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Quantification of Plant Virus Seed Transmission Rate in Arabidopsis thaliana
More than 25% of all known plant viruses are transmitted through seeds, which makes this mode of dispersal of great importance for plant virus...
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Host genotype, soil composition, and geo-climatic factors shape the fonio seed microbiome
BackgroundFonio ( Digitaria exilis ), an orphan millet crop, is the oldest indigenous crop in West Africa. Although the yield is low due to...
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Seed Oil: Sources, Properties and Recovery
Seed oils are excellent and valuable lipid sources attributed to their health-promoting fatty acid contents and lipid-soluble phytochemicals. The...
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Evolution and Analysis of Caffeic Acid Transferase (COMT) in Seed Plants
Caffeic acid transferase ( COMT ) is a key enzyme in the lignin and melatonin synthesis pathways and plays an important role in plant growth and...
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Bassoon contributes to tau-seed propagation and neurotoxicity
Tau aggregation is a defining histopathological feature of Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies. However, the cellular mechanisms involved in...
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Characterization of the seed virome of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L)
BackgroundSeed transmission of plant viruses can be important due to the role it plays in their dissemination to new areas and subsequent epidemics....
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Antagonistic control of seed dormancy in rice by two bHLH transcription factors
Preharvest sprouting (PHS) due to lack of seed dormancy seriously threatens crop production worldwide. As a complex quantitative trait, breeding of...
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Seed amplification and RT-QuIC assays to investigate protein seed structures and strains
The accumulation of misfolded proteins as amyloid fibrils in the brain is characteristic of most neurodegenerative disorders. These misfolded...
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Dynamics of rice microbiomes reveal core vertically transmitted seed endophytes
BackgroundPlants and their associated microbiota constitute an assemblage of species known as holobionts. The plant seed microbiome plays an...
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Clinical outcomes of intraluminal Iodine-125 seed strand brachytherapy and percutaneous nephrostomy in patients with ureteral carcinoma
BackgroundWe aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intraluminal iodine-125 seed strand brachytherapy and percutaneous nephrostomy in patients...
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Protective effect of combined ginger and pumpkin seed extracts on cyclophosphamide-induced hepatotoxicity in rats
Cyclophosphamide is an alkylating agent that is widely used in cancer therapy. An important complication of this drug is hepatotoxicity. The hepatic...
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125I seed brachytherapy for non-central pelvic recurrence of cervical cancer after external beam radiotherapy
ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy of 125 I seed brachytherapy for non-central pelvic recurrence of cervical cancer after external beam...
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Luminous Insights: Harnessing Carbon Nanodots from Black Seed Powder via Pyrolysis for Bioimaging and Antifungal Investigations
This study delves into the fabrication of carbon nanodots (CNDs) through a bottom-up approach, utilizing black seed powder as the precursor material...
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Black Seed Oil-Based Curcumin Nanoformulations Ameliorated Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination in the Mouse Hippocampus
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the demyelination of nerves, axonal damage, and neuroinflammation. Cognition...
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CSF α-synuclein seed amplification kinetic profiles are associated with cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease
Seed amplification assays have been implemented in Parkinson’s disease to reveal disease-specific misfolded alpha-synuclein aggregates in...
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Heritability and variance components of seed size in wild species: influences of breeding design and the number of genotypes tested
Seed size affects individual fitness in wild plant populations, but its ability to evolve may be limited by low narrow-sense heritability ( h 2 ). h 2 is...
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Seed germination and vigor: ensuring crop sustainability in a changing climate
In the coming decades, maintaining a steady food supply for the increasing world population will require high-yielding crop plants which can be...
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Effect of saffron, black seed, and their main constituents on inflammatory cytokine response (mainly TNF-α) and oxidative stress status: an aspect on pharmacological insights
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), an inflammatory cytokine, is produced by monocytes and macrophages. It is known as a 'double-edged sword' because it...
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Efficacy and toxicity of Iodine-125 seed implantation for lymph node recurrence secondary to esophageal cancer after radiotherapy: a multicenter retrospective study
Background/objectiveThis multicenter study aimed to explore the efficacy and toxicity of radioactive Iodine-125 seed implantation for lymph node...
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Cerebrospinal fluid lipoproteins inhibit α-synuclein aggregation by interacting with oligomeric species in seed amplification assays
BackgroundAggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) is a prominent feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other synucleinopathies. Currently, α-syn seed...
