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Functional analysis for domains of maize PPR protein EMP5 in RNA editing and plant development in Arabidopsis
EMP5 and OTP72 are PPR proteins involved in mitochondrial same site RNA editing of rpl16 in maize and Arabidopsis, respectively. Besides rpl16, EMP5 also affects the editing efficiency of some editing sites in ot...
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Open AccessA Plastid-Localized Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein is Required for Both Pollen Development and Plant Growth in Rice
Several mitochondrial-targeted pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins involved in pollen development have been reported to be fertility restorer (Rf) proteins. However, the roles of plastid-localized PPR prot...
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Overexpression of HOXC11 homeobox gene in clear cell renal cell carcinoma induces cellular proliferation and is associated with poor prognosis
Novel evidence has confirmed the involvement of dysregulated expression of HOX genes in cancer. HOX genes are a family of 39 transcription factors, divided in four clusters (HOXA to HOXD), that during normal d...
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Elevated microRNA-185 is associated with high vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 expression levels and high microvessel density in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in a number of biological processes, including tumor biology. Previous studies have demonstrated that miRNA-185 regulates signaling downstream of vascular endothelial growth fac...
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Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the heat stress response in the filamentous fungus Metarhizium anisopliae using RNA-Seq
The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is widely used for biological control of a variety of insect pests. The effectiveness of the microbial pest control agent, however, is limited by poor thermotole...
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Ziziphus mucronata: an underutilized traditional medicinal plant in Africa
In Africa, rural people depend heavily, if not exclusively, on medicinal plants and indigenous healthcare knowledge to meet their medical needs. Over 80000 flowering plant species are used medicinally worldwid...
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Achieving food and nutritional security through agroforestry: a case of Faidherbia albida in sub-Saharan Africa
Faidherbia albida is an ideal agroforestry tree commonly intercropped with annual crops like millet and groundnuts in the dry and densely populated areas of Africa. With its peculiar reverse phenology, it makes g...
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Diurnal changes in net photosynthetic rate of Pueraria lobata and its impact factors
In order to identify the relationship between diurnal changes in the net photosynthetic rate (P n) of Pueraria lobata and environmental factors, diurnal changes in the P ...
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The importance of an indigenous tree to southern African communities with specific relevance to its domestication and commercialization: a case of the marula tree
Local communities in southern Africa derive many benefits from marula [Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro]. These include the contribution of this species towards health, nutritio...
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Research on the ITOC based scheduling system for ship pi** production
Manufacturing of ship pi** systems is one of the major production activities in shipbuilding. The schedule of pipe production has an important impact on the master schedule of shipbuilding. In this research,...
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Approaches to biosynthesis of salidroside and its key metabolic enzymes
As a main component of efficiency in Rhodiola plants, salidroside is a promising environmental acclamation medicine and possesses specific medical properties against symptoms of fatigue, old age, microwave radiat...
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Study on the methods of precision controlling for the manufacture of hull curvature sections
The precision controlling technology is a key step for the modern ship construction, with the precision controlling of the ship-hull curvature as one of bottlenecks in shipbuilding, where the initial is to pre...
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Plant regeneration from leaf explants of Rhodiola fastigiata
An efficient plant regeneration protocol for rapidly propagating Rhodiola fastigiata (Hk. f. et Thoms.) S.H.FU, a traditional Chinese medicinal plant, was developed. Shoot organogenesis occurred from the leaf exp...
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Research on Personalized Knowledge Service System in Community E-Learning
To meet the needs of education in the learning community, personalized knowledge service system based on community E-learning (PKSSCE) was proposed and realized. The structure of system, workflow and key techn...
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Design of convex hull plate forming by pure line heating
This paper presents a ship-hull plate forming way by pure line heating. The heating lines forming the required bending angle is determined by curvature analysis method. Heating along the calculated heating lin...
