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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein complex (EMC) is essential for the insertion of a wide variety of transmembrane proteins into the plasma membrane across cell types. Each EMC is composed of Emc1-7, Emc10, and either Emc8 or Emc9. Recent human genetics studies have implicated variants in EMC genes as the basis for a group of human congenital diseases. The patient phenotypes are varied but appear to affect a subset of tissues more prominently than others. Namely, craniofacial development seems to be commonly affected. We previously developed an array of assays in Xenopus tropicalis to assess the effects of emc1 depletion on the neural crest, craniofacial cartilage, and neuromuscular function. We sought to extend this approach to additional EMC components identified in patients with congenital malformations. Through this approach, we determine that EMC9 and EMC10 are important for neural crest development and the development of craniofacial structures. The phenotypes observed in patients and our Xenopus model phenotypes similar to EMC1 loss of function likely due to a similar mechanism of dysfunction in transmembrane protein topogenesis. 相似文献
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Zahid Nafeesa Shiekh Marifatul Haq Faiza Bashir Ganwa Gaus Mubsher Mazher Musfirah Anjum Akhtar Rasool Neelam Rashid 《农业工程》2021,41(3):228-234
Vegetation analysis provides the prerequisites to understand the overall community structure and function of any ecosystem and is a fundamental requirement for the precise evaluation of biodiversity. Although many studies have assessed floristic attributes of specific areas, there are still unexplored regions, as is the case of the mountain region in the Kashmir Himalayas. Current research highlighted the recent findings of the scientific characterization of floristic and ecological aspects on the forest flora found in the Bhimber hills, Pakistan. Floristically, a total of 93 species belonging to 80 genera in 41 families were recorded. The species distribution patterns across the families were disproportionate with half of the species contributed by 8 families and 25 families were monotypic. Based on the floristic analysis, Asteraceae was the largest family with 12% of species followed by Poaceae with (11%) species. PAST software, a multivariate ecological community analysis was used to classify the species similarities and differences among the different habitat types. According to the habitat wise distribution, 21% of species were growing in the natural forest habitat, while 15% of species were dispersed in highly distributed habitats along roadsides and 8% on pedestrians. In terms of functional diversity, the herbaceous growth form was dominant (58%). The biological spectrum revealed therophytes as the dominant life form as it indicates the disturbed habitat vegetation. The phytogeographical analysis revealed that the maximum (69%) species were native, while the minimum (31%) species were exotic. Thus, the study of these functional and habitat diversity patterns can significantly improve our understanding of the ecological aspects of the flora in the geographical location. This information may additionally be useful in devising management plans to ensure sustainable utilization and better management of forest landscapes in this Himalayan region. 相似文献
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The variation of the essential‐oil composition among ten wild populations of Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl (Lamiaceae), collected from different geographical regions of Iran, was assessed by GC‐FID and GC/MS analyses, and their intraspecific chemical variability was determined. Altogether, 49 compounds were identified in the oils, and a relatively high variation in their contents was found. The major compounds of the essential oils were myrcene (0.0–26.2%), limonene (0.0–24.5%), germacrene D (4.2–19.3%), bicyclogermacrene (1.6–18.0%), δ‐cadinene (6.5–16.0%), pulegone (0.0–15.1%), (Z)‐hex‐3‐enyl tiglate (0.0–15.1%), (E)‐caryophyllene (0.0–12.9), α‐zingiberene (0.2–12.2%), and spathulenol (1.6–11.1%). For the determination of the chemotypes and the chemical variability, the essential‐oil components were subjected to cluster analysis (CA). The five different chemotypes characterized were Chemotype I (germacrene D/bicyclogermacrene), Chemotype II (germacrene D/spathulenol), Chemotype III (limonene/δ‐cadinene), Chemotype IV (pulegone), and Chemotype V (α‐zingiberene). The high chemical variation among the populations according to their geographical and bioclimatic distribution imposes that conservation strategies of populations should be made appropriately, taking into account these factors. The in situ and ex situ conservation strategies should concern all populations representing the different chemotypes. 相似文献
