Development of advanced biocatalyst tools and resources to enable biogas-based biomanufacturing (open access)

Development of advanced biocatalyst tools and resources to enable biogas-based biomanufacturing

Data management plan for the grant, "Development of advanced biocatalyst tools and resources to enable biogas-based biomanufacturing."
Date: 2022-08-15/2025-07-31
Creator: Henard, Calvin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Opposing effects of MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE 1 and jasmonic acid influence the outcome of Arabidopsis thaliana–Fusarium graminearum interaction (open access)

Opposing effects of MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE 1 and jasmonic acid influence the outcome of Arabidopsis thaliana–Fusarium graminearum interaction

Article presents research that shows Arabidopsis MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE 1 (MPL1), via its influence on limiting jasmonic acid (JA) accumulation, restricts Fusarium graminearum (Fg) infection.
Date: April 9, 2022
Creator: Alam, Syeda T.; Sarowar, Sujon; Mondal, Hossain A.; Makandar, Ragiba; Chowdhury, Zulkarnain; Louis, Joe et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Specific Changes in Arabidopsis thaliana Rosette Lipids during Freezing Can Be Associated with Freezing Tolerance (open access)

Specific Changes in Arabidopsis thaliana Rosette Lipids during Freezing Can Be Associated with Freezing Tolerance

This article explores the ability of Arabidopsis thaliana to recover after exposure to freezing temperatures.
Date: March 17, 2022
Creator: Vu, Hieu Sy; Shiva, Sunitha; Samarakoon, Thilani; Li, Maoyin; Sarowar, Sujon; Roth, Mary R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
MtGSTF7, a TT19-like GST gene, is essential for accumulation of anthocyanins, but not proanthocyanins in Medicago truncatula (open access)

MtGSTF7, a TT19-like GST gene, is essential for accumulation of anthocyanins, but not proanthocyanins in Medicago truncatula

Article shows that the mechanism of anthocyanin and proanthocyanin (PA) accumulation in M. truncatula is different from that in A. thaliana, and provides a new target gene for engineering anthocyanins in plants.
Date: March 16, 2022
Creator: Wang, Ruoruo; Lu, Nan; Liu, Chenggang; Dixon, R. A.; Wu, Qing; Mao, Yawen et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recurrent urinary tract infection and estrogen shape the taxonomic ecology and function of the postmenopausal urogenital microbiome (open access)

Recurrent urinary tract infection and estrogen shape the taxonomic ecology and function of the postmenopausal urogenital microbiome

Article describes how postmenopausal women are severely affected by recurrent urinary tract infection (rUTI). The authors perform shotgun metagenomics and advanced culture on urine from a controlled cohort of postmenopausal women to identify urogenital microbiome compositional and function changes linked to rUTI susceptibility.
Date: October 18, 2022
Creator: Neugent, Michael D.; Kumar, Ashwani; Hulyalkar, Neha V.; Lutz, Kevin C.; Nguyen, Vivian H.; Fuentes, Jorge L. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cluster Transfer Function of AtNEET Supports the Ferredoxin–Thioredoxin Network of Plant Cells (open access)

The Cluster Transfer Function of AtNEET Supports the Ferredoxin–Thioredoxin Network of Plant Cells

This article develops an inducible expression system to study AtNEET function in mature plants using a time-course proteomics approach. The authors report that the suppression of AtNEET cluster transfer function results in drastic changes in the expression of different members of the ferredoxin (Fd), Fd-thioredoxin (TRX) reductase (FTR), and TRX network of Arabidopsis, as well as in cytosolic cluster assembly proteins.
Date: August 6, 2022
Creator: Zandalinas, Sara I.; Song, Luhua; Nechushtai, Rachel; Mendoza-Cózatl, David & Mittler, Ron
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Loss of Migratory Traditions Makes the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer a Year-Round Refugee in Its Summer Habitat (open access)

