Day: March 4, 2023

Insight into the conformational and allergenicity alterations of shrimp tropomyosin induced by Sargassum fusiforme polyphenol by Yiming Zhao

Tropomyosin (TM) is the main allergen in shrimp food. Algae polyphenol reportedly could affect the structures and allergenicity of shrimp TM. In this study, the alterations of conformational structures and allergenicity of TM induced by Sargassum fusiforme polyphenol (SFP) were investigated. Compared to TM, the conjugation of SFP to TM induced conformational structure instability, the…

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Hello darkness, my old friend: 3-KETOACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHASE4 is a branch point in the regulation of triacylglycerol synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by Urszula Luzarowska

Plant lipids are important as alternative sources of carbon and energy when sugars or starch are limited. Here, we applied combined heat and darkness or extended darkness to a panel of ∼ 300 Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) accessions to study lipid remodeling under carbon starvation. Natural allelic variation at 3-KETOACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHASE4 (KCS4), a gene encoding…

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The maize ZmVPS23-like protein relocates the NLR protein Rp1-D21 to endosomes and suppresses the defense response by Yang Sun

Plants often utilize nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins to perceive pathogen infections and trigger a hypersensitive response (HR). The endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery is a conserved multi-subunit complex that is essential for the biogenesis of multivesicular bodies and cargo protein sorting. VPS23 is a key component of ESCRT-I and plays important…

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Research on biomechanical compatibility for a novel artificial anal sphincter with constant force by Minghui Wang

CONCLUSIONS: The novel artificial anal sphincter has better biomechanical compatibility and improves the mechanical match between artificial sphincter and intestinal tissue. This study may provide more reasonable and effective simulation data for in vivo experiments of artificial anal sphincter in future, which may provide theoretical and technical support for further research about clinical application of…

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ATR-FTIR spectrum analysis of plasma samples for rapid identification of recovered COVID-19 individuals by Boris Yu Karas

The development of fast, cheap and reliable methods to determine seroconversion against infectious agents is of great practical importance. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, an important issue is to study the rate of formation of the immune layer in the population of different regions, as well as the study of the formation of…

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