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Genome-wide identification and characterization of greenbug-inducible NAC transcription factors in sorghum
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an important cereal crop grown worldwide because of its multipurpose uses such as food, forage, and bioenergy feedstock and its wide range of adaption even in marginal environments. G...
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Effects of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Beta Gene Polymorphisms on the Plasma Concentration of Aripiprazole in Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study
This study explored the differences in glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK3β) gene polymorphisms between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls and investigated the association between gene polymorp...
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Open AccessGenome-wide studies of PAL genes in sorghum and their responses to aphid infestation
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3.1.25) plays a crucial role in plant adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the current knowledge about PAL proteins in sorghum is essentially lacking. Thus...
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Identification and characterization of plant resistance genes (R genes) in sorghum and their involvement in plant defense against aphids
Plants are constantly exposed to numerous biotic stresses; thus, they have evolved to defend themselves from their enemies such as pathogen or insect pests. Plant resistance (R) genes encoded by nucleotide bin...
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Open AccessGenome-wide characterization of the sorghum JAZ gene family and their responses to phytohormone treatments and aphid infestation
Jasmonate ZIM-domain (JAZ) proteins are the key repressors of the jasmonic acid (JA) signal transduction pathway and play a crucial role in stress-related defense, phytohormone crosstalk and modulation of the ...
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Open AccessDesigning with biodiversity data: connections among design, materials, and technology
Data visualisation plays an integral role in the communication of complex data between expert and non-expert audiences. However, heretofore, large uncertainties remain concerning how people understand and inte...
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Genome-wide identification and classification of Lipoxygenase gene family and their roles in sorghum-aphid interaction
This report shows detailed characterization of LOX gene family in sorghum and provides new insight of sorghum LOX genes in genetic structure and their roles in plant response to infestation by sugarcane aphids.
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Open AccessJMJD3 acts in tandem with KLF4 to facilitate reprogramming to pluripotency
The interplay between the Yamanaka factors (OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and c-MYC) and transcriptional/epigenetic co-regulators in somatic cell reprogramming is incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that the hist...
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Study on the Freeze-Thaw Damage of Granite Under Impact Loading
The freeze-thaw damage of granite was studied used SHPB tests and numerical simulation in the paper. All the granite samples were taken from high altitude localities in Tibet, China, which were made impact loa...
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Simple and efficient genetic transformation of sorghum using immature inflorescences
Sorghum is an important cereal crop and has been grown in a wide range of environments from tropic to warm-temperate zones. Genetic improvement of this crop has been based on those traditional breeding methods...
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Publisher Correction: NCoR/SMRT co-repressors cooperate with c-MYC to create an epigenetic barrier to somatic cell reprogramming
In the version of this Article originally published, in Fig. 2c, the ‘+’ sign and ‘OSKM’ were superimposed in the label ‘+OSKM’. In Fig. 4e, in the labels, all instances of ‘Ant’ should have been ‘Anti-’. And,...
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NCoR/SMRT co-repressors cooperate with c-MYC to create an epigenetic barrier to somatic cell reprogramming
Somatic cell reprogramming by exogenous factors requires cooperation with transcriptional co-activators and co-repressors to effectively remodel the epigenetic environment. How this interplay is regulated rema...
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Open AccessExpression of brown-midrib in a spontaneous sorghum mutant is linked to a 5′-UTR deletion in lignin biosynthesis gene SbCAD2
Brown midrib (bmr) mutants in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and several other C4 grasses are associated with reduced lignin concentration, altered lignin composition and improved cell wall digestibility, ...
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Big Data Applications in Business Analysis
How can service providers turn their big data into actionable knowledge that drives profitable business results? Using the real-world case of China Southern Airlines, this chapter illustrates how big data anal...
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Autophagy and mTORC1 regulate the stochastic phase of somatic cell reprogramming
We describe robust induction of autophagy during the reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells by four reprogramming factors (Sox2, Oct4, Klf4 and c-Myc), henceforth 4F. This process...
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Service in the Hospitality Industry: A Chinese and American Comparison of Failures and Recovery Strategies
As an evolving area of academic investigation, service failure and recovery research is particularly relevant in the pervasive hospitality field where there is a high frequency and diversity of customer and se...
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Develo** new markers and QTL map** for greenbug resistance in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
Greenbug is a major damaging insect to sorghum production in the United States. Among various virulent greenbug biotypes, biotype I is the most predominant and severe for sorghum. To combat with the damaging p...
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Bridging Conventional and Molecular Genetics of Sorghum Insect Resistance
Sustainable production of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, depends on effective control of insect pests as they continue to compete with humans for the sorghum crop. Insect pests are a major constraint in so...
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Generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from urine samples
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have been generated with varied efficiencies from multiple tissues. Yet, acquiring donor cells is, in most instances, an invasive procedure that requires laborious ...
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AFLP genetic diversity analysis in Russian wheat aphid resistant wheat accessions
Russian wheat aphid (RWA), Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko), is an important insect pest which causes severe economic losses in wheat (Triticum spp.). Among the various U.S. RWA biotypes, biotype 1 (RWA1) and biotype ...
