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**n-Yue Yan
Life Sciences
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Effect of planting density on plant growth and camptothecin content ofCamptotheca acuminata seedlings
C. acuminata seedlings cultivated in greenhouse were transplanted into the fields with 5 designed planting densities (11, 16, 25, 44 and 100 plants·m−2) in May of 2004 and were harvested in the middle of Septembe...
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A service relevance based matching algorithm on grid environment
This paper presents a semantic metadata description model for grid services, and furthermore, a service relevance based matching algorithm is proposed. Some reasonable parameters interpreting services characte...
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Competitive displacement of the native species Bursaphelenchus mucronatus by an alien species Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae): a case of successful invasion
The presence of alien invasive species has serious negative impact on endemic biodiversity, especially on native species that occupy the same niche in the ecosystem. To study the influence of the alien invasiv...
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Open AccessSequence mining and transcript profiling to explore differentially expressed genes associated with lipid biosynthesis during soybean seed development
Soybean (Glycine max L.) is one of the most important oil crops in the world. It is desirable to increase oil yields from soybean, and so this has been a major goal of oilseed engineering. However, it is still un...
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Open AccessTranscriptome profiling of resistant and susceptible Cavendish banana roots following inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4
Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), is considered the most lethal disease of Cavendish bananas in the world. The disease can be managed in the...
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Overexpression of microRNA OsmiR397 improves rice yield by increasing grain size and promoting panicle branching
Overexpression of a microRNA in rice increases yield, suggesting new routes to crop improvement.
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Open AccessObligate mutualism within a host drives the extreme specialization of a fig wasp genome
Fig pollinating wasps form obligate symbioses with their fig hosts. This mutualism arose approximately 75 million years ago. Unlike many other intimate symbioses, which involve vertical transmission of symbion...
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Open AccessGenomes of the rice pest brown planthopper and its endosymbionts reveal complex complementary contributions for host adaptation
The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, the most destructive pest of rice, is a typical monophagous herbivore that feeds exclusively on rice sap, which migrates over long distances. Outbreaks of it have re-occ...
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Open AccessCopy number variation analysis based on AluScan sequences
AluScan combines inter-Alu PCR using multiple Alu-based primers with opposite orientations and next-generation sequencing to capture a huge number of Alu-proximal genomic sequences for investigation. Its requirem...
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Telmisartan-induced PPARγ activity attenuates lipid accumulation in VSMCs via induction of autophagy
Foam cell formation is the hallmark of atherosclerosis. Both telmisartan and autophagy protect against the development of atherosclerosis. However, it has yet to be elucidated whether telmisartan prevents vasc...
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the myrmicine ant Vollenhovia emeryi (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
The myrmicine ant Vollenhovia emeryi is native to East Asia, but has recently become established in North America. In this study, its complete mitochondrial genome has been assembled from Illumina Miseq sequencin...
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Diagnosis and Control of Sugarcane Main Pests
Sugarcane is the main sugar crop in China and occupies an important position in agricultural economic income. In each year, the production loss which is caused by pests reaches to a few percent to 10%, or even...
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Open AccessCharacterization of the hot pepper (Capsicum frutescens) fruit ripening regulated by ethylene and ABA
Ripening of fleshy fruits has been classically defined as climacteric or non-climacteric. Both types of ripening are controlled by plant hormones, notably by ethylene in climacteric ripening and by abscisic ac...
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Open AccessContinuous exposure of isoprenaline inhibits myoblast differentiation and fusion through PKA/ERK1/2-FOXO1 signaling pathway
The objective of this study is to determine if exuberant sympathetic nerve activity is involved in muscle satellite cell differentiation and myoblast fusion.
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Edaphovirga cremea gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rhizospheric soil of Codonopsis clematidea
A Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, nonspore- forming, coccoid or rod-shaped and creamy-pigmented bacterium, designated SYP-B2100T, was isolated from the rhizospheric soil of Codonopsis clematid...
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Open AccessTriglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio as a predictor of long-term mortality in patients with coronary artery disease after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a retrospective cohort study
It has been confirmed that the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (THR) is associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. However, to the best of our knowledge, only a few s...
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Inhibitory effects of piceatannol on human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) in vitro
Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus, which results in the establishment of a latent infection that persists throughout the life of the host and can be reactivated when the immunity is low....
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Synthesis and molecular docking studies of novel pyrimidine derivatives as potential antibacterial agents
The present work describes the in vitro antibacterial evaluation of some new pyrimidine derivatives. Twenty-two target compounds were designed, synthesized and preliminarily explored for their antimicrobial ac...
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AIDA directly connects sympathetic innervation to adaptive thermogenesis by UCP1
The sympathetic nervous system–catecholamine–uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) axis plays an essential role in non-shivering adaptive thermogenesis. However, whether there exists a direct effector that physically co...
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Molecular mechanisms of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions in a plant–pollinator association
Many insects metamorphose from antagonistic larvae into mutualistic adult pollinators, with reciprocal adaptation leading to specialized insect–plant associations. It remains unknown how such interactions are ...
