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Energy-restricted interventions are effective for the remission of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the evidence base (2021)
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Jacob, E., & Avery, A. (2021). Energy-restricted interventions are effective for the remission of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the evidence base. Obesity Science and Practice, 7(5), 606-618. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.504

Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a chronic, progressive disease. Caloric restriction and subsequent weight loss have been associated with both improvements and, in some cases, remission of T2DM. Aim: To systematically review the safety and ef... Read More about Energy-restricted interventions are effective for the remission of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the evidence base.

Impact of mixed feedstock of wheat straw, willow and Miscanthus on enzymatic hydrolysis and inhibitor production after microwave hydrothermal pre-treatment in Europe (2021)
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Moirangthem, K., Greetham, D., Craigon, J., & Tucker, G. (2022). Impact of mixed feedstock of wheat straw, willow and Miscanthus on enzymatic hydrolysis and inhibitor production after microwave hydrothermal pre-treatment in Europe. Biofuels, 13(6), 727-734. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2021.1894782

Lignocellulosic feedstocks for biorefinery are likely to be seasonal and the supply of feedstock to cellulosic biorefineries remains a challenge. One way to overcome this is by utilizing a mixed feedstock which facilitates the maintenance of a year-r... Read More about Impact of mixed feedstock of wheat straw, willow and Miscanthus on enzymatic hydrolysis and inhibitor production after microwave hydrothermal pre-treatment in Europe.

Arabidopsis thaliana zinc accumulation in leaf trichomes is correlated with zinc concentration in leaves (2021)
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Ricachenevsky, F. K., Punshon, T., Salt, D. E., Fett, J. P., & Guerinot, M. L. (in press). Arabidopsis thaliana zinc accumulation in leaf trichomes is correlated with zinc concentration in leaves. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 5278. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.10.291880

Zinc (Zn) is a key micronutrient for plants and animals, and understanding Zn homeostasis in plants can improve both agriculture and human health. While root Zn transporters in plant model species have been characterized in detail, comparatively litt... Read More about Arabidopsis thaliana zinc accumulation in leaf trichomes is correlated with zinc concentration in leaves.

Acetate and auto-inducing peptide are independent triggers of quorum sensing in Lactobacillus plantarum (2021)
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Meng, F., Lu, F., Du, H., Nie, T., Zhu, X., Connerton, I. F., …Lu, Y. (2021). Acetate and auto-inducing peptide are independent triggers of quorum sensing in Lactobacillus plantarum. Molecular Microbiology, 116(1), 298-310. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14709

The synthesis of plantaricin in Lactobacillus plantarum is regulated by quorum sensing. However, the nature of the extra-cytoplasmic (EC) sensing domain of the histidine kinase (PlnB1) and the ability to recognize the auto-inducing peptide PlnA1 is n... Read More about Acetate and auto-inducing peptide are independent triggers of quorum sensing in Lactobacillus plantarum.

Function of the pseudo phosphotransfer proteins has diverged between rice and Arabidopsis (2021)
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Vaughan-Hirsch, J., Tallerday, E. J., Burr, C. A., Hodgens, C., Louise Boeshore, S., Beaver, K., …Kieber, J. J. (2021). Function of the pseudo phosphotransfer proteins has diverged between rice and Arabidopsis. Plant Journal, 106(1), 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15156

© 2021 The Authors. The Plant Journal published by Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The phytohormone cytokinin plays a significant role in nearly all aspects of plant growth and development. Cytokinin signaling has primar... Read More about Function of the pseudo phosphotransfer proteins has diverged between rice and Arabidopsis.

