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Sequence analysis and confirmation of the type IV pili-associated proteins PilY1, PilW and PilV in Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans
(Public Library of Science, 2019)"Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans is an acidophilic chemolithoautotrophic bacterium widely used in the mining industry due to its metabolic sulfur-oxidizing capability. The biooxidation of sulfide minerals is enhanced through ... -
Modulation of Caecal Microbiome in Obese Mice Associated with Administration of Amaranth or Soybean Protein Isolates
(Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2019)"Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive body fat accumulation that may have negative effects on health. Healthy diet induces a balance of gut microbiota, helping in turn to combat this metabolic disorder. Amaranth is ... -
PEST sequences from a cactus dehydrin regulate its proteolytic degradation
(PeerJ, Inc, 2019)"Dehydrins (DHNs) are intrinsically disordered proteins expressed under cellular dehydration-related stresses. In this study, we identified potential proteolytic PEST sequences located at the central and C-terminal regions ... -
Unraveling the photoactive annihilation mechanism of nanostructures as effective green tools for inhibiting the proliferation of the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)"The infectious proliferation of phytopathogenic microorganisms depends on a complex sequence of biological events involving host defense, environmental conditions, and chemical and physical interactions between the surface ... -
Silencing of OCH1 unveils the role of Sporothrix schenckii N-linked glycans during the host-fungus interaction
(Dove Press Ltd, 2019)"Background: Sporothrix schenckii is a neglected fungal pathogen for the human being and other mammals. In several fungal systems, Och1 is a Golgi alpha 1,6-mannosyltransferase with a key function in the synthesis of ... -
Genome-Wide Identification of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Polygalacturonases: Expression Analysis of Family Members and Total Enzyme Activity During Fruit Ripening
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)"Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an important commercial fruit that shows a noticeable loss of firmness during ripening. Polygalacturonase (PG, E.C. 3.2.1.15) is a crucial enzyme for cell wall loosening during fruit ripening ... -
Trichoderma as a Model to Study Effector-Like Molecules
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)"Plants are capable of perceiving microorganisms by coordinating processes to establish different forms of plant-microbe relationships. Plant colonization is governed in fungal and bacterial systems by secreted effector ... -
Protein analysis reveals differential accumulation of late embryogenesis abundant and storage proteins in seeds of wild and cultivated amaranth species
(BMC, 2019)"Background Amaranth is a plant naturally resistant to various types of stresses that produces seeds of excellent nutritional quality, so amaranth is a promising system for food production. Amaranth wild relatives have ... -
A Lineage of Begomoviruses Encode Rep and AC4 Proteins of Enigmatic Ancestry: Hints on the Evolution of Geminiviruses in the New World
(MDPI AG, 2019)"The begomoviruses (BGVs) are plant pathogens that evolved in the Old World during the Cretaceous and arrived to the New World (NW) in the Cenozoic era. A subgroup of NW BGVs, the "Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) lineage" ... -
Purinergic signaling pathway in human olfactory neuronal precursor cells
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2019)"Extracellular ATP and trophic factors released by exocytosis modulate in vivo proliferation, migration, and differentiation in multipotent stem cells (MpSC); however, the purinoceptors mediating this signaling remain ... -
The Ustilago maydis null mutant strains of the RNA-binding protein UmRrm75 accumulate hydrogen peroxide and melanin
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019)"Ustilago maydis is a dimorphic fungus that has emerged as a model organism for the study of fungal phytopathogenicity and RNA biology. In a previous study, we isolated the U. maydis UmRrm75 gene. The deletion of the UmRrm75 ... -
Defining novel plant polyamine oxidase subfamilies through molecular modeling and sequence analysis
(BMC, 2019)"Background The polyamine oxidases (PAOs) catabolize the oxidative deamination of the polyamines (PAs) spermine (Spm) and spermidine (Spd). Most of the phylogenetic studies performed to analyze the plant PAO family took ... -
Evaluation of phthalates exposition in sirtuin transcription in HepG2 cells and its toxicity in human hematopoietic stem cells
(2020-01-10)"Plasticizers are substances incorporated into plastic polymers to increase their flexibility and workability. Phthalic acid esters (phthalates) were developed for use as plasticizers in the 1920´s and more than 8 million ... -
Functional properties of Ditaxis heterantha proteins
(Wiley, 2013)"Ditaxis heterantha is a plant of the Euphorbiaceae family that grows in semiarid regions of Mexico. It produces yellow pigmented seeds that are used for coloring of foods. The seeds contain about 20% of proteins. Proteins ... -
Desnaturalización térmica de productos de amplificación para genotipificar las especies del complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(2019)"OBJETIVO. Desarrollar un método de qPCR basado en la desnaturalización térmica de amplicones del rDNA 16S y regiones de diferencia (RD1, RD4, RD9) del Complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis (CMTB). MÉTODOS. Diseñamos parejas ... -
The proteome map of the escamolera ant (Liometopum apiculatum Mayr) larvae reveals immunogenic proteins and several hexamerin proteoforms
(Elsevier, 2018)"The larvae of escamolera ant (Liometopum apiculatum Mayr) have been considered a delicacy since Pre-Hispanic times. The increased demand for this stew has led to massive collection of ant nests. Yet biological aspects of ... -
Morphological, proximal composition, and bioactive compounds characterization of wild and cultivated amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) species
(Elsevier, 2018)"Amaranth seeds have gained renewed interest due to the presence of encrypted peptides with several biological functions, among which the inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) ... -
Molecular characterization of the silencing complex SIR in Candida glabrata hyperadherent clinical isolates
(Elsevier, 2018)"An important virulence factor for the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata is the ability to adhere to the host cells, which is mediated by the expression of adhesins. Epa1 is responsible for ?95% of the in vitro adherence ... -
Genotyping based on thermal denaturation of amplification products identifies species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(Microbiology Society, 2018)"Purpose. To develop a fast and inexpensive genotyping assay to identify the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) species most prevalent in human tuberculosis (TB), based on the thermal denaturation profiles of PCR ... -
Down-regulation of arginine decarboxylase gene-expression results in reactive oxygen species accumulation in Arabidopsis
(Elsevier, 2018)"Arabidopsis amiR:ADC-L2 is a non-lethal line with several developmental defects, it is characterized by a drastic reduction in free polyamine content. Herein, we found that catalase application had growth-promoting effects ...