Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 2, 2022

Transcriptome analysis reveals the potential biological function of FSCN1 in HeLa cervical cancer cells

Fengqin Guo, Yanliang Liu, Yanxiang Cheng, Qifan Zhang, Weili Quan, Yaxun Wei, Li Hong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12909 PubMed 35178306

February 24, 2022

AgGMP encoding GDP-D-mannose pyrophosphorylase from celery enhanced the accumulation of ascorbic acid and resistance to drought stress in Arabidopsis

Yan-Hua Liu, Hao Wang, Jie-Xia Liu, Sheng Shu, Guo-Fei Tan, Meng-Yao Li, Ao-Qi Duan, Hui Liu, Ai-Sheng Xiong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12976 PubMed 35233296

February 9, 2022

Qiong Yang, Kewang Sun, Wenjie Xia, Ying Li, Miaochun Zhong, Kefeng Lei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12878 PubMed 35186475

February 17, 2022

Molecular characterization and expression profiling of transformer 2 and fruitless-like homologs in the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon

Prawporn Thaijongrak, Charoonroj Chotwiwatthanakun, Phaivit Laphyai, Anuphap Prachumwat, Thanapong Kruangkum, Prasert Sobhon, Rapeepun Vanichviriyakit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12980 PubMed 35194532

February 22, 2022

SMRT sequencing of full-length transcriptome and gene expression analysis in two chemical types of Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.

Hongyi Zhang, Wenjing Deng, Changhua Lu, Mengling He, Hanjing Yan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12940 PubMed 35223208

February 22, 2022

Comparative transcriptomes of three different skin sites for the Asiatic toad (Bufo gargarizans)

Yue Lan, Lewei He, Xue Dong, Ruixiang Tang, Wanyu Li, Jiao Wang, Lei Wang, Bisong Yue, Megan Price, Tao Guo, Zhenxin Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12993 PubMed 35223212

February 15, 2022

7,8-Dihydroxyflavone protects neurons against oxygen-glucose deprivation induced apoptosis and activates the TrkB/Akt pathway

Qinxiang Zhou, Hao Tang, Dingqun Bai, Yuhan Kong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12886 PubMed 35186478

February 15, 2022

From hair to liver: emerging application of hair follicle mesenchymal stem cell transplantation reverses liver cirrhosis by blocking the TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway to inhibit pathological HSC activation

Qi Liu, Chengqian Lv, Yanan Jiang, Kunpeng Luo, Yang Gao, Jingyang Liu, Xu Zhang, Jan Mohammad Omar, Shizhu Jin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12872 PubMed 35186473

February 18, 2022

Drivers of phenotypic divergence in a Mesoamerican highland bird

Sahid M. Robles-Bello, Melisa Vázquez-López, Sandra M. Ramírez-Barrera, Alondra K. Terrones-Ramírez, Blanca E. Hernández-Baños

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12901 PubMed 35198262

February 9, 2022

A comparative study of bacterial diversity based on effects of three different shade shed types in the rhizosphere of Panax quiquefolium L.

Xianchang Wang, Xu Guo, Lijuan Hou, Jiaohong Zhang, Jing Hu, Feng Zhang, Jilei Mao, Zhifen Wang, Congjing Zhang, Jinlong Han, Yanwei Zhu, Chao Liu, Jinyue Sun, Chenggang Shan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12807 PubMed 35186457

February 24, 2022

Comparative transcriptomics analysis of contrasting varieties of Eucalyptus camaldulensis reveals wind resistance genes

Xiuhua Shang, Peijian Zhang, Guo Liu, Ni Zhan, Zhihua Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12954 PubMed 35233295

February 22, 2022

Antifungal activity of an artificial peptide aptamer SNP-D4 against Fusarium oxysporum

Junjun Huang, Dan Wang, Hong Li, Yanqiong Tang, Xiang Ma, Hongqian Tang, Min Lin, Zhu Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12756 PubMed 35223198

February 23, 2022

Synovial fluid proteome profile of surgical versus chemical induced osteoarthritis in rabbits

Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sulaiman, Wei Miao Tan, Rozanaliza Radzi, Intan Nur Fatiha Shafie, Mokrish Ajat, Rozaihan Mansor, Suhaila Mohamed, Norasfaliza Rahmad, Angela Min Hwei Ng, Seng Fong Lau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12897 PubMed 35228907

February 28, 2022

Comparative proteomic analysis for revealing the advantage mechanisms of salt-tolerant tomato (Solanum lycoperscium)

Qiang Wang, Baike Wang, Huifang Liu, Hongwei Han, Hongmei Zhuang, Juan Wang, Tao Yang, Hao Wang, Yong Qin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12955 PubMed 35251781

February 16, 2022

Evidence of episodic positive selection in Corynebacterium diphtheriae complex of species and its implementations in identification of drug and vaccine targets

Marcus Vinicius Canário Viana, Rodrigo Profeta, Janaína Canário Cerqueira, Alice Rebecca Wattam, Debmalya Barh, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12662 PubMed 35190783

February 10, 2022

Depletion of RIPK4 parallels higher malignancy potential in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Jing Xu, Dongping Wu, Bicheng Zhang, Chi Pan, Yinglu Guo, Qichun Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12932 PubMed 35186499

February 8, 2022

Characterization of the bark storage protein gene (JcBSP) family in the perennial woody plant Jatropha curcas and the function of JcBSP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Ming-Jun Zhang, Qiantang Fu, Mao-Sheng Chen, Huiying He, Mingyong Tang, Jun Ni, Yan-Bin Tao, Zeng-Fu Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12938 PubMed 35186503

February 1, 2022

In leukemia, knock-down of the death inducer-obliterator gene would inhibit the proliferation of endothelial cells by inhibiting the expression of CDK6 and CCND1

Honghua Cao, Lilan Wang, Chengkui Geng, Man Yang, Wenwen Mao, Linlin Yang, Yin Ma, Ming He, Yeying Zhou, Lianqing Liu, Xuejiao Hu, Jingxing Yu, Xiufen Shen, Xuezhong Gu, Liefen Yin, Zhenglei Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12832 PubMed 35178295

February 8, 2022

A new golden species of Diasporus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from southwestern Colombia, with evaluation of the phylogenetic significance of morphological characters in Diasporus

Jhon Jairo Ospina Sarria, David Andrés Velásquez Trujillo, Christian Oswaldo Castaño Saavedra, Luis Fernando Castillo, Wilmar Bolívar-García

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12765 PubMed 35186452

February 7, 2022

Effects of substituting soybean meal with corn on immune function and gene expression of gut TLR4 pathway of growing goats

Yan Cheng, Chao Yang, Wenxun Chen, Qiongxian Yan, Zhiliang Tan, Zhixiong He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12910 PubMed 35186490

February 15, 2022

The coalescent with replication-independent mutations

Stephen M. Krone, Beth M. Tuschhoff