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August 2019

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New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Fig 1: Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779

August 5, 2019

New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Researchers have unearthed a new species of dinosaur from a 30 year old museum collection in South African. The new species has been named Ngwevu intloko.

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August 16, 2019

Differential expression of AtWAKL10 in response to nitric oxide suggests a putative role in biotic and abiotic stress responses

Phearom Bot, Bong-Gyu Mun, Qari Muhammad Imran, Adil Hussain, Sang-Uk Lee, Gary Loake, Byung-Wook Yun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7383 PubMed 31440429

August 29, 2019

Analysis of the laccase gene family and miR397-/miR408-mediated posttranscriptional regulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza

Caili Li, Dongqiao Li, Hong Zhou, Jiang Li, Shanfa Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7605 PubMed 31528508

August 27, 2019

Insights from the proteome profile of Phytophthora capsici in response to the novel fungicide SYP-14288

Meng Cai, Zhiwen Wang, Xiaoxia Ni, Yanhua Hou, Qin Peng, Xiang Gao, Xili Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7626 PubMed 31523524

August 30, 2019

The adipokinetic hormones and their cognate receptor from the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: solution structure of endogenous peptides and models of their binding to the receptor

Graham E. Jackson, Elumalai Pavadai, Gerd Gäde, Niels H. Andersen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7514 PubMed 31531269

August 7, 2019

The clinical value of carcinoembryonic antigen for tumor metastasis assessment in lung cancer

Jiasi Wang, Yanpeng Chu, Jie Li, Tingjie Wang, Liangli Sun, Pingfei Wang, Xiangdong Fang, Fanwei Zeng, Junfeng Wang, Fanxin Zeng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7433 PubMed 31410309

August 12, 2019

Efficient virus-induced gene silencing in Hibiscus hamabo Sieb. et Zucc. using tobacco rattle virus

Zhiquan Wang, Xiaoyang Xu, Longjie Ni, Jinbo Guo, Chunsun Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7505 PubMed 31423365

August 23, 2019

RFRP3 influences basal lamina degradation, cellular death, and progesterone secretion in cultured preantral ovarian follicles from the domestic cat

Kathryn Wilsterman, George E. Bentley, Pierre Comizzoli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7540 PubMed 31497402

August 22, 2019

Development of a multiplex RT-PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus and Acidovorax citrulli in watermelon

Xinyue Bi, Xiaodong Li, Haibo Yu, Mengnan An, Rui Li, Zihao Xia, Yuanhua Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7539 PubMed 31497401

August 20, 2019

Genome-wide identification and characterization of the Hsp70 gene family in allopolyploid rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) compared with its diploid progenitors

Ziwei Liang, Mengdi Li, Zhengyi Liu, Jianbo Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7511 PubMed 31497395

August 13, 2019

Identification and functional analysis of LecRLK genes in Taxodium ‘Zhongshanshan’

Jinbo Guo, Hao Duan, Lei Xuan, Ziyang Wang, Jianfeng Hua, Chaoguang Yu, Yunlong Yin, Mingzhi Li, Ying Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7498 PubMed 31423364

August 2, 2019

Reconstruction of insect hormone pathways in an aquatic firefly, Sclerotia aquatilis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), using RNA-seq

Pornchanan Chanchay, Wanwipa Vongsangnak, Anchana Thancharoen, Ajaraporn Sriboonlert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7428 PubMed 31396456

August 29, 2019

Microbial community dynamics during aerobic granulation in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

Fabiola Gómez-Basurto, Miguel Vital-Jácome, Elizabeth Selene Gómez-Acata, Frederic Thalasso, Marco Luna-Guido, Luc Dendooven

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7152 PubMed 31528503

August 1, 2019

The revised complete mitogenome sequence of the tree frog Polypedatesmegacephalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) by next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic analysis

An Huang, Shuo Liu, Haijun Li, Hongdi Luo, Qingyong Ni, Yongfang Yao, Huailiang Xu, Bo Zeng, Ying Li, Zhimin Wei, Song Li, Mingwang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7415 PubMed 31396450

August 28, 2019

Identification of hub genes and molecular mechanisms in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia with MLL gene rearrangement

Hao Zhang, Juan Cheng, Zijian Li, Yaming Xi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7628 PubMed 31523525

August 30, 2019

Comparative and evolutionary analysis of the reptilian hedgehog gene family (Shh, Dhh, and Ihh)

Tian Xia, Honghai Zhang, Lei Zhang, Xiufeng Yang, Guolei Sun, Jun Chen, Dajie Xu, Chao Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7613 PubMed 31531274

August 28, 2019

Cyclodipeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa modulate the maize (Zea mays L.) root system and promote S6 ribosomal protein kinase activation

Iván Corona-Sánchez, Cesar Arturo Peña-Uribe, Omar González-López, Javier Villegas, Jesus Campos-Garcia, Homero Reyes de la Cruz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7494 PubMed 31523498

August 2, 2019

Integrated mRNA and miRNA profiling in NIH/3T3 cells in response to bovine papillomavirus E6 gene expression

Feng Pang, Mengmeng Zhang, Guohua Li, Zhenxing Zhang, Haifeng Huang, Baobao Li, Chengqiang Wang, Xiaohong Yang, Yiying Zheng, Qi An, Luyin Zhang, Li Du, Fengyang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7442 PubMed 31396463

August 13, 2019

Dynamics of a methanol-fed marine denitrifying biofilm: 1-Impact of environmental changes on the denitrification and the co-occurrence of Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens and Hyphomicrobium nitrativorans

Geneviève Payette, Valérie Geoffroy, Christine Martineau, Richard Villemur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7497 PubMed 31423363