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Complete sequence and genomic annotation of carrot torradovirus 1 (2017)
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Rozado-Aguirre, Z., Adams, I., Fox, A., Dickinson, M., & Boonham, N. (in press). Complete sequence and genomic annotation of carrot torradovirus 1. Archives of Virology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-017-3410-5

Carrot torradovirus 1 (CaTV1) is a new member of the genus Torradovirus within the family Secoviridae. CaTV1 genome sequences were obtained from a previous next-generation sequencing (NGS) study and were compared to other members and tentative new me... Read More about Complete sequence and genomic annotation of carrot torradovirus 1.

Effect of cadmium on cytosine hydroxymethylation in gastropod hepatopancreas (2017)
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Nica, D., Popescu, C., Draghici, G., Privistirescu, I., Suciu, M., & Stöger, R. (2017). Effect of cadmium on cytosine hydroxymethylation in gastropod hepatopancreas. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(17), 15187-15195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9104-4

5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) is an important, yet poorly understood epigenetic DNA modification, especially in invertebrates. Aberrant genome-wide 5hmC levels have been associated with cadmium (Cd) exposure in humans, but such information is lackin... Read More about Effect of cadmium on cytosine hydroxymethylation in gastropod hepatopancreas.

Forage grasses with lower uptake of caesium and strontium could provide ‘safer’ crops for radiologically contaminated areas (2017)
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Penrose, B., Beresford, N. A., Crout, N. M., Lovatt, J. A., Thomson, R., & Broadley, M. R. (2017). Forage grasses with lower uptake of caesium and strontium could provide ‘safer’ crops for radiologically contaminated areas. PLoS ONE, 12(5), Article e0176040. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176040

Substitution of a species or cultivar with higher uptake of an element by one with lower uptake has been proposed as a remediation strategy following accidental releases of radioactivity. However, despite the importance of pasture systems for radiolo... Read More about Forage grasses with lower uptake of caesium and strontium could provide ‘safer’ crops for radiologically contaminated areas.

In situ polymerisation of isoeugenol as a green consolidation method for waterlogged archaeological wood (2017)
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McHale, E., Steindal, C. C., Kutzke, H., Benneche, T., & Harding, S. E. (2017). In situ polymerisation of isoeugenol as a green consolidation method for waterlogged archaeological wood. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 46481. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46481

Waterlogged archaeological wood is often in need of consolidation prior to drying to prevent shrinkage and cracking of the object. There is a need for new greener materials (than for example polyethylene glycol) and methods for consolidation to be de... Read More about In situ polymerisation of isoeugenol as a green consolidation method for waterlogged archaeological wood.

RadB acts in homologous recombination in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii, consistent with a role as recombination mediator (2017)
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Wardell, K., Haldenby, S., Jones, N., Liddell, S., Ngo, G. H., & Allers, T. (2017). RadB acts in homologous recombination in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii, consistent with a role as recombination mediator. DNA Repair, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.04.005

Homologous recombination plays a central role in the repair of double-strand DNA breaks, the restart of stalled replication forks and the generation of genetic diversity. Regulation of recombination is essential since defects can lead to genome insta... Read More about RadB acts in homologous recombination in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii, consistent with a role as recombination mediator.

A transcriptomic comparison of two Bambara groundnut landraces under dehydration stress (2017)
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Khan, F., Chai, H. H., Ajmera, I., Hodgman, C., Mayes, S., & Lu, C. (2017). A transcriptomic comparison of two Bambara groundnut landraces under dehydration stress. Genes, 8(4), Article 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8040121

The ability to grow crops under low-water conditions is a significant advantage in relation to global food security. Bambara groundnut is an underutilised crop grown by subsistence farmers in Africa and is known to survive in regions of water deficit... Read More about A transcriptomic comparison of two Bambara groundnut landraces under dehydration stress.

