Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 28, 2020

Transient expression and purification of β-caryophyllene synthase in Nicotiana benthamiana to produce β-caryophyllene in vitro

Saraladevi Muthusamy, Ramesh R. Vetukuri, Anneli Lundgren, Suresh Ganji, Li-Hua Zhu, Peter E. Brodelius, Selvaraju Kanagarajan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8904 PubMed 32377446

April 28, 2020

First transcriptome analysis of bryozoan Fredericella sultana, the primary host of myxozoan parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

Gokhlesh Kumar, Reinhard Ertl, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Mansour El-Matbouli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9027 PubMed 32377451

April 28, 2020

The GAR domain integrates functions that are necessary for the proper localization of fibrillarin (FBL) inside eukaryotic cells

Maria Y. Shubina, Eugene A. Arifulin, Dmitry V. Sorokin, Mariya A. Sosina, Maria A. Tikhomirova, Marina V. Serebryakova, Tatiana Smirnova, Svyatoslav S. Sokolov, Yana R. Musinova, Eugene V. Sheval

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9029 PubMed 32377452

April 28, 2020

Knockdown of CDCA8 inhibits the proliferation and enhances the apoptosis of bladder cancer cells

Xin Gao, Xiaohong Wen, Haowei He, Linlin Zheng, Yibo Yang, Jinlian Yang, Haifang Liu, Xiguo Zhou, Changshun Yang, Yinyi Chen, Mei Chen, Shufang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9078 PubMed 32377458

April 24, 2020

Exosomes derived from M0, M1 and M2 macrophages exert distinct influences on the proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

Yu Xia, Xiao-Tao He, Xin-Yue Xu, Bei-Min Tian, Ying An, Fa-Ming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8970 PubMed 32355576

April 23, 2020

“Candidatus Trichorickettsia mobilis”, a Rickettsiales bacterium, can be transiently transferred from the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium to the planarian Dugesia japonica

Letizia Modeo, Alessandra Salvetti, Leonardo Rossi, Michele Castelli, Franziska Szokoli, Sascha Krenek, Valentina Serra, Elena Sabaneyeva, Graziano Di Giuseppe, Sergei I. Fokin, Franco Verni, Giulio Petroni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8977 PubMed 32351785

April 23, 2020

Proteomic analysis and interactions network in leaves of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal sorghum plants under water deficit

Víctor Olalde-Portugal, José Luis Cabrera-Ponce, Argel Gastelum-Arellanez, Armando Guerrero-Rangel, Robert Winkler, Silvia Valdés-Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8991 PubMed 32351787

April 22, 2020

Long-reads reveal that Rhododendron delavayi plastid genome contains extensive repeat sequences, and recombination exists among plastid genomes of photosynthetic Ericaceae

Huie Li, Qiqiang Guo, Qian Li, Lan Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9048 PubMed 32351791

April 21, 2020

Expression of 1B capsid protein of Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) using baculovirus expression system and its validation in detecting SAT 2- specific antisera

Wael Elmenofy, Ismail Mohamed, Lamiaa El-Gaied, Reda Salem, Gamal Osman, Mohamed Ibrahim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8946 PubMed 32341896

April 20, 2020

Immune response of human cultured cells towards macrocyclic Fe₂PO and Fe₂PC bioactive cyclophane complexes

Alex J. Salazar-Medina, Enrique F. Velazquez-Contreras, Rocio Sugich-Miranda, Hisila Santacruz, Rosa E. Navarro, Fernando Rocha-Alonzo, Maria A. Islas-Osuna, Patricia L. Chen, Sarah G.B. Christian, Amelia A. Romoser, Scott V. Dindot, Christie M. Sayes, Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo, Michael F. Criscitiello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8956 PubMed 32341898

April 16, 2020

Distinct gene expression and secondary metabolite profiles in suppressor of prosystemin-mediated responses2 (spr2) tomato mutants having impaired mycorrhizal colonization

Kena Casarrubias-Castillo, Josaphat M. Montero-Vargas, Nicole Dabdoub-González, Robert Winkler, Norma A. Martinez-Gallardo, Julia Zañudo-Hernández, Hamlet Avilés-Arnaut, John P. Délano-Frier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8888 PubMed 32337100

April 15, 2020

Transcriptome for the breast muscle of Jinghai yellow chicken at early growth stages

Pengfei Wu, Xinchao Zhang, Genxi Zhang, Fuxiang Chen, Mingliang He, Tao Zhang, Jinyu Wang, Kaizhou Xie, Guojun Dai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8950 PubMed 32328350

April 14, 2020

Characterization of the mitochondrial genomes of two toads, Anaxyrus americanus (Anura: Bufonidae) and Bufotes pewzowi (Anura: Bufonidae), with phylogenetic and selection pressure analyses

Yu-Ting Cai, Qin Li, Jia-Yong Zhang, Kenneth B. Storey, Dan-Na Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8901 PubMed 32328346

April 14, 2020

Catalyzing rapid discovery of gold-precipitating bacterial lineages with university students

Noah G. Riley, Carlos C. Goller, Zakiya H. Leggett, Danica M. Lewis, Karen Ciccone, Robert R. Dunn