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**hui Li
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Plant Regeneration from Protoplasts Of Higher Plants In China
The Protoplast and its reproduction provide a desirable means for plant genetic manipulation including gene transfer, genome transfer by protoplast fusion, and somaclonal variation. It is also a useful tool fo...
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A Web-based Knowledge Aided Tutoring System for Vegetable Supply Chain
With the recent rapid progress of computer technology, researchers have attempted to adopt artificial intelligence and computer networks to develop computer-aided tutoring systems. Meanwhile, some have also at...
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Non-viral Gene Therapy
Gene therapy has been considered to be a powerful approach for the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases from genetic disorders, infections, to cancer. The success of gene therapy in the clinic ...
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Stimuli-Responsive Polymersomes
Polymer vesicles, commonly called polymersomes, are spherical shell structures in which an aqueous compartment is enclosed by a bilayer membrane made from amphiphilic block copolymers. Compared to liposomes, t...
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Taxonomic and phylogenetic evaluation of Limnothrix strains (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) by adding Limnothrix planktonica strains isolated from central China
Six Limnothrix strains, isolated for the first time from a shallow eutrophic lake in central China, were taxonomically and phylogenetically evaluated by investigating their polyphasic characteristics, including m...
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Structure, Metabolism and Functions of Amino Acids: An Overview
Amino acids are classically considered as the building blocks for the synthesis of proteins. However, amino acids are also used as precursors for the biosynthesis of numerous compounds with various physiologic...
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Exine Export in Pollen
Pollen as a sperm cell carrier is mainly protected by outer pollen wall (called exine) from physical and biological stresses. The major composition of exine is the highly resistant biopolymer sporopollenin, wh...
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High Density Array for SNP Genoty** and Map** in Tetraploid Alfalfa
The development of an Illumina iSelect Infinium array that includes approximately 9,277 SNPs identified from sequencing 27 diverse alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) genotypes can be used to accelerate genome-wide asso...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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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...
