Ion exchanger in the brain: Quantitative analysis of perineuronally fixed anionic binding sites suggests diffusion barriers with ion sorting properties (open access)

Ion exchanger in the brain: Quantitative analysis of perineuronally fixed anionic binding sites suggests diffusion barriers with ion sorting properties

This article proposes that fixed charge-densities in the brain are involved in regulating ion mobility, the volume fraction of extracellular space and the viscosity of matrix components.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Morawski, Markus; Reinert, Tilo; Meyer-Klaucke, Wolfram; Wagner, Friedrich E.; Tröger, Wolfgang; Reinert, Anja et al.
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
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.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease across blood fraction and platforms: Comparing apples to oranges (open access)

Comparing biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease across blood fraction and platforms: Comparing apples to oranges

This article investigates the comparability of potential Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers across blood fractions and assay platforms.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Lista, Simone; Rissman, Robert A.; Edwards, Melissa; Zhang, Fan; Hall, James R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in the Clinical, Affective and Social Neurosciences (open access)

Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in the Clinical, Affective and Social Neurosciences

This article highlights the potential of virtual reality environments for enhanced ecological validity in the clinical, affective, and social neurosciences.
Date: December 11, 2015
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D.
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
Flocculation-Related Gene Identification by Whole-Genome Sequencing of Thauera aminoaromatica MZ1T Floc-Defective Mutants (open access)

Flocculation-Related Gene Identification by Whole-Genome Sequencing of Thauera aminoaromatica MZ1T Floc-Defective Mutants

This article discusses the identification of genes responsible for bacterial flocculation using a whole-genome phenotypic-sequencing technique.
Date: December 28, 2015
Creator: Prombutara, P. & Allen, Michael S.
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