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Diverse immune functions of hemocyanins

Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2014
Substantial evidence gathered recently has revealed the multiple functionalities of hemocyanin. Contrary to previous claims that this ancient protein is involved solely in oxygen transport within the hemolymph of invertebrates, hemocyanin and hemocyanin-derived peptides have been linked to key aspects of innate immunity, in particular, antiviral and ...
Coates, Christopher, Nairn, Jacqueline
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Mining and quarrying activities tend to favor stress-tolerant plants

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Anthropogenic activities such as mining and agricultural practices may alter plant community structure and functioning. Grime’s Competitors–Stress–Ruderal (CSR) strategy can be used to detect plant community transformations caused by environmental ...
Fatih Fazlioglu, Gulaycan P. Keskin, Oznur E. Akcin, Tugba Ozbucak   +3 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
wiley   +1 more source

Coccinellidae on native and introduced spruce in central Europe: conservation implications in urban areas

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
The abundance and species composition of adult ladybird communities (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) were investigated on two congeneric trees, native Norway spruce (Picea abies) and the introduced blue spruce (Picea pungens), at four locations in Slovakia ...
Terézia Jauschová, Terézia Jauschová, Lenka Sarvašová, Peter Zach, Miroslav Saniga, Zdenka Martinková, Alois Honěk, Jiří Skuhrovec, Milada Holecová, Ján Kulfan   +9 more
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Large Phenotypic Enhancement of Structured Random RNA Pools. [PDF]

, 2020
Laboratory evolution of functional RNAs has applications in many areas of chemical and synthetic biology. In vitro selections critically depend on the presence of functional molecules, such as aptamers and ribozymes, in the starting sequence pools.
Chizzolini, Fabio, Dingilian, Armine I, Lupták, Andrej, Oumais, Mona, Passalacqua, Luiz FM, Szostak, Jack W   +5 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between diversity and stability of a karst plant community

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The relationships among species diversity, functional diversity, functional redundancy, and community stability are central to community and ecosystem ecology. In this paper, a “space substitution for time” approach is used to study the plant communities
Yang Wang, Jin Chen, Limin Zhang, Ling Feng, Linbin Yan, Fangbing Li, Xiangwei Zhao, Lifei Yu, Na Liu   +8 more
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Above and belowground community strategies respond to different global change drivers [PDF]

, 2019
Environmental changes alter the diversity and structure of communities. By shifting the range of species traits that will be successful under new conditions, environmental drivers can also dramatically impact ecosystem functioning and resilience.
Adair, Karen L., Bernard-Verdier, Maud, Lindgreen, Stinus, Poole, Anthony M., Tylianakis, Jason M., Wardle, David A., Young, Laura M.   +6 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
wiley   +1 more source

Ciliate Communities Respond via Their Traits to a Wastewater Treatment Plant With a Combined UASB–Activated Sludge System

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Assessing functional diversity of communities is an efficient method to link community composition to ecosystem quality. Still, studies using functional traits of microeukaryote ciliate communities in biological wastewater treatment plants are lacking ...
Yasmine Costa Moreira, Yasmine Costa Moreira, Simone Jaqueline Cardoso, Simone Jaqueline Cardoso, Isabel Cristina Vidal Siqueira-Castro, Juliane Araújo Greinert-Goulart, Regina Maura Bueno Franco, Caio Graco-Roza, Roberto Júnio Pedroso Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso Dias   +9 more
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