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Open AccessGut microbiota and immune profiling of microbiota-humanised versus wildtype mouse models of hepatointestinal schistosomiasis
Mounting evidence of the occurrence of direct and indirect interactions between the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, and the gut microbiota of rodent models raises questions on the potential role(s) of the...
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Planar molecular arrangements aid the design of MHC class II binding peptides
The coupling between peptides and MHC-II proteins in the human immune system is not well understood. This work presents an evidence-based hypothesis of a guiding intermolecular force present in every human MHC...
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Heterodimeric adenosine receptors: a device to regulate neurotransmitter release
Since 1990 it has been known that dimers are the basic functional form of nearly all G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and that homo- and heterodimerization may play a key role in correct receptor maturation...
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Seasonal food habits of the endangered long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera): the effect of precipitation
Based on the content of feces, we studied the food habits of the endangered rodent Chinchitta lanigera. On a seasonal basis, during two years of contrasting rain levels (1992 = 242 mm; 1993 = 123 mm), we collecte...
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Three new monosomic chromosome 5B genetic stocks of bread wheat
One way to promote chromosome pairing between wheat and alien genomes is by using chromosome 5B deficient-genetic stocks (monosomic 5B) as female parents in hybridization. Such a stock is available in the cult...
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Some Triticum turgidum L. cultivars possessing the chromosome T1BL.1RS substitution
Six durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L.) cultivars were pollinated by Cando/Veery to produce chromosome IB, T1BL.1RS Fi heterozygotes. Each F1 combination was pollinated by its respective durum maternal parent to y...
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The cytogenetics of a Triticum turgidum x Psathyrostachys juncea hybrid and its backcross derivatives
Psathyrostachys juncea (2n = 2x = 14, NN), a source of barley yellow dwarf (BYDV) virus resistance with tolerance to drought and salinity, has been successfully hybridized in its autotetraploid form (2n = 4x = 2...