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  1. Redundancy in microbiota-mediated suppression of the soybean cyst nematode

    Background

    Soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) as animal parasites of plants are not usually interested in killing the host but are rather focused on...

    Muzammil Hussain, Peixue Xuan, ... Meichun **ang in Microbiome
    Article Open access 15 July 2024

  3. Schizosaccharomyces pombe comparative genomics; from sequence to systems

    The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is becoming increasingly important as a model for the characterization and study of many globally...
    Valerie Wood in Comparative Genomics
    Chapter

  4. Telomeres in fungi

    Telomeres are the functional elements concluding and defining each linear chromosome in eukaryotes. They play an essential role in protecting genetic...
    Marita Cohn, Gianni Liti, David BH Barton in Comparative Genomics
    Chapter

  5. Systems Biology: necessary developments and trends

    At the end of this definition of Systems Biology through exampling, we discuss ambitions, goals, and challenges relating to this new discipline. We...
    Lilia Alberghina, Stefan Hohmann, Hans V. Westerhoff in Systems Biology
    Chapter

  6. Comparative genomics and gene finding in fungi -- Supplement

    Online Supplement to Chapter 1
    Marina Axelson-Fisk, Per Sunnerhagen in Comparative Genomics
    Chapter

  7. The genome of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii: annotation and evolutionary implications

    The 9.2 Mb genome of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii consists of seven chromosomes carrying 4718 protein coding genes, 194 tRNA genes, at...
    Sophie Brachat, Fred Dietrich, ... Peter Philippsen in Comparative Genomics
    Chapter

  8. 1 Phospholipid synthesis in mammalian cells

    Phospholipids are the main components of biological membranes and as such act as the major permeability barrier between cells and the extracellular...
    Christopher R. McMaster, Trevor R. Jackson in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
    Chapter

  9. 2 Phospholipid synthesis and dynamics in plant cells

    Phospholipids represent the second family of lipids after the galactolipids in photosynthetic tissues and the first in non-photosynthetic tissues....
    Jean-Jacques Bessoule, Patrick Moreau in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
    Chapter

  10. 11 Plant sphingolipids

    Plants contain a multiplicity of sphingolipid metabolites, such as long-chain bases, long-chain base phosphates, ceramides, glycosylceramides,...
    Petra Sperling, Dirk Warnecke, Ernst Heinz in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
    Chapter

  11. 12 Baker’s Yeast: a rising foundation for eukaryotic sphingolipid-mediated cell signaling

    Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been an invaluable tool for the dissection of sphingolipid metabolic pathways and cloning of enzymes involved in...
    L. Ashley Cowart, Yusuf A. Hannun in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
    Chapter

  12. 5 Sterol metabolism and functions in higher plants

    Higher plants synthesize a bewildering array of sterols, with sitosterol, stigmasterol, and 24-methylcholesterol as major compounds. All plant...
    Marie-Andrée Hartmann in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
    Chapter

  13. 6 Sterol biochemistry and regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been a major model system for the study of sterol biosynthesis and function. All of the genes encoding the enzymes...
    N. Douglas Lees, Martin Bard in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
    Chapter

  14. 7 Mammalian ACAT and DGAT2 gene families

    Mammalian isozymes of ACAT, DGAT, and MGAT are encoded by the ACAT and DGAT2 gene families. These enzymes catalyze the synthesis of neutral lipid...
    Dong Cheng, Jay Liu, ... Ta-Yuan Chang in Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
    Chapter

  15. S. cerevisiae K28 toxin – a secreted virus toxin of the A/B family of protein toxins

    Since the initial discovery of toxin-secreting killer strains in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae more than 40 years ago, continuous research on...
    Susanne Leis, Jenny Spindler, ... Manfred J. Schmitt in Microbial Protein Toxins
    Chapter

  16. Cholera toxin: mechanisms of entry into host cells

    Cholera toxin moves from the plasma membrane to the ER of host cells to cause disease. Trafficking in this pathway depends on toxin binding to...
    David E. Saslowsky, Michael Kothe, Wayne I. Lencer in Microbial Protein Toxins
    Chapter

  17. The Ustilago maydis killer toxins

    Killer toxins are small proteins secreted by a number of fungi that are lethal to susceptible cells (generally fungi of the same or related species)....
    Jeremy Bruenn in Microbial Protein Toxins
    Chapter

  18. Diphtheria toxin, diphtheria-related fusion protein toxins, and the molecular mechanism of their action against eukaryotic cells

    Diphtheria toxin remains one of the most successfully studied of the bacterial protein toxins. A detailed understanding of the structure function...
    Ryan Ratts, John R. Murphy in Microbial Protein Toxins
    Chapter

  19. Biochemical Reaction Engineering and Process Development in Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment

    Developments in production technology have frequently resulted in the concentrated local accumulation of highly organic-laden wastewaters. Anaerobic...
    Alexander Aivasidis, Vasileios I. Diamantis in Technology Transfer in Biotechnology
    Chapter

  20. Vertebrate Limb Regeneration

    In this chapter, we have touched upon some of the key processes of vertebrate limb regeneration from the formation of the wound epithelium to pattern...
    Mindy K. Call, Panagiotis A. Tsonis in Regenerative Medicine I
    Chapter
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