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Identification of Aristolactam Derivatives That Act as Inhibitors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection and Replication by Targeting Tat-Mediated Viral Transcription
Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART), efforts to develop new classes of antiviral agents have been hampered by the emergence of drug resistance. Dibenzo-indole-bearing aristolactams are compound...
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Metagenomic analysis of relationships between the denitrification process and carbon metabolism in a bioaugmented full-scale tannery wastewater treatment plant
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between the denitrification process and carbon metabolism in a full-scale tannery wastewater treatment plant bioaugmented with the microbial consortiu...
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Open AccessGanglioside GQ1b ameliorates cognitive impairments in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model, and causes reduction of amyloid precursor protein
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays crucial roles in memory impairments including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Previous studies have reported that tetrasialoganglioside GQ1b is involved in long-term po...
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Open AccessInfluence of Nano-silica on the Leaching Attack upon Photocatalytic Cement Mortars
Photocatalytic cementitious materials are used in the exterior of the buildings and infrastructure for self-cleaning and air-purifying purposes. These materials are exposed to the aggressive exposure condition...
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Open AccessDifferences in the molecular signatures of mucosal-associated invariant T cells and conventional T cells
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells exhibit different characteristics from those of TCRα7.2− conventional T cells. They play important roles in various inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthriti...
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Open AccessContinuous crop** of endangered therapeutic plants via electron beam soil-treatment and neutron tomography
Various medicinal plants are threatened with extinction owing to their over-exploitation and the prevalence of soil borne pathogens. In this study, soils infected with root-rot pathogens, which prevent continu...
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Binding, Antioxidant and Anti-proliferative Properties of Bioactive Compounds of Sweet Paprika (Capsicum annuum L.)
The scope of this research was to determine the bioactive composition, antioxidant, binding, and anti-proliferative properties of red sweet paprika growing under artificial light. The amounts of carotenoids, c...
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Open AccessThe Plasmodiophora brassicae genome reveals insights in its life cycle and ancestry of chitin synthases
Plasmodiophora brassicae causes clubroot, a major disease of Brassica oil and vegetable crops worldwide. P. brassicae is a Plasmodiophorid, obligate biotrophic protist in the eukaryotic kingdom of Rhizaria. Here ...
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Comparative gene expression analysis in a highly anthocyanin pigmented mutant of colorless chrysanthemum
In this study, we investigated differentially expressed genes between the original chrysanthemum cultivar ‘Argus’ with white flower color and its gamma-ray irradiated mutant ‘ARTI-purple’ with purple flower co...
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A quantitative and direct PCR assay for the subspecies-specific detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis based on a ferredoxin reductase gene
The Gram-positive bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis is the causal agent of canker disease in tomato. Because it is very important to control newly introduced inoculum sources from commercia...
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Arabidopsis TTR1 causes LRR-dependent lethal systemic necrosis, rather than systemic acquired resistance, to Tobacco ringspot virus
Most Arabidopsis ecotypes display tolerance to the Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV), but a subset of Arabidopsis ecotypes, including Estland (Est), develop lethal systemic necrosis (LSN), which differs from the loca...
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Nucleotide sequence and genomic organization of a newly identified member of the genus Carmovirus, soybean yellow mottle mosaic virus, from soybean
The viral genome of soybean yellow mottle mosaic virus (SYMMV) from infected soybean (Glycine max) in Korea was cloned and sequenced. The complete monopartite single-stranded RNA genome of SYMMV consists of 4009 ...