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Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) was inoculated with root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita to investigate the anatomical abnormalities in the affected roots. Soon after inoculation the second-stage juveniles (J2) entered at or near the root caps and migrated intercellularly towards the zone of vascular differentiation. Discrete giant cells were observed after three days of inoculation. The nematode induced hypertrophy and hyperplasia near the giant cells. After six days, the juveniles moulted to their third stage (J3). At the same, time giant cell size and density of giant cell cytoplasm increased. The continuity of vascular strands remained unaffected. Between 12 and 24 days of inoculation the giant cells enlarged several times and became multinucleate and enclosed dense and granular cytoplasm. The nematodes became almost pyriform 18 days after inoculation. The orientation of vascular strands changed, due to hypertrophy, hyperplasia and enlargement of the nematode. After 30 days of inoculation the nematodes developed into mature females and started egg laying. A large amount of parenchyma transformed into abnormal xylem. 相似文献
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Genetic variants in LEP,LEPR, and MC4R explain 30% of severe obesity in children from a consanguineous population 下载免费PDF全文
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Hafez el SE Saber GA Fattouh FA 《Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences》2010,65(9-10):619-626
Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) was detected in tomato crop (Lycopersicon esculentum) in Egypt with characteristic mosaic leaf deformation, stunting, and bushy growth symptoms. TBSV infection was confirmed serologically by ELISA and calculated incidence was 25.5%. Basic physicochemical properties of a purified TBSV Egh isolate were identical to known properties of tombusviruses of isometric 30-nm diameter particles, 41-kDa coat protein and the genome of approximately 4800 nt. This is the first TBSV isolate reported in Egypt. Cloning and partial sequencing of the isolate showed that it is more closely related to TBSV-P and TBSV-Ch than TBSV-Nf and TBSV-S strains of the virus. However, it is distinct from the above strains and could be a new strain of the virus which further confirms the genetic diversity of tombusviruses. 相似文献
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Muhammad Farooq Sabar Mustansara Yaqub Mohsin Ahmad Khan Nadeem Ahmad Muhammad Usman Ghani Mariam Shahid 《International journal of peptide research and therapeutics》2010,16(4):239-245
Efficacy of proteins can be enhanced by using polyethylene glycol (PEG) conjugation (PEGylation) to the protein molecules.
Mobile non-toxic PEG chains conjugated to bio-therapeutics increase their hydrodynamic volume and in turn can prolong their
plasma retention time and increase their solubility. An important aspect of PEGylation is the selection of PEG molecule with
suitable structure and molecular weight. In this study, conceiving the idea that branched PEG-conjugates show superior efficacy
over the linear PEG-conjugates, a tri-branched PEG-interferon (mPEG3L2-IFN) was synthesized by reacting a 30 KDa tri-branched mPEG3L2-NHS reagent with IFN to improve its pharmacokinetic properties and reduce the loss of in vitro bioactivity (which is generally
exhibited by PEGylation) of the conjugated protein to some extent. The PEGylation procedure was optimized in terms of concentration
and molar ratios of reactants, reaction time, temperature and pH conditions of the reaction mix. The conjugate was purified
by cation exchange chromatography and characterized by SDS-PAGE and SE-HPLC. Trypsin digestion of mPEG3L2-IFN indicated a single site specificity of PEGylation. Anti viral bioactivity of mPEG3L2-IFN was found to be 2.38 × 107 IU/mg which is approximately 9.52% of native IFNα2 (2.5 × 108 IU/mg) and better than PEGasys from Roche Pharma. Therefore, it is reported that the tri-branched mPEG3L2-NHS reagent has the potential to be used to conjugate proteins for the promising therapeutic results. 相似文献
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de Freitas VL da Silva SC Sartori AM Bezerra RC Westphalen EV Molina TD Teixeira AR Ibrahim KY Shikanai-Yasuda MA 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2011,5(8):e1277