1,135 ionomes reveals the global pattern of leaf and seed mineral nutrient and trace element diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana (2021)
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Campos, A. C. A. L., Dijk, W. F., Ramakrishna, P., Giles, T., Korte, P., Douglas, A., …Salt, D. E. (2021). 1,135 ionomes reveals the global pattern of leaf and seed mineral nutrient and trace element diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal, 106(2), 536-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15177

Soil is a heterogenous reservoir of essential elements needed for plant growth and development. Plants have evolved mechanisms to balance their nutritional needs based on availability of nutrients. This has led to genetically‐based variation in the e... Read More about 1,135 ionomes reveals the global pattern of leaf and seed mineral nutrient and trace element diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion (2021)
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Pandey, B. K., Huang, G., Bhosale, R., Hartman, S., Sturrock, C. J., Jose, L., …Bennett, M. J. (2021). Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion. Science, 371(6526), 276-280. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf3013

© 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved. Soil compaction represents a major challenge for modern agriculture. Compaction is intuitively thought to reduce root growth by limiting the ability of roots to penetrate harder soils. We report that root gro... Read More about Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion.

The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) inhibitor, 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), induces myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells (2020)
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Brearley, M. C., Daniel, Z. C., Loughna, P. T., Parr, T., & Brameld, J. M. (2020). The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) inhibitor, 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), induces myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 22177. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79324-9

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) is a gluconeogenic enzyme with a cytosolic (Pck1/PEPCK-C) and mitochondrial (Pck2/PEPCK-M) isoform. Here we investigate the effect of 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), a PEPCK inhibitor, on C2C12 muscle cells... Read More about The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) inhibitor, 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), induces myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells.

A stable isotope approach to accurately determine iron and zinc bioaccessibility in cereals and legumes based on a modified INFOGEST static in vitro digestion method (2020)
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Muleya, M., Young, S. D., & Bailey, E. H. (2021). A stable isotope approach to accurately determine iron and zinc bioaccessibility in cereals and legumes based on a modified INFOGEST static in vitro digestion method. Food Research International, 139, Article 109948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109948

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd The establishment of the INFOGEST in vitro static digestion method, a standardized international consensus, was an important milestone in the field of food digestion. We evaluated the contribution of iron and zinc in reagents used... Read More about A stable isotope approach to accurately determine iron and zinc bioaccessibility in cereals and legumes based on a modified INFOGEST static in vitro digestion method.

Arabidopsis antibody resources for functional studies in plants (2020)
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Oh, J., Wilson, M., Hill, K., Leftley, N., Hodgman, C., Bennett, M. J., & Swarup, R. (2020). Arabidopsis antibody resources for functional studies in plants. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 21945. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78689-1

© 2020, The Author(s). Here we report creation of a unique and a very valuable resource for Plant Scientific community worldwide. In this era of post-genomics and modelling of multi-cellular systems using an integrative systems biology approach, bett... Read More about Arabidopsis antibody resources for functional studies in plants.

Analysis of bovine blastocysts indicates ovarian stimulation does not induce chromosome errors, nor discordance between inner-cell mass and trophectoderm lineages (2020)
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Tutt, D. A., Silvestri, G., Serrano-Albal, M., Simmons, R. J., Kwong, W. Y., Guven-Ates, G., …Sinclair, K. D. (2021). Analysis of bovine blastocysts indicates ovarian stimulation does not induce chromosome errors, nor discordance between inner-cell mass and trophectoderm lineages. Theriogenology, 161, 108-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.11.021

© 2020 The Authors Contemporary systems for oocyte retrieval and culture of both cattle and human embryos are suboptimal with respect to pregnancy outcomes following transfer. In humans, chromosome abnormalities are the leading cause of early pregnan... Read More about Analysis of bovine blastocysts indicates ovarian stimulation does not induce chromosome errors, nor discordance between inner-cell mass and trophectoderm lineages.

Understanding the lost functionality of ethanol in non-alcoholic beer using sensory evaluation, aroma release and molecular hydrodynamics (2020)
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Ramsey, I., Dinu, V., Linforth, R., Yakubov, G. E., Harding, S. E., Yang, Q., …Fisk, I. (2020). Understanding the lost functionality of ethanol in non-alcoholic beer using sensory evaluation, aroma release and molecular hydrodynamics. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 20855. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77697-5

© 2020, The Author(s). Consumer sensory evaluation, aroma release analysis and biophysical protein analysis were used to investigate the effect of ethanol on the release and perception of flavour in beer (lager and stout) at different ethanol levels... Read More about Understanding the lost functionality of ethanol in non-alcoholic beer using sensory evaluation, aroma release and molecular hydrodynamics.

