine the association between body fat and muscle parameters and FLD in individuals of Chinese descent.
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A legume kinesin controls vacuole morphogenesis for rhizobia endosymbiosis
Symbioses between legumes and rhizobia require establishment of the plant-derived symbiosome membrane, which surrounds the rhizobia and accommodates the symbionts by providing an interface for nutrient and sig...
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Open AccessEquations for predicting DXA-measured visceral adipose tissue mass based on BMI or weight in adults
Obesity, especially presenting with excessive amounts of visceral adipose tissue (VAT), is strongly associated with insulin resistance (IR), atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases (CV...
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Open AccessKrüppel-homolog 1 exerts anti-metamorphic and vitellogenic functions in insects via phosphorylation-mediated recruitment of specific cofactors
The zinc-finger transcription factor Krüppel-homolog 1 (Kr-h1) exerts a dual regulatory role during insect development by preventing precocious larval/nymphal metamorphosis and in stimulating aspects of adult ...
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Open AccessGmFULa improves soybean yield by enhancing carbon assimilation without altering flowering time or maturity
GmFULa improved soybean yield by enhancing carbon assimilation. Meanwhile, different from known yield-related genes, it did not alter flowering time or maturity.
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Na+/H+ antiporter (NHX1) positively enhances cadmium (Cd) resistance and decreases Cd accumulation in tobacco plants cultivated in Cd-containing soil
Na+/H+ antiporter (NHX1) was reported to be induced by NaCl in plants and NaCl can alleviate the toxic effect in plants caused by cadmium (Cd). However, it is unknown whether the NHX1 gene is involved in Cd adapt...
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Open AccessATP-binding cassette sub-family a member1 gene mutation improves lipid metabolic abnormalities in diabetes mellitus
Patients with diabetes mellitus were often accompanied with hyperlipidemia. ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member1 (ABCA1) promotes the efflux of lipids and thereby mediates the metabolism of cholesterol. T...
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Open AccessRegulatory modules controlling early shade avoidance response in maize seedlings
Optimization of shade avoidance response (SAR) is crucial for enhancing crop yield in high-density planting conditions in modern agriculture, but a comprehensive study of the regulatory network of SAR is still...
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Ectopic expression of the Lycium barbarum β-carotene hydroxylase gene (chyb) enhances drought and salt stress resistance by increasing xanthophyll cycle pool in tobacco
Abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity, are major limiting factors for plant growth and reproduction. Carotenoids play key roles in response to abiotic stresses. To identify the role of Lycium barbarum β-...
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Cloning and expression of a ζ-carotene desaturase gene from Lycium chinense
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Diastaphenazine, a new dimeric phenazine from an endophytic Streptomyces diastaticus subsp. ardesiacus
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Hydrophilic C terminus of Salicornia europaea vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter is necessary for its function
Plant vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporters play important roles in cellular ion homeostasis, vacuolar pH regulation and sequestration of Na+ ions into the vacuole. Previous research showed that hydrophilic C-terminal regi...
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SNP identification and allelic-specific PCR markers development for TaGW2, a gene linked to wheat kernel weight
TaGW2, an orthologous gene of rice OsGW2, has been associated with kernel width and weight of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Difference in TaGW2 coding sequence was not found among different wh...
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Anatomical observations of adventitious bud regeneration from leaf explants of Ziziphus jujube Mill. ‘Huizao’
The histological process of adventitious shoot regeneration from the leaf explants of Zizyphus jujuba ‘Huizao’ was reported in this study. This is the first report on the detailed histological process of direct s...
