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Planta Med 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Leaves of the plant are traditionally consumed for bone health and other indications. The aim of this study was to establish the safety and pharmacokinetics of the metabolites of prenylflavonoids (icariin, icariside I, icariside II, icaritin, and desmethylicaritin) following single doses of a defined prenylflavonoid extract in humans. A single oral dose of 370, 740, or 1110 mg of a standardized prenylflavonoid extract was administered to 30 healthy male subjects in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Read More
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2018 Dec 6;28(3):137-146. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
We developed new PCR assays that target beta-tubulin (TUB2) and 14 alpha-demethylase (CYP51) genes and used them for the species-specific detection of Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt). Read More
Cell Physiol Biochem 2018 Dec 6;51(5):2019-2029. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou,
Background/aims: β-Elemene is a bioactive sesquiterpene compound that exhibits a potent anti-tumor effect and is used in various clinical applications. However, little is known about its effect on the male reproductive system. The objective of this study was to investigate the in vitro actions of β-elemene on human sperm function and elucidate the underlying mechanism. Read More
J Environ Manage 2018 Dec 3;232:636-653. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management, TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13/226, 1040, Vienna, Austria.
Occurrence and concentration of a broad spectrum of micropollutants are investigated in Austrian river catchments, namely polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), organotin compounds, perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) and metals. The parallel analysis across multiple environmental and engineered compartments sheds light on the ratio of dissolved and particulate transport and on differences in concentration levels between point and diffuse emission pathways. It is found that some PAHs and organotins are present in rivers, groundwater and bulk deposition at higher concentrations than in municipal wastewater effluents. Read More
Water Res 2018 Nov 9;149:607-616. Epub 2018 Nov 9.
State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP), Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address:
Concern about the presence of chiral pharmaceuticals in the environment from wastewater discharge is mounting. In this work, the occurrence and fate of atenolol, metoprolol, venlafaxine, and chloramphenicol, including 10 different stereoisomers, were investigated in sewage and sludge from diverse treatment processes in 4 sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Hong Kong via 4 sampling campaigns over a period of 2 years. The average amounts of individual pharmaceuticals entering the STPs ranged from 4. Read More
Water Res 2018 Nov 14;149:596-606. Epub 2018 Nov 14.
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China. Electronic address:
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are major sources of airborne bacteria, which could pose health risks to WWTP workers and surrounding residents. In this study, air samples were collected from various treatment facilities of a typical WWTP. Community compositions of airborne bacteria were identified by high-throughput sequencing technique. Read More
Sci Total Environ 2018 Nov 27;656:503-511. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, E1A 07-03, Singapore117576, Singapore.
Constructed wetlands (CWs) have emerged as a promising technology for the purification of micro-polluted water. However, their nitrogen removal performance can be significantly degraded by design, operational, and environmental factors. The present study investigates the effects of ofloxacin (OFL: 0. Read More
Sci Total Environ 2018 Nov 22;656:495-502. Epub 2018 Nov 22.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500 Bartholomew Dr, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States. Electronic address:
Antibiotic resistance is a public health issue with links to environmental sources of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). ARGs from nonviable sources may pose a hazard given the potential for transformation whereas ARGs in viable sources may proliferate during host growth or conjugation. In this study, ARGs in the effluent from three municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and the receiving surface waters were investigated using a viability-based qPCR technique (vPCR) with propidium monoazide (PMA). Read More
Sci Total Environ 2018 Nov 26;656:468-474. Epub 2018 Nov 26.
Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 México D.F., México. Electronic address:
Wastewater treatment is an important source of methane (CH) emissions. In most large-size aerobic treatment plants, the excess sludge is digested in anaerobic reactors (AD), with the concomitant CH emissions. The guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been adopted worldwide for quantifying the national emission inventories, which include wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) as a key category. Read More
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2018 Nov 19;211:94-99. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
Food Chemistry and Molecular Cancer Biology Lab, Department of Animal Health and Management, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, India. Electronic address:
In recent era, the interest on inorganic nanoparticles is augmenting due to their engrossing and uncanny properties. Among them, platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) are highly remarkable owing to their intrinsic physicochemical and biological properties making them an effective candidate towards catalytic and biomedical applications. Nevertheless, conventional physical and chemical methodologies of PtNPs synthesis are among the most prevalent protocols to synthesize PtNPs of desired shape and size. Read More
Aquat Toxicol 2018 Nov 27;207:52-62. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Department of Biology, Ulica cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-31000, Osijek, Croatia. Electronic address:
This paper aims to evaluate the effects of a product containing colloidal silver in the aquatic environment, using duckweed Lemna gibba as a model plant. Therefore, growth parameters, photosynthetic pigments content and protein content as physiological indices were evaluated. Changes in the content of non-enzymatic antioxidants and activity of several antioxidant enzymes, alongside with the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and lipid peroxidation end-products were assessed to explore the potential of colloidal silver to induce oxidative stress. Read More
J Ethnopharmacol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Plant Transgenic Laboratory, P.O. Box 436, Rana Pratap Marg,Lucknow-226 001, U.P., India. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The genus Psoralea (Fabaceae) harbours 105 accepted species that are extensively used by local peoples and medicinal practitioners of China, India, and other countries for treatment of tooth decay, psoriasis, leucoderma, leprosy, kidney problems, tuberculosis, indigestion, constipation and impotence. Presently, pharmacological research reports are available on only few species namely Bituminaria bituminosa (Syn: P. bituminosa), P. Read More
J Ethnopharmacol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Science, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Characterized by one of the highest rates of endemism and biodiversity in the world, Madagascar provides a wide variety of medicinal plants, that could represent a potential source of new drugs. The main aim of this study was to investigate the potential medicinal properties of the plant species used by indigenous people in Maromizaha forest and to provide the first ethnobotanical inventory of the area.
Materials And Methods: Data were collected through open semi-structured interviews with local informants, the reported plants were collected and identified to create a specimen herbarium. Read More
Int J Biol Macromol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
University of Sfax Tunisia, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Aquatic Ecosystems, Ecology and Planktonology, Unit UR 11 ES 72/Street of Soukra Km 3,5, B.P. 1171, CP 3000 Sfax, Tunisia.
Periploca angustifolia has numerous biological properties and also used against various diseases. In our study, this plant has been used for biotechnological production of polysaccharides. The prevention action of polysaccharides isolated from P. Read More
Int J Biol Macromol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 29, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland; Regional Specialist Hospital in Wrocław, Research and Development Centre, Kamieńskiego 73a, 51-124 Wrocław, Poland.
The polyphenolic-polysaccharide complex was isolated from the dried aerial parts of the medicinal plant Agrimonia eupatoria L. using a multi-step process involving the degreasing of the plant material by extraction with organic solvents, followed by extraction with hot alkali, neutralization, further separation with organic solvents and dialysis. The complex was homogeneous with a molecular weight of about 55 × 10 g/mol and consisted mainly of carbohydrates and polyphenols matrix, composed of lignin-related units, with the dominance of dimethoxyphenyl structures. Read More
Int J Biol Macromol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
National Center for Research and Development of Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Kaifeng 475004, China. Electronic address:
Two novel polysaccharides were obtained from flowers of Apocynum venetum L., and named as Vp2a-II and Vp3. Their average molecular weights were 7 kDa and 9 kDa, respectively. Read More
Int J Biol Macromol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad 826004, India. Electronic address:
Herein, a novel binary graft copolymeric flocculant [St-g-(PAAm-co-PMETAC)] has been developed using starch, polyacrylamide (PAAm) and poly (2-methacryloyloxy ethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride) (PMETAC). The copolymer has been synthesised by grafting of PAAm and PMETAC chains on starch backbone using free radical polymerization. FTIR and H NMR spectral analyses have been used for structural confirmation of developed copolymer. Read More
Physiol Behav 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS, 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa; IPHC, UNISTRA, CNRS, 23 rue du Loess, 67200 Strasbourg, France.
