The Na⁺ translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (Na⁺-NQR) is a unique respiratory enzyme catalyzing the electron
transfer from NADH to quinone coupled with the translocation of sodium ions across the membrane. Typically, Vibrio spp.,
including Vibrio cholerae, have this enzyme but lack the proton-pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Complex I).
Thus, Na⁺-NQR should significantly...
The Leguminosae has emerged as a model for studying angiosperm plastome evolution because of its striking diversity of structural rearrangements and sequence variation. However, most of what is known about legume plastomes comes from few genera representing a subset of lineages in subfamily Papilionoideae. We investigate plastome evolution in subfamily...
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. 14, 228 (2014).
14. Guisinger, M. M., Kuehl, J. V., Boore, J. L. & Jansen, R. K. Extreme
• Premise of the study: The dramatic advances offered by modern DNA sequencers continue to redefine the limits of what can be accomplished in comparative plant biology. Even with recent achievements, however, plant genomes present obstacles that can make it difficult to execute large-scale population and phylogenetic studies on next-generation...
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J. KNAUS 2 , AARON LISTON 3 , PETER J. MAUGHAN 4 ,
MATTHEW PARKS 3 , JOHN V. SYRING
Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus are ubiquitous in the marine–estuarine environment, but the
magnitude of human non-ingestion exposure to these waterborne pathogens is largely unknown. We evaluated
the magnitude of dermal exposure to V. vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus among swimmers recreating in Vibrio-populated
waters by conducting swim studies at four...
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., Sapkota, A. R., Jacobs, J. M., He, X., & Crump, B. C. (2015).
Recreational swimmers' exposure to Vibrio
Bacterial mutualists can modulate the biochemical capacity of animals. Highly coevolved nutritional mutualists do this by synthesizing nutrients missing from the host’s diet. Genomics tools have advanced the study of these partnerships. Here we examined the endosymbiont Xiphinematobacter (phylum Verrucomicrobia) from the dagger nematode Xiphinema americanum, a migratory ectoparasite of...
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., Zasada, I. A., & Denver,
D. R. (2015). Comparative genomics of a plant-parasitic nematode endosymbiont
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As climate warms, changes in the carbon (C) balance of arctic tundra will play an important role in the global C balance. The C balance of tundra is tightly coupled to the nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles because soil organic matter is the principal source of plant-available nutrients...
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., Rocha, A. V., Rastetter, E. B., Shaver, G. R., Mishra, U., Zhuang, Q., &
Kwiatkowski, B. L. (2016). C–N
Drosophila suzukii (Spotted Wing Drosophila) has recently become a serious invasive pest of fruit crops in the USA, Canada, and Europe, leading to substantial economic losses. D. suzukii is a direct pest, ovipositing directly into ripe or ripening fruits; in contrast, other Drosophilids utilize decaying or blemished fruits and are...
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., Unruh, T. R., Zhou, L. M., Zalom, F. G., Shearer, P. W., Beers, E.
H., ... & Chiu, J. C. (2015). Using
To achieve robust and stable legged locomotion in uneven terrain, animals must effectively coordinate limb swing and
stance phases, which involve distinct yet coupled dynamics. Recent theoretical studies have highlighted the critical
influence of swing-leg trajectory on stability, disturbance rejection, leg loading and economy of walking and running. Yet,
simulations...
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Rejection
Yvonne Blum1, Hamid R. Vejdani2, Aleksandra V. Birn-Jeffery1,3, Christian M. Hubicki2,
Jonathan W
Plants possess two myosin classes, VIII and XI. The myosins XI are implicated in organelle transport, filamentous actin
organization, and cell and plant growth. Due to the large size of myosin gene families, knowledge of these molecular motors
remains patchy. Using deep transcriptome sequencing and bioinformatics, we systematically investigated myosin...
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these myosins
are required for efficient pollen tube growth (R. Cole, J.
Fowler, V.V. Peremyslov, and
Air was sampled from the porous firn layer at the NEEM site in Northern Greenland. We use an ensemble of ten reference tracers of known atmospheric history to characterise the transport properties of the site. By analysing uncertainties in both data and the reference gas atmospheric histories, we can objectively...
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for NEEM, Northern Greenland
C. Buizert1, P. Martinerie2, V. V. Petrenko3,*, J. P. Severinghaus4, C