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Erosion-induced recovery CO2 sink offset the horizontal soil organic carbon removal at the basin scale
To improve soil carbon sequestration capacity, the full soil carbon cycle process needs to be understood and quantified. It is essential to evaluate whether water erosion acts as a net source or sink of atmosp...
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Open AccessMetabolism-regulating non-coding RNAs in breast cancer: roles, mechanisms and clinical applications
Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies that pose a serious threat to women's health. Reprogramming of energy metabolism is a major feature of the malignant transformation of breast cancer. Compar...
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RIPK1 plays a crucial role in maintaining regulatory T-Cell homeostasis by inhibiting both RIPK3- and FADD-mediated cell death
Regulatory T (Treg) cells play an essential role in maintaining immune balance across various physiological and pathological conditions. However, the mechanisms underlying Treg homeostasis remain incompletely und...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Revocable Attribute Based Encryption on Lattice
In this paper we propose a new Lattice-based Revocable Attribute Based Encryption (RL-ABE) scheme in the cloud. We use Ciphertext-Policy Attribute Based Encryption (CP-ABE) in the scheme. This policy is implem...
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Ubiquitin-binding domain in ABIN1 is critical for regulating cell death and inflammation during development
ABIN1 is a polyubiquitin-binding protein known to regulate NF-κB activation and cell death signaling. Mutations in Abin1 can cause severe immune diseases in human, such as psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus,...
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Open AccessCaspase-8 auto-cleavage regulates programmed cell death and collaborates with RIPK3/MLKL to prevent lymphopenia
Caspase-8 is an initiator of death receptor-induced apoptosis and an inhibitor of RIPK3-MLKL-dependent necroptosis. In addition, caspase-8 has been implicated in diseases such as lymphoproliferation, immunodef...
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Open AccessProteome profiling reveals changes in energy metabolism, transport and antioxidation during drought stress in Nostoc flagelliforme
Drought is an important abiotic stress that constrains the growth of many species. Despite extensive study in model organisms, the underlying mechanisms of drought tolerance in Nostoc flagelliforme remain elusive...
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Mixed lineage kinase domain-like pseudokinase-mediated necroptosis aggravates periodontitis progression
Necroptosis is a form of cell death that is reportedly involved in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. The role of Mlkl-involved necroptosis remains unclear. Herein, this project aimed to explore the role of MLKL-...
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Enhancement of exopolysaccharides production and reactive oxygen species level of Nostoc flagelliforme in response to dehydration
Nostoc flagelliforme is a remarkable drought-resistant terrestrial cyanobacterium whose exopolysaccharides (EPS) have been found to exert important physiological and ecological functions, and the EPS are known to...
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Open AccessGenome-wide association study and transcriptome analysis discover new genes for bacterial leaf blight resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Rice (Oryza sativa) bacterial leaf blight (BLB), caused by the hemibiotrophic Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is one of the most devastating diseases affecting the production of rice worldwide. The developme...
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A rice GDSL esterase/lipase protein (GELP) is required for anther and pollen development
Male reproductive development is vital for crop seed production. However, the mechanism underlying remains largely unknown. Here, we isolated a male sterile mutant osgelp34-1 in rice. Cytological analysis indicat...
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Open AccessCatalytically inactive RIP1 and RIP3 deficiency protect against acute ischemic stroke by inhibiting necroptosis and neuroinflammation
Necroptosis, which is mediated by RIP1/RIP3/MLKL (receptor-interacting protein kinase 1/receptor-interacting protein kinase 3/mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein) signaling, is a critical process in the d...
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Open AccessRegionalization of Soil and Water Conservation Aimed at Ecosystem Services Improvement
To effectively control soil erosion, three hierarchies of the National Soil and Water Conservation Regionalization Scheme have been established in China. However, the scheme has its limits, which can be summar...
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Open AccessIntegrative transcriptome analysis discloses the molecular basis of a heterogeneous fungal phytopathogen complex, Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 subgroups
Rhizoctonia solani is a fungal species complex that causes necrotrophic crop diseases. It comprises several anastomosis groups, some of which include intra-subgroups, such as AG-1 IA and AG-1 IB, exhibiting varyi...
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Open AccessComparative secretome analysis of different smut fungi and identification of plant cell death-inducing secreted proteins from Tilletia horrida
Tilletia horrida is a basidiomycete fungus that causes rice kernel smut, one of the most important rice diseases in hybrid rice growing areas worldwide. However, little is known about its mechanisms of pathogenic...
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Decadal variability and trends of oceanic barrier layers in tropical Pacific
Decadal variability and trends of the isothermal layer depth (ILD), mixed layer depth (MLD), and barrier layer thickness (BLT) were analyzed for the tropical Pacific during 1979–2015. The decadal variability o...
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Open AccessComparison of gene co-networks reveals the molecular mechanisms of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) response to Rhizoctonia solani AG1 IA infection
Rhizoctonia solani causes rice sheath blight, an important disease affecting the growth of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Attempts to control the disease have met with little success. Based on transcriptional profiling,...
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OsPKS2 is required for rice male fertility by participating in pollen wall formation
OsPKS2, the rice orthologous gene of Arabidopsis PKSB/LAP5, encodes a polyketide synthase that is involved in pollen wall formation in rice.
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Open AccessOsLAP6/OsPKS1, an orthologue of Arabidopsis PKSA/LAP6, is critical for proper pollen exine formation
Male fertility is crucial for rice yield, and the improvement of rice yield requires hybrid production that depends on male sterile lines. Although recent studies have revealed several important genes in male ...
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Knockout of OsACOS12 caused male sterility in rice
Pollen development in flowering plants is critical for male reproductive success. The pollen wall that protects the pollen from various environment stresses and bacterial infections plays an essential role in ...