In many species, males follow alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs), where one tactic (called bourgeois) has much higher reproductive success than alternative tactics followed by males with lower competitive ability. The extent to which ARTs differ in energetic costs is unknown, but it is important to understand the fitness payoffs of ARTs. We studied male African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) which follow one of three ARTs: heavy bourgeois males defend harems of females and have 10 times higher reproductive success than smaller roamers, which have ten times higher reproductive success than philopatric males, which remain in their natal group and are the smallest males. Read More
Fitoterapia 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:
Nine multifarious new meroterpenoids, cochlearols E-M (1-9), along with seven known meroterpenoids 10-16, were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma cochlear. Racemic 1, 6-8, 10 and 13 were separated by chiral HPLC. The structures were elucidated based on detailed spectroscopic analyses (HRESIMS, 1D/2D-NMR) and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD). Read More
Fitoterapia 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, PR China. Electronic address:
Two new nucleoside derivatives, named asponguanosines A and B (1 and 2), three new N-acetyldopamine analogues, aspongamides C-E (3-5), one new sesquiterpene, aspongnoid D (6), and three known compounds were isolated from the medicinal insect Aspongopus chinensis. Their structures including absolute configurations were assigned by using spectroscopic methods and ECD and C NMR calculations. Biological activities of compounds 3-7 towards human cancer cells, COX-2, ROCK1, and JAK3 were evaluated. Read More
Prog Lipid Res 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departmento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil.. Electronic address:
Triacylglycerols (TAG) are the major form of energy storage in plants. TAG are primarily stored in seeds and fruits, but vegetative tissues also possess a high capacity for their synthesis and storage. These storage lipids are essential to plant development, being used in seedling growth during germination, pollen development, and sexual reproduction, for example. Read More
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Nov 30;11:CD003177. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK, NR4 7TJ.
Background: Researchers have suggested that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from oily fish (long-chain omega-3 (LCn3), including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)), as well as from plants (alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)) benefit cardiovascular health. Guidelines recommend increasing omega-3-rich foods, and sometimes supplementation, but recent trials have not confirmed this.
Objectives: To assess effects of increased intake of fish- and plant-based omega-3 for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular (CVD) events, adiposity and lipids. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208591. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium.
The response of trees to a changing climate can be affected by transgenerational phenotypic plasticity, i.e. phenotypic variation that is conserved and transferred to the offspring. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208647. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America.
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is an important pest of maize in the Americas and has recently been introduced into Africa. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208556. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Dun-Duk Dong, Yeosu, Chonnam, Korea.
Cornus kousa the Korean dogwood has been traditionally used in East Asia as therapeutic traditional medicine however biological activities of Cornus kousa have not been investigated previously. The aim of the present study was to evaluate anti-obesity activities coupled with anti-angiogenic activities of anthocyanins rich fraction of ethanolic leaf extract of Cornus kousa (ELECk) in HUVECs and 3T3- L1 cells. Dried plants leaves were extracted with 70% ethanol and anthocyanin fraction (AnT Fr) was obtained by eluting the ethanolic extract through non-polar macroporous resin and further purification by HPLC. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208549. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) is an oil-bearing plant used for biodiesel production. Construction of its standard karyotype and identification of the euchromatin/heterochromatin distribution associated with gene expression and meiotic recombination are essential to fully characterize its genome. Here, we developed a J. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208325. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
We examined the accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), alkyl PAHs, and toxic metals in soils by the roots of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, in a 20-week greenhouse study and a 2-year field study. In the greenhouse study, inoculation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), Rhizoglomus intraradices (N. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208395. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
INRA PACA, UR 1052, GAFL unit (Génétique et Amelioration des Fruits et Légumes), Avignon, France.
