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Studies on the Germination and Emergence of Castor Seedlings

Seeds
Castor (Ricinus communis) is an oilseed usually cultivated in tropical and semi-arid conditions. The slow and uneven germination of castor seed is causing poor crop establishment and reduced seed yield. This series of studies investigated several factors
Liv S. Severino
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
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Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy, Trina Dykstra‐MacPherson, Mathias A. Bell, Peter L. Davies, Ruby May A. Sullan   +4 more
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
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Transcriptome analysis of a new peanut seed coat mutant for the physiological regulatory mechanism involved in seed coat cracking and pigmentation

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Seed-coat cracking and undesirable color of seed coat highly affects external appearance and commercial value of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.). With an objective to find genetic solution to the above problems, a peanut mutant with cracking and brown ...
Liyun Wan, Bei Li, Manish Kumar Pandey, Yanshan Wu, Lei Yong, Liying Yan, Xiaofeng Dai, Huifang Jiang, Wei Guo, Juncheng Zhang, Rajeev K Varshney, Rajeev K Varshney, Boshou Liao   +12 more
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Validation of Antiobesity Effects of Black Soybean Seed Coat Powder Suitable as a Food Material: Comparisons with Conventional Yellow Soybean Seed Coat Powder

Foods, 2021
In this study, we fed obese model mice black soybean seed coat powder (BSCP) and evaluated the antiobesity effects. As a control, normal yellow soybean seed coat powder (YSCP) was used.
Yuuki Moriyasu, Chiho Fukumoto, Maki Wada, Erika Yano, Hiroshi Murase, Masatoshi Mizuno, Nobuhiro Zaima, Tatsuya Moriyama   +7 more
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Salmonella lipopolysaccharide‐containing supported lipid bilayers as platforms to study bacteriophage interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace, Alyssa Borges, Charles Arnaud, Tove Karlsson, Nina K. Bröker, Stefanie Barbirz, Marta Bally   +6 more
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Evaluation of Print Mottle of Double Coated Paper by Octave Band Filtering Technique

BioResources
The effects of the pre-coating color formulation, dwell time, and coat weights of pre- and top- coating layers on print mottle of double-coated paper were investigated using an octave band filtering image processing technique.
Wanhee Im, Hye Jung Youn, Hak Lae Lee
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The improving seed physiological aspects of black seed (Nigella sativa L.) in calcareous soil: Seed phosphorus content affected by mother plant nutrition [PDF]

علوم و فناوری بذر ایران, 2015
In order to investigate the effects of increasing soluble phosphorus (P) on seed production and quality of black seed (Nigellasativa L.) in a calcareous soil, a field experiment was conducted at Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad ...
سید محمد سیدی, پرویز رضوانی مقدم, محمد خواجه حسینی, حمید شاهنده   +3 more
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RNA-Seq profiling of a defective seed coat mutation in Glycine max reveals differential expression of proline-rich and other cell wall protein transcripts.

PLoS ONE, 2014
The plant cell wall performs a number of essential functions including providing shape to many different cell types and serving as a defense against potential pathogens.
Anupreet Kour, Anne M Boone, Lila O Vodkin   +2 more
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