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Biao Liu
Life Sciences
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Open AccessFitness changes in wild soybean caused by gene flow from genetically modified soybean
Crop-wild hybridization has generated great concerns since gene flow can be an avenue for transgene escape. However, a rather limited number of studies on risk assessment regarding the dispersion of transgenes...
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Diversity of Activated Sludge Microbial Community Structure in Different Wastewater Treatment Plants
Abstract—The microbial diversity and community structure of activated sludge in the biological treatment units of five municipal WWTPs and two industrial WWTPs were studied. The results showed that industrial WWT...
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Open AccessIdentification of a rare Gli1+ progenitor cell population contributing to liver regeneration during chronic injury
In adults, hepatocytes are mainly replenished from the existing progenitor pools of hepatocytes and cholangiocytes during chronic liver injury. However, it is unclear whether other cell types in addition to cl...
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Open AccessPrevalence and molecular characteristics of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Hainan, China: from 2014 to 2019
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) has become the major concern in global tuberculosis control due to its limited therapy options and high mortality. Ho...
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Open AccessFitness of F1 hybrids between 10 maternal wild soybean populations and transgenic soybean
The releasing of transgenic soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) into farming systems raises concerns that transgenes might escape from the soybeans via pollen into their endemic wild relatives, the wild soybean (Gl...
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Open AccessAnalysis of secondary structural elements in human microRNA hairpin precursors
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression by targeting complementary mRNAs for destruction or translational repression. Aberrant expression of miRNAs has been associated with various diseases including cance...
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Open AccesscnvCurator: an interactive visualization and editing tool for somatic copy number variations
One of the most important somatic aberrations, copy number variations (CNVs) in tumor genomes is believed to have a high probability of harboring oncotargets. Detection of somatic CNVs is an essential part of ...
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A Comparison of Anammox Bacterial Abundance and Community Structures in Three Different Emerged Plants-Related Sediments
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries were used to document the abundance, diversity and community structure of anaerobic ammonia-oxidising (anammox) bacteria i...
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Open AccessSCNVSim: somatic copy number variation and structure variation simulator
Somatically acquired structure variations (SVs) and copy number variations (CNVs) can induce genetic changes that are directly related to tumor genesis. Somatic SV/CNV detection using next-generation sequencin...
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Abundance and Diversity of Ammonia-Oxidizing Microorganisms in the Sediments of **shan Lake
Community structures of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms were investigated using PCR primers designed to specifically target the ammonia monooxygenase α-subunit (amoA) gene in the sediment of **shan Lake. Relati...
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Open AccessGenomic characteristics and comparative genomics analysis of Penicillium chrysogenum KF-25
Penicillium chrysogenum has been used in producing penicillin and derived β-lactam antibiotics for many years. Although the genome of the mutant strain P. chrysogenum Wisconsin 54-1255 has already been sequenced,...
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Transgenic Bt rice has adverse impacts on CH4 flux and rhizospheric methanogenic archaeal and methanotrophic bacterial communities
The effect of transgenic insect-resistant crops on soil microorganisms has become an issue of public concern. The goal of this study was to firstly realize the variation of in situ methane (CH4) emission flux and...
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The Proteolytic Activation of the relNEs (ssr1114/slr0664) Toxin–Antitoxin System by Both Proteases Lons and ClpP2s/Xs of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
The proteolytic regulation of toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems has been well studied in Escherichia coli but remains unclear in other bacteria. A chromosomal gene pair ssr1114/slr0664, named relNEs, of Synechocystis ...
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No evidence of persistent effects of continuously planted transgenic insect-resistant cotton on soil microorganisms
Transgenic insect-resistant cotton expressing the Cry1Ac and/or CpTI protein has been released into the environment for commercial cultivation for over a decade in China. In this consecutive 3-year field study...
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Elevated CO2 effects on nutrient competition between a C3 crop (Oryza sativa L.) and a C4 weed (Echinochloa crusgalli L.)
Rice (a C3 crop) and barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli L.) (a C4 weed) were grown in a 1:1 mixture in a paddy field in ambient condition and with supplemented free air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE, CO2 con...
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The effect of root exudates from two transgenic insect-resistant cotton lines on the growth of Fusarium oxysporum
The attenuation of disease resistance in transgenic insect-resistant cotton has become one of the important factors restricting cotton production in China. Two transgenic insect-resistant cotton lines and thei...
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The Impacts of the Pollen of Insect-resistant Transgenic Cotton on Honeybees
Transgenic cotton containing a synthetic version of the insecticidal toxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki has been planted in China in a large scale and may have adverse impacts on honeybees. Th...
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Effects of transgenic plants on soil microorganisms
The rapid development of agricultural biotechnology and release of new transgenic plants for agriculture has provided many economic benefits, but has also raised concern over the potential impact of transgenic...
