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Open AccessSupplemental magnolol or honokiol attenuates adverse effects in broilers infected with Salmonella pullorum by modulating mucosal gene expression and the gut microbiota
Salmonella pullorum is one of the most harmful pathogens to avian species. Magnolol and honokiol, natural compounds extracted from Magnolia officinalis, exerts anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and antibacterial ac...
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Open AccessGenome-wide association analysis reveals genetic variations and candidate genes associated with salt tolerance related traits in Gossypium hirsutum
Cotton is more resistant to salt and drought stresses as compared to other field crops, which makes itself as a pioneer industrial crop in saline-alkali lands. However, abiotic stresses still negatively affect...
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Single-cell transcriptomics identifies a distinct luminal progenitor cell type in distal prostate invagination tips
The identification of prostate stem/progenitor cells and characterization of the prostate epithelial cell lineage hierarchy are critical for understanding prostate cancer initiation. Here, we characterized 35,...
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A cotton α1,3-/4-fucosyltransferase-encoding gene, FucT4, plays an important role in cell elongation and is significantly associated with fiber quality
Fucosylation, one of the key posttranslational modifications, plays an important role in plants. It is involved in the development, signal transduction, reproduction, and disease resistance. α1,3-/4-Fucosyltra...
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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell–derived exosomes alleviate high phosphorus-induced vascular smooth muscle cells calcification by modifying microRNA profiles
Vascular calcification is a common complication in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is an important predictor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Previous studies have confirmed th...
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Open AccessCombining genome-wide and transcriptome-wide analyses reveal the evolutionary conservation and functional diversity of aquaporins in cotton
Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) and function in a huge variety of processes such as water transport, plant growth and stress response. T...
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Ectopic expression of GhCOBL9A, a cotton glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein encoding gene, promotes cell elongation, thickening and increased plant biomass in transgenic Arabidopsis
Cellulose is a major component of plant cell walls and is necessary for plant morphogenesis and biomass. COBL (COBRA-Like) proteins have been shown to be key regulators in the orientation of cell expansion and...
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Open AccessDivergence and evolution of cotton bHLH proteins from diploid to allotetraploid
Polyploidy is considered a major driving force in genome expansion, yielding duplicated genes whose expression may be conserved or divergence as a consequence of polyploidization.
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Open AccessRNA-seq analysis reveals alternative splicing under salt stress in cotton, Gossypium davidsonii
Numerous studies have focused on the regulation of gene expression in response to salt stress at the transcriptional level; however, little is known about this process at the post-transcriptional level.
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Open AccessHigh-density 80 K SNP array is a powerful tool for genoty** G. hirsutum accessions and genome analysis
High-throughput genoty** platforms play important roles in plant genomic studies. Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the world’s important natural textile fiber and oil crop. Upland cotton accounts for more than 90% of...
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Genomic analyses in cotton identify signatures of selection and loci associated with fiber quality and yield traits
Tianzhen Zhang, **ongming Du and colleagues report whole-genome resequencing of 318 upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) accessions. They carried out genome-wide association analyses to identify loci associated wit...
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Open AccessGenomic insights into divergence and dual domestication of cultivated allotetraploid cottons
Cotton has been cultivated and used to make fabrics for at least 7000 years. Two allotetraploid species of great commercial importance, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense, were domesticated after polyplo...
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Identification of candidate genes from the SAD gene family in cotton for determination of cottonseed oil composition
Cotton is an economically important crop grown for natural fiber and seed oil production. Cottonseed oil ranks third after soybean oil and colza oil in terms of edible oilseed tonnage worldwide. The fatty acid...
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Genome-wide analysis of CrRLK1L gene family in Gossypium and identification of candidate CrRLK1L genes related to fiber development
Members of the CrRLK1L family, a subgroup of the receptor-like kinase (RLK) gene family, are thought to act as sensors for the integrity of the cell wall and regulators of polar elongation. To better understand t...
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Heat shock protein 70 inhibits cardiomyocyte necroptosis through repressing autophagy in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
Irreversible damage of cardiac function arisen from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MIRI) leads to an emerging challenge in the treatments of cardiac ischemic diseases. Molecular chaperone heat shock p...
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Open AccessSequence-based ultra-dense genetic and physical maps reveal structural variations of allopolyploid cotton genomes
SNPs are the most abundant polymorphism type, and have been explored in many crop genomic studies, including rice and maize. SNP discovery in allotetraploid cotton genomes has lagged behind that of other crops...
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Open AccessAberrant phenotype and transcriptome expression during fiber cell wall thickening caused by the mutation of the Im gene in immature fiber (im) mutant in Gossypium hirsutum L
The immature fiber (im) mutant of Gossypium hirsutum L. is a special cotton fiber mutant with non-fluffy fibers. It has low dry weight and fineness of fibers due to developmental defects in fiber secondary cell w...
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Construction of microsatellite-based linkage map and map** of nectarilessness and hairiness genes in Gossypium tomentosum
Gossypium tomentosum, a wild tetraploid cotton species with AD genomes, possesses genes conferring strong fibers and high heat tolerance. To effectively transfer these genes into Gossypiu...
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Open AccessCharacterization of expressed sequence tags from develo** fibers of Gossypium barbadenseand evaluation of insertion-deletion variation in tetraploid cultivated cotton species
Cotton is the leading fiber crop worldwide. Gossypium barbadense is an important species of cotton because of its extra-long staple fibers with superior luster and silkiness. However, a systematic analysis and ut...
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Structure and size variations between 12A and 12D homoeologous chromosomes based on high-resolution cytogenetic map in allotetraploid cotton
Cotton is a model system for studying polyploidization, genomic organization, and genome-size variation because the allotetraploid was formed 1-2 million years ago, which is old enough for sequence divergence ...
