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**hui Li
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Overview: Utilization of Fungal Resources in China
Fungi, as a kind of resources, have their own comprehensive systems in their formation, evolution, quality characteristics and temporal and spatial characteristics in nature, as well as their interrelationship...
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Macrofungal Ascomycetes 1: Species with Names Beginning with A–H
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Agyrium aurantium W.Y. Zhuang & Zhu L. Yang
Apothecia 0.5–1.5 mm in diameter, subglobose to small pulvinate, sessile. Hymenium surface...
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Coral Fungi
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Aphelaria lacerata R.H. Petersen & M. Zang
Basidiomata 1.5–5 cm high, 1–3 cm wide, rather variable in length and width, 1–5 mm thick...
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Macrofungal Ascomycetes 3: Species with Names Beginning with R–X
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Rhizina undulata Fr.
Apothecia 2–10 cm in diameter, cyathiform to conchate, sessile, hollow, flattened to pulvinate attached to the ...
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Overview: Collection of Fungal Resources
Since taking records of information on each specimen is time-consuming, it is advisable not to collect too many specimens at once to ensure that all specimens are fully characterized within a certain period of...
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Jelly Fungi
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Auricularia cornea Ehrenb
Basidiomata annual, up to 15 cm in diameter, 0.5–1.5 mm thick, cyathiform, disciform or conchate when fres...
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Macrofungal Ascomycetes 2: Species with Names Beginning with I–P
71. Isaria cateniobliqua (Z.Q. Liang) Samson & Hywel-Jones
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Overview: Geographical Partition and Distribution of Fungal Resources in China
Early authoritative partitioning for the ecological distribution of fungi in China was seen in Edible Fungal Flora of China edited by the Edible Fungi Research Institute of Shanghai, Academy of Agricultural Scien...
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Response of Foodborne Pathogens to Cold Stress
Low temperature is often used in food processing. However, a series of physical and biochemical modifications can be produced by foodborne pathogens in the process of transient stress and low temperature adapt...
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Nanotechnology in Tissue Engineering and Implant Development
In the early 1990s, tissue engineering has emerged to overcome the drawbacks of organ transplantation, such as donor shortage and demand for immunosuppressive therapy (Caddeo et al. 2017). The concept of tissu...
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Corn
Corn is an economic crop and serves as a staple and primary diet for large populations in many areas. Starch accounts for the largest constituent in corn, followed by protein, fiber, fat, and micronutrients su...
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Modulation of Oxidative Stress in Heart Disease by Uncoupling Proteins
According to “free-radical theory” of disease, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) play a key role in the pathogenesis of several diseases including cardiovascular disease. When the balance between production of fre...
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Chronic Lung Pathologies That Require Repair and Regeneration
Chronic lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary fibrosis, are a major cause of mortality worldwide. With the increasing incidence with ageing, the full impact of these...
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Understanding Response of Tea Plants to Heat Stress and the Mechanisms of Adaptation
Tea plants are mainly distributed in the tropic and subtropic regions. Tea leaves provide the resources of healthy nonalcoholic beverages and have great economical value. Global warming appears to be a trend o...
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Saltmarsh Cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Loisel
Saltmarsh cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Loisel, native to North America, is now recognized as one of the most harmful invasive plants in China. Since 1990s, S. alterniflora has successfully invaded the Yangtze ...
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Advancement of Polarizable Force Field and Its Use for Molecular Modeling and Design
The most important requirement of biomolecular modeling is to deal with electrostatic energies. The electrostatic polarizability is an important part of electrostatic interaction for simulation systems. Howeve...
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Theoretical Studies on the Folding Mechanisms for Different DNA G-quadruplexes
The G-quadruplex DNA formed by the stack of guanines in human telomere sequence is a promising anticancer target. In this study we used the energy landscape theory to elucidate the folding mechanisms for the t...
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Binding Modes and Interaction Mechanism Between Different Base Pairs and Methylene Blue Trihydrate: A Quantum Mechanics Study
Different quantum mechanic methods have been evaluated for the calculation of binding modes and interactions between intercalators with different DNA base pairs by comparing with the results of MP2, which is v...
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Biometrical Approaches for Analysis of Phenotypic Data of Complex Traits
Phenotype (or phenotypic value) is the performance of a trait in interest, which can be observed in the field and then used in estimating the unknown genotypic value (or the phenotypic mean). In this chapter, ...
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Folding Mechanisms of Trefoil Knot Proteins Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Go-model
Most proteins need to avoid the complex topologies when folding into the native structures, but some proteins with nontrivial topologies have been found in nature. Here we used protein unfolding simulations un...
