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Small and large intestine express a truncated Dab1 isoform that assembles in cell-cell junctions and co-localizes with proteins involved in endocytosis [PDF]

, 2018
Disabled-1 (Dab1) is an essential intracellular adaptor protein in the reelin pathway. Our previous studies in mice intestine showed that Dab1 transmits the reelin signal to cytosolic signalling pathways.
Balda, María S., García Miranda, Pablo, Ilundáin Larrañeta, María Anunciación Ana, Matter, Karl, Peral Rubio, María José, Vázquez Carretero, María Dolores   +5 more
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Ecological responses of Orientallactaga sibirica: Variations in body size and trophic niche across changing habitats

Global Ecology and Conservation
In arid ecosystems, precipitation and temperature are two key factors, with altitude further shaping habitat conditions through its regulatory effects on temperature.
Qi-qige Buren, Xin Li, Guo-kang Chen, Guo-hui Ye, Shan-shan Sun, Yong-ling Jin, Ming-ming, He-Ping Fu, Shuai Yuan   +8 more
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Dilemmas in the Management of Liminal Rodents—Attitudes of Dutch Pest Controllers

Animals, 2020
When non-human animals are labeled as ‘pests’, their moral status and welfare seem relatively unimportant. In a multi-stakeholder project, we develop an assessment frame for a more responsible rodent management that includes animal welfare.
Maite A.A.M. van Gerwen, Joachim Nieuwland, Hein A. van Lith, Franck L.B. Meijboom   +3 more
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Soil Disturbance of Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) Promotes the Stability of Alpine Plant Communities

Plants
Alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau experience chronic, fine-scale disturbances from the plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi), a subterranean rodent that alters soil and vegetation structure through persistent burrowing and mounding. While classical theory
Xidong Zhu, Feiyang Xue, Zhiying Zhang, Rui Dong, Limin Hua, Guohui Ye   +5 more
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Agriculture and forest rodent problems and control in Italy [PDF]

, 1986
Rodent pest problems and their control in Italy are reviewed. Two rats, Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus, and the field mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, are often important pests both in rural and forestry areas.
Santini, Luciano A.
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Hantavirus Infection: a review and global update

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008
Hantaviruses have the potential to cause two different types of diseases in human: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
Zhenqiang Bi, Pierre B.H. Formenty, Cathy E. Roth   +2 more
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Host selection and influencing factors of parasitic fleas on the body surface of desert rodents, Inner Mongolia, China

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Fleas frequently parasitize rodents and serve as major vectors for many zoonotic diseases. The Alxa Desert in Inner Mongolia, China, is a typical arid region in Asia, which is suitable for the coexistence of a variety of rodents in this environment ...
Haiwen Yan, Fan Bu, Xinyu Wu, Haoting Zhang, Shanshan Sun, Wenke Bai, Xiaodong Wu, Shuai Yuan, Heping Fu   +8 more
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The role of rodents and shrews in the transmission of Toxoplasma gondii to pigs [PDF]

, 2008
Inadequate rodent control is considered to play a role in Toxoplasma gondii infection of pigs. This issue was addressed in the current study by combining a 4-month rodent control campaign and a 7-month longitudinal analysis of T. gondii seroprevalence in
Cornelissen, Jan, De Craeye, Ste´phane, Jongert, Dr. Erik, Kijlstra, Prof.Dr. Aize, Meerburg, Dr. Bastiaan, Vereijken, Pieter   +5 more
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Ecological immunology of mosquito-malaria interactions: Of non-natural versus natural model systems and their inferences [PDF]

, 2009
There has been a recent shift in the literature on mosquito/Plasmodium interactions with an increasingly large number of theoretical and experimental studies focusing on their population biology and evolutionary processes.
Tripet, F
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Environmental and social-demographic predictors of the southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus in New Orleans, Louisiana

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Understanding the major predictors of disease vectors such as mosquitoes can guide the development of effective and timely strategies for mitigating vector-borne disease outbreaks.
Imelda K. Moise, Claudia Riegel, Ephantus J. Muturi   +2 more
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