In this report we describe the generation of tissue-regenerative multipotent stem cells (iMS cells) by treating mature bone and fat cells transiently with a growth factor [platelet-derived growth factor–AB (PDGF-AB)] and 5-Azacytidine, a demethylating compound that is widely used in clinical practice. Unlike primary mesenchymal stem cells,

We present direct, field-based measurements of low nitrogen fixation rates in the eastern tropical South Pacific (ETSP) Ocean demonstrating that N₂ fixation plays a minor role supporting export production regionally. These results are in contrast to indirect estimates that the highest global rates of N₂ fixation occur in the ETSP. The low N₂-fixation rates occur in a region with relatively high surface ocean phosphate concentrations (and low nitrate concentrations)

The genus Klebsiella belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Bacteria belonging to the genus Klebsiella are nonmotile, rod-shaped, Gram negative, and produce polysaccharide capsule. This genus consists of 7 species, including Klebsiella pneumoniae. K. pneumoniae is a free-living bacterium, which can be found in soil, water, and a wide range of plants and animals, including humans.

SNPs in candidate genes Pain - 1, InvCD141 (invertases), SSIV (starch synthase), StCDF1 (transcription factor), LapN (leucine aminopeptidase), and cytoplasm type are associated with potato tuber yield, starch content and/or starch yield.

Cassava is a major staple, bio-energy and industrial crop in many parts of the developing world. In Southeast Asia, cassava is grown on >4 million ha by nearly 8 million (small-scale) farming households, under (climatic, biophysical) conditions that often prove unsuitable for many other crops.

Many studies predict climate change will cause widespread extinctions of flora and fauna in mountain environments because of temperature increases, enhanced environmental variability, and invasions by nonnative species. Cold-water organisms are thought to be at particularly high risk, but most predictions are based on small datasets and imprecise surrogates for water temperature trends.

Pseudomonads are often used as biocontrol agents as they display a broad range of mechanisms to control diseases. Common scab of potato, caused by Streptomyces scabies, was previously reported to be controlled by Pseudomonas fluorescens LBUM223 through phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) production. In this study, we aimed at characterizing the population dynamics of LBUM223 and the expression of phzC,

Plant U-box (PUB) E3 ubiquitin ligases play important roles in hormone signaling pathway and response to abiotic stresses, but little is known about them in soybean,Glycine max Here, we identified and characterized 125 PUB genes from the soybean genome, which were classified into eight groups according to their protein domains. SoybeanPUBgenes (GmPUBs) are broadly expressed in many tissues with a little more abundant in the roots than others.

Oryza minuta (Poaceae family) is a tetraploid wild relative of cultivated rice with a BBCC genome. O. minuta has the potential to resist against various pathogenic diseases such as bacterial blight (BB), white backed planthopper (WBPH) and brown plant hopper (BPH). Here, we sequenced and annotated the complete mitochondrial genome of O. minuta. The mtDNA genome is 515,022 bp, containing 60 protein coding genes, 31 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes.

Progesterone possesses an essential role in regulating female fertility, with prominent actions throughout the female reproductive axis. The neuroendocrine actions of progesterone have been viewed as critical for the control of the female reproductive cycle. This basic principle has been reinforced by in vivo experimental paradigms, using hormone replacement as well as pharmacologic and genetic disruption of the progesterone receptor (PGR).