Understanding Melanocyte Stem Cells for Disease Modeling and Regenerative Medicine Applications (open access)

Understanding Melanocyte Stem Cells for Disease Modeling and Regenerative Medicine Applications

This review highlights recent studies and progress involved in understanding the development of cutaneous melanocytes and the regulation of McSCs. Melanocytes in the skin play an indispensable role in the pigmentation of skin and its appendages. It is well known that the embryonic origin of melanocytes is neural crest cells. In adult skin, functional melanocytes are continuously repopulated by the differentiation of melanocyte stem cells (McSCs) residing in the epidermis of the skin.
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Mull, Amber N.; Zolekar, Ashwini & Wang, Yu-Chieh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Understanding Water-Stress Responses in Soybean Using Hydroponics System - A Systems Biology Perspective (open access)

Understanding Water-Stress Responses in Soybean Using Hydroponics System - A Systems Biology Perspective

This article discusses using a system of reduced complexity like hydroponics to identify the potential candidates for water-stress tolerance by plants.
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Tripathi, Prateek; Rabara, Roel C.; Shulaev, Vladimir; Shen, Qingxi J. & Rushton, Paul J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Loss of function of folylpolyglutamate synthetase 1 reduces lignin content and improves cell wall digestibility in Arabidopsis (open access)

Loss of function of folylpolyglutamate synthetase 1 reduces lignin content and improves cell wall digestibility in Arabidopsis

This article observes genetic and biochemical support for the importance of folylpolyglutamates in the lignocellulosic pathway and reinforces previous observations that targeting a single FPGS isoform for down-regulation leads to reduced lignin in plants.
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Srivastava, Avinash C.; Chen, Fang; Ray, Tui; Pattahil, Sivakumar; Peña, Maria J.; Avci, Utku et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library