Hydrodynamics of the VanA-type VanS histidine kinase: an extended solution conformation and first evidence for interactions with vancomycin (2017)
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Phillips-Jones, M. K., Channell, G. A., Kelsall, C. J., Hughes, C. S., Ashcroft, A. E., Patching, S. G., …Harding, S. E. (2017). Hydrodynamics of the VanA-type VanS histidine kinase: an extended solution conformation and first evidence for interactions with vancomycin. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46180

VanA-type resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics in clinical enterococci is regulated by the VanSARA two-component signal transduction system. The nature of the molecular ligand that is recognised by the VanSA sensory component has not hitherto been... Read More about Hydrodynamics of the VanA-type VanS histidine kinase: an extended solution conformation and first evidence for interactions with vancomycin.

Real-time measurement of the intracellular pH of yeast cells during glucose metabolism using ratiometric fluorescent nanosensors (2017)
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Elsutohy, M. M., Chauhan, V. M., Markus, R., Kyyaly, M. A., Tendler, S. J., & Aylott, J. W. (2017). Real-time measurement of the intracellular pH of yeast cells during glucose metabolism using ratiometric fluorescent nanosensors. Nanoscale, 9(18), 5904-5911. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr00906b

Intracellular pH is a key parameter that influences many biochemical and metabolic pathways that can also be used as an indirect marker to monitor metabolic and intracellular processes. Herein, we utilise ratiometric fluorescent pH-sensitive nanosens... Read More about Real-time measurement of the intracellular pH of yeast cells during glucose metabolism using ratiometric fluorescent nanosensors.

Harnessing diversity from ecosystems to crops to genes (2017)
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Buchanan-Wollaston, V., Wilson, Z. A., Tardieu, F., Beynon, J., & Denby, K. (2017). Harnessing diversity from ecosystems to crops to genes. Food and Energy Security, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.106

To feed humanity, while maintaining a stable and diverse biosphere, crop science needs to adapt to an open research environment where genetic resources and the data demonstrating the environments in which they are effective are freely shared. The cha... Read More about Harnessing diversity from ecosystems to crops to genes.

Eucheuma cottonii sulfated oligosaccharides decrease food allergic responses in animal models by up-regulating regulatory T (Treg) cells (2017)
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Xu, S., Liu, Q., Xiao, A., Maleki, S. J., Alcocer, M., Gao, Y., …Liu, G. (2017). Eucheuma cottonii sulfated oligosaccharides decrease food allergic responses in animal models by up-regulating regulatory T (Treg) cells. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65(15), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b00389

In the present study, the anti-food allergy activity of Eucheuma cottonii sulfated oligosaccharide (ESO) was investigated. ESO was obtained by enzymatic degradation and purified by column chromatography. RBL-2H3 cells and BALB/c mouse model were used... Read More about Eucheuma cottonii sulfated oligosaccharides decrease food allergic responses in animal models by up-regulating regulatory T (Treg) cells.

Ethylene controls adventitious root initiation sites in Arabidopsis hypocotyls independently of strigolactones (2017)
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Rasmussen, A., Hu, Y., Depaepe, T., Vandenbussche, F., Boyer, F., VanDer Straeten, D., & Geelen, D. (2017). Ethylene controls adventitious root initiation sites in Arabidopsis hypocotyls independently of strigolactones. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 36(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-017-9692-8

Adventitious root formation is essential for cutting propagation of diverse species? however, until recently little was known about its regulation. Strigolactones and ethylene have both been shown to inhibit adventitious roots and it has been suggest... Read More about Ethylene controls adventitious root initiation sites in Arabidopsis hypocotyls independently of strigolactones.

The influence of oil extraction process of different rapeseed varieties on the ileal digestibility of crude protein and amino acids in broiler chickens (2017)
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Kasprzak, M., Houdijk, J., Olukosi, O., Appleyard, H., Kightley, S., Carre, P., & Wiseman, J. (in press). The influence of oil extraction process of different rapeseed varieties on the ileal digestibility of crude protein and amino acids in broiler chickens. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 227, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2017.03.009

The current study assessed the effect of rapeseed variety and oil extraction process on the apparent and standardised ileal digestibility (AID, SID) of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA) in rapeseed co-products in broiler chickens. PR46W21 and D... Read More about The influence of oil extraction process of different rapeseed varieties on the ileal digestibility of crude protein and amino acids in broiler chickens.

