Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the potential transcriptional activation of the Foxn1 gene by the Runx1 factor.

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on reactive oxygen species role in the closure of the Ductus Arteriosus (DA).

The research in this paper examines the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among foreign-born Asians living in Tarrant County, Texas.

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on searching for the genes that encode nodulation symbiosis between medicago truncatula and rhizobia.

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing tuberculosis (TB) among foreign-born Asians living in Tarrant County, Texas.

Poster presented at the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on Alzheimer's disease and how to treat it. The presenters conducted a meta-analysis on data about available treatments to see which one is the most effective in alleviating or reversing the symptoms.

Article on increased disease susceptibility of transgenic tobacco plants with suppressed levels of preformed phenylpropanoid products.

Article using a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches to show how ABA can regulate lignin biosynthesis. This work provides a basis for designing trees and other biomass plants that are better adapted to stress and climate change. This article includes a correction on the first page.

This article shows that that the coordinated read-write activity of the epigenetic machinery extends to the cytoskeleton, with PBRM1 in the PBAF chromatin remodeling complex reading microtubule methyl marks written by the SETD2 histone methyltransferase. This article opens a previously unknown window into how chromatin remodeler defects can drive disease via both epigenetic and cytoskeletal dysfunction.

Article describes how kudzu produces both O- and C-glycosylated isoflavones, with puerarin (C-glucosyl daidzein) as an important bioactive compound. The authors go on to explain how expression of recombinant UGTs in Escherichia coli and candidate C-glycosyltransferases in Medicago truncatula were used to explore substrate specificities, and gene silencing of UGT and key isoflavone biosynthetic genes in kudzu hairy roots employed to test hypotheses concerning the substrate(s) for C-glycosylation.

Article describes how taxonomic profiling of ancient metagenomic samples is challenging due to the accumulation of specific damage patterns on DNA over time. The authors performed a comprehensive evaluation on simulated metagenomes representing human dental calculus microbiome, with the level of DNA damage successively raised to mimic modern to ancient metagenomes.