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Effect of stand and tree attributes on growth and wood quality characteristics from a spacing trial with Populus xiaohei
The effect of stand density (1000 stems/ha, 500 stems/ha and 250 stems/ha) on tree growth and wood quality characteristics was studied in a 27-year-old plantation species of Populus xiaohei in China. Results indi...
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Surface deterioration of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) induced by exposure to artificial sunlight
The effect of ultraviolet-visible light irradiation on changes in surface chemistry and morphology of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel) was investigated. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and FT-Raman ...
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Identification of α-d-glucose-1-phosphate cytidylyltransferase involved in Ebosin biosynthesis of Streptomyces sp. 139
Ebosin, a novel exopolysaccharide produced by Streptomyces sp. 139 has antagonist activity for IL-1R in vitro and remarkable anti-rheumatic arthritis activity in vivo. Its biosynthesis gene cluster (ste) has been...
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Detection of the pine wood nematode using a real-time PCR assay to target the DNA topoisomerase I gene
A species-specific real-time PCR assay targeting the DNA topoisomerase I gene has been developed to detect Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. The specificity of the assay was confirmed by the lack of amplification of ge...
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Open AccessNLRP3 inflammasome activation contributes to VSMC phenotypic transformation and proliferation in hypertension
Inflammation is involved in pathogenesis of hypertension. NLRP3 inflammasome activation is a powerful mediator of inflammatory response via caspase-1 activation. The present study was designed to determine the...
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Phylogeny of Fargesia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) and infrageneric adaptive divergence inferred from three cpDNA and nrITS sequence data
Fargesia, a temperate woody bamboo genus, is one of the largest genera and constitutes a taxonomically problematic group due to unusual life cycles and the rarity of flowering. We explored phylogenetic relationsh...