Gene expression of inflammatory markers in adipose tissue between obese women with polycystic ovary and normal obese women (2017)
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Alshammari, G., Khan, R., Brameld, J. M., Amer, S. A., & Lomax, M. A. (2017). Gene expression of inflammatory markers in adipose tissue between obese women with polycystic ovary and normal obese women. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 21(5),

OBJECTIVE: The pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a common endocrine disease and metabolic disturbance, is still unknown. The aim of the study was to investigate whether patients with PCOS display increased expression of inflammatory m... Read More about Gene expression of inflammatory markers in adipose tissue between obese women with polycystic ovary and normal obese women.

AutoRoot: open-source software employing a novel image analysis approach to support fully-automated plant phenotyping (2017)
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Pound, M. P., Fozard, S., Torres Torres, M., Forde, B. G., & French, A. P. (2017). AutoRoot: open-source software employing a novel image analysis approach to support fully-automated plant phenotyping. Plant Methods, 13(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0161-y

Background: Computer-based phenotyping of plants has risen in importance in recent years. Whilst much software has been written to aid phenotyping using image analysis, to date the vast majority has been only semi-automatic. However, such interaction... Read More about AutoRoot: open-source software employing a novel image analysis approach to support fully-automated plant phenotyping.

Plant biology: building barriers... in roots (2017)
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van Wangenheim, D., Goh, T., Dietrich, D., & Bennett, M. J. (2017). Plant biology: building barriers... in roots. Current Biology, 27(5), R172-R174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.060

The Casparian strip is an important barrier regulating water and nutrient uptake into root tissues. New research reveals two peptide signals and their co-receptors play critical roles patterning and maintaining barrier integrity.

SHR overexpression induces the formation of supernumerary cell layers with cortex cell identity in rice (2017)
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Henry, S., Dievart, A., Divol, F., Pauluzzi, G., Meynard, D., Swarup, R., …Périn, C. (2017). SHR overexpression induces the formation of supernumerary cell layers with cortex cell identity in rice. Developmental Biology, 425(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.03.001

The number of root cortex cell layers varies among plants, and many species have several cortical cell layers. We recently demonstrated that the two rice orthologs of the Arabidopsis SHR gene, OsSHR1 and OsSHR2, could complement the A. thaliana shr m... Read More about SHR overexpression induces the formation of supernumerary cell layers with cortex cell identity in rice.

The impact of genetic selection on greenhouse-gas emissions in Australian dairy cattle (2017)
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Pryce, J., & Bell, M. J. (in press). The impact of genetic selection on greenhouse-gas emissions in Australian dairy cattle. Animal Production Science, https://doi.org/10.1071/AN16510

In Australia, dairy cattle account for ~12% of the nation’s agricultural greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. Genetic selection has had a positive impact, reducing GHG emissions from dairy systems mainly due to increased production per cow, which has led... Read More about The impact of genetic selection on greenhouse-gas emissions in Australian dairy cattle.

Impact on weight and glycaemic control in adults with diabetes attending a group- based commercial weight management programme (2017)
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Avery, A., Nagar, R., Hillier, S., & Pallister, C. (in press). Impact on weight and glycaemic control in adults with diabetes attending a group- based commercial weight management programme. Practice Nursing, 28(2), https://doi.org/10.12968/pnur.2017.28.2.60

Healthcare professionals could work in partnership with commercial group weight management programmes (CGWMP) to help people with diabetes lose weight and improve their glycaemic control. The effect of ongoing CGWMP support on diabetes control has no... Read More about Impact on weight and glycaemic control in adults with diabetes attending a group- based commercial weight management programme.

Hypothalamic over-expression of VGF in the Siberian hamster increases energy expenditure and reduces body weight gain (2017)
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Lewis, J. E., Brameld, J. M., Hill, P., Cocco, C., Noli, B., Ferri, G., …Jethwa, P. (2017). Hypothalamic over-expression of VGF in the Siberian hamster increases energy expenditure and reduces body weight gain. PLoS ONE, 12, Article e01727. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172724

VGF (non-acronymic) was first highlighted to have a role in energy homeostasis through experiments involving dietary manipulation in mice. Fasting increased VGF mRNA in the Arc and levels were subsequently reduced upon refeeding. This anabolic role f... Read More about Hypothalamic over-expression of VGF in the Siberian hamster increases energy expenditure and reduces body weight gain.