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Phylogenetic relationships of typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae) and test of incongruence based on Bayes factors 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Martin?IrestedtEmail author Jon?Fjelds? Johan?AA?Nylander Per?GP?Ericson 《BMC evolutionary biology》2004,4(1):23
Background
The typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae) form a monophyletic and diverse family of suboscine passerines that inhabit neotropical forests. However, the phylogenetic relationships within this assemblage are poorly understood. Herein, we present a hypothesis of the generic relationships of this group based on Bayesian inference analyses of two nuclear introns and the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. The level of phylogenetic congruence between the individual genes has been investigated utilizing Bayes factors. We also explore how changes in the substitution models affected the observed incongruence between partitions of our data set. 相似文献12.
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In vertebrates and the cephalochordate, amphioxus, the closest vertebrate
relative, Hox genes are linked in a single cluster. Accompanying the
emergence of higher vertebrates, the Hox gene cluster duplicated in either
a single step or multiple steps, resulting in the four-cluster state
present in teleosts and tetrapods. Mammalian Hox clusters (designated A, B,
C, and D) extend over 100 kb and are located on four different chromosomes.
Reconstructing the history of the duplications and its relation to
vertebrate evolution has been problematic due to the lack of alignable
sequence information. In this study, the problem was approached by
conducting a statistical analysis of sequences from the fibrillar-type
collagens (I, II, III, and IV), genes closely linked to each Hox cluster
which likely share the same duplication history as the Hox genes. We find
statistical support for the hypothesis that the cluster duplication
occurred as multiple distinct events and that the four-cluster situation
arose by a three- step sequential process.
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The alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) gene was isolated from Drosophila simulans
and D. mauritiana, and the DNA sequence of a 4.6-kb region, containing the
structural gene and flanking sequence, was determined for each. These
sequences were compared with the Adh region of D. melanogaster to
characterize changes that occur in the Drosophila genome during evolution
and to identify conserved sequences of functional importance. Drosophila
simulans and D. mauritiana Adh are organized in a manner similar to that of
D. melanogaster Adh, including the presence of two promoters for the single
Adh gene. This study identified conserved flanking elements that, in
conjunction with other studies, suggest regions that may be involved in the
control of Adh expression. Inter- and intraspecies comparisons revealed
differences in the kinds of sequence changes that have accumulated.
Sequence divergence in and around the Adh gene was used to assess inter-
and intraspecies evolutionary relationships. Finally, there appears to be
an unrelated structural gene located directly 3' of the Adh transcribed
region.
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Central CCL2 signaling onto MCH neurons mediates metabolic and behavioral adaptation to inflammation 下载免费PDF全文
Ophélia Le Thuc Céline Cansell Miled Bourourou Raphaël GP Denis Katharina Stobbe Nadège Devaux Alice Guyon Julie Cazareth Catherine Heurteaux William Rostène Serge Luquet Jean‐Louis Nahon Carole Rovère 《EMBO reports》2016,17(12):1738-1752
Sickness behavior defines the endocrine, autonomic, behavioral, and metabolic responses associated with infection. While inflammatory responses were suggested to be instrumental in the loss of appetite and body weight, the molecular underpinning remains unknown. Here, we show that systemic or central lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection results in specific hypothalamic changes characterized by a precocious increase in the chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) followed by an increase in pro‐inflammatory cytokines and a decrease in the orexigenic neuropeptide melanin‐concentrating hormone (MCH). We therefore hypothesized that CCL2 could be the central relay for the loss in body weight induced by the inflammatory signal LPS. We find that central delivery of CCL2 promotes neuroinflammation and the decrease in MCH and body weight. MCH neurons express CCL2 receptor and respond to CCL2 by decreasing both electrical activity and MCH release. Pharmacological or genetic inhibition of CCL2 signaling opposes the response to LPS at both molecular and physiologic levels. We conclude that CCL2 signaling onto MCH neurons represents a core mechanism that relays peripheral inflammation to sickness behavior. 相似文献
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This study examined the application of previously characterized microparticles composed of hyaluronan (HA) and chitosan hydroglutamate (CH) as well as novel microparticles consisting of both polymers (HA/CH) to improve the nasal delivery of a model drug. The rabbit bioavailabilities of gentamicin incorporated in HA, CH, and HA/CH microparticles were increased 23-, 31-, and 42-fold, respectively, compared with the control intranasal solution of gentamicin, indicating that all test microparticles were retained for longer periods on the nasal mucosa of the rabbits as supported by previous in vitro dissolution as well as frog palate mucoadhesion studies, thereby improving drug absorption. The higher bioavailabilities of CH-based formulations (CH and HA/CH) suggest the penetration-enhancing effects of CH may also be partially responsible for the improvement. A model was developed, based on a glass impinger device, to deliver dry powder formulations reproducibly onto the surface of cultured cell monolayers. In vitro permeability and fluorescence microscopy studies on the tight junctions of the 16HBE14o- cell lines further confirmed the ability of CH-based formulations to enhance penetration. Furthermore, the in vitro absorption profile from cell culture studies was consistent with those determined from in vivo studies. The complementary effect from the mucoadhesive nature of HA coupled with the penetration-enhancing effects of CH makes the novel HA/CH formulation a promising nasal delivery system. 相似文献
