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Research progress on carotenoid production by Rhodosporidium toruloides
Carotenoids are natural lipophilic pigments, which have been proven to provide significant health benefits to humans, relying on their capacity to efficiently scavenge singlet oxygen and peroxyl radicals as an...
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Numerical Simulation of Random Wave Overtop** of Rubble Mound Breakwater with Armor Units
Based on the open source code OpenFOAM, a three-dimensional model is presented for simulation of the interaction between waves and rubble mound breakwater with armor units. The armor units with their real geom...
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Geology and origin of the Zhunuo porphyry copper deposit, Gangdese belt, southern Tibet
The Zhunuo porphyry copper deposit in the Gangdese belt of southern Tibet contains 2.37 Mt at 0.57% Cu. In this deposit, Eocene rhyolite (51.6 ± 1.0 Ma) and quartz porphyry (49.1 ± 0.6 Ma) were intruded by mon...
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Dating hypogene iron mineralization events in Archean BIF at Weld Range, Western Australia: insights into the tectonomagmatic history of the northern margin of the Yilgarn Craton
This study is the first to constrain the absolute timing of hypogene iron mineralization in Archean BIF located in the Yilgarn Craton. In situ SHRIMP U–Th–Pb geochronology on xenotime and monazite grains has b...
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The tectonic setting and evolution of the 2.7 Ga Kalgoorlie–Kurnalpi Rift, a world-class Archean gold province
The Yilgarn Craton results from three major mantle input events (at ca 3.0–2.9, 2.8 and 2.7 Ga) that have interacted with > 3.0 Ga continental crust. Zircon geochronology and Sm-Nd isotopic data subdivide the ...
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Research on Waterless Fracturing Technology in Tight Gas Formation in China
Hydraulic fracturing was an important means for tight gas reservoir development in an attempt to achieve commercial production and to improve productivity. For fracturing job in low-pressure and tight gas rese...
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Open AccessClpP-deletion impairs the virulence of Legionella pneumophila and the optimal translocation of effector proteins
The opportunistic bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila uses substrate effectors of Dot/Icm type IVB secretion system (T4BSS) to accomplish survival and replication in amoebae cells and mammalian alveolar mac...
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Proteomics analysis of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115 in response to simultaneous triple stresses
Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis in humans through consumption of contaminated food. L. monocytogenes can adapt and grow in a vast array of physiochemical stresses in the food...
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Open AccessThe ClpP protease homologue is required for the transmission traits and cell division of the pathogen Legionella pneumophila
Legionella pneumophila, the intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes Legionnaires' disease, exhibit characteristic transmission traits such as elevated stress tolerance, shortened length and virulence during ...
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Open AccessmRNA expression of the DNA replication-initiation proteins in epithelial dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue
The tongue squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) are characterized by high mitotic activity, and early detection is desirable. Overexpression of the DNA replication-initiation proteins has been associated with dyspl...
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Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of theα- andβ-isomers of aspartyl peptides
A high-performance liquid chromatography method is described for the separation of the α- and β-isomers of aspartyl-containing peptides such as N-benzyloxycarbonyl methyl aspartate, protected sweet dipeptide a...