Thermal taster status: Temperature modulation of cortical response to sweetness perception (2020)
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Eldeghaidy, S., Yang, Q., Abualait, T., Williamson, A., Hort, J., & Francis, S. T. (2021). Thermal taster status: Temperature modulation of cortical response to sweetness perception. Physiology and Behavior, 230, Article 113266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113266

© 2020 Temperature is known to impact taste perception, but its reported effect on sweet taste perception in humans is inconsistent. Here, we assess whether thermal taste phenotype alters the temperature modulation of the brains’ response to sweet sa... Read More about Thermal taster status: Temperature modulation of cortical response to sweetness perception.

Genome-wide association mapping for grain manganese in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using a multi-experiment approach (2020)
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Ruang-areerate, P., Travis, A. J., Pinson, S. R. M., Tarpley, L., Eizenga, G. C., Guerinot, M. L., …Norton, G. J. (2021). Genome-wide association mapping for grain manganese in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using a multi-experiment approach. Heredity, 126(3), 505-520. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-00390-w

Manganese (Mn) is an essential trace element for plants and commonly contributes to human health; however, the understanding of the genes controlling natural variation in Mn in crop plants is limited. Here, the integration of two of genome-wide assoc... Read More about Genome-wide association mapping for grain manganese in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using a multi-experiment approach.

Coordination between microbiota and root endodermis supports plant mineral nutrient homeostasis (2020)
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Salas-González, I., Reyt, G., Flis, P., Custódio, V., Gopaulchan, D., Bakhoum, N., …Castrillo, G. (2021). Coordination between microbiota and root endodermis supports plant mineral nutrient homeostasis. Science, 371(6525), Article eabd0695. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd0695

Copyright © 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Plant roots and animal guts have evolved specialized cell layers to control mineral nutrient homeostasis. These layers must tolerate the resident microbiota while keeping homeosta... Read More about Coordination between microbiota and root endodermis supports plant mineral nutrient homeostasis.

Persistent millennial-scale climate variability in Southern Europe during Marine Isotope Stage 6 (2020)
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Wilson, G. P., Frogley, M. R., Hughes, P. D., Roucoux, K. H., Margari, V., Jones, T. D., …Tzedakis, P. C. (2021). Persistent millennial-scale climate variability in Southern Europe during Marine Isotope Stage 6. Quaternary Science Advances, 3, Article 100016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2020.100016

Exploring the mode and tempo of millennial-scale climate variability under evolving boundary conditions can provide insights into tipping points in different parts of the Earth system, and can facilitate a more detailed understanding of climate telec... Read More about Persistent millennial-scale climate variability in Southern Europe during Marine Isotope Stage 6.

Full species-wide leaf and seed ionomic diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana (2020)
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Campos, A. C. A. L., van Dijk, W. F., Ramakrishna, P., Giles, T., Korte, P., Douglas, A., …Salt, D. E. Full species-wide leaf and seed ionomic diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana

• Soil is a heterogenous reservoir of essential elements needed for plant growth and development. Plants have evolved mechanisms to balance their nutritional needs based on availability of nutrients. This has led to genetically-based variation in the... Read More about Full species-wide leaf and seed ionomic diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Novel sources of variation in grain yield, components and mineral traits identified in wheat amphidiploids derived from thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & rayss) Á. löve (poaceae) under saline soils in India (2020)
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Khokhar, J. S., Sareen, S., Tyagi, B. S., Wilson, L., Young, S., King, J., …Broadley, M. R. (2020). Novel sources of variation in grain yield, components and mineral traits identified in wheat amphidiploids derived from thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & rayss) Á. löve (poaceae) under saline soils in India. Sustainability, 12(21), Article 8975. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218975

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Salt-affected soils constrain wheat production globally. A wild wheat species, Thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & Rayss) Á. Löve (Poaceae), and its derivatives are tolerant of high external NaC... Read More about Novel sources of variation in grain yield, components and mineral traits identified in wheat amphidiploids derived from thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & rayss) Á. löve (poaceae) under saline soils in India.