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Soil strength influences wheat root interactions with soil macropores (2019)
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Deep rooting is critical for access to water and nutrients found in subsoil. However, damage to soil structure and the natural increase in soil strength with depth, often impedes root penetration. Evidence suggests that roots use macropores (soil cav... Read More about Soil strength influences wheat root interactions with soil macropores.

The Relationship Between Wort Sugar Concentration and Yeast Carbon Partitioning during Brewing Fermentations (2019)
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High gravity (HG) and very high gravity (VHG) fermentations are increasingly attractive within the brewing industry as a means of optimizing process efficiency and energy-saving. However, the use of highly concentrated worts is concomitant with a num... Read More about The Relationship Between Wort Sugar Concentration and Yeast Carbon Partitioning during Brewing Fermentations.

Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health (2019)
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Vegetable fields in and around urban areas in the Kurdistan region of Iraq may have higher than background concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) from contamination sources including municipal waste disposal and waste water used for irri... Read More about Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health.

The impact of exposure to cafeteria diet during pregnancy or lactation on offspring growth and adiposity before weaning (2019)
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Exposure to maternal obesity during early-life can have adverse consequences for offspring growth and adiposity. We aimed to assess the relative contributions of exposure to maternal obesity, induced by a highly varied cafeteria diet, during pregnanc... Read More about The impact of exposure to cafeteria diet during pregnancy or lactation on offspring growth and adiposity before weaning.

The impact of reduced red and processed meat consumption on cardiovascular risk factors; an intervention trial in healthy volunteers (2019)
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Meat represents an important part of the diet for many adults, supplying essential amino acids and micronutrients. However, high red and processed meat (RPM) intake is implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia. This stu... Read More about The impact of reduced red and processed meat consumption on cardiovascular risk factors; an intervention trial in healthy volunteers.

DWT1/DWL2 act together with OsPIP5K1 to regulate plant uniform growth in rice (2019)
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• Uniform growth of the main shoot and tillers significantly influences rice plant architecture and grain yield. The WUSCHEL‐related homeobox transcription factor DWT1 is a key regulator of this important agronomic trait, disruption of which causes e... Read More about DWT1/DWL2 act together with OsPIP5K1 to regulate plant uniform growth in rice.

High throughput procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to phenotype dynamic photosynthesis and photoprotection in leaves under controlled gaseous conditions (2019)
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© 2019 The Author(s). Background: As yields of major crops such as wheat (T. aestivum) have begun to plateau in recent years, there is growing pressure to efficiently phenotype large populations for traits associated with genetic advancement in yield... Read More about High throughput procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to phenotype dynamic photosynthesis and photoprotection in leaves under controlled gaseous conditions.

An essential pentatricopeptide repeat protein in the apicomplexan remnant chloroplast (2019)
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The malaria parasite Plasmodium and other apicomplexans such as Toxoplasma evolved from photosynthetic organisms and contain an essential, remnant plastid termed the apicoplast. Transcription of the apicoplast genome is polycistronic with extensive R... Read More about An essential pentatricopeptide repeat protein in the apicomplexan remnant chloroplast.

Long-Term Effects of Dietary Olive Oil and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil on Expression of Lipogenic Genes in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Dairy Cows (2019)
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The objective of this study was to characterize the long-term transcriptomic effects of lipogenic genes in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) of dairy cows supplemented with unsaturated (olive oil; OO) and saturated (hydrogenated vegetable oil; HVO) l... Read More about Long-Term Effects of Dietary Olive Oil and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil on Expression of Lipogenic Genes in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Dairy Cows.

Proxy reconstruction of ultraviolet-B irradiance at the Earth's surface, and its relationship with solar activity and ozone thickness (2019)
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Solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) irradiance that reaches the Earth’s surface acts as a biotic stressor and has the potential to modify ecological and environmental functioning. The challenges of reconstructing ultraviolent (UV) irradiance prior to the sate... Read More about Proxy reconstruction of ultraviolet-B irradiance at the Earth's surface, and its relationship with solar activity and ozone thickness.

