Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe

MA Anthony, TW Crowther, S Van Der Linde… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Most trees form symbioses with ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) which influence access to
growth-limiting soil resources. Mesocosm experiments repeatedly show that EMF species …

Chromosome-specific telomere lengths and the minimal functional telomere revealed by nanopore sequencing

SL Sholes, K Karimian, A Gershman, TJ Kelly… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
We developed a method to tag telomeres and measure telomere length by nanopore
sequencing in the yeast S. cerevisiae. Nanopore allows long-read sequencing through the …

Phenomic and physiological analysis of salinity effects on lettuce

ND Adhikari, I Simko, B Mou - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Salinity is a rising concern in many lettuce-growing regions. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is
sensitive to salinity, which reduces plant biomass, and causes leaf burn and early …

N4-acetylation of cytidine in mRNA plays essential roles in plants

W Wang, H Liu, F Wang, X Liu, Y Sun, J Zhao… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The biological function of RNA can be modulated by base modifications. Here, we unveiled
the occurrence of N4-acetylation of cytidine in plant RNA, including mRNA, by employing LC …

A plastid nucleoside kinase is involved in inosine salvage and control of purine nucleotide biosynthesis

X Chen, SH Kim, S Rhee, CP Witte - The Plant Cell, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In nucleotide metabolism, nucleoside kinases recycle nucleosides into nucleotides—a
process called nucleoside salvage. Nucleoside kinases for adenosine, uridine, and cytidine …

Initiation of cytosolic plant purine nucleotide catabolism involves a monospecific xanthosine monophosphate phosphatase

KJ Heinemann, SY Yang, H Straube… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In plants, guanosine monophosphate (GMP) is synthesized from adenosine monophosphate
via inosine monophosphate and xanthosine monophosphate (XMP) in the cytosol. It has …

The nucleotide metabolome of germinating Arabidopsis thaliana seeds reveals a central role for thymidine phosphorylation in chloroplast development

M Niehaus, H Straube, A Specht, C Baccolini… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Thymidylates are generated by several partially overlapping metabolic pathways in different
subcellular locations. This interconnectedness complicates an understanding of how …

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors in domestic pigs raised from Cuba

JC Castillo-Cuenca, Á Martínez-Moreno… - Parasitology …, 2021 - Springer
A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma
gondii and associated risk factors in pigs in the largest pork-producing region in Cuba …

Testing for ordered alternatives in heteroscedastic ANOVA under normality

A Mondal, M Pauly, S Kumar - Statistical Papers, 2023 - Springer
In a one-way design with unknown and unequal error variances, we are interested in testing
the null hypothesis H 0: μ 1= μ 2=⋯= μ k against the ordered alternative H 1: μ 1≤ μ 2≤⋯≤ …

Bioprobe-RNA-seq-microRaman system for deep tracking of the live single-cell metabolic pathway chemometrics

M Gouda, JM Lv, Z Huang, JC Chen, Y He… - Biosensors and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration between RNA-sequencing and micro-spectroscopic techniques has recently
profiled the advanced transcriptomic discoveries on the cellular level. In the current study, by …