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Virus-Induced Gene Silencing Revealed ZoWRKY21 Regulates 6-Gingerol Biosynthesis in Ginger
6-gingerol is the predominant constituent of Zingiber officinale (ginger) extract. The WRKY transcription factor families have been shown to be involved in the regulation of plant secondary metabolites. Here, vir...
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Relationship Between Geological Characteristics and Key Parameters of Large-Diameter EPB Shields
On the basis of the first proposed soil layer composite ratio, a single comprehensive index calculation model of geological characteristics in the Caoqiao Tunnel, China, is established using AHP (Analytic Hier...
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Genetic Basis of Differences in Bioactive Compound Biosynthesis between Rhizome and Aboveground Stem in Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)
Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) is a valuable food and medicinal plant. Its pharmacological activities are mainly attributed to its secondary metabolites. As a non-model plant, there is a lack of reference seq...
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Redox Imbalance in the Peripheral Mechanism Underlying the Mirror-Image Neuropathic Pain Due to Chronic Compression of Dorsal Root Ganglion
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a critical role in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain, but few studies have examined the role of oxidative stress in the mirror-image neuropathic pain (MINP). The present s...
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Cloning, expression, and characterization of phyA gene from Ipomoea batatas
Phytochrome A (phyA), as a photoreceptor, has a profound influence on plant growth and development and participates in many important physiological processes, such as seed germination, seeding deetiolation, an...
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Feature extraction of micro-motion frequency and the maximum wobble angle in a small range of missile warhead based on micro-Doppler effect
Micro-Doppler effect is induced by the micro-motion dynamics of the radar target itself or any structure on the target. In this paper, a simplified cone-shaped model for ballistic missile warhead with micro-nu...
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Pathway-based association analysis of two genome-wide screening data identifies rheumatoid arthritis-related pathways
The pathways can explain molecular mechanisms of complex diseases from the perspective of biology function. We carried out a genome-wide pathway-based association analysis to identify the risk pathways of rheu...
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Cloning and expression profile of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase gene of Ipomoea batatas in response to salt stress
Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) is a key enzyme for glycine betaine synthesis, which plays an important role in improving plant tolerance to salinity. Until now, little is known about the molecular biolo...
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Statistical properties of polarization image and despeckling method by multiresolution block-matching 3D filter
The theoretical and experimental investigations on the polarization imagery system of speckle statistical characteristics and speckle removing method are researched. A method to obtain two images encoded by po...
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Improvements in the Sintering Behavior and Microwave Dielectric Properties of Geikielite-Type MgTiO3 Ceramics
Microwave dielectric ceramics based on geikielite-type MgTiO3 were prepared by an aqueous sol–gel process. The precursor powders and dielectric ceramics were characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron ...
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Synthesis and microwave dielectric properties of columbite-structure MgNb2O6 ceramics by aqueous sol–gel technique
Columbite-type MgNb2O6 ceramics were prepared by aqueous sol–gel method and their microwave dielectric properties were investigated. Firstly, highly reactive nanosized MgNb2O6 powders were successfully synthesize...
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Photosynthetic characteristics of an endangered species Camellia nitidissima and its widespread congener Camellia sinensis
Saturation (SI) and compensation (CI) irradiances [µmol(photon) m−2 s−1] were 383.00±18.40 and 12.95±0.42 for wild C. nitidissima (in mid-July) and 691.00±47.39 and 21.91±1.28 for wild C. sinensis, respectively.
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Effects of irradiance on growth, photosynthetic characteristics, and artemisinin content of Artemisia annua L.
With an increase in growth irradiance (from 15 to 100 % of full sunlight, I15 to I100), the maximum net photosynthetic rate (P max), compensation (CI) and saturation irradiances of A. annu...
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Recent Advances in Fullerene Deposition on Semiconductor Surfaces
Development of novel chemistry on semiconductor surfaces is an area of increasing research interests due to its technological importance. The possibility of depositing fullerenes on semiconductor surfaces via ...
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A Conceptual-Modeling Approach to Extracting Data from the Web
Electronically available data on the Web is exploding at an ever increasing pace. Much of this data is unstructured, which makes searching hard and traditional database querying impossible. Many Web documents,...
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On subspectral problem—benzenoid hydrocarbons with common eigenvalues ±1
The method for the contraction and expansion of graphs is used to treat the subspectrality of benzenoid hydrocarbons in relation to eigenvalues ±1. Counts of benzenoid hydrocarbons together with degeneracies o...