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Open AccessUDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase as a target for regulating carbon flux distribution and antioxidant capacity in Phaeodactylum tricornutum
UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase) is a key enzyme for polysaccharide synthesis, and its role in plants and bacteria is well established; however, its functions in unicellular microalgae remain ill-defined...
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The combined effect of nitrogen deprivation and overexpression of malic enzyme gene on growth and lipid accumulation in Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Oleaginous microalgae have great application potential in the field of bioenergy. Increasing the biomass and lipid productivity of microalgae is beneficial to realize such potential. In this study, to explore ...
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Heterotrophic growth and nutrient productivities of Tetraselmis chuii using glucose as a carbon source under different C/N ratios
The genus Tetraselmis includes various species that are widely used as food microalgae in aquaculture. However, the mass cultivation of Tetraselmis spp. has been restricted to traditional photoautotrophic culture...
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Apigenin promotes osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells through JNK and p38 MAPK pathways
Apigenin is a plant-derived flavonoid and has been reported to prevent bone loss in ovariectomized mice, but the role of apigenin on osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) has not b...
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De Novo Sequencing and Global Transcriptome Analysis of Nannochloropsis sp. (Eustigmatophyceae) Following Nitrogen Starvation
Nannochloropsis sp. is an economically and nutritionally important microalga. Recently it has been demonstrated that Nannochloropsis sp. has significant potential for biofuel production. To deter...
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Isolation and characterization of a long-chain acyl-coenzyme A synthetase encoding gene from the marine microalga Nannochloropsis oculata
Acyl-coenzyme A synthetases (ACSs) are associated with the anabolism and catabolism of fatty acids and play fundamental roles in various metabolic pathways. The cDNA of long-chain acyl-coenzyme A synthetase (L...
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The role of the rat sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase promoter in myocardial ischemia-preconditioning
Intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i) is a key regulator of ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) and ischemic preconditioning (IPC), with myocardial sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) acting as...