Photoperiodic changes in adiposity increase sensitivity of female Siberian hamsters to systemic VGF derived peptide TLQP-21 (2019)
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TLQP-21, a peptide encoded by the highly conserved vgf gene, is expressed in neuroendocrine cells and has been the most prominent VGF-derived peptide studied in relation to control of energy balance. The recent discovery that TLQP-21 is the natural a... Read More about Photoperiodic changes in adiposity increase sensitivity of female Siberian hamsters to systemic VGF derived peptide TLQP-21.

The significance of major viral and bacterial diseases in Malaysian aquaculture industry (2019)
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© Universiti Putra Malaysia Press Aquaculture is an upcoming industry in Malaysia as sustainable fish production with total production of 407,387 tonnes in 2016. As a growing industry, current practices have led to disease outbreaks which are highlig... Read More about The significance of major viral and bacterial diseases in Malaysian aquaculture industry.

The Intensity of Manganese Deficiency Strongly Affects Root Endodermal Suberization and Ion Homeostasis (2019)
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Manganese (Mn) deficiency affects various processes in plant shoots. However, the functions of Mn in roots and the processesinvolved in root adaptation to Mn deficiency are largely unresolved. Here, we show that the suberization of endodermal cells i... Read More about The Intensity of Manganese Deficiency Strongly Affects Root Endodermal Suberization and Ion Homeostasis.

Variation in the BrHMA3 coding region controls natural variation in cadmium accumulation in Brassica rapa vegetables (2019)
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Brassica rapa includes several important leafy vegetable crops with the potential for high cadmium (Cd) accumulation, posing a risk to human health. This study aims to understand the genetic basis underlying the variation in Cd accumulation among B.... Read More about Variation in the BrHMA3 coding region controls natural variation in cadmium accumulation in Brassica rapa vegetables.

Nucleotide signaling pathway convergence in a cAMP?sensing bacterial c?di?GMP phosphodiesterase (2019)
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Bacterial usage of the cyclic dinucleotide c-di-GMP is widespread, governing the transition between motile/sessile and unicellular/ multicellular behaviors. There is limited information on c-di-GMP metabolism, particularly on regulatory mechanisms go... Read More about Nucleotide signaling pathway convergence in a cAMP?sensing bacterial c?di?GMP phosphodiesterase.

Inter and Intra Varietal Variation in Textural Characteristics of Carrots: a Standard Food in Chewing Studies (2019)
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Carrots have been widely used as a model food in chewing studies yet inter and intra varietal variation have not been considered, treating them as a standard material whose rheological and breakdown characteristics are constant. Using a texture analy... Read More about Inter and Intra Varietal Variation in Textural Characteristics of Carrots: a Standard Food in Chewing Studies.

Genetic transformation of the dinoflagellate chloroplast (2019)
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Coral reefs are some of the most important and ecologically diverse marine environments. At the base of the reef ecosystem are dinoflagellate algae, which live symbiotically within coral cells. Efforts to understand the relationship between alga and... Read More about Genetic transformation of the dinoflagellate chloroplast.

The interaction between CASK and the tumour suppressor Dlg1 regulates mitotic spindle orientation in mammalian epithelia (2019)
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Oriented cell divisions are important for the formation of normal epithelial structures. Dlg1, a tumour suppressor, is required for mitotic spindle orientation in Drosophila epithelia and chick neuroepithelia, but how Dlg1 is localised to the membran... Read More about The interaction between CASK and the tumour suppressor Dlg1 regulates mitotic spindle orientation in mammalian epithelia.

Knockdown of Arabidopsis ROOT UVB SENSITIVE4 Disrupts Anther Dehiscence by Suppressing Secondary Thickening in the Endothecium (2019)
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ROOT UV-B SENSITIVE4 (RUS4) encodes a protein with no known function that contains a conserved Domain of Unknown Function 647 (DUF647). The DUF647-containing proteins RUS1 and RUS2 have previously been associated with root UV-B-sensing pathway that p... Read More about Knockdown of Arabidopsis ROOT UVB SENSITIVE4 Disrupts Anther Dehiscence by Suppressing Secondary Thickening in the Endothecium.

An enzymatically controlled mucoadhesive for enhancing flavour during food oral processing (2019)
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While a good mucoadhesive biopolymer must adhere to a mucus membrane, it must also have a good unloading ability. Here, we demonstrate that the biopolymer pullulan is partially digested by human salivary α-amylase, thus acting as a controlled release... Read More about An enzymatically controlled mucoadhesive for enhancing flavour during food oral processing.