Targeted insertion of transgenes in plants is still challenging and requires further technical innovation. In the present study, we chose the tomato DFR gene involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis as a landing pad for targeted transgene insertion using CRISPR-Cas9 in a two-step strategy. First, a 1013 bp was deleted in the endogenous DFR gene. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208274. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Crop residue retention on the soil surface in no-tillage system can intercept pre-emergent herbicides and reduce their efficacy. Three experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of crop residue amount (0, 1, 2 and 4 t ha-1), moisture (wet versus dry), type (wheat, barley, canola, chickpea and lupin) and age (fresh or aged for one year) on the interception and subsequent leaching of prosulfocarb, pyroxasulfone, and trifluralin from the residue into soil. Bioassays, using cucumber and annual ryegrass as indicator plants, were used to assess herbicide activity/availability in the soil and on the residue. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208271. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, United States of America.
We propose Pseudomonas coronafaciens sp. nov. as a new species in genus Pseudomonas, which is diverse from P. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208327. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Scrub typhus is a mites-borne rickettsiosis caused by the obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi. The disease is potentially life threatening and is prevalent in tropical Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean and northern Australia where an estimated one million cases occur annually. Orientia tsutsugamushi is transmitted by the bite of larval mites in the genus Leptotrombidium. Read More
PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0208201. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India.
Development of antifilarial drug from the natural sources is considered as one of the most efficacious, safe, and affordable approaches. In this study, we report the antifilarial activity of a leguminous plant Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars. Read More
Nat Prod Res 2018 Dec 6:1-16. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
a Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, University of South China , Hengyang , Hunan , PR China.
Flavan-3-ols are a series of natural products widely present in plants and show versatile biological activities. The structures of such compounds are characterized by owing two adjacent chiral centers and three rings. Their interesting structures and promising biological activities have driven increasing research developments toward the preparation of enantioenriched flavan-3-ols. Read More
Biomacromolecules 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
In vitro polymerization of β-mannans is a challenging reaction due to the steric hindrance confered by the configuration of mannosyl residues and the thermodynamic instability of the β-anomer. Whatever the approach used to date - whether chemical, or enzymatic with glycosynthases and mannosyltransferases - pure β-1,4-mannans have never been synthesized in vitro. This has limited attempts to investigate their role in the production of plant and algal cell walls, in which they are highly abundant. Read More
JBRA Assist Reprod 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Nursing Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran.
Objectives: Primary dysmenorrhea is a painful uterine contraction caused by endometrial laceration. Drug therapies and complementary medicine have been used to treat dysmenorrhea. The aim of this study was to investigate and offer an updated perspective on the treatments for dysmenorrhea. Read More
Plant Biotechnol J 2018 Nov 22. Epub 2018 Nov 22.
Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
Fungi that infect plants, animals or humans pose a serious threat to human health and food security. Antifungal proteins (AFPs) secreted by filamentous fungi are promising biomolecules that could be used to develop new antifungal therapies in medicine and agriculture. They are small highly stable proteins with specific potent activity against fungal pathogens. Read More
Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Chlorogenic acid is one of the most abundant beneficial polyphenols in plants and is well known as nutritional anti-oxidant in plant based foods. Apart from its dietary antioxidant activity, it has been proven to be an efficient defense molecule against a broad range of insect herbivores. In the last two decades, several reports have shown the effectiveness of chlorogenic acid for insect's growth deterrence. Read More
New Phytol 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
High efficiency methods for DNA assembly have enabled routine assembly of synthetic DNAs of increased size and complexity. However, these techniques require customisation, elaborate vector sets or serial manipulations for the different stages of assembly. We have developed Loop assembly based on a recursive approach to DNA fabrication. Read More
Mol Nutr Food Res 2018 Dec 6:e1800807. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Dr. X. Yan, Y.-L. Zhang, L. Zhang, L.-X. Zou, C. Chen, Prof. Y. Liu, Prof. Y.-L. Xia, Prof. H.-H. Li, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China.
