Epigenetics as a Source of Variation in Comparative Animal Physiology - or - Lamarck Is Lookin' Pretty Good These Days (open access)

Epigenetics as a Source of Variation in Comparative Animal Physiology - or - Lamarck Is Lookin' Pretty Good These Days

This article discusses the ecological and and evolutionary significance of such epigenetic inheritance in a comparative physiological context, and provides a number of caveats and warnings regarding the interpretation of transgenerational phenotype modification as a true epigenetic phenomenon.
Date: February 26, 2014
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ultra-Fast Alterations in mRNA Levels Uncover Multiple Players in Light Stress Acclimation in Plants (open access)

Ultra-Fast Alterations in mRNA Levels Uncover Multiple Players in Light Stress Acclimation in Plants

This article contains RNA sequencing analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants subjected to light stress in order to identify and characterize rapid changes in the steady-state level of different transcripts in response to light stress.
Date: September 26, 2015
Creator: Suzuki, Nobuhiro; Devireddy, Amith R.; Inupakutika, Madhuri A.; Baxter, Aaron; Miller, Gad; Song, Luhua et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enhanced seed production under prolonged heat stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana plants deficient in cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase 2 (open access)

Enhanced seed production under prolonged heat stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana plants deficient in cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase 2

Article discussing enhanced seed production under prolonged heat stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana plants deficient in cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase 2.
Date: November 26, 2012
Creator: Suzuki, Nobuhiro; Miller, Gad; Sejima, Hiroe; Harper, Jeffrey F. & Mittler, Ron
System: The UNT Digital Library
Targeting the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in gastric carcinoma: A reality for personalized medicine? (open access)

Targeting the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in gastric carcinoma: A reality for personalized medicine?

Article reviews the common dysregulation of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinases (PI3K)/Akt/mTOR pathway in gastric cancer (GC) and the various types of single or dual pathway inhibitors under development that might have a superior role in GC treatment.
Date: October 26, 2015
Creator: Singh, Shikha Satendra; Yap, Wei Ney; Arfuso, Frank; Kar, Shreya; Wang, Chao; Cai, Wanpei et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egg Yolk Environment Differentially Influences Physiological and Morphological Development of Broiler and Layer Chicken Embryos (open access)

Egg Yolk Environment Differentially Influences Physiological and Morphological Development of Broiler and Layer Chicken Embryos

This article investigates the effect of breed-specific yolk composition on embryonic broiler and layer chicken phenotypes, using an ex ovo, xenobiotic technique that allows the transfer of broiler and layer chicken embryos from their natural yolks to novel yolk environments.
Date: January 26, 2011
Creator: Ho, Dao H.; Reed, Wendy L. & Burggren, Warren W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Functional analysis of members of the isoflavone and isoflavanone O-methyltransferase enzyme families from the model legume Medicago truncatula (open access)

Functional analysis of members of the isoflavone and isoflavanone O-methyltransferase enzyme families from the model legume Medicago truncatula

Article on a functional analysis of members of the isoflavone and isoflavanone O-methyltransferase enzyme families from the model legume Medicago truncatula.
Date: September 26, 2006
Creator: Deavours, Bettina E.; Liu, Chang-Jun; Naoumkina, Marina A.; Tang, Yuhong; Farag, Mohamed A.; Sumner, Lloyd W. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Prognostic Value of the Stem-Like Group in Colorectal Cancer Using a Panel of Immunohistochemistry Markers (open access)

The Prognostic Value of the Stem-Like Group in Colorectal Cancer Using a Panel of Immunohistochemistry Markers

This article examines the immunohistochemical expression profile of 18 markers, each representing a putative role in cancer development, in 493 primary colorectal carcinomas using tissue microarrays.
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: Ong, Chee Wee; Chong, Pei Yi; McArt, Darragh G.; Chan, Jason Yongsheng; Tan, Hwee Tong; Kumar, Alan Prem et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential role of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 signaling pathway in inflammation, survival, proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma (open access)

Potential role of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 signaling pathway in inflammation, survival, proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma

Article on the potential role of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 signaling pathway in inflammation, survival, proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Date: October 26, 2012
Creator: Subramaniam, Aruljothi; Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Perumal, Ekambaram; Li, Feng; Nachiyappan, Alamelu; Dai, Xiaoyun et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Garcinol, a Polyisoprenylated Benzophenone Modulates Multiple Proinflammatory Signaling Cascades Leading to the Suppression of Growth and Survival of Head and Neck Carcinoma (open access)

Garcinol, a Polyisoprenylated Benzophenone Modulates Multiple Proinflammatory Signaling Cascades Leading to the Suppression of Growth and Survival of Head and Neck Carcinoma

Article on the constitutive activation of proinflammatory transcription factors such as STAT3 and NF-KB that play a pivotal role in the proliferation and survival of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC).
Date: June 26, 2013
Creator: Li, Feng; Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Chen, Luxi; Chatterjee, Snehajyoti; Basha, Jeelan; Kumar, Alan Prem et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Genome of Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria Vesca) (open access)

The Genome of Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria Vesca)

This article reports the draft F. vesca genome, which was sequenced to x39 coverage using second-generation technology, assembled de novo and then anchored to the genetic linkage map into seven pseudochromosomes.
Date: December 26, 2010
Creator: Shulaev, Vladimir; Sargent, Daniel J.; Crowhurst, Ross N.; Mockler, Todd C.; Folkerts, Otto; Delcher, Arthur et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library