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Li**g Du
Biochemistry, general
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Regulating Nanozymes for Bioanalysis
Nanozymes with enzyme-like activity can perform catalytic reactions like enzymes. Nanozymes have been extensively used in biosensing, biomedicine, and other fields owing to their high stability, low cost, and ...
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Molecular Events and Defence Mechanism Against Biotic Stress Induced by Bio-Priming of Beneficial Microbes
The monotonous and regular use of chemical pesticides or fertilisers not only adversely affects the nutrient and food quality but also affects the health of human beings and surrounding environment. Hence nowa...
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Other Chemical Hazards
This chapter reviews five groups of chemical hazards, including 5-HMF, trans-fatty acids, MCPDs and their esters, glycidol and its esters, and acrolein and other alkenals. Their analytical methods, formation m...
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Lipid Metabolism Disorder and Renal Fibrosis
Since the lipid nephrotoxicity hypothesis was proposed in 1982, increasing evidence has supported the hypothesis that lipid abnormalities contributed to the progression of glomerulosclerosis. In this chapter, ...
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The Application of Oligosaccharides in Breeding Industry
As the increasing demand for antibiotic substitution at home and abroad, animal husbandry will face serious challenges. How to ensure the healthy growth of breeding animals in the post-antibiotic era has becom...
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Microwave-Assisted Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass for Biofuel Production
This chapter provides readers with an insight into the technical aspects of pyrolysis and gasification of using microwave heating. The chapter will begin with a brief overview of biomass conversion involving...
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Photosynthesis and Expression of Circadium Gene KaiC in Synechococcus
This paper provided some evidences that there was a relationship between photosynthesis and circadian gene expression in unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongates PCC 7942. The gene KaiC was cloned by...
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Structural Biology of Replication Initiation Factor Mcm10
Minichromosome maintenance protein 10 (Mcm10) is a non-enzymatic replication factor required for proper assembly of the eukaryotic replication fork. Mcm10 interacts with single-stranded and double-stranded DNA...
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Spinach: better management of downy mildew and white rust through genomics
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) has become an increasingly important vegetable crop in many parts of the world. Significant changes in production practices, particularly in the U.S. and E.U., have occurred in the pas...
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Visual Presentation as a Welcome Alternative to Textual Presentation of Gene Annotation Information
The functions of a gene are traditionally annotated textually using either free text (Gene Reference Into Function or GeneRIF) or controlled vocabularies (e.g., Gene Ontology or Disease Ontology). Inspired by ...
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Allelopathic Inhibition by Scenedesmus obliquus of Photosynthesis and Growth of Microcystis aeruginosa
Microcystis aeruginosa is a species of unicellular cyanobacterium which synthesizes toxic microcystin. This work reports that the photosynthesis and growth of M. aeruginosa is inhibited by Scenedes...
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Telomerase Mutations and Premature Ageing in Humans
Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome which gets its name from the classic diagnostic triad of abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy, and leukoplakia. Most DC patien...
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Terminology of Gonadal Anomalies in Fish and Amphibians Resulting from Chemical Exposures
During the past decade, the scientific community and the public have become increasingly aware that some chemicals have the potential to interfere with endocrine systems in both vertebrate and invertebrate wil...
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Simulation Study of Breast Tissue Hemodynamics During Pressure Perturbation
We simulated the effects of compression of the breast on blood volume and tissue oxygenation. We sought to answer the question: how does the compression during breast examination impact on the circulatory syst...
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DNA Immobilization: Silanized Nucleic Acids and Nanoprinting
Over the last decade, the development of DNA microarray technology has allowed the simultaneous analysis of many thousands of different genes in histological or cytological specimens. Although DNA microarr...
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Hybrid Peptide-Polyketide Natural Products: Biosynthesis and Prospects Towards Engineering Novel Molecules
Polyketides and nonribosomal peptides are two groups of secondary metabolites found in many microorganisms and plants. Biosynthesis and genetic engineering of polyketide and nonribosomal peptide natural produc...
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Synthesis of peptides using a thioredoxin gene fusion expression system: An Application to hirudin
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Anticoagulant activity of synthetic peptides targeting various functional steps of blood clotting
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Enhancement of MAPK activity in rat brain following AVP(4–8) administration
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Effect of arginine vasopressin AVP(4–8) on CaMKII autophosphorylation and CaM expression in rat brain
