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Peripheral nerve inflammation or lesion can affect contralateral healthy structures, and thus result in mirror-image pain. Supraspinal structures play important roles in the occurrence of mirror pain. The ante...
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Advances in genetic studies of black point disease in wheat
Black point disease seriously affects wheat production around the world. Because the incidence of black point is influenced by both pathogens and the environments, selecting resistant wheat lines and then bree...
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Synthesis, crystal structure and luminescence of two barium(II) compounds: from mono- to bis-tetrazole carboxylic acids
Tetrazole carboxylates are acknowledged as bifunctional ligands for the construction of new coordination architectures. Two new coordination compounds, [Ba(atzpa)2(H2O)3]n·2nH2O (1) and [Ba2(dtzpda)(H2O)]n (2) ha...
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Identification and Pathogenicity of Fungal Pathogens Causing Black Point in Wheat on the North China Plain
Fungi associated with black point were isolated from three highly susceptible wheat genotypes in the North China Plain. The 21 isolates represented 11 fungal genera. The most prevalent genera were Alternaria (iso...
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Four new samarium(III) compounds based on different tetrazole–carboxylate ligands
Tetrazole–carboxylate ligands with both rigid tetrazole ring and flexible carboxylate group have a great potential in the construction of coordination architectures. Here, we report four new samarium(III) com...
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Isomer Directed Synthesis of Two 3D Cadmium(II) Compounds: Structure Variation and Energetic Performance
Bifunctional tetrazole-carboxylates, 5-(n-pyridyl)tetrazole-2-isopropionic acid (denoted as Hn-pytzipa, n = 2, 3) have been selected to be reacted with CdCl2·2.5 H2O under solvothermal conditions, [Cd3(2-pytzipa)
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Substituted group-directed magnesium(II) coordination compounds based on the derivatives of tetrazole-2-acetic acid
The different substituted group will have a substantial effect on the crystal structures of the resulting compounds. Tetrazole–carboxylate ligands are outstanding blocks for construction of novel coordination ...
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Substituent-dependent formation of Co(II) complexes based on phenyl-tetrazole acetic acid: from bis- to tristetrazole acetic acid
Tetrazole–carboxylates with both rigid tetrazole rings and flexible carboxylate groups provide excellent building blocks for the construction of diverse coordination architectures. We have selected a bistetraz...
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Two Energetic Cobalt(II) Coordination Polymers Derived from Isomeric Ligands
Isomer is sometimes fundamental to the formation of the resulting compounds. The design and preparation of coordination compounds based on isomers is of tremendous paramount since they have a lot in common but...
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Three new manganese(II) coordination complexes based on tetrazole carboxylate ligands
Reactions of three tetrazole carboxylate ligands, namely 5-(4-pyridyl)tetrazole-2-acetic acid (Hpytza), 1,3,5-tris(tetrazol-5-yl)benzene-N2,N2′,N2″-triacetic acid (H3tzpha) and 5-aminotetrazole-1-propanoic acid (...
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Coordination architectures of copper(II) coordination polymers constructed from bifunctional 5-substituted-tetrazole-carboxylate ligands
Three complexes of the bifunctional 5-substituted-tetrazolate-carboxylate ligands 3-(5-amino-2H-tetrazol-1(5H)-yl) propanoic acid (Hatzp), 5-(2-pyrimidyl)tetrazole-1-acetic acid (Hpymtza) and 1H-tetrazolate-5...
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Four structurally diverse coordination complexes based on a new flexible ligand
Four new coordination compounds, namely mononuclear [Zn(pyrtza)2(H2O)2] (1), binuclear [Ni(pyrtza)(H2O)2Cl]2 (2), 1D [Cd(pyrtza)2] (3), and 2D [Mn(pyrtza)Cl] (4), were synthesized by the reactions of Hpyrtza (Hpy...
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Screening wheat genotypes for resistance to black point and the effects of diseased kernels on seed germination
This study was carried out to identify wheat genotypes with high levels of resistance towards black point disease. In total, 403 genotypes were tested between the years 2010 and 2012 in the North China Plain (...
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Molecular characterization of novel haplotypes of eIF4E family in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis)
Two genes coding for eukaryotic translation initiation factors, eIF4E.a and eIF4E.c, were isolated from twelve accessions of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis). Polymorphism analysis revealed that...
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Six Supramolecular Coordination Complexes Containing Phenoxy Pyrazole-Carboxyl Ligands
Six new complexes, [Co(pzpa-CH3)4Cl2] (1), [M(pzpa-CH2CH3)2Cl2] [M = Mn(2), Ni(3)], [M(cpzpa)Cl]2[M(H2O)6]·nH2O [M = Co(4) n = 2, Zn(5) n = 4] and [Zn(cpzpa)Cl]·H2Cl (6) have been synthesized by hydrothermal reac...
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Coordination Architectures of 5-Aminotetrazole-1-Acetic Acid (Hatza) Flexible Ligand and 2,2′-Bipy Rigid Auxiliary Ligand with Mn(II)
Two Mn(II) coordination polymers [Mn(atza)2(H2O)2] n (1) and [Mn(atza)(2,2′-bipy)(H2O)] n ·nClO4 (2) (2) [atza = 5-aminotetrazole-1-ace...
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Syntheses and Structural Characterization of Three New Alkaline Earth Metal Supramolecular Coordination Compounds Based on Atza Ligand (Atza = 5-Aminotetrazole-1-Acetato Anion)
Reactions of alkaline earth metal salts M(NO3)2 (M = Mg, Ca, Sr) and ligands 5-aminotetrazole-1-acetic acid (Hatza) in water/methanol solution, respectively, produced three new complexes [Mg(atza)2(H2O)4] (1), [C...
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Transgenic barley with overexpressed PTrx increases aluminum resistance in roots during germination
A transgenic barley line (LSY-11-1-1) with overexpressed Phalaris coerulescens thioredoxin gene (PTrx) was employed to measure the growth, protein oxidation, cell viability, and antioxidase activity in barley roo...
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Genetic Simulated-Annealing Algorithm for Robust Job Shop Scheduling
This paper discusses the job shop scheduling problem with uncertain processing times, which are characterized by scenarios. A robust optimization criterion is proposed to balance the average performance and th...
