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Open AccessHigh SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in children unvaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine in Changzhou, China, shortly after lifting zero-COVID-19 policy in December 2022
China experienced an overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic from middle December 2022 to middle January 2023 after lifting the zero-COVID-19 policy on December 7, 2022. However, the infection rate was less studied. We...
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Little Ice Age cooling in the Western Hengduan Mountains, China: a 600-year warm-season temperature reconstruction from tree rings
The distributions of forest, ice and snow in the Hengduan Mountains of China have undergone significant changes due to ongoing climatic warming. To better understand the spatiotemporal pattern of temperature c...
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Development of seven SNP molecular markers based on the key genes related to red colour of fruit skin in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
Fruit color is an important factor that affects its quality. The red-skinned cultivars of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) have high medicinal economic benefits and are mainly used for deep-processed...
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Survey on deep learning in multimodal medical imaging for cancer detection
The task of multimodal cancer detection is to determine the locations and categories of lesions by using different imaging techniques, which is one of the key research methods for cancer diagnosis. Recently, d...
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Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of YUCCA gene family associated with plant vigor in Japanese apricot (prunus mume Sieb. Et zucc)
Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is an important plant hormone required for various plant growth and developmental activities. YUCCA proteins are the enzymes for IAA synthesis that catalyze the rate-limiting step. H...
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CdSe@CdS quantum dot–sensitized Au/α-Fe2O3 structure for photoelectrochemical detection of circulating tumor cells
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are the important biomarker for cancer diagnosis and individualized treatment. However, due to the extreme rarity of CTCs (only 1–10 CTCs are found in every milliliter of periphe...
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Open AccessThe analysis of genetic structure and characteristics of the chloroplast genome in different Japanese apricot germplasm populations
Chloroplast (cp) genomes are generally considered to be conservative and play an important role in population diversity analysis in plants, but the characteristics and diversity of the different germplasm popu...
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Open AccessMutations in PmUFGT3 contribute to color variation of fruit skin in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) is popular for both ornamental and processing value, fruit color affects the processing quality, and red pigmentation is the most obvious phenotype associated with fr...
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Association between epicardial adipose tissue density and characteristics of coronary plaques assessed by coronary computed tomographic angiography
To investigate the relationship between the epicardial adipose tissue density (EATD) and the coronary plaque components as assessed by coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA). The study cohort include...
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the frigida domain gene family in Prunus mume (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.)
Frigida genes play a key role in regulating flowering time in plants. In this study, we identified 12 PmFRL genes and named them according to their chromosomal positions. These genes are unevenly distributed on f...
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Comprehensive transcriptome profiling to identify genes involved in pistil abortion of Japanese apricot
Flower development exists as a key period in the angiosperms life cycle and the proper development is considered with its reproductive success. Pistil abortion is one of the widely distributed aspects of berry...
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miR169 and PmRGL2 synergistically regulate the NF-Y complex to activate dormancy release in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.)
This study is the first to demonstrate that GA4-induced dormancy release is associated with the NF-Y complex, which interacts with gibberellin inhibitor RGL2 in Japanese apricot.
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A tunable single-longitudinal-mode wedge Nd:YVO4 laser with a YVO4 wave-plate
We report a tunable single-longitudinal-mode laser based on a wedged Nd:YVO4 gain medium and a YVO4 wave-plate. By taking advantage of the natural birefringence of YVO4 and adopting different cutting methods, a w...
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Open AccessGenome-wide discovery and characterization of flower development related long non-coding RNAs in Prunus mume
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts more than 200 bp in length do not encode proteins. Up to the present, it has been reported that lncRNAs play an essential role in developmental processes through ...
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Origin and Evolution of Prunus mume
Prunus mume (P. mume Sieb. et Zucc., 2n = 2x = 16) is a popular ornamental plant widely cultivated in East Asia, where it was domesticated over 3000 years ago. As an important member of the genus Prunus, it plays...
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Taxonomy and Germplasm of Prunus mume
In this chapter, the standard and basis for Prunus mume taxonomy are being discussed. According to its morphological characteristics and distribution, P. mume can be classified into two ecological categories: hig...
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Small RNAs in Prunus mume
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc) is an important economic fruit crop in China and Japan, with more than 200 cultivars in China. It is one of the most valuable materials used in the food and winemaking...
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Prunus mume Transcriptomics
Large-scale transcriptome analysis using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has proven extremely useful to obtain candidates for such unidentified genes. The NGS technologies are capable of generati...
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Production and Academic Importance of Prunus mume
Prunus mume has a great ornamental and nutritional value. The species is considered as an important fruit crop due to its special values. It is distributed throughout Eastern Asia, while the largest production re...
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Systems Biology in Japanese Apricot
‘Omics’ research approaches have produced copious data for living systems, required for the development of systems biology to integrate multidimensional biological information into networks and models. The app...
