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Comparative Phylogeography of Two Specialist Rodents in Forest Fragments in Kenya

Life
The fragmented forests of the Kenya highlands, known for their exceptional species richness and endemism, are among the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots. However, detailed studies on the fauna of these ecosystems—especially specialist species
Alois Wambua Mweu, Kenneth Otieno Onditi, Laxman Khanal, Simon Musila, Esther Kioko, Xuelong Jiang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Cre‐dependent lentiviral vector for neuron subtype‐specific expression of large proteins

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We designed a versatile and modular lentivector comprising a Cre‐dependent switch and self‐cleaving 2A peptide and tested it for co‐expression of GFP and a 2.8 kb gene of interest (GOI) in mouse cortical parvalbumin (PV+) interneurons and midbrain dopamine (TH+) neurons.
Weixuan Xue, Sandrine Picaud, Régine Hepp, Stéphanie Pons, Uwe Maskos, Bertrand Lambolez, Ludovic Tricoire   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of runs-of-homozygosity on pig domestication and breeding

BMC Genomics
Background Since their domestication, recent inbreeding together with intensive artificial selection and population bottlenecks have allowed the prevalence of deleterious mutations and the increase of runs-of-homozygosity (ROH) in domestic pigs.
Lin Tao, Hang Liu, Adeniyi C. Adeola, Hai-Bing Xie, Shu-Tang Feng, Ya-Ping Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease-specific phenotypes in dopamine neurons from human iPS-based models of genetic and sporadic Parkinson's disease

EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2012
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) offer an unprecedented opportunity to model human disease in relevant cell types, but it is unclear whether they could successfully model age‐related diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we generated iPSC
A. Sànchez-Dànes, Y. Richaud-Patin, Iria Carballo-Carbajal, S. Jiménez-Delgado, Carles Caig, S. Mora, Claudia Di Guglielmo, M. Ezquerra, B. Patel, A. Giralt, J. Canals, M. Memo, J. Alberch, J. López-Barneo, M. Vila, A. Cuervo, E. Tolosa, A. Consiglio, Á. Raya   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The IQ‐compete assay for measuring mitochondrial protein import efficiencies in living yeast cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The efficiency of mitochondrial protein import depends on the properties of the newly synthesized precursor proteins. The Import and de‐Quenching Competition (IQ‐compete) assay is a novel method to monitor the import efficiency of different proteins by fluorescence in living yeast cells.
Yasmin Hoffman, Annika Egeler, Saskia Rödl, Johannes M. Herrmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hide-in-Bird Pond: A new pathway to synergize biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in China

Avian Research
Reconciling biodiversity conservation with economic advancement represents a defining challenge of the Anthropocene epoch. Although ecotourism is widely promoted as a strategy capable of delivering both environmental and developmental benefits, empirical
Lin He, Dao Yan, Ming Liu, Yuanfang Hu, Shunyu Yao, Fei Wu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting EZH2 reverses thyroid cell dedifferentiation and enhances iodide uptake in anaplastic thyroid cancer

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) lacks iodide uptake ability due to MAPK activation increasing the expression of the histone methyltransferase EZH2, which represses thyroid differentiation genes (TDGs) such as the sodium iodide symporter (NIS). Dual inhibition of MAPK (U0126) and EZH2 (EPZ6438/Tazemetostat) reverses this mechanism, thus restoring TDG ...
Diego Claro de Mello, Marcella Maringolo Cristovão, Guilherme Henrique, Vinicius Gonçalves Rodrigues, Caroline Serrano‐Nascimento, Edna Teruko Kimura, Cesar Seigi Fuziwara   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary patterns and functional effects of 3D chromatin structures in butterflies with extensive genome rearrangements

Nature Communications
Chromosome rearrangements may distort 3D chromatin architectures and thus change gene regulation, yet how 3D chromatin structures evolve in insects is largely unknown.
Botong Zhou, Ping Hu, Guichun Liu, Zhou Chang, Zhiwei Dong, Zihe Li, Yuan Yin, Zunzhe Tian, Ge Han, Wen Wang, Xueyan Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive evaluation and guidance of structural variation detection tools in chicken whole genome sequence data

BMC Genomics
Background Structural variations (SVs) are widespread across genome and have a great impact on evolution, disease, and phenotypic diversity. Despite the development of numerous bioinformatic tools, commonly referred to as SV callers, tailored for ...
Cheng Ma, Xian Shi, Xuzhen Li, Ya-Ping Zhang, Min-Sheng Peng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source