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Peanut LEAFY COTYLEDON1-type genes participate in regulating the embryo development and the accumulation of storage lipids
Two peanut LEC1-type genes exhibit partial functional redundancy. AhNFYB10 could complement almost all the defective phenotypes of lec1-2 in terms of embryonic morphology, while AhNF-YB1 could partially affect th...
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Open AccessUrine proteomics identifies biomarkers for diabetic kidney disease at different stages
Type 2 diabetic kidney disease is the most common cause of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and end-stage renal diseases (ESRD). Although kidney biopsy is considered as the ‘gold standard’ for diabetic kidney dis...
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Maize WRKY114 gene negatively regulates salt-stress tolerance in transgenic rice
Overexpression in rice of the isolated salt-responsive WRKY114 gene from maize resulted in decreases in both salt-stress tolerance and abscisic acid sensitivity by regulating stress- and abscisic acid-related gen...
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Open AccessImpact of the fermentation broth of Ganoderma lucidum on the quality of Chinese steamed bread
The potential of fermentation broth of Ganoderma lucidum (FBG) in improving the quality of Chinese steamed bread (CSB) was firstly evaluated. The sensory quality scores of CSB treated by FBG are significantly hig...
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Open AccessHigh-Throughput Sequencing Reveals the Gut Microbiome of the Bactrian Camel in Different Ages
The complex gut microbiota plays a key role in host metabolism and health. However, the core microbial communities in the different aged Bactrian camels remain totally unclear. We used high-throughput 16S rRNA...
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Open AccessSimulated microgravity and the antagonistic influence of strigolactone on plant nutrient uptake in low nutrient conditions
Human-assisted space exploration will require efficient methods of food production. Large-scale farming in presence of an Earth-like atmosphere in space faces two main challenges: plant yield in microgravity a...
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Limited carbon source retards inorganic arsenic release during roxarsone degradation in Shewanella oneidensis microbial fuel cells
Directly relevant to the toxicity, mobility, and fate of arsenic, the biotransformation of inorganic and organic arsenicals has been extensively concerned, including roxarsone, a widely applied organoarsenical...
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Season structures prokaryotic partners but not algal symbionts in subtropical hard corals
Coral reef ecosystems have great economic, social, and ecological value. The ecological success of coral reef ecosystems critically depends on coral-algal symbiosis and coral-prokaryotic partnership. However, ...
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Mechanism of antifungal activity of antimicrobial peptide APP, a cell-penetrating peptide derivative, against Candida albicans: intracellular DNA binding and cell cycle arrest
We investigated the antifungal properties and anti-candidal mechanism of antimicrobial peptide APP. The minimum inhibitory concentration of APP was 8 μM against Candida albicans and Aspeogillus flavus, the concen...
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Chlorine stress mediates microbial surface attachment in drinking water systems
Microbial attachment to drinking water pipe surfaces facilitates pathogen survival and deteriorates disinfection performance, directly threatening the safety of drinking water. Notwithstanding that the formati...
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Identification of a novel endophytic fungus from Huperzia serrata which produces huperzine A
Huperzine A is isolated from Huperzia serrata and is used for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, due to its low toxicity and long effective period. The decrease in H. serrata sources means that natural huperzine A...
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Fine-map** of qSB-9 TQ , a gene conferring major quantitative resistance to rice sheath blight
qSB-9 is a major quantitative trait locus that confers significant resistance to rice sheath blight (SB). Its presence near the end of the long arm of chromosome 9 has been reported in several studies. However...
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Resource availability shapes microbial motility and mediates early-stage formation of microbial clusters in biological wastewater treatment processes
Microbial cluster functions as a key unit in biological wastewater treatment. Mechanistic understanding of early-stage microbial clustering, including kinetics of microbial cluster formation and the driving fo...
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Folic Acid Acts Through DNA Methyltransferases to Induce the Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells into Neurons
The present study investigated the roles of folic acid and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in the differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs). Neonatal rat NSCs were grown in suspended neurosphere cultures and ...
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Effects of Homocysteine on ERK Signaling and Cell Proliferation in Fetal Neural Stem Cells In Vitro
The aim of the present study was to determine if the excitatory amino acid homocysteine (Hcy) alters ERK signaling and cell proliferation in fetal neural stem cells (NSCs) in vitro. NSCs were isolated from fet...
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Alterations of the gut microbiota in high-fat diet mice is strongly linked to oxidative stress
Alterations of the gut microbiota induced by diet exert a strong influence on the development of metabolic syndrome. In this study, we prove the hypothesis that the long-term high-fat diet (HFD) may influence ...
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Antibacterial activity and dual mechanisms of peptide analog derived from cell-penetrating peptide against Salmonella typhimurium and Streptococcus pyogenes
A number of research have proven that antimicrobial peptides are of greatest potential as a new class of antibiotics. Antimicrobial peptides and cell-penetrating peptides share some similar structure character...
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Seed size is determined by the combinations of the genes controlling different seed characteristics in rice
Rice seed size is an important agronomic trait in determining the yield potential, and four seed size related genes (GS3, GW2, qSW5/GW5 and GIF1) have been cloned in rice so far. However, the relationship among t...
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Mechanism, function and regulation of microtubule-dependent microtubule amplification in mitosis
Mitotic spindle mediates the segregation of chromosomes in the cell cycle and the proper function of the spindle is crucial to the high fidelity of chromosome segregation and to the stability of the genome. Nu...
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Purification of plasmid DNA using a multicompartment electrolyser separated by ultrafilter membranes
A simple, scalable method for purification of plasmid DNA is described. Plasmid DNA was released from Escherichia coli JM109 by lysis (1% SDS, 0.2 M NaOH). Then a neutralization solution (3 M sodium acetate buffe...
