Dynamics of Epigenetic Phenomena: Intergenerational and Intragenerational Phenotype 'Washout' (open access)

Dynamics of Epigenetic Phenomena: Intergenerational and Intragenerational Phenotype 'Washout'

This review contains a discussion of epigenetic dynamics in comparative biology with a focus on a more organismal level perspective, befitting of comparative physiology, that considers complex phenotypic changes.
Date: January 7, 2015
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Review
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Garcinol sensitizes human head and neck carcinoma to cisplatin in a xenoraft mouse model despite downregulation of proliferative biomarkers (open access)

Garcinol sensitizes human head and neck carcinoma to cisplatin in a xenoraft mouse model despite downregulation of proliferative biomarkers

This article investigates whether garcinol, a polyisoprenylated benzophenone can chemosensitize HNSCC to cisplatin.
Date: February 28, 2015
Creator: Li, Feng; Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Siveen, Kodappully Sivaraman; Wang, Fan; Ong, Tina H.; Loo, Ser Yue et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill as a Case Study for Interdisciplinary Cooperation within Developmental Biology, Environmental Sciences and Physiology (open access)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill as a Case Study for Interdisciplinary Cooperation within Developmental Biology, Environmental Sciences and Physiology

This article makes the argument for interdisciplinary teams that bring together scientists with different specialties as an efficient way--and perhaps the only way--to unravel highly complex biological effects of marine oil spills.
Date: December 17, 2015
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.; Dubansky, Benjamin; Roberts, Aaron & Alloy, Matthew
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cancer-Related NEET Proteins Transfer 2Fe-2S Clusters to Anamorsin, a Protein Required for Cytosolic Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis (open access)

Cancer-Related NEET Proteins Transfer 2Fe-2S Clusters to Anamorsin, a Protein Required for Cytosolic Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis

This article reports the first physiological 2Fe-2S cluster acceptor for both NEET proteins as human Anamorsin (also known as cytokine induced apoptosis inhibitor-1; CIAPIN-1).
Date: October 8, 2015
Creator: Lipper, Colin H.; Paddock, Mark L.; Onuchic, José N.; Mittler, Ron; Nechushtai, Rachel & Jennings, Patricia A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Multifaceted Role of Curcumin in Cancer Prevention and Treatment (open access)

The Multifaceted Role of Curcumin in Cancer Prevention and Treatment

This review focuses on the diverse molecular targets modulated by curcumin that contribute to its efficacy against various human cancers.
Date: February 5, 2015
Creator: Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Rane, Grishma; Mathi Kanchi, Madhu; Arfuso, Frank; Chinnathambi, Arunachalam; Zayed, M.E. et al.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Activation of apoptosis in NAF-1-deficient human epithelial breast cancer cells (open access)

Activation of apoptosis in NAF-1-deficient human epithelial breast cancer cells

This article shows that small hairpin RNA-mediated suppresion of NAF-1 results in the activation of apoptosis in epithelial breast cancer cells and xenograft tumors.
Date: November 11, 2015
Creator: Holt, Sarah H.; Darash-Yahana, Merav; Sohn, Yang Sung; Song, Luhua; Karmi, Ola; Tamir, Sagi et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative cell-specific transcriptomics reveals differentiation of C₄ photosynthesis pathways in switchgrass and other C₄ lineages (open access)

Comparative cell-specific transcriptomics reveals differentiation of C₄ photosynthesis pathways in switchgrass and other C₄ lineages

This article provides an mesophyll and bundle sheath cell type-specific transcriptome data set from the monocot NAD-malic enzyme subtype switchgrass (Panicum virgatum).
Date: December 10, 2015
Creator: Rao, Xiaolan; Lu, Nan; Li, Guifen; Nakashima, Jin; Tang, Yuhong & Dixon, R. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Role of a chalcone isomerase-like protein in flavonoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana (open access)

Role of a chalcone isomerase-like protein in flavonoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

This article identifies two chil mutants with a seed colour similar to that of wild-type Arabidopsis, but in sharp contrast to the characteristic transparent testa seed phenotype associated with other known flavonoid pathway genes.
Date: August 13, 2015
Creator: Jiang, Wenbo; Yin, Qinggang; Wu, Ranran; Zheng, Guangshun; Liu, Jinyue; Dixon, R. A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salt Sensitivity of the Morphometry of Artemia Franciscana During Development: A Demonstration of 3d Critical Windows (open access)

Salt Sensitivity of the Morphometry of Artemia Franciscana During Development: A Demonstration of 3d Critical Windows

This article uses a 3D conceptual farmework of 'critical windows' to examine whether the morphometry of Artemia franciscana is altered by salinity exposure during certain key periods of development.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Mueller, Casey A.; Willis, Eric & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A decision-making phase-space model for fairness assessment (open access)

A decision-making phase-space model for fairness assessment

Article on a decision-making phase-space model for fairness assessment.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Tam, Nicoladie D.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expansión de la invasión del Visón Norteamericano (Neovison vison) en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Cabo de Hornos, Chile (open access)

Expansión de la invasión del Visón Norteamericano (Neovison vison) en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Cabo de Hornos, Chile

