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Microbial Diversity of Reconstituted, Degraded, and Agricultural Soils Assessed by 16S rDNA Multi-Amplicon Sequencing

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The microbial diversity is, among soil key factors, responsible for soil fertility and nutrient biogeochemical cycles, and can be modified upon changes in main soil physicochemical properties and soil pollution.
Laura Maretto, Saptarathi Deb, Samathmika Ravi, Claudia Chiodi, Paolo Manfredi, Andrea Squartini, Giuseppe Concheri, Giancarlo Renella, Piergiorgio Stevanato   +8 more
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Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang, Zelin Cheng, Teng Li, Fulian Wang, Liangminghui Zhang, Xiuxiu He, Lili Liu, Wei Wang, Aibin Liang, Guang Yang   +9 more
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Weed Seed Decay in No-Till Field and Planted Riparian Buffer Zone

Plants, 2020
Field management practices can alter the physical and chemical properties of the soil, also causing changes to the seed bank. Alterations can also occur to the soil microbial community, which in turn can increase or diminish the process of weed seed ...
Nebojša Nikolić, Andrea Squartini, Giuseppe Concheri, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Giuseppe Zanin, Roberta Masin   +5 more
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A multi-kingdom metabarcoding study on cattle grazing Alpine pastures discloses intra-seasonal shifts in plant selection and faecal microbiota

Scientific Reports, 2021
Diet selection by grazing livestock may affect animal performance as well as the biodiversity of grazed areas. Recent DNA barcoding techniques allow to assess dietary plant composition in faecal samples, which may be additionally integrated by the ...
Fabio Palumbo, Andrea Squartini, Gianni Barcaccia, Stefano Macolino, Cristina Pornaro, Massimo Pindo, Enrico Sturaro, Maurizio Ramanzin   +7 more
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An upstream open reading frame regulates expression of the mitochondrial protein Slm35 and mitophagy flux

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals how the mitochondrial protein Slm35 is regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The authors identify stress‐responsive DNA elements and two upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in the 5′ untranslated region of SLM35. One uORF restricts translation, and its mutation increases Slm35 protein levels and mitophagy.
Hernán Romo‐Casanueva, Ariann E. Mendoza‐Martínez, P. Abril Medina‐Flores, Carlos Campero‐Basaldua, Alexander DeLuna, Soledad Funes   +5 more
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PICALM::MLLT10 translocated leukemia

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This comprehensive review of PICALM::MLLT10 translocated acute leukemia provides an in‐depth review of the structure and function of CALM, AF10, and the fusion oncoprotein (1). The multifaceted molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis, including nucleocytoplasmic shuttling (2), epigenetic modifications (3), and disruption of endocytosis (4), are then ...
John M. Cullen, Antonia C. Nakatsugawa, Natalie Barton, Henry Haines, Gary S. Stein, Janet L. Stein, Daniel S. Wechsler, Jessica L. Heath   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pastoralism and agro-ecosystems: a year of hour-by-hour sheep transhumance monitoring

Italian Journal of Animal Science
Transhumance is a mobile form of pastoralism consisting of the constant movement of flocks to find access to forage. This practice is linked to both provisioning and non-provisioning ecosystem services, particularly cultural ones.
Sebastiano Da Re, Salvatore Raniolo, Elena Benedetti Del Rio, Enrico Sturaro, Maurizio Ramanzin   +4 more
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The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer   +3 more
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Presence of pathogen DNA in milk harvested from quarters is associated to changes in cows’ milk yield and composition

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Intramammary infection is the result of invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in the mammary gland and commonly leads to mastitis in dairy animals.
Silvia Magro, Elena Visentin, Angela Costa, Mauro Penasa, Filippo Cendron, Paolo Moroni, Elena Chiarin, Martino Cassandro, Matteo Santinello, Massimo De Marchi   +9 more
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Phenotypic and genetic variation of ultraviolet–visible-infrared spectral wavelengths of bovine meat

Scientific Reports, 2021
Spectroscopic predictions can be used for the genetic improvement of meat quality traits in cattle. No information is however available on the genetics of meat absorbance spectra.
Giovanni Bittante, Simone Savoia, Alessio Cecchinato, Sara Pegolo, Andrea Albera   +4 more
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