Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 21, 2021

Chemosensitivity and role of swimming legs of mud crab, Scylla paramamosain, in feeding activity as determined by electrocardiographic and behavioural observations

Gunzo Kawamura, Chi Keong Loke, Leong Seng Lim, Annita Seok Kian Yong, Saleem Mustafa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11248 PubMed 33976976

April 27, 2021

Identification of potential genes in upper tract urothelial carcinoma using next-generation sequencing with bioinformatics and in vitro analyses

Hsiang-Ying Lee, Ching-Chia Li, Wei-Ming Li, Ya-Ling Hsu, Hsin-Chih Yeh, Hung-Lung Ke, Bi Wen Yeh, Chun-Nung Huang, Chien-Feng Li, Po-Lin Kuo, Wen-Jeng Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11343 PubMed 33987019

April 15, 2021

Bioinformatics analysis for the identification of differentially expressed genes and related signaling pathways in H. pylori-CagA transfected gastric cancer cells

Dingyu Chen, Chao Li, Yan Zhao, Jianjiang Zhou, Qinrong Wang, Yuan Xie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11203 PubMed 33954041

April 30, 2021

Mycophenolate suppresses inflammation by inhibiting prostaglandin synthases: a study of molecular and experimental drug repurposing

Fahad Al-Hizab, Mahmoud Kandeel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11360 PubMed 33987026

April 22, 2021

Transcriptome analysis of the liver of Eospalax fontanierii under hypoxia

Zhiqiang Hao, Lulu Xu, Li Zhao, Jianping He, Guanglin Li, Jingang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11166 PubMed 33981491

April 7, 2021

Transcriptomic dynamics changes related to anthocyanin accumulation in the fleshy roots of carmine radish (Raphanus sativus L.) characterized using RNA-Seq

Xia Song, Jian Gao, Hua Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10978 PubMed 33868802

April 14, 2021

Brazilian silverside, Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard,1825) embryos as a test-species for marine fish ecotoxicological tests

Natália Martins Feitosa, Emiliano Nicolas Calderon, Rhennã Nascimento da Silva, Sônia Lopes Rezende de Melo, Jackson Souza-Menezes, Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca, Márcia Vieira Reynier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11214 PubMed 33954044

April 20, 2021

Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research

Hanna Mamzer, Agnieszka Zok, Piotr Białas, Mirosław Andrusiewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11035 PubMed 33976956

April 21, 2021

First remains of the enormous alligatoroid Deinosuchus from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation, New Mexico

Benjamin F. Mohler, Andrew T. McDonald, Douglas G. Wolfe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11302 PubMed 33981505

April 29, 2021

PhyloPrimer: a taxon-specific oligonucleotide design platform

Gilda Varliero, Jared Wray, Cédric Malandain, Gary Barker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11120 PubMed 33986979

April 2, 2021

16S amplicon sequencing of microbial communities in enriched and non-enriched sediments of non-volcanic hot spring with temperature gradients

Muhammad Yasir, Arooj K. Qureshi, Esam I. Azhar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10995 PubMed 33859871

April 19, 2021

Semidry acid hydrolysis of cellulose sustained by autoclaving for production of reducing sugars for bacterial biohydrogen generation from various cellulose feedstock

Fatthy Mohamed Morsy, Medhat Elbadry, Yasser Elbahloul

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11244 PubMed 33976974

April 30, 2021

A Toll-like receptor identified in Gigantidas platifrons and its potential role in the immune recognition of endosymbiotic methane oxidation bacteria

Mengna Li, Hao Chen, Minxiao Wang, Zhaoshan Zhong, Hao Wang, Li Zhou, Huan Zhang, Chaolun Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11282 PubMed 33986997

April 16, 2021

Recombinant fusion protein by lysozyme and antibacterial peptide enhances ischemic wound healing via angiogenesis and reduction of inflammation in diabetic db/db mice

Wei Li, Yu-Xin Jiang, Qing-Ying Chen, Guo-Guang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11256 PubMed 33959422

April 19, 2021

Mycelial compatibility, anastomosis, and nucleus numbers of eight Mexican Hirsutella citriformis strains isolated from Diaphorina citri

Orquídea Pérez-González, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, Patricia Tamez-Guerra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11080 PubMed 33976961

April 6, 2021

A structural analysis of the hypoxia response network

Jianjie Li, Yuqi Gao, Xuan Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10985 PubMed 33868803

April 27, 2021

A Python script to merge Sanger sequences

Cen Chen, Bingguo Lu, Xiaofang Huang, Chuyun Bi, Lili Zhao, Yunzhuo Hu, Xuanyang Chen, Shiqiang Lin, Kai Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11354 PubMed 33987023

April 16, 2021

A quantitative assessment of site-level factors in influencing Chukar (Alectoris chukar) introduction outcomes

Austin M. Smith, Jr., Wendell P. Cropper, Michael P. Moulton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11280 PubMed 33959425

April 13, 2021

Evolution and extinction can occur rapidly: a modeling approach

Vitaly A. Likhoshvai, Tamara M. Khlebodarova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11130 PubMed 33954033

April 6, 2021

Contents and yields of copper, iron, manganese and zinc would be affected by lucerne age and cut

Zhennan Wang, Yizhao Shen, Chongliang Bi, Mirielle Pauline, Qingping Zhang, Shenjin Lv, Huimin Yang, Yan Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11188 PubMed 33868826

April 26, 2021

HiCEnterprise: identifying long range chromosomal contacts in Hi-C data

Hanna Kranas, Irina Tuszynska, Bartek Wilczynski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10558 PubMed 33981483

April 8, 2021

Influence of sex and maturity state on trace elements content in liver and muscle of the Sciaenidae Totoaba macdonaldi

Lia C. Méndez-Rodríguez, Berenice Hernández-Aguilar, Juan A. de Anda-Montañez, Eduardo F. Balart, Martha J. Román-Rodríguez, Tania Zenteno-Savín

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11068 PubMed 33889441

April 2, 2021

Transcriptional profile in rat muscle: down-regulation networks in acute strenuous exercise

Stela Mirla da Silva Felipe, Raquel Martins de Freitas, Emanuel Diego dos Santos Penha, Christina Pacheco, Danilo Lopes Martins, Juliana Osório Alves, Paula Matias Soares, Adriano César Carneiro Loureiro, Tanes Lima, Leonardo R. Silveira, Alex Soares Marreiros Ferraz, Jorge Estefano Santana de Souza, Jose Henrique Leal-Cardoso, Denise P. Carvalho, Vania Marilande Ceccatto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10500 PubMed 33859869

April 21, 2021

Fast computational mutation-response scanning of proteins

Julian Echave

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11330 PubMed 33976988

April 7, 2021

Limited influence of marine sediment lyophilization on prokaryotic community structure assessed via amplicon sequencing: an example from environmentally contrasted sediment layers in Toulon harbor (France)

Benjamin Misson, Cédric Garnier, Alexandre J. Poulain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11075 PubMed 33868808