Deciphering pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance islands in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genomes (open access)

Deciphering pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance islands in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genomes

This article explores the use of an information-entropy-based gene clustering method for genomic island detection in MRSA.
Date: November 16, 2017
Creator: Jani, Mehul; Sengupta, Soham; Hu, Kelsey & Azad, Rajeev K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational design of environmental sensors for the potent opioid fentanyl (open access)

Computational design of environmental sensors for the potent opioid fentanyl

This article describes the computational design of proteins that bind the potent analgesic fentanyl.
Date: September 19, 2017
Creator: Bick, Matthew J.; Greisen, Per J.; Morey, Kevin J.; Antunes, Mauricio S.; La, David; Sankaran, Banumathi et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identification of bottlenecks in the accumulation of cyclic fatty acids in camelina seed oil (open access)

Identification of bottlenecks in the accumulation of cyclic fatty acids in camelina seed oil

This article proposes a model for the accumulation of substantial levels of cyclopropane fatty acids (CPA) in camelina, and discusses the differences between CPA accumulation in camelina and Arabidopsis.
Date: July 10, 2017
Creator: Yu, Xiao-Hong; Cahoon, Rebecca E.; Horn, Patrick J.; Shi, Hai; Prakash, Richa R.; Cai, Yuanheng et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental vibrios represent a source of antagonistic compounds that inhibit pathogenic Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains (open access)

Environmental vibrios represent a source of antagonistic compounds that inhibit pathogenic Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains

This article predicts that marine-derived bacteria should inhibit Vibrio pathogens and may be a source of unique antibiotic compounds.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Burks, David J.; Norris, Stephen; Kauffman, Kathryn M.; Joy, Abigail; Arevalo, Philip; Azad, Rajeev K. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Xenopus and the art of oxygen maintenance (open access)

Xenopus and the art of oxygen maintenance

This column article discusses the impact of Robert Boutillier and Graham Shelton's 1986 Journal of Experimental Biology paper "Gas exchange, storage and transport in voluntarily diving Xenopus laevis."
Date: November 15, 2017
Creator: Tattersall, Glenn & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concept Inventory Development Reveals Common Student Misconceptions about Microbiology (open access)

Concept Inventory Development Reveals Common Student Misconceptions about Microbiology

This article identifies misconceptions in microbiology held by undergraduate students upon entry into an introductory, general microbiology course.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Briggs, Amy G.; Hughes, Lee E.; Brennan, R. E.; Buchner, John; Horak, Rachel E. A.; Katz-Amburn, D. Sue et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development, Validation, and Application of the Microbiology Concept Inventory (open access)

Development, Validation, and Application of the Microbiology Concept Inventory

This article describes the creation and validation of a new microbiology concept inventory using the American Society for Microbiology Curriculum Guidelines.
Date: October 5, 2017
Creator: Paustian, Timothy D.; Briggs, Amy G.; Brennan, R. E.; Boury, Nancy; Buchner, John; Harris, Shannon et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extensive shared polymorphism at non-MHC immune genes in recently diverged North American prairie grouse (open access)

Extensive shared polymorphism at non-MHC immune genes in recently diverged North American prairie grouse

This article investigates the patterns of shared polymorphism and selection at non-MHC immune genes in five grouse species from Centrocercus and Tympanuchus genera.
Date: August 2, 2017
Creator: Minias, Piotr; Bateson, Zachary W.; Whittingham, Linda A.; Johnson, Jeff A.; Oyler-McCance, Sara & Dunn, Peter O.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Northern Bobwhite Conservation Research: A Call for Large-Scale Studies (open access)

An Evaluation of Northern Bobwhite Conservation Research: A Call for Large-Scale Studies

This paper reviews current and historical studies that have facilitated the implementation of management techniques on multiple scales.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Gomez, Lex J. & Reyna, Kelly S.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting Northern Bobwhite Habitat in Semiarid Rangeland Using LANDSAT Imagery (open access)

Predicting Northern Bobwhite Habitat in Semiarid Rangeland Using LANDSAT Imagery

This paper discusses a classification on 4 LANDSAT scenes of Clay County, Texas, from July and December 2015 to identify bobwhite habitat in subhumid and semiarid rangeland.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Whitt, Jeffrey G. & Reyna, Kelly S.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retention and Efficacy of Citizen Scientist Volunteers of the Texas Quail Index (open access)

Retention and Efficacy of Citizen Scientist Volunteers of the Texas Quail Index

This paper discusses volunteer retention and efficacy for the Texas Quail Index.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Reyna, Kelly S. & Rollins, Dale
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Translocation as a Population Restoration Technique for Northern Bobwhites: A Review and Synthesis (open access)

Translocation as a Population Restoration Technique for Northern Bobwhites: A Review and Synthesis

This paper includes a review and recommendation by the National Bobwhite Technical Committee Science Subcommittee, along with a discussion of the state of science on key aspects of bobwhite conservation, best management practices for translocation, and ways to reduce uncertainty about implementation.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Martin, James A.; Applegate, Roger D.; Dailey, Thomas V.; Downey, Michelle; Emmerich, Beth; Hernández, Fidel et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Brief History of Insecticides and Quail (open access)

A Brief History of Insecticides and Quail

This paper examines the types of insecticides that have been used in the United States, how quail could be exposed to these substances, and how they may have contributed to declining quail populations.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Gobeli, Amanda; Thompson, Caitlin & Reyna, Kelly S.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Developmental Windows for Morphology and Hematology Revealed by Intermittent and Continuous Hypoxic Incubation in Embryos of Quail (Coturnix Coturnix) (open access)

