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When Science Meets Creativity: Elevating Microbiology Education With Art-Two Personal Experiences. [PDF]

open access: yesMicrob Biotechnol
This article describes two personal experiences employing diverse forms of art to communicate important microbiological concepts to our fellow citizens. We highlight the importance of disseminating the many beneficial activities of microbes by novel ways, contributing to the scientific literacy of ordinary people, including underrepresented and ...
Yarzábal Rodríguez LA   +1 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Old player, new roles: defining the role of the plastidial phosphorylase. [PDF]

open access: yesNew Phytol
Summary The plastidial phosphorylase (Pho1 or Phs1; E.C. 2.4.1.1) is a ubiquitous enzyme among plants that catalyzes the formation and degradation of glucans. Although the first report connecting Pho1 with starch metabolism came out > 80 years ago, its precise role is still a matter of debate.
Seung D, Orzechowski S, Fettke J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Des eaux jaillissantes aux rejets d’immondices

open access: yesIn Situ, 2023
Encompassing harnessed spring water and drainage towards the river Vienne, and including the city’s fountains, Limoges is characterised by its vast underground water network which accompanied the growth of the city from antiquity and developed its ...
Laure Leroux   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circadian clock proteins in prokaryotes: hidden rhythms?

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2010
Circadian clock genes are vital features of eukaryotes that have evolved such that organisms can adapt to our planet’s rotation in order to anticipate the coming day or night as well as unfavorable seasons.
Maria eLoza-Correa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visual properties of transgenic rats harboring the channelrhodopsin-2 gene regulated by the thy-1.2 promoter. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2009
Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2), one of the archea-type rhodopsins from green algae, is a potentially useful optogenetic tool for restoring vision in patients with photoreceptor degeneration, such as retinitis pigmentosa.
Hiroshi Tomita   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

CRISPR/Cas as the intelligent immune system of bacteria and archea

open access: yesPostepy biochemii, 2022
The invention of CRISPR is considered to be one of the most breakthrough discoveries in recent years in the history of biology, biotechnology, medicine, as well as the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. The methods developed using CRISPR create new, previously unattainable possibilities that can significantly improve the quality of life.
Dalia, Blicharska   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Archae of Sovereignty in the Afghan and Iran Constitution Law [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات تطبیقی حقوق کشورهای اسلامی
Article 4 of the Constitution approved in 2003 of the Muslim country of Afghanistan considers the national sovereignty to belong to the nation, while in the Iranian Constitution Article 56, the absolute sovereignty over the world and human beings belongs
Mehdi Shabannia Mansour
doaj   +1 more source

Cryo-electron structures of the extreme thermostable enzymes Sulfur Oxygenase Reductase and Lumazine Synthase

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Thermostable enzymes have the potential for use in a wide variety of biotechnological applications. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enables the imaging of biomolecules in their native aqueous environment.
Mohamed A. Sobhy   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The influence of Rickettsiologists on post-modern microbiology

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2011
Many of the definitions in microbiology are factually false. We have revised the great denominations of microbiology and attempted to free microorganisms from the theories of the 20th century.
Kalliopi eGeorgiades   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

General rules for optimal codon choice. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Genetics, 2009
Different synonymous codons are favored by natural selection for translation efficiency and accuracy in different organisms. The rules governing the identities of favored codons in different organisms remain obscure. In fact, it is not known whether such
Ruth Hershberg, Dmitri A Petrov
doaj   +1 more source

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