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Transgenic Maize Has Insignificant Effects on the Diversity of Arthropods: A 3-Year Study

Plants, 2022
In order to provide more evidence for the evaluation of the ecological risks of transgenic maize, arthropod population dynamics and biodiversity in fields planted with two kinds of transgenic maize (DBN9868, expressing the PAT and EPSPS genes, and ...
Zhentao Ren, Muzhi Yang, Haopeng He, Yanjie Ma, Yijun Zhou, Biao Liu, Kun Xue   +6 more
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Residual tail twisting in ascidian larvae is stabilized by asymmetric myofibrils that resist bilateral symmetry restoration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure, Misaki K. Nishio, Satoru Okuda, Kohji Hotta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The homogenization of China's city flowers and city trees

People and Nature
Cultural homogeneity, similar to the loss biodiversity, is a significant global issue that is increasingly gaining attention. City flowers and city trees (CFTs) serve as emblematic cultural symbols of modern cities, often referred to as the ‘green ...
Zhuo Cheng, Ziyi Wu, Weizhe Chen, Wenxuan Li, Chen Lin, Qing Zhang, Chunlin Long   +6 more
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Traditional Knowledge and Efficacy Analysis of an Emerging Medicinal Food Plant: Disporopsis aspersa

Foods
Disporopsis aspersa (Hua) Engl. ex K. Krause, locally known as kucai (bitter greens) or yexiahua, is a widely consumed wild vegetable and traditional herbal medicine in western Yunnan.
Qingyu Chen, Miaomiao Wang, Xian Hu, Jihai Zhang, Qing Zhang, Congli Xu, Chunlin Long   +6 more
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Septin 9 PB domains coordinate centrosome positioning and microtubule acetylation to control epithelial polarity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Septin 9 polybasic domains couple phosphoinositide‐rich membrane binding to centrosome positioning, Golgi organization, and microtubule acetylation to control epithelial polarity. Their loss disrupts this axis, causing centrosome mispositioning, Golgi fragmentation, reduced microtubule acetylation, and polarity inversion via upregulation of the ...
Ting ting Cai, Mohyeddine Omrane, Nassima Benzoubir, Didier Samuel, Ama Gassama‐Diagne   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Variation in Responses of Plant Spring Phenology to Climate Warming in Grasslands of Inner Mongolia: Drivers and Application

Plants
Plant spring phenology in grasslands distributed in the Northern Hemisphere is highly responsive to climate warming. The growth of plants is intricately influenced by not only air temperature but also precipitation and soil factors, both of which exhibit
Guang Lu, Mengchao Fang, Shuping Zhang
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Rab14 regulates the transport of human papillomavirus to the trans‐Golgi network for infectious cell entry

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals that the small GTPase Rab14 is necessary for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and plays an essential role in the transport of virions to the trans‐Golgi network (TGN). HPV in the early endosome (EE), which harbors GTP‐bound Rab14, is transported to the TGN through the switch of Rab14 from its GTP‐bound to GDP‐bound form.
Yoshiyuki Ishii, Iwao Kukimoto
wiley   +1 more source

NCAPD2 is a favorable predictor of prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker for multiple cancer types including lung cancer

Genes and Environment
Background Non-SMC condensin I complex subunit D2 (NCAPD2) belongs to the chromosomal structural maintenance family. While the different contribution of NCAPD2 to chromosome in mitosis have been thoroughly investigated, much less is known about the ...
Linyuan Feng, Yang Yang, Zhenhua Lin, Minghua Cui, Aihua Jin, Aili Cui   +5 more
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Cell geometry and membrane protein crowding constrain Escherichia coli growth rate, overflow metabolism, respiration, and maintenance energy

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The physical dimensions and shape of bacterial cells define the surface area available to acquire nutrients and the volume available for synthesizing proteins and DNA. Here, we use computational systems biology to decode the importance of cell geometry as a major determinant of prokaryotic phenotype, including growth rate and metabolic efficiency. This
Ross P. Carlson, Tomáš Gedeon, Mauricio Garcia Benitez, Campbell Putnam, William R. Harcombe, Radhakrishnan Mahadevan, Ashley E. Beck   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source