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Subdigital integumentary microstructure in Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota): do those lineages with incipiently expressed toepads exclusively exhibit adhesive setae?

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
In taxa such as insects, spiders, bats, frogs, and lizards, adhesive structures at the distal ends of their limbs have independently evolved, enabling the animals to adhere to inclined or even inverted surfaces. The adhesive apparatus of geckos functions
Philipp Ginal, Yannick Ecker, Timothy Higham, L. Lee Grismer, Benjamin Wipfler, Dennis Rödder, Anthony Russell, Jendrian Riedel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Drivers, and Global Clinical Burden

ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fungal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing concern for world health caused by an increase in multidrug‐resistant infections, an increase in environmental reservoirs, and the ineffectiveness of current antifungal treatments. Fungal infections continue to be largely excluded from AMR initiatives while causing over 1.6 million deaths ...
Bikash Baral
wiley   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review of the Key Factors Affecting Biogas Production From Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste

CleanMat, EarlyView.
Efficient conversion of organic waste to biogas depends on the coordinated optimization of feedstock composition, pretreatment, operational parameters, reactor design, and microbial community dynamics. This review highlights how these interacting factors improve methane yield and process stability, advancing anaerobic digestion as a practical pathway ...
Ahmed Alengebawy, Yi Ran, Sara Taha Abdelkhalek, Tarek Mahrous, Ahmed Ragheb, Mohamed Samer, Ping Ai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microstructure and rheology of microfibril–polymer networks

Soft Matter, 2015
The microstructure and rheological properties of microfibril networks can be controlled by using an adsorbing charged polymer in combination with mechanical de-agglomeration.
Veen, Sandra J., Versluis, Peter, Kuijk, Anke, Velikov, Krassimir P.   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

PEK14: A Kinesin‐4 Necessary for Male‐Derived Fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Of the 61 kinesins annotated in Arabidopsis thaliana, many are still without assigned function. Here, we have screened an insertional mutant library of Arabidopsis pollen‐expressed kinesins for fertility defects. Insertional mutants for three kinesins showed a significant reduction in seed set.
Isabella N. Mendes, Norman R. Groves, Jessica Z. Li, Lily N. Thompson, Brian J. Smith, Aman Y. Husbands, Iris Meier   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural and compositional diversity of fibrillin microfibrils in human tissues [PDF]

, 2018
Elastic fibres comprising fibrillin microfibrils and elastin are present in many tissues, including the skin, lung, and arteries where they confer elasticity and resilience.
David Knight, Clair Baldock, Watson, Rachel E B, Christopher E.M. Griffiths, Pilkington, Suzanne M, Kieran T. Mellody, Suzanne Pilkington, Alexander Eckersley, O'Cualain, Ronan, Eckersley, Alexander; id_orcid, Griffiths, Christopher Em, Knight, David, Sherratt, Michael J; id_orcid, Rachel E.B. Watson, Ronan O’Cualain, Michael J. Sherratt, Mellody, Kieran T, Baldock, Clair   +17 more
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Loss of POGLUT2/3‐mediated O‐glucosylation produces lung and aortic phenotypes reminiscent of fibrillin1 mutants

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Fibrillins provide a scaffold for elastic fiber formation, which enables lung recoil and aortic compliance. Abnormal fibrillin microfibrils, as in Marfan syndrome, lead to enlarged alveoli, vascular stiffening, and aneurysms. Our earlier studies suggested that fibrillin function depends on O‐glucosylation of its epidermal growth ...
Sanjiv Neupane, Angelina Almiroudis, Kaitlyn E. Donnelly, Robert S. Haltiwanger, Bernadette C. Holdener   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A computational model for three-phase fluid-structure interaction and its application to cellulose microfibril dynamics

Computational and Mathematical Biophysics
Three-phase fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems couple the motion of solid structures and two different fluids, often exhibiting complex dynamics and posing challenges for computational investigation. The main objective of this paper is to present
Murshed Mohammad, Wang Jin
doaj   +1 more source

Bioinspired Regenerative Lignification Enables Ultra‐Hard and Sustainable Bamboo Structural Materials

Exploration, EarlyView.
Developing strong and sustainable materials is essential for reducing reliance on metals and lowering carbon emissions. Inspired by how plants naturally harden their cell walls, we created a rapid process that transforms bamboo into an ultra‐hard structural material by rebuilding lignin‐like networks within its structure.
Jian Gan, Shaodi Zhang, Yuxiang Huang, Wenji Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure of cellulose microfibrils in primary cell-walls from collenchyma [PDF]

, 2013
In the primary walls of growing plant cells, the glucose polymer cellulose is assembled into long microfibrils a few nanometers in diameter. The rigidity and orientation of these microfibrils control cell expansion; therefore, cellulose synthesis is a ...
Jarvis, M.C., May, R.P., Altaner, C.M., Sturcova, A., Kennedy, Craig J, Šturcová, Adriana, Thomas, Lynne H, Thomas, L.H., Wess, T.J., Altaner, Clemens M, Thomas, Lynne H., Forsyth, V. Trevor, Apperley, D.C., Trevor Forsyth, V, Kennedy, Craig J; id_orcid, Wess, Timothy J., May, Roland P., Jarvis, Michael C, Altaner, Clemens M., Apperley, David C, Jarvis, Michael C., Kennedy, C.J., Forsyth, V.T., Wess, Tim J, May, Roland P, Apperley, David C.   +25 more
core   +1 more source