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Effect of isothermal martensite and bainite transformation on microstructure and properties in a medium-carbon high-strength Q&P steel
The effect of the amount of isothermal martensite and bainite on the microstructure and properties in a medium-carbon quenching and partitioning (Q&P) steel was investigated by designing the different Q&P trea...
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Open AccessStructure of the transcription open complex of distinct σI factors
Bacterial σI factors of the σ70-family are widespread in Bacilli and Clostridia and are involved in the heat shock response, iron metabolism, virulence, and carbohydrate sensing. A multiplicity of σI paralogues i...
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Open AccessBioconversion of non-food corn biomass to polyol esters of fatty acid and single-cell oils
Lignocellulose is a valuable carbon source for the production of biofuels and biochemicals, thus having the potential to substitute fossil resources. Consolidated bio-saccharification (CBS) is a whole-cell-bas...
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Open AccessUltraviolet Photodetector Based on Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxyselenophene)/ZnO Core–Shell Nanorods p-n Heterojunction
In this work, we successfully assembled an organic–inorganic core–shell hybrid p-n heterojunction ultraviolet photodetector by the electropolymerization deposition of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxyselenophene) (PEDOS)...
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Open AccessBiological cellulose saccharification using a coculture of Clostridium thermocellum and Thermobrachium celere strain A9
An anaerobic thermophilic bacterial strain, A9 (NITE P-03545), that secretes β-glucosidase was newly isolated from wastewater sediments by screening using esculin. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain A9 had 1...
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A Blockchain-Based Protocol for Malicious Price Discrimination
Serious price discrimination emerges with the development of big data and mobile networks, which harms the interests of consumers. To solve this problem, we propose a blockchain-based price consensus protocol ...
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NMR chemical shift assignments of a module of unknown function in the cellulosomal secondary scaffoldin ScaF from Clostridium thermocellum
The cellulosome is a highly efficient cellulolytic complex containing cellulolytic enzymes and non-catalytic subunits, i.e. scaffoldins, which are assembled by the interactions between the dockerin modules of ...
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Open AccessMacular pucker, an atypical clinical presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis: a case report
Ocular toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii is an infectious disease which is widely distributed around the world and can present with various clinic manifestations. We are here reporting an unusual case ...
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Response characteristics of the membrane integrity and physiological activities of the mutant strain Y217 under exogenous butanol stress
Butanol inhibits bacterial activity by destroying the cell membrane of Clostridium acetobutylicum strains and altering functionality. Butanol toxicity also results in destruction of the phosphoenolpyruvate-carboh...
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Correction to: Intrathecal Epigallocatechin Gallate Treatment Improves Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury by Upregulating the Expression of BDNF and GDNF
Since the publication of our article [1] it has come to our attention that there was an error in Figure 4 in which the bottom left immunochemistry panel Control/Bax was a duplication of the bottom right immuno...
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Tuning the fluorescence of calcium-discharged photoprotein obelin via mutating at the His22-Phe88-Trp92 triad – a QM/MM study†
The fluorescence (FL) of calcium-discharged photoprotein (CaDP) can be altered by easily mutating CaDP without modifying coelenteramide (CLM), which is the decarboxylation product of coelenterazine in calcium-...
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Open AccessConstruction of consolidated bio-saccharification biocatalyst and process optimization for highly efficient lignocellulose solubilization
The industrial conversion of biomass to high-value biofuels and biochemical is mainly restricted by lignocellulose solubilization. Consolidated bio-saccharification (CBS) is considered a promising process for ...
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Open AccessFirmicutes-enriched IS1447 represents a group of IS3-family insertion sequences exhibiting unique + 1 transcriptional slippage
Bacterial insertion sequences (ISs) are ubiquitous mobile genetic elements that play important roles in genome plasticity, cell adaptability, and function evolution. ISs of various families and subgroups conta...
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Ulinastatin attenuates LPS-induced inflammation in mouse macrophage RAW264.7 cells by inhibiting the JNK/NF-κB signaling pathway and activating the PI3K/Akt/Nrf2 pathway
Ulinastatin (UTI) is a broad-spectrum serine protease inhibitor isolated and purified from human urine with strong anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective actions, which is widely used for the treatment of variou...
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Open AccessRegulation of biomass degradation by alternative σ factors in cellulolytic clostridia
Bacteria can adjust their genetic programs via alternative σ factors to face new environmental pressures. Here, we analyzed a unique set of paralogous alternative σ factors, termed σIs, which fine-tune the regula...
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Open AccessDetermination of the native features of the exoglucanase Cel48S from Clostridium thermocellum
Clostridium thermocellum is considered one of the most efficient natural cellulose degraders because of its cellulosomal system. As the major exoglucanase of cellulosome in C. thermocellum, Cel48S plays key roles...
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Open AccessEffects and mechanism of dexmedetomidine on neuronal cell injury induced by hypoxia-ischemia
The present study aims to investigate the protective effects of dexmedetomidine (DMED) on hypoxia ischemia injury induced by oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) in PC12 and primary neuronal cells.
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Open AccessEfficient whole-cell-catalyzing cellulose saccharification using engineered Clostridium thermocellum
Cost-efficient saccharification is one of the main bottlenecks for industrial lignocellulose conversion. Clostridium thermocellum naturally degrades lignocellulose efficiently using the cellulosome, a multiprotei...
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Integration of bacterial expansin-like proteins into cellulosome promotes the cellulose degradation
Cellulosomes are multi-enzyme complexes assembled by cellulases and hemicellulases through dockerin-cohesin interactions, which are the most efficient system for the degradation of lignocellulosic resources in...
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The Cause and Solution of Big Enterprise Disease: An Empirical Study from the View of Intellectual Capital and Innovative Culture
Whether there is a negative effect of Intellectual capital(IC) on technological innovation performance (TIP)? Based on classifying IC to three aspects: human capital (HC), structural capital (SC) and relationa...
