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**ngyu Huang
Life Sciences
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Reconciling grain production and environmental costs during rural livelihood transitions: a simulation-based approach in southern China
Tension is building up between the need to provide food for eight billion humans and the necessity to safeguard their environment. In many parts of the world, the ongoing transition of farmers’ livelihoods is ...
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Functions of violaxanthin de-epoxidase-related (VDR) in the photoprotective response to high-light stress
The xanthophyll cycle plays a pivotal role in protecting plants and algae against photodamage. Although the resistance of the violaxanthin de-epoxidase enzyme (VDE) to high light stress in the xanthophyll cycl...
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Open AccessIn vitro tetraploid induction and plant regeneration of Pinellia ternata, a pearl-like herb
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) is a widely used Chinese medicinal herb in many countries globally. However, asexual reproduction causes the germplasm of P. ternata to degrade, and there is limited research on genetic ...
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Effects of elevated CO2 on phenolics in black locust seedlings inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under cadmium pollution by 13C isotopic tracer technique
Phenolics can help plants mitigate stress of adverse environments. Elevated CO2 (eCO2) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) may improve phenolics synthesis, however, the contribution of eCO2 to phenolics in pla...
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Mechanisms Driving the Distribution and Activity of Mineralization and Nitrification in the Reservoir Riparian Zone
The riparian zone ecosystems have greater energy flow and elemental cycling than adjacent terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Mineralization and nitrification are important initiating processes in the nitrogen...
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Correction to: Mutation of CsARC6 affects fruit color and increases fruit nutrition in cucumber
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Mutation of CsARC6 affects fruit color and increases fruit nutrition in cucumber
A mutation of CsARC6 not only causes white fruit color in cucumber, but also affects plant growth and fruit quality.
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Open AccessLint percentage and boll weight QTLs in three excellent upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum): ZR014121, CCRI60, and EZ60
Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the most economically important species in the cotton genus (Gossypium spp.). Enhancing the cotton yield is a major goal in cotton breeding programs. Lint percentage (LP) ...
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Open AccessLncRNA PCAT6 promotes proliferation, migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of lung adenocarcinoma cell by targeting miR-545-3p
Lung cancer is a high incidence cancer on a worldwide basis and has become a major public health problem. Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) makes up approximately half of all lung cancers and is a threat to human hea...
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Open AccessWFDC12-overexpressing contributes to the development of atopic dermatitis via accelerating ALOX12/15 metabolism and PAF accumulation
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by eczema-like skin lesions, dry skin, severe itching, and recurrent recurrence. The whey acidic protein four-disulfide core domain g...
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LilrB3 is a putative cell surface receptor of APOE4
The three isoforms of apolipoprotein E (APOE2, APOE3, and APOE4) only differ in two amino acid positions but exert quite different immunomodulatory effects. The underlying mechanism of such APOE isoform depend...
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Alterations in gut microbiota and metabolites associated with altitude-induced cardiac hypertrophy in rats during hypobaric hypoxia challenge
The gut microbiota is involved in host responses to high altitude. However, the dynamics of intestinal microecology and their association with altitude-related illness are poorly understood. Here, we used a ra...
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Distribution characteristics of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms and their responses to external nitrogen and carbon in sediments of a freshwater reservoir, China
Ammonia oxidation driven by ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) plays a significant role in the nitrogen cycle, but the mechanism of this important action in reservoir sediments is unclear. In t...
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Open AccessSerpinB7 deficiency contributes to development of psoriasis via calcium-mediated keratinocyte differentiation dysfunction
Defective execution of proteases and protease inhibitors that mediate abnormal signaling cascades is emerging as a key contributor to skin diseases, such as psoriasis. SerpinB7 is identified as a skin-specific...
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Open AccessInhibition of TWEAK/Tnfrsf12a axis protects against acute liver failure by suppressing RIPK1-dependent apoptosis
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe clinical syndrome characterized by massive death of hepatocytes in a short time, resulting in coagulopathy and hepatic encephalopathy, with a high mortality in patients wi...
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Natural variation of the BRD2 allele affects plant height and grain size in rice
The zqdm1 identified from a rice mutant is a novel allele of BRD2 and is responsible for regulating rice plant height,...
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Open AccessGenome-wide association analysis reveals a novel QTL CsPC1 for pericarp color in cucumber
Cucumber is an important melon crop in the world, with different pericarp colors. However, the candidate genes and the underlying genetic mechanism for such an important trait in cucumber are unknown. In this ...
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Open AccessCryo-EM structure of the inner ring from the Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex
Nuclear pore complex (NPC) mediates nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. Here we present single-particle cryo-electron microscopy structure of the inner ring (IR) subunit from the Xenopus laevis NPC at an average resolut...
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Fine map** of a novel QTL CsFSG1 for fruit skin gloss in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an important vegetable crop that is popular with many people. Peel gloss is a highly valued external quality trait that affects the market value of cucumbers, and it directly infl...
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Open AccessCryo-EM structure of the nuclear ring from Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex
Nuclear pore complex (NPC) shuttles cargo across the nuclear envelope. Here we present single-particle cryo-EM structure of the nuclear ring (NR) subunit from Xenopus laevis NPC at an average resolution of 5.6 Å....
