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dUTPase is essential in zebrafish development and possesses several single‐nucleotide variants with pronounced structural and functional consequences

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
dUTPases are involved in balancing the appropriate nucleotide pools. We showed that dUTPase is essential for normal development in zebrafish. The different zebrafish genomes contain several single‐nucleotide variations (SNPs) of the dut gene. One of the dUTPase variants displayed drastically lower protein stability and catalytic efficiency as compared ...
Viktória Perey‐Simon, Angéla Békesi, Latifa Kazzazy, Jázmin Mihály, Máté Varga, Beáta G. Vértessy, Kinga Nyíri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild Edible Species with Phytoremediation Properties

Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2015
AbstractHigh salinity is an increasing environmental problem that severely affects agriculture by both limiting crop yield and available agricultural land. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report that approximately 20-30% of all agricultural land is becoming saline, whereas about 8% of all salt-affected soils are human-induced.
Salonikioti, A., Petropoulos, S., Antoniadis, V., Levizou, E., Alexopoulos, A.   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

HIV‐1 establishes immediate latency in T cells expressing the viral Nef protein

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Nef is a viral protein often omitted from HIV‐1 reporter viruses. Consequently, its role in viral latency is unclear. We developed three novel dual reporter HIV‐1 derivatives that express Nef and allow for detection of latent and productive infection. Using these reporters, we show that Nef does not affect the establishment of immediate viral latency ...
Cindy Lam, Ivan Sadowski
wiley   +1 more source

Gamma-aminobutyric acid mediates nicotine biosynthesis in tobacco under flooding stress

Plant Diversity, 2016
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a four-carbon non-protein amino acid conserved from bacteria to plants and vertebrates. Increasing evidence supports a regulatory role for GABA in plant development and the plant's response to environmental stress.
Xiaoming Zhang, Hua-ming Lin, Hong Hu, Xiangyang Hu, Liwei Hu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

BMI‐1 modulation and trafficking during M phase in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The schematic illustrates BMI‐1 phosphorylation during M phase, which triggers its translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In cycling cells, BMI‐1 functions within the PRC1 complex to mediate H2A K119 monoubiquitination. Following PTC596‐induced M phase arrest, phosphorylated BMI‐1 dissociates from PRC1 and is exported to the cytoplasm via its
Banlanjo Umaru, Deepak Kumar Mishra, Shiva Senthil Kumar, Hao‐Han Pang, Brendan Devine, Komal Khan, Rachid Drissi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of functional murine mitochondrial formyl peptides and their effects on myeloid‐derived suppressor cell generation

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We first identified functional murine mitochondrial N‐formyl peptides (MT‐FPs) and investigated their effects on the in vitro myeloid‐derived suppressor cell (MDSC) generation from bone marrow cells. We demonstrated that MT‐FPs acted directly on bone marrow cells to promote MDSC generation and modulated the polymorphonuclear (PMN)‐MDSC/monocyte (M ...
Miyako Ozawa, Saori Kagoshima, Akira Yamada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep genome skimming reveals the hybrid origin of Pseudosasa gracilis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)

Plant Diversity
Pseudosasa gracilis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) is a temperate woody bamboo species endemic to South-central China with a narrow distribution. Previous phylogenetic studies revealed an unexpected, isolated phylogenetic position of Ps. gracilis.
Xiang-Zhou Hu, Cen Guo, Sheng-Yuan Qin, De-Zhu Li, Zhen-Hua Guo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can managed grasslands enhance pollinators in intensively farmed areas? [PDF]

, 2018
Wild flower strips is a common agri-environmental scheme used by farmers and land managers in order to improve biodiversity of pollinators. However, managed grasslands may also provide flower resources for flower visiting insects in agricultural ...
Cong, W-F, Dupont, Y.L., Eriksen, J.
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Light‐Responsive Enzyme‐Loaded Nanoparticles for Tunable Adhesion and Mechanical Wound Contraction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a photoactivatable enzyme‐loaded mesoporous nanoparticle system (MPDA_PaTy) that enables light‐triggered tunable tissue adhesion and facilitates mechanical wound contraction. Controlled enzymatic crosslinking at tissue or hydrogel interfaces allows on‐demand adhesion.
Junghyeon Ko, Hyeon‐Jin Kim, Jeong‐Uk Kim, Seh Ri Oh, Tae Hoon Kang, Junghwan Byun, Uk‐Jae Lee, Minglin Ma, Su‐Hwan Kim, Byung‐Gee Kim, Nathaniel S. Hwang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mixed effects of honey bees on pollination function in the Tibetan alpine grasslands

Nature Communications
The global expansion of domesticated plant and animal species has profoundly impacted biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, the spillover effect of non-native honey bees from mass-flowering crops into adjacent natural vegetation on pollination ...
Lin-Lin Wang, Zachary Y. Huang, Wen-Fei Dai, Yong-Ping Yang, Yuan-Wen Duan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source