Comparative Proteomics Analysis Reveals Unique Early Signaling Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Oxidants with Different Mechanism of Action (open access)

Comparative Proteomics Analysis Reveals Unique Early Signaling Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Oxidants with Different Mechanism of Action

This article uses a discovery driven comparative proteomics analysis to reveal unique early signaling response of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the proteome level to oxidants with a different mechanism of action as early as 3 min after treatment with four oxidants, namely H₂O₂, cumene hydroperoxide (CHP), and menadione and diamide, when protein abundances were compared using label-free quantification relying on a high-resolution mass analyzer (Orbitrap).
Date: December 26, 2020
Creator: Pandey, Prajita; Zaman, Khadiza; Prókai, László, 1958- & Shulaev, Vladimir
System: The UNT Digital Library
Draft Genome of the Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, a Model for Phenotypic Plasticity in Reptiles (open access)

Draft Genome of the Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, a Model for Phenotypic Plasticity in Reptiles

Article studying climate adaptation using common snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina, as the model species. The genome and genetic variants identified here provide a foundation for future studies of adaptation to climate.
Date: December 1, 2020
Creator: Crossley, Dane A., II; Das, Debojyoti; Singh, Sunil Kumar; Bierstedt, Jacob; Erickson, Alyssa; Galli, Gina L. J. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Tetracentron genome provides insight into the early evolution of eudicots and the formation of vessel elements (open access)

The Tetracentron genome provides insight into the early evolution of eudicots and the formation of vessel elements

Article reporting a chromosome-scale assembly of the T. sinense genome.
Date: December 2, 2020
Creator: Dixon, R. A.; Liu, Ping-Li; Zhang, Xi; Mao, Jian-Feng; Hong, Yan-Ming; Zhang, Ren-Gang et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A polar insect's tale: Observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica (open access)

A polar insect's tale: Observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica

Article asserts that Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands include some of the world’s most extreme and pristine terrestrial habitats. The authors studied the habitat preferences and the life history of P. steinenii in Lake Kitiesh, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island over the austral summer seasons from 2014 to 2019, during short (several weeks) field expeditions.
Date: December 24, 2022
Creator: Mejias, Tamara Contador; Gañán, Melisa; Rendoll Cárcamo, Javier; Maturana, Claudia S.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Kennedy, James H. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Tourists Facilitators of the Movement of Free-Ranging Dogs? (open access)

Are Tourists Facilitators of the Movement of Free-Ranging Dogs?

Article discusses how free-ranging dogs are of major conservation concern worldwide as they negatively affect wildlife. Although scientists and governmental agencies are aware of the problem and responsible pet ownership strategies are beginning to be implemented, the tourism sector must be explicitly integrated into wildlife conservation management strategies.
Date: December 16, 2022
Creator: Schüttler, Elke & Jiménez, Jaime E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editorial: Lipid metabolism and membrane structure in plant biotic interactions (open access)

Editorial: Lipid metabolism and membrane structure in plant biotic interactions

Article discusses how Lipid bilayers represent the interface between cells (or organelles) and their environment. Authors claim that this special topic brings together new reports on several of these lipid classes to shed light on the impacts of plant lipid metabolism and membrane organization on plant immunity.
Date: December 6, 2022
Creator: Goggin, Fiona L.; Shah, Jyoti & Gillaspy, Glenda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fatty acid amide hydrolase and 9-lipoxygenase  modulate cotton seedling growth by ethanolamide  oxylipin levels (open access)

Fatty acid amide hydrolase and 9-lipoxygenase modulate cotton seedling growth by ethanolamide oxylipin levels

Article asserts that polyunsaturated N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) can be hydrolyzed by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) or oxidized by lipoxygenase (LOX). Altogether, the authors conclude that the growth of cotton seedlings involves fine-tuning of 9-NAE-HOD levels via FAAH-mediated hydrolysis and LOX-mediated production, expanding the mechanistic understanding of plant growth modulation by NAE oxylipins to a perennial crop species.
Date: December 6, 2022
Creator: Gaguancela-Arias, Omar; Aziz, Mina & Chapman, Kent Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
Angiogenesis in the Avian Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane: A Perspective on Research Trends and a Case Study on Toxicant Vascular Effects (open access)

Angiogenesis in the Avian Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane: A Perspective on Research Trends and a Case Study on Toxicant Vascular Effects

This article considers areas of cardiovascular research that have benefited from studies of the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM), including the themes of investigation of the CAM’s hemodynamic influence on heart and central vessel development, use of the CAM as a model vascular bed for studying angiogenesis, and the CAM as an assay tool.
Date: October 28, 2020
Creator: Burggren, Warren W. & Antich, Maria Rojas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molecular signatures in the progression of COVID-19 severity (open access)

Molecular signatures in the progression of COVID-19 severity

Authors of the article discuss that to uncover genes and pathways involved in the differential clinical manifestations of COVID-19 they developed a novel gene co-expression network-based pipeline that uses gene expression obtained from different SARS-CoV-2 infected human tissues. Their study shines a new light on genes and their networks (modules) that drive the progression of COVID-19 from moderate to extremely severe condition, which could aid development of new therapeutics to combat COVID-19.
Date: December 21, 2022
Creator: De, Ronika & Azad, Rajeev K.
System: The UNT Digital Library