Loss of Migratory Traditions Makes the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer a Year-Round Refugee in Its Summer Habitat

This article analyzes the historical spatiotemporal behavior of the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus), an endangered deer endemic to Patagonia. Losing migratory traditions is a major threat, and may explain their presently prevalent skeletal diseases, reduced longevity, and lacking recolonizations for most remaining huemul subpopulations.
Date: May 31, 2022
Creator: Flueck, Werner T.; Smith-Flueck, Jo Anne M.; Escobar, Miguel E.; Zuliani, Melina; Fuchs, Beat; Geist, Valerius et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Better together: Protein partnerships for lineage-specific oil accumulation (open access)

Better together: Protein partnerships for lineage-specific oil accumulation

Article reviews recent evidence that protein–protein interactions in each of the three major phases of oil formation appear to have profound effects on specialized oil accumulation. This article is part of the special issue: Physiology and metabolism (2022).
Date: February 24, 2022
Creator: Busta, Lucas; Chapman, Kent Dean & Cahoon, Edgar B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcriptome Analysis Uncovers the Gene Expression Profile of Hemileia vastatrix (Race XXXIII) during the Interactions with Resistant and Susceptible Coffee (open access)

Transcriptome Analysis Uncovers the Gene Expression Profile of Hemileia vastatrix (Race XXXIII) during the Interactions with Resistant and Susceptible Coffee

This article presents research to sequence the transcriptome of H. vastatrix race XXXIII to obtain a database for use as a reference in studies of the interaction between the fungus and coffee. In addition, the authors aim to identify differentially expressed genes that have the potential to act as effector proteins during the interaction.
Date: December 27, 2021
Creator: Castro, Isabel Samila Lima; Freitas-Lopes, Rejane do Livramento; de Siqueira Ferreira, Sávio; Maciel, Talles Eduardo Ferreira; Florez, Juan Carlos; Zambolim, Eunize Maciel et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Stress Has Minimal Effects on Bacterial Communities of Thermotolerant Symbiodinium Cultures (open access)

Thermal Stress Has Minimal Effects on Bacterial Communities of Thermotolerant Symbiodinium Cultures

Article comparing the microbial communities of three isolates from different species of the genus Symbiodinium (formerly known as Symbiodinium clade A) with different ecophysiology, levels of interaction with the animal host, and thermal adaptations. Results suggest that bacteria associated or co-cultured with thermotolerant Symbiodinium might play an important role in thermotolerance.
Date: May 19, 2022
Creator: Díaz-Almeyda, Erika M.; Ryba, Tyrone; Ohdera, Aki H.; Shafer, Natali; Link, Caroline; Prado-Zapata, Marcela et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
N-acylethanolamide metabolizing enzymes are upregulated in human neural progenitor-derived neurons exposed to sub-lethal oxidative stress (open access)

N-acylethanolamide metabolizing enzymes are upregulated in human neural progenitor-derived neurons exposed to sub-lethal oxidative stress

Article is a study determining whether ReN cells, a superior cell model system for studying neurodevelopment, differentiation, and neuroprotection, express proteins involved in canonical eCB NAE signaling and whether oxidative stress can induce their expression. This study is a first step toward determining how oxidative stress affects CB1, CB2, FAAH, NAAA, and NAPE-PLD expression and their potential defense against oxidative stress.
Date: August 8, 2022
Creator: Duncan, Scott R.; Riordan, Sean M.; Hall, Conner W.; Payne, Andrew J.; Chapman, Kent Dean & Koulen, Peter
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing Methods of Defining Priority Areas for Greater Sage-Grouse (open access)

Comparing Methods of Defining Priority Areas for Greater Sage-Grouse

Article comparing priority areas for wildlife species using different methods and data types. The authors used resource selection function (RSF) models to predict high priority areas and compared this to priority areas developed using two alternative methods: (1) modified conservation buffer, and (2) utilization distribution (UD) models.
Date: July 7, 2022
Creator: Parsons, Lindsey; Jenks, Jonathan; Runia, Travis & Gregory, Andrew
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Larval Development in Tropical Gar (Atractosteus tropicus) Is Dependent on the Embryonic Thermal Regime: Ecological Implications under a Climate Change Context (open access)

