Inhibition of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids Synthesis Mediates PI3P Homeostasis at Endosomal Compartments (open access)

Inhibition of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids Synthesis Mediates PI3P Homeostasis at Endosomal Compartments

This article uses metazachlor, an inhibitor of VLCFA synthesis, to find that VLCFAs are involved in the TGN/MVB distribution of PI3P. This effect is independent from either synthesis of PI3P by PI3-kinase or degradation of PI(3,5)P2 into PI3P by the SUPPRESSOR OF ACTIN1 (SAC1) phosphatase. Results suggest that PI3P might be transferable from TGN to MVBs and that VLCFAs act in this process.
Date: August 6, 2021
Creator: Ito, Yoko; Esnay, Nicolas; Fougère, Louise; Platre, Matthieu Pierre; Cordelières, Fabrice; Jaillais, Yvon et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patch characteristics and domestic dogs differentially affect carnivore space use in fragmented landscapes in southern Chile (open access)

Patch characteristics and domestic dogs differentially affect carnivore space use in fragmented landscapes in southern Chile

This article's aim is to determine whether (a) the spatial use of domestic dogs increases with habitat destruction, and (b) domestic dogs and habitat destruction drive the spatial use of native carnivores in a heavily degraded agricultural landscape. Conclusions highlight that domestic dog occupancy was positively correlated with habitat loss and future conditions of increased fragmentation and habitat loss will likely increase the potential contact between domestic dogs and native carnivores.
Date: August 30, 2021
Creator: Malhotra, Rumaan; Jiménez, Jaime E. & Harris, Nyeema C;
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
High degree of non-genetic phenotypic variation in the vascular system of crayfish: a discussion of possible causes and implications (open access)

High degree of non-genetic phenotypic variation in the vascular system of crayfish: a discussion of possible causes and implications

This article studies the hemolymph vascular system (HVS) in two cambarid crayfishes, i.e. the Marbled Crayfish, Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017 and the Spiny Cheek Crayfish, Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) in regard to areas of non-genetic phenotypic variation.
Date: August 12, 2021
Creator: Scholz, Stephan; Göpel, Torben; Richter, Stefan & Wirkner, Christian S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnesium and Fibromyalgia: A Literature Review (open access)

Magnesium and Fibromyalgia: A Literature Review

This article investigates if the widespread use of magnesium in fibromyalgia is supported by evidence in the literature. This review provides a layout of the studies examining the correlation between body magnesium levels and fibromyalgia and elaborates on the trials testing the effectiveness of magnesium in treating different clinical parameters of fibromyalgia.
Date: August 14, 2021
Creator: Boulis, Michael; Boulis, Mary & Clauw, Daniel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phylogenetic Occurrence of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway and Lignin Biosynthesis in Plants (open access)

Phylogenetic Occurrence of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway and Lignin Biosynthesis in Plants

This article is a review summarizing recent progress in defining the lignin biosynthetic pathway in lycophytes, monilophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. This review provides new insights into the genetic engineering of the lignin biosynthetic pathway to overcome biomass recalcitrance in bioenergy crops.
Date: August 17, 2021
Creator: Yao, Tao; Feng, Kai; Xie, Meng; Barros, Jaime; Tschaplinski, Timothy J.; Tuskan, Gerald et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulators of von Willebrand Factor Levels (open access)

Regulators of von Willebrand Factor Levels

Data management plan for the grant "Regulators of von Willebrand Factor Levels." Von Willebrand Disease is the most prevalent bleeding disease. In one of the types called type 1 von Willebrand Disease, the disease-causing genes are not known. Using zebrafish as a model, this project proposes to identify genes that cause the disease by crippling the genes by knockdown methods, and such identification may lead to not only the identification of mutations in the corresponding human genes but also to a better diagnosis.
Date: 2021-08-01/2024-07-31
Creator: Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molecular Technologies for Mitigating Fusarium Head Blight (open access)

Molecular Technologies for Mitigating Fusarium Head Blight

Data management plan for the research project "Molecular Technologies for Mitigating Fusarium Head Blight - Spherical Nucleic Acid Nanomaterials as Fungicide and FHB Resistance-promoting Agents."
Date: 2021-08-01/2022-07-31
Creator: Shah, Jyoti
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library