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CS Bedetti NC Jorge FCG Trigueiro GP Bragança LV Modolo 《Biotechnic & histochemistry》2018,93(2):149-154
We report a new method for histochemical localization of cytokinins (CKs) in plant tissues based on bromophenol blue/silver nitrate staining. The method was validated by immunohistochemistry using anti-trans-zeatin riboside antibody. Indole-3-acetic acid (auxin, IAA) was localized by anti-IAA antibody in plant tissues as a proof for IAA histolocalization. We used root sections, because they are major sites of CKs synthesis, and insect galls of Piptadenia gonoacantha that accumulate IAA. Immunostaining confirmed the presence of zeatin and sites of accumulation of IAA indicated by histochemistry. The colors developed by histochemical reactions in free-hand sections of plant tissues were similar to those obtained by thin layer chromatography (TLC), which reinforced the reactive sites of zeatin. The histochemical method for detecting CKs is useful for galls and roots, whereas IAA detection is more efficient for gall tissues. Therefore, galls constitute a useful model for validating histochemical techniques due to their rapid cell cycles and relatively high accumulation of plant hormones. 相似文献
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Background
The Neotropical ovenbird-woodcreeper family (Furnariidae) is an avian group characterized by exceptionally diverse ecomorphological adaptations. For instance, members of the family are known to construct nests of a remarkable variety. This offers a unique opportunity to examine whether changes in nest design, accompanied by expansions into new habitats, facilitates diversification. We present a multi-gene phylogeny and age estimates for the ovenbird-woodcreeper family and use these results to estimate the degree of convergent evolution in both phenotype and habitat utilisation. Furthermore, we discuss whether variation in species richness among ovenbird clades could be explained by differences in clade-specific diversification rates, and whether these rates differ among lineages with different nesting habits. In addition, the systematic positions of some enigmatic ovenbird taxa and the postulated monophyly of some species-rich genera are evaluated. 相似文献19.
Fernanda Abreu Mauricio E Cant?o Marisa F Nicolás Fernando G Barcellos Viviana Morillo Luiz GP Almeida Fabrícia F do Nascimento Christopher T Lefèvre Dennis A Bazylinski Ana Tereza R de Vasconcelos Ulysses Lins 《The ISME journal》2011,5(10):1634-1640
Magnetosomes are prokaryotic organelles produced by magnetotactic bacteria that consist of nanometer-sized magnetite (Fe3O4) or/and greigite (Fe3S4) magnetic crystals enveloped by a lipid bilayer membrane. In magnetite-producing magnetotactic bacteria, proteins present in the magnetosome membrane modulate biomineralization of the magnetite crystal. In these microorganisms, genes that encode for magnetosome membrane proteins as well as genes involved in the construction of the magnetite magnetosome chain, the mam and mms genes, are organized within a genomic island. However, partially because there are presently no greigite-producing magnetotactic bacteria in pure culture, little is known regarding the greigite biomineralization process in these organisms including whether similar genes are involved in the process. Here using culture-independent techniques, we now show that mam genes involved in the production of magnetite magnetosomes are also present in greigite-producing magnetotactic bacteria. This finding suggest that the biomineralization of magnetite and greigite did not have evolve independently (that is, magnetotaxis is polyphyletic) as once suggested. Instead, results presented here are consistent with a model in which the ability to biomineralize magnetosomes and the possession of the mam genes was acquired by bacteria from a common ancestor, that is, the magnetotactic trait is monophyletic. 相似文献
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Sasha Larsen Jun Weaver Katherine de Sa Campos Rhobe Bulahan Jackson Nguyen Heather Grove Amy Huang Lauren Low Namphuong Tran Seth Gomez Jennifer Yau Thomas Ilustrisimo Jessica Kawilarang Jonathan Lau Maivi Tranphung Irene Chen Christina Tran Marcia Fox Joan Lin-Cereghino Geoff P. Lin-Cereghino 《Biotechnology letters》2013,35(11):1925-1935
Although Pichia pastoris is a popular protein expression system, it exhibits limitations in its ability to secrete heterologous proteins. Therefore, a REMI (restriction enzyme mediated insertion) strategy was utilized to select mutant beta-g alactosidase s upersecretion (bgs) strains that secreted increased levels of a β-galactosidase reporter. Many of the twelve BGS genes may have functions in intracellular signaling or vesicle transport. Several of these strains also appeared to contain a more permeable cell wall. Preliminary characterization of four bgs mutants showed that they differed in the ability to enhance the export of other reporter proteins. bgs13, which has a disruption in a gene homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein kinase C (PKC1), gave enhanced secretion of most recombinant proteins that were tested, raising the possibility that it has the universal super-secreter phenotype needed in an industrial production strain of P. pastoris. 相似文献