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January 2018

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Refining amino acid hydrophobicity for dynamics simulation of membrane proteins

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January 10, 2018

Refining amino acid hydrophobicity for dynamics simulation of membrane proteins

This article describes an improved treatment of membrane proteins and lipid-protein molecular interactions.

January 24, 2018

Are pumas subordinate carnivores, and does it matter?

L. Mark Elbroch, Anna Kusler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4293 PubMed 29379688

January 24, 2018

Isolation and culture of primary adult skin fibroblasts from the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Puntita Siengdee, Sarisa Klinhom, Chatchote Thitaram, Korakot Nganvongpanit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4302 PubMed 29379691

January 26, 2018

The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria

Oliver W.M. Rauhut, Christian Foth, Helmut Tischlinger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4191 PubMed 29383285

January 25, 2018

Linking pangenomes and metagenomes: the Prochlorococcus metapangenome

Tom O. Delmont, A. Murat Eren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4320 PubMed 29423345

January 16, 2018

Sicegar: R package for sigmoidal and double-sigmoidal curve fitting

M. Umut Caglar, Ashley I. Teufel, Claus O. Wilke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4251 PubMed 29362694

January 12, 2018

A revised cranial description of Massospondylus carinatus Owen (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) based on computed tomographic scans and a review of cranial characters for basal Sauropodomorpha

Kimberley E.J. Chapelle, Jonah N. Choiniere

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4224 PubMed 29340238

January 25, 2018

Species identification by conservation practitioners using online images: accuracy and agreement between experts

Gail E. Austen, Markus Bindemann, Richard A. Griffiths, David L. Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4157 PubMed 29379682

January 11, 2018

A new small-bodied ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from a deep, high-energy Early Cretaceous river of the Australian–Antarctic rift system

Matthew C. Herne, Alan M. Tait, Vera Weisbecker, Michael Hall, Jay P. Nair, Michael Cleeland, Steven W. Salisbury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4113 PubMed 29340228

January 29, 2018

Cost-benefit analysis for invasive species control: the case of greater Canada goose Branta canadensis in Flanders (northern Belgium)

Nikolaas Reyns, Jim Casaer, Lieven De Smet, Koen Devos, Frank Huysentruyt, Peter A. Robertson, Tom Verbeke, Tim Adriaens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4283 PubMed 29404211

January 8, 2018

Is there a link between aging and microbiome diversity in exceptional mammalian longevity?

Graham M. Hughes, John Leech, Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Jose V. Lopez, Emma C. Teeling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4174 PubMed 29333342

January 10, 2018

Evidence-based design and evaluation of a whole genome sequencing clinical report for the reference microbiology laboratory

Anamaria Crisan, Geoffrey McKee, Tamara Munzner, Jennifer L. Gardy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4218 PubMed 29340235

January 12, 2018

FastViromeExplorer: a pipeline for virus and phage identification and abundance profiling in metagenomics data

Saima Sultana Tithi, Frank O. Aylward, Roderick V. Jensen, Liqing Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4227 PubMed 29340239

January 16, 2018

Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with geometric morphometrics

Julian Katzke, Phillip Barden, Manuel Dehon, Denis Michez, Torsten Wappler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4242 PubMed 29362693

January 24, 2018

Genomic signal processing for DNA sequence clustering

Gerardo Mendizabal-Ruiz, Israel Román-Godínez, Sulema Torres-Ramos, Ricardo A. Salido-Ruiz, Hugo Vélez-Pérez, J. Alejandro Morales

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4264 PubMed 29379686

January 19, 2018

CoMiniGut—a small volume in vitro colon model for the screening of gut microbial fermentation processes

Maria Wiese, Bekzod Khakimov, Sebastian Nielsen, Helena Sørensen, Frans van den Berg, Dennis Sandris Nielsen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4268 PubMed 29372119

January 23, 2018

Molecular phylogenetics of swimming crabs (Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815) supports a revised family-level classification and suggests a single derived origin of symbiotic taxa

Nathaniel Evans

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4260 PubMed 29379685

January 2, 2018

Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks

Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P. Robinson, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Simon J. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4161 PubMed 29312815

January 30, 2018

Development of an RNA interference (RNAi) gene knockdown protocol in the anaerobic gut fungus Pecoramyces ruminantium strain C1A

Shelby S. Calkins, Nicole C. Elledge, Katherine E. Mueller, Stephen M. Marek, MB Couger, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4276 PubMed 29404209

January 31, 2018

A review of bottom-up vs. top-down control of sponges on Caribbean fore-reefs: what’s old, what’s new, and future directions

Joseph R. Pawlik, Tse-Lynn Loh, Steven E. McMurray

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4343 PubMed 29404224

January 8, 2018

Ontogeny reversal and phylogenetic analysis of Turritopsis sp.5 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Oceaniidae), a possible new species endemic to Xiamen, China

Jun-yuan Li, Dong-hui Guo, Peng-cheng Wu, Li-sheng He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4225 PubMed 29333345

January 3, 2018

Effect of dark sweet cherry powder consumption on the gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, and biomarkers of gut health in obese db/db mice

Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro, Nara N. Lage, Susanne Mertens-Talcott, Stephen Talcott, Boon Chew, Scot E. Dowd, Jorge R. Kawas, Giuliana D. Noratto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4195 PubMed 29312822

January 24, 2018

Historical baselines of coral cover on tropical reefs as estimated by expert opinion

Tyler D. Eddy, William W.L. Cheung, John F. Bruno

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4308 PubMed 29379692

January 12, 2018

Isolation, identification, and pathological effects of beach sand bacterial extract on human skin keratinocytes in vitro

Fazli Subhan, Raheem Shahzad, Isfahan Tauseef, Kashif Syed Haleem, Atta-Ur Rehman, Sajid Mahmood, In-Jung Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4245 PubMed 29441229

January 30, 2018

Novel NAC-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide acid) nanoparticles for cataract treatment: preparation, characterization, evaluation of structure, cytotoxicity, and molecular docking studies

Yasemin Budama-Kilinc, Rabia Cakir-Koc, Serda Kecel-Gunduz, Yagmur Kokcu, Bilge Bicak, Hande Mutlu, Aysen E. Ozel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4270 PubMed 29404207

January 31, 2018

Evaluating the adaptive evolutionary convergence of carnivorous plant taxa through functional genomics

Gregory L. Wheeler, Bryan C. Carstens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4322 PubMed 29404217

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