This article reports the continued expansion of the American mink to new sites in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Crego, Ramiro D.; Jiménez, Jaime E. & Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crystal structure of (3E,5E)-3,5-bis[4-(diethylazaniumyl)benzylidene]-1-methyl-4-oxopiperidin-1-ium trichloride dihydrate: a potential biophotonic material (open access)

Crystal structure of (3E,5E)-3,5-bis[4-(diethylazaniumyl)benzylidene]-1-methyl-4-oxopiperidin-1-ium trichloride dihydrate: a potential biophotonic material

This article describes the crystal structure of the title compound, and examines application as an agent for locating cancer cells with two-photon excited fluorescence as as a potential agent for a photodynamic treatment of cancer. This article includes supporting information with computing details of the study.
Date: November 4, 2015
Creator: Nesterov, Volodymyr V.; Zakharov, Lev N.; Nesterov, Vladimir N. & Shulaev, Vladimir
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commentary: Feedback stabilizes propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks (open access)

Commentary: Feedback stabilizes propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks

This article provides a commentary on the article "Feedback stabilizes propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks" by Moldakarimov, S., Bazhenov, M., and Sejnowski, T.J.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Claverol-Tinturé, Enric & Gross, Guenter W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Validation of a Non-Targeted LC-MS Approach for Identifying Ancient Proteins: Method Development on Bone to Improve Artifact Residue Analysis (open access)

Validation of a Non-Targeted LC-MS Approach for Identifying Ancient Proteins: Method Development on Bone to Improve Artifact Residue Analysis

This article discusses validation of the potential of an extraction and characterization approach via application to ancient bone proteins, as part of a larger method-development project for innovation and improvement of liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry analysis of protein residues from cooking pottery.
Date: September 4, 2015
Creator: Barker, Andrew; Dombrosky, Jonathan; Chaput, Dale; Venables, Barney J.; Wolverton, Steven J. & Stevens, Stanley M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Viperatoxin-Ii: A Novel Viper Venom Protein as an Effective Bactericidal Agent (open access)

Viperatoxin-Ii: A Novel Viper Venom Protein as an Effective Bactericidal Agent

This article discusses purification and characterization of proteins from Indian Russell's viper snake venom.
Date: October 14, 2015
Creator: Samy, Ramar Perumal; Stiles, Bradley G.; Chinnathambi, Arunachalam; Zayed, M.E.; Ali Alharbi, Sulaiman; Franco, Octávio Luiz et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complete Genome Sequence of a Cyanotroph, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764, Employing Single-Molecule Real-Time Technology (open access)

Complete Genome Sequence of a Cyanotroph, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764, Employing Single-Molecule Real-Time Technology

This article reports the application of single-molecule real-time sequencing for determining the entire genome structure of the cyanotroph Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Jones, Lauren B. & Kunz, Daniel A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Draft Genome Sequence of a Bacillus Bacterium from the Atacama Desert Wetlands Metagenome (open access)

Draft Genome Sequence of a Bacillus Bacterium from the Atacama Desert Wetlands Metagenome

This article reports the draft genome sequence of a Bacillus bacterium isolated from the microflora of Nostoc colonies grown at the Andean wetlands in northern Chile.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Vilo, Claudia A.; Galetovic, Alexandra; Araya, Jorge E.; Gómez-Silva, Benito & Dong, Qunfeng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing interval estimates for small sample ordinal CFA models (open access)

Comparing interval estimates for small sample ordinal CFA models

This article compares Bayesian, Robust maximum likelihood, and asymptotically generalized least squares interval estimates of factor correlations in ordinal confirmatory factor analysis models for small sample data.
Date: October 30, 2015
Creator: Natesan, Prathiba
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transgenic approaches to altering carbon and nitrogen partitioning in whole plants: assessing the potential to improve crop yields and nutritional quality (open access)

Transgenic approaches to altering carbon and nitrogen partitioning in whole plants: assessing the potential to improve crop yields and nutritional quality

This article summarizes the key transport steps involved in organic carbon and nitrogen compound partitioning, and discusses various transgenic approaches for directly manipulating key carbon and nitrogen transporters involved.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Yadav, Umesh P.; Ayre, Brian G. & Bush, Daniel R.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Drought Stress Responses Reveal New Targets for Solanaceae Crop Improvement (open access)

Tobacco Drought Stress Responses Reveal New Targets for Solanaceae Crop Improvement

This article proposes components of a core metabolic response to drought stress in plants and shows that some major responses to drought stress at the metabolome and transcriptome levels are family specific.
Date: June 30, 2015
Creator: Rabara, Roel C.; Tripathi, Prateek & Reese, R. Neil
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Genomics of Cluster O Mycobacteriophages (open access)

Comparative Genomics of Cluster O Mycobacteriophages

This article describes a group of five closely related mycobacteriophages--Corndog, Catdawg, Dylan, Firecracker, and YungJamal--designated as Cluster O with long flexible tails but with unusual prolate capsids
Date: March 5, 2015
Creator: Cresawn, Steven G.; Pope, Welkin H.; Jacobs-Sera, Deborah; Bowman, Charles A.; Russell, Daniel A.; Dedrick, Rebekah M. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library