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IPBES Invasive alien species assessment, data management report for Chapter 3. Section: Urbanisation

, 2021
Section 3.2.2.4 assesses the role of urbanisation as drivers of biological invasions in Chapter 3 of IPBES thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control.
IPBES technical support unit for the assessment of invasive alien species
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Functional comparison of EncB and EncC cargo proteins in iron storage within the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that play an important role in iron storage. In the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin system, two cargo proteins called EncB and EncC contribute to iron mineralization. Here, we show that EncB and EncC generate iron‐containing minerals with distinct chemical compositions, suggesting that the composition of stored ...
Harry B. McDowell, Thomas Walther, Egbert Hoiczyk   +2 more
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From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
How do genomes gain new functional parts? In eukaryotes, which tend to evolve under weak selection, much of the genome is junk. Palazzo and Qiu borrow the logic of Markov chains to show how non‐functional DNA becomes functional through the appearance of intermediate states, which arise due to epistasis, buffering, and biochemical messiness, allowing ...
Alexander F. Palazzo, Yi Qiu
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The Shewanella oneidensis Fic enzyme SoFic targets the switch‐I region of EF‐Tu for AMPylation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fic enzymes mediate diverse post‐translational modifications across all domains of life, including AMPylation. Prokaryotic EF‐Tu can be AMPylated and deAMPylated by the conserved Fic enzyme SoFic. Structural and biochemical approaches were used to characterize the effect of AMPylation on EF‐Tu, SoFic's enzymatic activities, and the enzyme‐target ...
Svenja Runge, Vivian Pogenberg, Alexander Baumgart, Bente Siebels, Hartmut Schlüter, Michael Hecht‐Bucher, Aymelt Itzen   +6 more
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Chapter 2. Trends and status of alien and invasive alien species [PDF]

, 2023
Chapter 2: Trends and status of alien and invasive alien species of the Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ...
Lenzner, B., Keskin, E., al, et, Meyerson, Laura A., Keskin, Emre, Saeedi, H., Rahlao, Sebataolo J., Pyšek, P., Meyerson, L.A., Seebens, H., Aleksanyan, A., Tricarico, E., Aleksanyan, Alla, Tawake, A., Pyšek, Petr, Tawake, Alifereti, Hughes, K., Courchamp, F., Tricarico, Elena, Seebens, Hanno, Rahlao, S.J., Lenzner, Bernd, Saeedi, Hanieh, Courchamp, Franck, et al.   +24 more
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Roles of Vitellogenin and Its Receptor Genes in Female Reproduction of the Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne

Insects
Vitellogenin (Vg) and the vitellogenin receptor (VgR) play essential roles in insect reproductive development. However, the functions of Vg and VgR genes in Lasioderma serricorne, an important insect pest of stored products, are unknown.
Qian Guo, Mingxun Zu, Deqian Liu, Yi Yan, Wenjia Yang, Kangkang Xu   +5 more
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Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward, Álvaro Ruiz‐Tabas, Patricia Altea‐Manzano   +2 more
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DNA ligase LigE increases bacterial transformation with damaged extracellular DNA

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The DNA ligase LigE from the naturally competent Gram‐negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoaea increases transformation with cut extracellular DNA. This process is ATP‐dependent and relies on the catalytic activity of LigE; it also requires that LigE contains an intact periplasmic localisation sequence, indicating that ligE functions in the periplasm ...
Jolyn Pan, Avi Singh, Shrawani Weralupe Gamladdalage, Joanna Hicks, Adele Williamson   +4 more
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Population genetics of zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus) uncover gene flow between an isolated island and the mainland China

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
IntroductionMastacembelus armatus is a commercially valuable fish, normally distributed in southern China and Southeast Asia. The natural population size of M. armatus is shrinking in recent years because of overfishing and habitat loss.
Yexin Yang, Yexin Yang, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuli Wu, Yi Liu, Chao Liu, Zhiyong Jiang, Xidong Mu   +7 more
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How structural disorder and polyelectrolyte properties of prothymosin α enable its large interactome

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this review, complexes of the fully disordered and highly negatively charged prothymosin α are collected, described, and discussed. Linked to its poly‐electrostatic character, prothymosin α engages a large interactome through multiple different binding modes ranging from fully disordered complexes to short linear motif (SLiM)‐driven interactions ...
Ketty C. Tamburrini, Freia S. Buus, Benjamin Schuler, Birthe B. Kragelund   +3 more
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