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Anton Weber 《Annals of botany》2013,112(8):1577-1595
Background and Aims
In the Lamiales, indeterminate thyrses (made up of axillary cymes) represent a significant inflorescence type. However, it has been largely overlooked that there occur two types of cymes: (1) ordinary cymes, and (2) ‘pair-flowered cymes’ (PFCs), with a flower pair (terminal and front flower) topping each cyme unit. PFCs are unique to the Lamiales and their distribution, origin and phylogeny are not well understood.Methods
The Lamiales are screened as to the occurrence of PFCs, ordinary cymes and single flowers (constituting racemic inflorescences).Key Results
PFCs are shown to exhibit a considerable morphological and developmental diversity and are documented to occur in four neighbouring taxa of Lamiales: Calceolariaceae, Sanango, Gesneriaceae and Plantaginaceae. They are omnipresent in the Calceolariaceae and almost so in the Gesneriaceae. In the Plantaginaceae, PFCs are restricted to the small sister tribes Russelieae and Cheloneae (while the large remainder has single flowers in the leaf/bract axils; ordinary cymes do not occur). Regarding the origin of PFCs, the inflorescences of the genus Peltanthera (unplaced as to family; sister to Calceolariaceae, Sanango and Gesneriaceae in most molecular phylogenies) support the idea that PFCs have originated from paniculate systems, with the front-flowers representing remnant flowers.Conclusions
From the exclusive occurrence of PFCs in the Lamiales and the proximity of the respective taxa in molecular phylogenies it may be expected that PFCs have originated once, representing a synapomorphy for this group of taxa and fading out within the Plantaginaceae. However, molecular evidence is ambiguous. Depending on the position of Peltanthera (depending in turn on the kind and number of genes and taxa analysed) a single, a double (the most probable scenario) or a triple origin appears conceivable. 相似文献2.
Life cycle assessment of Australian sugarcane production with a focus on sugarcane growing 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Marguerite Anne Renouf Malcolm K. Wegener Robert J. Pagan 《The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment》2010,15(9):927-937
Purpose
Past life cycle assessments (LCA) of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) production have commonly been based on limited datasets, and variability has not been well described. In this work, Australian sugarcane production was assessed more comprehensively in order to generate a robust set of LCA results for use in subsequent assessments of sugarcane products and also to investigate: (1) variability due to regional differences, (2) factors influencing variability, and (3) significance of the impacts. 相似文献3.
Erik Svanes Mie Vold Ole Jørgen Hanssen 《The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment》2011,16(6):512-521
Purpose
The purpose of this study has been to investigate the effect of different allocation methods on life cycle assessment (LCA) results of products derived from line-caught cod and the consequences of applying these methods considering the main aims of this case study. These aims were for internal improvement work and communication of results to the market. 相似文献4.
Thais Graziela Donegá França Larissa Lumi Watanabe Ishikawa Sofia Fernanda Gonçalves Zorzella-Pezavento Fernanda Chiuso-Minicucci Clara Pires Fujiara Guerino de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza Maria da Cunha Alexandrina Sartori 《BMC microbiology》2009,9(1):240-7
Background
Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistant (MRSA) has been frequently isolated from endotracheal and lung puncture aspirates in malnourished children with pneumonia. In this work we evaluated the susceptibility of undernourished BALB/c mice and its ability to mount a protective immunity against MRSA with emphasis on the lung involvement. 相似文献5.
Wei Zhang Nick Bansback Annelies Boonen Adam Young Amitabh Singh Aslam H Anis 《Arthritis research & therapy》2010,12(5):R177
Introduction
The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire is a well validated instrument to measure impairments in work and activities. However, its validation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has not been well established. The present study's purpose is to evaluate the construct validity of the WPAI-general health version among RA patients and its ability to differentiate between RA patients with varying health status. 相似文献6.
Background
Cell differentiation has long been theorized to represent a switch in a bistable system, and recent experimental work in micro-organisms has revealed bistable dynamics in small gene regulatory circuits. However, the dynamics of mammalian cell differentiation has not been analyzed with respect to bistability. 相似文献7.
Veronica Zaga-Clavellina Guadalupe Garcia-Lopez Arturo Flores-Pliego Horacio Merchant-Larios Felipe Vadillo-Ortega 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2011,9(1):13
Background
Premature rupture of fetal membranes (PROM) complicated with intrauterine infection has been associated to alterations of the extracellular matrix (ECM) homeostasis. The aim of this work was to evaluate the integral/functional response of the amnion (AMN) and choriodecidua (CHD) to synthesis, secretion, and activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 and of their inhibitors TIMP-1, -2, and -4, after stimulation with Escherichia coli. 相似文献8.
Background
The advancement of gene silencing via RNA interference is limited by the lack of effective short interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery vectors. Rational design of polymeric carriers has been complicated by the fact that most chemical modifications affect multiple aspects of the delivery process. In this work, the extent of primary amine acetylation of generation 5 poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers was studied as a modification for the delivery of siRNA to U87 malignant glioma cells. 相似文献9.
Background
Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) hyperplasia plays an important role in both chronic and acute vascular pathologies including atherosclerosis and restenosis. Considerable work has focused on the mechanisms regulating VSMC proliferation and motility. Earlier work in our lab revealed a novel growth arrest-specific (gas) gene induced in VSMC exposed to the antiproliferative agent heparin. This gene is a member of the CCN family and has been given the name CCN5. The objective of the present study is to elucidate the function of CCN5 protein and to explore its mechanism of action in VSMC. 相似文献10.