Critical Developmental Windows for Morphology and Hematology Revealed by Intermittent and Continuous Hypoxic Incubation in Embryos of Quail (Coturnix Coturnix)

This article describes the exposure of quail embryos in the intact egg to hypoxia during "early" or "late" incubation for their entire 16-18 day incubation to determine critical windows for viability and growth.
Date: November 14, 2016
Creator: Burggren, Warren W. & Elmonoufy, Nourhan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Pcr Amplification of Dna From Human Bloodstains, Saliva, and Touch Samples Collected With Microfloq® Swabs (open access)

Direct Pcr Amplification of Dna From Human Bloodstains, Saliva, and Touch Samples Collected With Microfloq® Swabs

This article investigates the efficacy of direct amplification of DNA from bloodstains, saliva stains, and touch samples using microFLOQ® Direct swabs and the GlobalFiler™ Express system (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA).
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Ambers, Angie D.; Wiley, Rachel; Novroski, Nicole & Budowle, Bruce
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genome Sequences of Five Streptomyces Bacteriophages Forming Cluster BG (open access)

Genome Sequences of Five Streptomyces Bacteriophages Forming Cluster BG

This article discusses the isolation of five novel phages, which were used to established the cluster BF, using Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus strain ATcC 10137 as the host.
Date: July 13, 2017
Creator: Donegan-Quick, Richard; Gibbs, Zane A.; Amaku, Patricia O.; Bernal, Joshua T.; Boyd, Dana A. M.; Burr, Angela R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of UGT716A1 as a Multi-substrate UDP:Flavonoid Glucosyltransferase Gene in Ginkgo biloba (open access)

Characterization of UGT716A1 as a Multi-substrate UDP:Flavonoid Glucosyltransferase Gene in Ginkgo biloba

This article discusses the generation of a transcriptomic dataset of G. biloba leaf tissue by high-throughput RNA sequencing to better understand flavonoid glucosylation in G. biloba.
Date: December 7, 2017
Creator: Su, Xiaojia; Shen, Guoan; Di, Shaokang; Dixon, R. A. & Pang, Yongzhen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brassinosteroid Mediated Cell Wall Remodeling in Grasses Under Abiotic Stress (open access)

Brassinosteroid Mediated Cell Wall Remodeling in Grasses Under Abiotic Stress

This article focuses on recent advances in brassinosteroid-regulated cell wall biosynthesis and remodeling in response to stresses, comparing the authors' understanding of the mechanisms in grass species with those in the more studied dicots.
Date: May 17, 2017
Creator: Rao, Xiaolan & Dixon, R. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editorial: Advances in Plant-Hemipteran Interactions (open access)

Editorial: Advances in Plant-Hemipteran Interactions

This editorial discusses sixteen manuscripts which address the physiology and molecular biology of plant-hemipteran interactions at different levels.
Date: September 21, 2017
Creator: Shah, Jyoti & Walling, Linda
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heart Performance Determination by Visualization in Larval Fishes: Influence of Alternative Models for Heart Shape and Volume (open access)

Heart Performance Determination by Visualization in Larval Fishes: Influence of Alternative Models for Heart Shape and Volume

This article assesses the validity of three different heart models applied to digital images of complete cardiac cycles in larval mahi-mahi and red drum.
Date: July 4, 2017
Creator: Perrichon, Prescilla; Grosell, Martin & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Association between CYP2D6 Genotypes and the Risk of Antidepressant Discontinuation, Dosage Modification and the Occurrence of Maternal Depression during Pregnancy (open access)

Association between CYP2D6 Genotypes and the Risk of Antidepressant Discontinuation, Dosage Modification and the Occurrence of Maternal Depression during Pregnancy

This article investigates the association between CYP2D6 genotype and the risk of antidepressant discontinuation, dosage modification, and the occurrence of maternal CYP2D6, Antidepressants, Depression during pregnancy.
Date: July 17, 2017
Creator: Bérard, Anick; Gaedigk, Andrea; Sheehy, Odile; Chambers, Christina; Roth, Mark; Bozzo, Pina et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cardiorespiratory physiological phenotypic plasticity in developing air-breathing anabantid fishes (Betta splendens and Trichopodus trichopterus) (open access)

Cardiorespiratory physiological phenotypic plasticity in developing air-breathing anabantid fishes (Betta splendens and Trichopodus trichopterus)

This article discusses development plasticity of cardiorespiratory physiology in two air-breathing anabantid fishes.
Date: June 16, 2017
Creator: Mendez-Sanchez, Jose F. & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genetically engineered probiotic for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU); assessment of a novel treatment in vitro and in the PAHᵉⁿᵘ² mouse model of PKU (open access)

Genetically engineered probiotic for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU); assessment of a novel treatment in vitro and in the PAHᵉⁿᵘ² mouse model of PKU

This article describes the testing of a phenylalanine lyase gene from Anabaena variabilis (AvPAL) codon-optimized and cloned into a shuttle vector for expression in Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23C (pHENOMMenal).
Date: May 17, 2017
Creator: Durrer, Katherine E.; Allen, Michael S. & Hunt von Herbing, Ione
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Epigenetic reprogramming converts human Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells into functional cardiomyocytes by differential regulation of Wnt mediators (open access)

Epigenetic reprogramming converts human Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells into functional cardiomyocytes by differential regulation of Wnt mediators

This article studies the differentiation of human Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells into the cardiomyocyte lineage via epigenetic manipulations.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: Bhuvanalakshmi, G.; Arfuso, Frank; Kumar, Alan Prem; Dharmarajan, Arunasalam & Warrier, Sudha R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library