Commensal to pathogen switch in Streptococcus pneumoniae is influenced by a thermosensing master regulator. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensOpportunistic pathogens switch from a commensal to pathogenic state by sensing and responding to a variety of environmental cues, including temperature fluctuations.
Shruti Apte +12 more
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Is thermosensing property of RNA thermometers unique? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 A large number of studies have been dedicated to identify the structural and sequence based features of RNA thermometers, mRNAs that regulate their translation initiation rate with temperature.
Premal Shah, Michael A Gilchrist
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A multisensor high-temperature signaling framework for triggering daytime thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe phytochrome B (phyB) photoreceptor and EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3) are two major plant thermosensors that monitor high temperatures primarily at night. However, high temperatures naturally occur during the daytime; the mechanism of daytime thermosensing
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Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Temperature intrinsically influences all aspects of biochemical and biophysical processes. Organisms have therefore evolved strategies to buffer themselves against thermal perturbations.
Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti +3 more
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Photosensing and Thermosensing by Phytochrome B Require Both Proximal and Distal Allosteric Features within the Dimeric Photoreceptor [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Phytochromes (Phys) encompass a diverse collection of bilin-containing photoreceptors that help plants and microorganisms perceive light through photointerconversion between red light (Pr) and far-red light (Pfr)-absorbing states.
E. Sethe Burgie +8 more
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The Ionotropic Receptors IR21a and IR25a mediate cool sensing in Drosophila [PDF]
eLife, 2016 Animals rely on highly sensitive thermoreceptors to seek out optimal temperatures, but the molecular mechanisms of thermosensing are not well understood.
Lina Ni +8 more
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Evidence that the TRPV1 S1-S4 membrane domain contributes to thermosensing [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 The TRPV1 ion channel is a heat-sensing receptor that is also activated by vanilloid compounds, but the molecular underpinnings of thermosensing have remained elusive.
Minjoo Kim +7 more
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Sex difference in thermal preference of adult mice does not depend on presence of the gonads [PDF]
Biology of Sex Differences, 2017 Background The thermoneutral zone (TNZ) is a species-specific range of ambient temperature (T a), at which mammals can maintain a constant body temperature with the lowest metabolic rate. The TNZ for an adult mouse is between 26 and 34 °C. Interestingly,
Kasiphak Kaikaew +4 more
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Altered thermal preference by preoptic estrogen receptor alpha neurons in postpartum females [PDF]
Molecular MetabolismObjective: This study aims to investigate how reproductive experience (RE) alters thermal preference and thermoregulation in female mice, with a focus on estrogen receptor alpha (ERα)-expressing neurons in the preoptic area (POA).
Nan Zhang +25 more
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How Rice Responds to Temperature Changes and Defeats Heat Stress [PDF]
RiceWith the intensification of the greenhouse effect, a series of natural phenomena, such as global warming, are gradually recognized; when the ambient temperature increases to the extent that it causes heat stress in plants, agricultural production will ...
Yuan-Hang Xing +6 more
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