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The neglected role of micronutrients in predicting soil microbial structure

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2022
Predicting the distribution patterns of soil microbial communities requires consideration of more environmental drivers. The effects of soil micronutrients on composition of microbial communities are largely unknown despite micronutrients closely ...
Ziheng Peng, Chunling Liang, Min Gao, Yu Qiu, Yanjing Pan, Hang Gao, Yu Liu, Xiaomeng Li, Gehong Wei, Shuo Jiao   +9 more
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24-Epibrassinolide Restores the Synthesis of Proteins and Amino Acids in Brassica juncea L. Leaves Under Imidacloprid Stress

Journal of Horticultural Research, 2017
Pesticides are applied to protect crops from a variety of insect pests but their application cause toxicity to plants that results, among others, in reduction of protein as well as amino acid contents.
Sharma Anket, Kumar Vinod, Kumar Thukral Ashwani, Bhardwaj Renu   +3 more
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A Fur-regulated type VI secretion system contributes to oxidative stress resistance and virulence in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Stress Biology, 2023
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread protein secretion apparatus deployed by many Gram-negative bacterial species to interact with competitor bacteria, host organisms, and the environment.
Yuxin Zuo, Changfu Li, Danyang Yu, Kenan Wang, Yuqi Liu, Zhiyan Wei, Yantao Yang, Yao Wang, Xihui Shen, Lingfang Zhu   +9 more
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H3-T6SS of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 contributes to environmental adaptation via secretion of a biofilm-promoting effector

Stress Biology, 2022
Microbial species often occur in complex communities and exhibit intricate synergistic and antagonistic interactions. To avoid predation and compete for favorable niches, bacteria have evolved specialized protein secretion systems.
Yantao Yang, Damin Pan, Yanan Tang, Jiali Li, Kaixiang Zhu, Zonglan Yu, Lingfang Zhu, Yao Wang, Peng Chen, Changfu Li   +9 more
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Mechanisms of plant acclimation to multiple abiotic stresses

Communications Biology
Plants frequently encounter a range of abiotic stresses and their combinations. Even though stresses rarely occur in isolation, research on plant stress resilience typically focuses on single environmental stressors.
Zhang Jiang, Martijn van Zanten, Rashmi Sasidharan   +2 more
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A simplified synthetic community rescues Astragalus mongholicus from root rot disease by activating plant-induced systemic resistance

Microbiome, 2021
Background Plant health and growth are negatively affected by pathogen invasion; however, plants can dynamically modulate their rhizosphere microbiome and adapt to such biotic stresses.
Zhefei Li, Xiaoli Bai, Shuo Jiao, Yanmei Li, Peirong Li, Yan Yang, Hui Zhang, Gehong Wei   +7 more
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Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
wiley   +1 more source

Using a thermal gradient table to study plant temperature signalling and response across a temperature spectrum

Plant Methods
Plants must cope with ever-changing temperature conditions in their environment. In many plant species, suboptimal high and low temperatures can induce adaptive mechanisms that allow optimal performance.
Myrthe Praat, Zhang Jiang, Joe Earle, Sjef Smeekens, Martijn van Zanten   +4 more
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Contact-independent killing mediated by a T6SS effector with intrinsic cell-entry properties

Nature Communications, 2021
Bacteria can use type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to inject toxic effector proteins into adjacent cells, in a contact-dependent manner. Here, the authors provide evidence of contact-independent killing by a T6SS effector that is secreted into the ...
Li Song, Junfeng Pan, Yantao Yang, Zhenxing Zhang, Rui Cui, Shuangkai Jia, Zhuo Wang, Changxing Yang, Lei Xu, Tao G. Dong, Yao Wang, Xihui Shen   +11 more
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Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin, Tingting Chen, James A. Letts   +2 more
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