Scope: Gallic acid (GA) is a dietary phenolic acid found in tea, red wine, and some plants. It exhibits antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities. Recent studies have revealed that GA has beneficial effects against several cardiovascular diseases; however, whether GA attenuates pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy and the underlying mechanism remain unclear. Read More
Am J Bot 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 250 N. Mills Street, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Premise Of The Study: Extreme weather events can injure plants, causing decreased survival. However, we may underestimate the ecological importance of extreme events if they have strong sublethal effects that manifest after several months. We tested the hypothesis that late-winter extreme-cold events decrease the ability of woody plants to grow and tolerate stem removal in summer. Read More
Syst Biol 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
Species are the starting point for most studies of ecology and evolution, but the proper circumscription of species can be extremely difficult in morphologically variable lineages, and there are still few convincing examples of molecularly-informed species delimitation in plants. We focus here on the Viburnum nudum complex, a highly variable clade that is widely distributed in eastern North America. Taxonomic treatments have mostly divided this complex into northern (V. Read More
Plant Cell Physiol 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Tail-anchored (TA) proteins are a unique class of integral membrane proteins that possess a single C-terminal transmembrane domain and target post-translationally to the specific organelles at which they function. While significant advances have been made in recent years in elucidating the mechanisms and molecular targeting signals involved in the proper sorting of TA proteins, particularly to the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, relatively little is known about the targeting of TA proteins to the plastid outer envelope. Here we show that several known or predicted plastid TA outer envelope proteins (OEPs) in Arabidopsis possess a C-terminal RK/ST sequence motif that serves as a conserved element of their plastid targeting signal. Read More
Bioinformatics 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
Motivation: Two major challenges arise when employing next generation sequencing (NGS) methods to comprehensively identify microRNAs (miRNAs) in plants: 1) how to minimize the false-positive inheritable to computational predictions; 2) how to minimize the computational time required for analyzing the miRNA transcriptome in plants with complex and large genomes.
Results: We updated miRDeep-P to miRDeep-P2 (miRDP2) by employing a new filtering strategy and overhauling the algorithm. miRDP2 has been tested against miRNA transcriptomes in plants with increasing genome sizes that included Arabidopsis, rice, tomato, maize and wheat. Read More
Gigascience 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy.
Employing computer vision to extract useful information from images and videos is becoming a key technique for identifying phenotypic changes in plants. In this report, we review the emerging aspects of computer vision for automated plant phenotyping. Recent advances in image analysis empowered by machine learning-based techniques, including convolutional neural network-based modeling, have expanded their application to assist high-throughput plant phenotyping. Read More
Environ Entomol 2018 Dec 4. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
The invasive vinegar fly, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, has emerged as one of the most serious arthropod pests of primocane red raspberries (Rubus ideaus L.) in the United States. In raspberries, D. Read More
Bioinformatics 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biosciences Lab, Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA.
Motivation: The prediction of protein-protein interaction (PPI) sites is a key to mutation design, catalytic reaction, and the reconstruction of PPI networks. It is a challenging task considering the significant abundant sequences and the imbalance issue in samples.
Results: A new ensemble learning based method, EL-SMURF, was proposed for PPI sites prediction in this study. Read More
Elife 2018 Dec 6;7. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States.
Carboxysomes are protein-based bacterial organelles encapsulating key enzymes of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. Previous work has implicated a ParA-like protein (hereafter McdA) as important for spatially organizing carboxysomes along the longitudinal axis of the model cyanobacterium PCC 7942. Yet, how self-organization of McdA emerges and contributes to carboxysome positioning is unknown. Read More
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
6National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Ecosystem Study, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
At the Valencia Plenary meeting on 7-9 July, 2017, the Working Group on the organization and structure of the ICSP recommended amendment of the Statutes of the ICSP (Dijkshoorn L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68: 2104-2110). In October 2017, our Executive-Secretary, Lenie Dijkshoorn, sent out a call for participation in this working group, which began work in December, 2017. Read More
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
2Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Two Nostoc-like strains have been isolated, purified, cultured and identified on the basis of the polyphasic approach using morphological, ecological, molecular and phylogenetic methods. Both strains were found to have morphology similar to the genus Nostoc, but clustered strongly in a group distant from the Nostocsensu stricto clade. Further analysis, using the folded structures of the 16S-23S ITS region revealed strong differences from closely related members of the genus Nostoc. Read More