Background
In the past decade, much work has been done to dissect the molecular basis of the defence signalling pathway in plants known as Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR). Most of the work has been carried out in model species such as Arabidopsis, with little attention paid to woody plants. However within the range of species examined, components of the pathway seem to be highly conserved. In this study, we attempted to identify downstream components of the SAR pathway in apple to serve as markers for its activation. 相似文献11.
Yuanyuan Wang Julie A Simpson Anita E Wluka Donna M Urquhart Dallas R English Graham G Giles Stephen Graves Flavia M Cicuttini 《Arthritis research & therapy》2009,11(3):R86-8
Introduction
Racial and ethnic disparities in rates of total joint replacement have been described, but little work has been done in well-established migrant groups. The aim of this study was to compare the rates of primary joint replacement for osteoarthritis for Italian and Greek migrants to Australia and Australian-born individuals. 相似文献12.
Bacteriophage and the Toxigenicity of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Clostridium botulinum</Emphasis> Type D 总被引:15,自引:0,他引:15
THE data of Inoue and Iida1,2 strongly suggest that bacteriophage is involved in the toxigenicity of Clostridium botulinum types C and D. They were able to recover toxigenic isolates from nontoxigenic cultures incubated in broth containing filtrates of the toxigenic strains (Stockholm strain of type C and strain 1873 of type D). Lysis was observed in the cultures, but plaques were not demonstrated on solid medium. The change from hontoxigenicity to toxigenicity in C. botulinum type C strain 468C has been shown3 to require the active and continued participation of a specific bacteriophage designated CEβ. 相似文献
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Gregor Wernet Sarah Conradt Hans Peter Isenring Concepción Jiménez-González Konrad Hungerbühler 《The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment》2010,15(3):294-303
Background, aim, and scope
Pharmaceuticals have been recently discussed in the press and literature regarding their occurrence in rivers and lakes, mostly due to emissions after use. The production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) has been less analyzed for environmental impacts. In this work, a life cycle assessment (LCA) of the production of an API from cradle to factory gate was carried out. The main sources of environmental impacts were identified. The resulting environmental profile was compared to a second pharmaceutical production and to the production of basic chemicals. 相似文献14.
Background
The Campanulaceae (the "hare bell" or "bellflower" family) is a derived angiosperm family comprised of about 600 species treated in 35 to 55 genera. Taxonomic treatments vary widely and little phylogenetic work has been done in the family. Gene order in the chloroplast genome usually varies little among vascular plants. However, chloroplast genomes of Campanulaceae represent an exception and phylogenetic analyses solely based on chloroplast rearrangement characters support a reasonably well-resolved tree. 相似文献15.
Peter Sykacek David P Kreil Lisa A Meadows Richard P Auburn Bettina Fischer Steven Russell Gos Micklem 《BMC bioinformatics》2011,12(1):73
Background
With the growing availability of entire genome sequences, an increasing number of scientists can exploit oligonucleotide microarrays for genome-scale expression studies. While probe-design is a major research area, relatively little work has been reported on the optimization of microarray protocols. 相似文献16.
Background
Mulberry trees are the most important host for rearing mulberry silkworms in sericulture. Improved varieties of mulberry tree have been developed through traditional breeding procedures. Not much work, however, has been carried out on the molecular characterization of these varieties. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and Directed Amplification of Minisatellite DNA (DAMD) methods based on Polymerase Chain Reaction are important tools to analyze genetic diversity of mulberries. These have been used to determine variation amongst nine varieties of Morus spp. maintained at Banthra Research Station of National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. 相似文献17.
Mireille Faist Emmenegger Stephan Pfister Annette Koehler Luca de Giovanetti Alejandro Pablo Arena Rainer Zah 《The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment》2011,16(9):869-877
Purpose
The assessment of biofuels has until now mainly focused on energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Only little attention has been given to other impacts, although the general importance of water use for the life cycle assessment (LCA) of agricultural products has been recognized in recent publications. The aim of this work is to assess in detail the water consumption along a biofuel production chain taking into account irrigation efficiencies, levels of water scarcity, and type of feedstock, and to integrate those results in a full LCA. Furthermore, we compare the results for biofuels from various feedstocks and regions with conventional petrol. 相似文献18.
Sennikov SV Injelevskaya TV Krysov SV Silkov AN Kovinev IB Dyachkova NJ Zenkov AN Loseva MI Kozlov VA 《BMC cell biology》2004,5(1):39
Background
Erythroid nuclear cells (ENC) of the bone marrow (BM) have not previously been considered as important producers of wide spectrum of haemo- and immunoregulatory cytokines. The aim of the current work was to confirm the production of the main hemo- and immunoregulatory cytokines in human ENC from BM. 相似文献19.
Background
Lipophorin receptors (LpRs) have been described in a number of insects, but functional studies have been reported only in locusts and mosquitoes. The aim of the present work was to characterize the LpR of the cockroach Blattella germanica, not only molecularly but also functionally using RNAi techniques, and to place LpRs in a phylogenetical context among lipoprotein receptors. 相似文献20.