Larval Development in Tropical Gar (Atractosteus tropicus) Is Dependent on the Embryonic Thermal Regime: Ecological Implications under a Climate Change Context

Article presents research on how temperature affects fish populations. The study shows how changes in temperature may induce craniofacial and morphological alterations in fish during early stages and contribute to understanding the possible effects of global warming in early development of fish and its ecological implications.
Date: December 14, 2021
Creator: Cordova-de la Cruz, Simrith E.; Riesco, Marta F.; Martínez-Bautista, Gil; Calzada-Ruiz, Daniel; Martínez-Burguete, Talhia; Peña-Marín, Emyr S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Case report: Early-onset osteoporosis in a patient carrying a novel heterozygous variant of the WNT1 gene (open access)

Case report: Early-onset osteoporosis in a patient carrying a novel heterozygous variant of the WNT1 gene

Article presents a case study of a 35 year-old Caucasian woman who experienced multiple vertebral fractures two months after her second pregnancy. The results suggest a potential role of heterozygous WNT1 variants in the pathogenesis of early-onset osteoporosis. The authors suggest that teriparatide is one of the most appropriate available therapies for such cases.
Date: August 8, 2022
Creator: Campopiano, Maria Cristina; Fogli, Antonella; Michelucci, Angela; Mazoni, Laura; Longo, Antonella; Borsari, Simona et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural variation and improved genome annotation of the emerging biofuel crop field pennycress (open access)

Natural variation and improved genome annotation of the emerging biofuel crop field pennycress

Article describing pennycress genome annotation improvements using a combination of long- and short-read transcriptome data obtained from RNA derived from embryos of 22 accessions, in addition to public genome and gene expression information.
Date: April 13, 2022
Creator: García Navarrete, Tatiana; Arias, Cintia Lucía; Mukundi, Eric; Alonso, Ana Paula & Grotewold, Erich
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cascading effects of COVID-19 on population mobility and air quality: An exploration including place characteristics using geovisualization (open access)

Cascading effects of COVID-19 on population mobility and air quality: An exploration including place characteristics using geovisualization

Article examining the population mobility and air quality before and after the lockdown (mandated restriction of activity) during the public health response to COVID-19. This article is part of the Special Issue on COVID-19.
Date: January 22, 2022
Creator: Atkinson, Samuel F.; Kala, Abhishek K. & Tiwari, Chetan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
In vivo Evaluation of Non-viral NICD Plasmid-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles in Developing Zebrafish to Improve Cardiac Functions (open access)

In vivo Evaluation of Non-viral NICD Plasmid-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles in Developing Zebrafish to Improve Cardiac Functions

This article presents a study with the purpose to deliver a Notch Intracellular Domain (NICD)-encoded plasmid via poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles and to investigate the toxic environmental side effects for an in vivo experiment. This research demonstrates that PLGA nanoparticle-mediated target delivery to upregulate Notch related genes can be a potential therapeutic approach with minimum toxic effects.
Date: February 23, 2022
Creator: Messerschmidt, Victoria L.; Chintapula, Uday; Bonetesta, Fabrizio; Laboy-Segarra, Samantha; Naderi, Amir; Nguyen, Kytai T. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effective Mechanisms for Improving Seed Oil Production in Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) Highlighted by Integration of Comparative Metabolomics and Transcriptomics (open access)

Effective Mechanisms for Improving Seed Oil Production in Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) Highlighted by Integration of Comparative Metabolomics and Transcriptomics

