Rhizobacteria promoting plant growths were isolated from the monkey pod tree rhizosphere. Their phosphate solubilization ability was evidenced by halo zone formation on PVK agar medium. Investigations on agar plates indicated that the clear zones…
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Complete genomes of six ape species
Living ape species are close evolutionary relatives of humans and their genomes are essential for human genomic and evolutionary studies. Yoo et al. generated complete genome assemblies of six ape species: chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), bonobo…
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Comparison of [99mTc]Tc-FAPI SPECT/CT and [18F]FDG PET/CT as predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy response in gastrointestinal cancer
FAP-targeted imaging is a new visualization imaging method for tumor stroma. In recent years, [68Ga]Ga-FAPI PET imaging has been applied in digestive system cancers, with promising results8,14. However, few reports have been published on…
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Extensively acquired antimicrobial-resistant bacteria restructure the individual microbial community in post-antibiotic conditions
De novo assembly of shotgun metagenomics revealed the enrichment of multi-AMR genes within specific bacterial strains
To investigate the longitudinal changes in the AMR gene repertoire of the gut microbiome after antibiotic treatment, known as the…
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3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase evolved an ordered structure to deliver oxygen to pyridoxal 5’-phosphate for cuticle assembly in the mosquito Aedes aegypti
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Livingstone, M. S. & Tempel, B. L. Genetic dissection…
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A systematic assessment of transcription factor function
In eukaryotes, transcription factors (TFs) are known to regulate transcription by binding to the enhancers and promoters of target genes. Despite extensive research on this topic, numerous questions about TF specificity, cooperativity and…
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Author Correction: Increased but not pristine soil organic carbon stocks in restored ecosystems
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, distribution and reproduction in any medium or…
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Toxicity of Foeniculum vulgare essential oil, its main component and nanoformulation against Phthorimaea absoluta and the generalist predator Macrolophus pygmaeus
Koller, J. et al. A parasitoid wasp allied with an entomopathogenic virus to control Tuta absoluta. Crop Prot. 179, 106617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106617 (2024).
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Nanoscale-folding of mitotic chromosomes | Nature Genetics
The mechanisms underlying the extreme folding and contraction of genomic DNA into mitotic chromosomes remain incompletely understood. To address this, Jan Ellenberg and colleagues applied a DNA-tracing approach previously established for…
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Embryonic macrophages orchestrate niche cell homeostasis for the establishment of the definitive hematopoietic stem cell pool
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All animal experiments (Mus musculus) were performed in accordance with German animal welfare legislation and were approved by the relevant authorities: Landesdirektion Dresden and the Thüringer Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz (TLV). All…
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