Plant materials and heat treatments
The grapevine accessions used for GWAS, and hybrid progenies between ‘Guipu 1’ (V. quinquangularis × V. vinifera) and ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ (V. vinifera) for genotype analysis were obtained from the…
Category: 5. Biology
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Exploring the potential of the COI gene marker for DNA barcoding of planktonic foraminifera
Sample collection and database assembly
In total, we used 311 specimens for the entire study, collected during 10 cruises at 38 stations and belonging to 26 planktonic foraminifera species. We assembled a dataset by combining new sample…
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The impact of environmental factors on public engagement on WeChat in China’s national parks- a socio-cognitive analysis
Ma, L. & Liu, L. How leadership behaviors affect the performance of government short-form videos?- survey evidence from Douyin. J. Gansu Adm. Inst., 14–22 (2021).
Rogowski, M., Zawilińska, B. & Hibner, J. Managing tourism pressure: exploring…
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Mechanism of ATP hydrolysis in the Hsp70 BiP nucleotide-binding domain
Theory
The reaction space of the NBD is populated by the reaction scheme shown in Fig. 2a. It comprises 5 different states that are connected by 11 reaction equations of first and second order. We consider ATP hydrolysis an irreversible reaction…
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Detection of reproductive and hematobiochemical biomarkers to evaluate the impact of heavy metal exposure on brick kiln workers
Ethical approval
The study protocol was approved by the Bio-Ethical Committee of the Department of Zoology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and has been assigned protocol #BEC-FBS-QAU2023-551. Additionally, the participants in the study…
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Bird mortality at wind farms in a tropical desert
Study area
The study was conducted during January 2020–September 2021 in 3000 km2 landscape of Indian Thar Desert in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan that included ~ 900 wind turbines (Fig. 6a). The region experiences arid bioclimate characterized by…
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Functional metabolites and inhibitory efficacy of kombucha beverage on pathogenic bacteria, free radicals and inflammation
Paul Ross, R., Morgan, S. & Hill, C. Preservation and fermentation: past, present and future. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 79, 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00174-5 (2002).
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New Research Explains Why Diseases Affect Men and Women Differently
A new international study has revealed that most protein-level differences between men and women aren’t due to genetics alone. A major international study has uncovered new insights into why men and women often face different health risks,…
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Prostaglandin E2 receptor EP4 activation induces tolerogenic dendritic cells to mitigate ischemic acute kidney injury
AKI seriously jeopardizes human health worldwide due to high prevalence and mortality rates and unaffordable healthcare costs23. To date, there is no alternative to dialysis to prevent or treat AKI24. Renal IRI is one of the major causes of AKI
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The HP1 box of KAP1 organizes HP1α for silencing of endogenous retroviral elements in embryonic stem cells
Cell culture
ESCs were maintained under standard conditions on gelatin-coated plates at 37 °C at 5% CO2 in Knockout DMEM (Thermo Fisher) supplemented with NEAA, GlutaMAX, penicillin/streptomycin (Thermo Fisher), 15% ESC-screened fetal bovine…
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