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Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF1
In response to environmental changes, cells flexibly and rapidly alter gene expression through translational controls. In plants, the translation of NIP5;1, a boric acid diffusion facilitator, is downregulated in...
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Open AccessReaction norm for genomic prediction of plant growth: modeling drought stress response in soybean
We proposed models to predict the effects of genomic and environmental factors on daily soybean growth and applied them to soybean growth data obtained with unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Novel lignin-based extracellular barrier in glandular trichome
Successful biochemical reactions in organisms necessitate compartmentalization of the requisite components. Glandular trichomes (GTs) act as compartments for the synthesis and storage of specialized compounds....
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Open AccessIMA peptides regulate root nodulation and nitrogen homeostasis by providing iron according to internal nitrogen status
Legumes control root nodule symbiosis (RNS) in response to environmental nitrogen availability. Despite the recent understanding of the molecular basis of external nitrate-mediated control of RNS, it remains m...
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Backdoor Attacks Leveraging Latent Representation in Competitive Learning
Backdoor attacks on machine learning are attacks where an adversary obtains the expected output for a particular input called a trigger, and a previous study which is called latent backdoor attack can resist b...
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Open AccessUAV-based individual Chinese cabbage weight prediction using multi-temporal data
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has facilitated crop canopy monitoring, enabling yield prediction by integrating regression models. However, the application of UAV-based data to individual-level har...
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Open AccessGolgi-Localized OsFPN1 is Involved in Co and Ni Transport and Their Detoxification in Rice
Cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni) are beneficial and essential elements for plants, respectively, with the latter required for urease activity, which hydrolyzes urea into ammonium in plants. However, excess Co and N...
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Root-specific CLE3 expression is required for WRKY33 activation in Arabidopsis shoots
This study focused on the role of CLE1–7 peptides as defense mediators, and showed that root-expressed CLE3 functions as a systemic signal to regulate defense-related gene expression in shoots.
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SPGC: An Integrated Framework of Secure Computation and Differential Privacy for Collaborative Learning
Achieving differential privacy and utilizing secure multiparty computation are the two major approaches used for ensuring privacy in privacy-preserving machine learning. However, the privacy guarantee by existing...
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Effects of copper on nitrous oxide (N2O) reduction in denitrifiers and N2O emissions from agricultural soils
Biochemical reduction of nitrous oxide (N2O) to dinitrogen (N2) by N2O reductase (N2OR) is the only known sink to consume N2O. Copper (Cu) and pH are two key factors determining the activity of the enzyme N2OR. W...
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SQUAMOSA promoter-binding protein-like 7 mediates copper deficiency response in the presence of high nitrogen in Arabidopsis thaliana
SQUAMOSA promoter-binding protein-like 7 mediates copper deficiency response in the presence of high nitrogen even with the sufficient level of copper in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Open AccessAbnormal leaf development of rpt5a mutant under zinc deficiency reveals important role of DNA damage alleviation for normal leaf development
Leaf development in plants, including dorsoventral (adaxial–abaxial) patterning, is tightly regulated. The involvement of several subunits of the 26S proteasome in adaxial–abaxial polarity establishment has be...
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Chitooligosaccharide plays essential roles in regulating proline metabolism and cold stress tolerance in rice seedlings
Rice is one of the most important crops around the world. The cold temperature as a major abiotic stress occurs frequently affecting rice growth and final plant yield. Chitooligosaccharide (COS) has been repor...
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Open AccessProteasomal degradation of BRAHMA promotes Boron tolerance in Arabidopsis
High levels of boron (B) induce DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in eukaryotes, including plants. Here we show a molecular pathway of high B-induced DSBs by characterizing Arabidopsis thaliana hypersensitive to ex...
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Cultivar Difference and Fertilizer Effects on Radioactive Cesium Accumulation in Rice Grown in Fukushima Paddy Field from 2011 to 2014
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, radioactive cesium (Cs) was released and widely distributed in agricultural field in Toh...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Towards Efficient and Secure Encrypted Databases: Extending Message-Locked Encryption in Three-Party Model
In database systems with three parties consisting of a data owner, a database manager and a data analyst, the data owner uploads encrypted data to a database and the data analyst delegated by the data owner an...
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Large-scale profiling of brown rice ionome in an ethyl methanesulphonate-mutagenized hitomebore population and identification of high- and low-cadmium lines
Improving the nutritional value of cereal grains and reducing the intake of toxic elements, such as cadmium (Cd), from grains contribute to food quality.
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Cesium Accumulation in Paddy Field Rice Grown in Fukushima from 2011 to 2013: Cultivars and Fertilization
After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, radioactive cesium (Cs) was released and the agricultural fields in Fukushima were contaminated. It became important to obtain data for radioact...
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A heavy metal tolerant novel bacterium, Bacillus malikii sp. nov., isolated from tannery effluent wastewater
The taxonomic position of a Gram-stain positive and heavy metal tolerant bacterium, designated strain NCCP-662T, was investigated by polyphasic characterisation. Cells of strain NCCP-662T were observed to be rod ...
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A heavy-metal tolerant novel bacterium, Alcaligenes pakistanensis sp. nov., isolated from industrial effluent in Pakistan
Two strains, NCCP-650T and NCCP-667, were isolated from industrial effluent and their taxonomic positions were investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The strains were found to be Gram-stain negative,...