Article presents comparative biomass, metabolomic, and transcriptomic analyses between a high oil accession (HO) and low oil accession (LO) of pennycress to assess potential factors required to optimize oil content.
Date: July 14, 2022
Creator: Johnston, Christopher; García Navarrete, Tatiana; Ortiz, Emmanuel; Romsdahl, Trevor B.; Guzha, Athanas; Chapman, Kent Dean et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcriptome of Endophyte-Positive and Endophyte-Free Tall Fescue Under Field Stresses (open access)

Transcriptome of Endophyte-Positive and Endophyte-Free Tall Fescue Under Field Stresses

This article is a study that represents the first transcriptome analysis of E+ and E− Texoma tall fescue under freezing and chilling temperatures in the natural field environment.
Date: June 14, 2022
Creator: Islam, Shofiqul; Krom, Nick; Kwon, Taegun; Li, Guifen & Saha, Malay
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physiological Regulation of Growth, Hematology and Blood Gases in Chicken Embryos in Response to Low and High Incubation Humidity (open access)

Physiological Regulation of Growth, Hematology and Blood Gases in Chicken Embryos in Response to Low and High Incubation Humidity

Article examining effects of Low relative humidity (25–35%), and High relative humidity (85–93%) on hatchability, embryonic growth, hematology and blood gases and pH in chicken embryos.
Date: May 24, 2022
Creator: Branum, Sylvia R.; Tazawa, Hiroshi & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prebiotic/probiotic supplementation resulted in reduced visceral fat and mRNA expression associated with adipose tissue inflammation, systemic inflammation, and chronic disease risk (open access)

Prebiotic/probiotic supplementation resulted in reduced visceral fat and mRNA expression associated with adipose tissue inflammation, systemic inflammation, and chronic disease risk

Article describes how prebiotic/probiotic supplementation represents a viable option for addressing elevated systemic inflammation and chronic disease risk in overweight individuals. The key findings support that 90-day prebiotic/probiotic supplementation may be associated with reduced adipose tissue inflammation, reduced systemic inflammation, and reduced chronic disease risk.
Date: November 28, 2022
Creator: McFarlin, Brian K.; Tanner, Elizabeth A.; Hill, David W. & Vingren, Jakob L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transgenic manipulation of triacylglycerol biosynthetic enzymes in B. napus alters lipid-associated gene expression and lipid metabolism (open access)

Transgenic manipulation of triacylglycerol biosynthetic enzymes in B. napus alters lipid-associated gene expression and lipid metabolism

Article asserts that oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is an important crop that is cultivated for the oil (mainly triacylglycerol; TAG) it produces in its seeds. The author's results show that up-regulation of these key enzymes differentially affects lipid composition and distribution as well as lipid-associated gene expression, providing important information which could be used to improve crop properties by metabolic engineering.
Date: March 1, 2022
Creator: Liao, Pan; Lechon, Tamara; Romsdahl, Trevor; Woodfield, Helen K.; Fenyk, Stepan; Fawcett, Tony et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The protein conformational basis of isoflavone biosynthesis (open access)

The protein conformational basis of isoflavone biosynthesis

Authors of the article assert that isoflavonoids play important roles in plant defense and also exhibit a range of mammalian health-promoting activities. They emphasize that understanding the structural basis of isoflavone biosynthesis will facilitate the engineering of new bioactive isoflavonoids.
Date: November 15, 2022
Creator: Wang, Xiaoqiang; Pan, Haiyun; Sagurthi, Someswar; Paris, Vincent; Zhuo, Chunliu & Dixon, R. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A polar insect's tale: Observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica (open access)

A polar insect's tale: Observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica

Article asserts that Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands include some of the world’s most extreme and pristine terrestrial habitats. The authors studied the habitat preferences and the life history of P. steinenii in Lake Kitiesh, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island over the austral summer seasons from 2014 to 2019, during short (several weeks) field expeditions.
Date: December 24, 2022
Creator: Mejias, Tamara Contador; Gañán, Melisa; Rendoll Cárcamo, Javier; Maturana, Claudia S.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Kennedy, James H. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library