Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects (open access)

Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects

This article is a review presenting examples of gene editing responsible for conferring both biotic and abiotic stresses in tomato simultaneously. The literature on using this powerful technology to improve fruit quality, yield, and nutritional aspects in tomato is highlighted.
Date: January 12, 2021
Creator: Salava, Hymavathi; Thula, Sravankumar; Mohan, Vijee; Kumar, Rahul & Maghuly, Fatemeh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Production of tocotrienols in seeds of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) enhances oxidative stability and offers nutraceutical potential (open access)

Production of tocotrienols in seeds of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) enhances oxidative stability and offers nutraceutical potential

This article generates transgenic cotton lines expressing the barley (Hordeum vulgare) homogentisate geranylgeranyl transferase coding sequence under the control of the Brassica napus seed-specific promoter, napin. Findings may provide new opportunities for cottonseed co-products with enhanced vitamin E profile for improved shelf life and nutrition.
Date: January 25, 2021
Creator: Salimath, Shanmukh S.; Romsdahl, Trevor B.; Konda, Anji Reddy; Zhang, Wei; Cahoon, Edgar B.; Dowd, Michael K. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Henry’s law constants (IUPAC Recommendations 2021) (open access)

Henry’s law constants (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)

Article presenting a consistent set of recommendations to express the proportionality coefficient, “Henry’s law constant” of Henry's law.
Date: December 13, 2021
Creator: Sander, Rolf; Acree, William E. (William Eugene); De Visscher, Alex; Schwartz, Stephen E. & Wallington, Timothy J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrative omics identification, evolutionary and structural analysis of low affinity nitrate transporters in diatoms, diNPFs (open access)

Integrative omics identification, evolutionary and structural analysis of low affinity nitrate transporters in diatoms, diNPFs

This article reports a comprehensive characterization of the Nitrate Transporter 1/Peptide Transporter Family (NPF) in diatoms, diNPFs.
Date: April 7, 2021
Creator: Santin, Anna; Caputi, Luigi; Longo, Antonella; Chiurazzi, Maurizio; d’Alcalà, Maurizio Ribera; Russo, Monia Teresa et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sealing of the universally Baire sets (open access)

Sealing of the universally Baire sets

This article outlines the proof that over some mild large cardinal theory, Sealing is equiconsistent with Largest Suslin Axiom (LSA)-over-uB. Let LSA-over-uB be the statement that in all (set) generic extensions there is a model of LSA whose Suslin, co-Suslin sets are the universally Baire sets.
Date: July 2, 2021
Creator: Sargsyan, Grigor & Trang, Nam
System: The UNT Digital Library
High degree of non-genetic phenotypic variation in the vascular system of crayfish: a discussion of possible causes and implications (open access)

High degree of non-genetic phenotypic variation in the vascular system of crayfish: a discussion of possible causes and implications

This article studies the hemolymph vascular system (HVS) in two cambarid crayfishes, i.e. the Marbled Crayfish, Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017 and the Spiny Cheek Crayfish, Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) in regard to areas of non-genetic phenotypic variation.
Date: August 12, 2021
Creator: Scholz, Stephan; Göpel, Torben; Richter, Stefan & Wirkner, Christian S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon (open access)

Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon

This article conducts a study to evaluate the utility of Hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HCT) as a target for lignin modification in a species with an “incomplete” shikimate shunt. Results imply that this gene is a preferred target for biotechnological improvement of grasses for bioprocessing.
Date: February 27, 2021
Creator: Serrani-Yarce, Juan Carlos; Escamilla-Treviño, Luis; Barros, Jaime; Gallego-Giraldo, Lina; Pu, Yunqiao; Ragauskas, Arthur J. (Arthur Jonas), 1957- et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Event-Driven Deep Learning for Edge Intelligence (EDL-EI) (open access)

Event-Driven Deep Learning for Edge Intelligence (EDL-EI)

Article on deep-learning framework for edge intelligence EDL-EI (event-driven deep learning for edge intelligence). To verify the proposed framework, the authors include a case study of air-quality scenarios based for the most polluted cities in South Korea and China.
Date: September 8, 2021
Creator: Shah, Sayed Khushal; Tariq, Zeenat; Lee, Jeehwan & Lee, Yugyung
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculation of Abraham Model L-Descriptor and Standard Molar Enthalpies of Vaporization for Linear C7-C14 Alkynes From Gas Chromatographic Retention Index Data (open access)

Calculation of Abraham Model L-Descriptor and Standard Molar Enthalpies of Vaporization for Linear C7-C14 Alkynes From Gas Chromatographic Retention Index Data

Article determines Abraham model L solute descriptors for an additional 33 linear C7-C14 alkynes based on published gas chromatographic retention indices for solutes eluted from capillary columns coated with squalane and apiezon L stationary phases.
Date: 2021
Creator: Shanmugam, Neel; Eddula, Shrika; Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rational design of bifunctional conjugated microporous polymers (open access)

Rational design of bifunctional conjugated microporous polymers

This article is a review discussing the rational design and synthesis of bifunctional conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), summarizes their advanced applications, and concludes with the authors' perspectives on the research prospects of these materials.
Date: July 22, 2021
Creator: Song, Yanpei; Lan, Pui Ching; Martin, Kyle & Ma, Shengqian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developmental thyroid disruption causes long-term impacts on immune cell function and transcriptional responses to pathogen in a small fish model (open access)

Developmental thyroid disruption causes long-term impacts on immune cell function and transcriptional responses to pathogen in a small fish model

This article explores the connection between thyroid hormones (THs) and immune systems in fish. This article is noteworthy as disruption of the thyroid system during development, which can occur in response to chemicals present in the environment, may have lasting effects on immune function in adulthood for fish.
Date: July 14, 2021
Creator: Thornton Hampton, Leah M.; Finch, Miranda G.; Martyniuk, Christopher J.; Venables, Barney J. & Jeffries, Marlo K. Sellin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solubility, Correlation, Dissolution Thermodynamics and Preferential Solvation of Meloxicam in Aqueous Mixtures of 2-Propanol (open access)

Solubility, Correlation, Dissolution Thermodynamics and Preferential Solvation of Meloxicam in Aqueous Mixtures of 2-Propanol

Article studying solid-liquid equilibrium of meloxicam in {2-propanol + water} mixtures at several temperatures as a contribution to preformulation studies of homogeneous liquid pharmaceutical dosage forms based on this drug.
Date: May 18, 2021
Creator: Tinjacá, Darío; Martínez, Fleming; Almanza, Ovidio A.; Jouyban, Abolghasem & Acree, William E. (William Eugene)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Approaching Bounded Rationality: From Quantum Probability to Criticality (open access)

Approaching Bounded Rationality: From Quantum Probability to Criticality

This article discusses the decision-making model (DMM), a paradigmatic instance of criticality, which deals with bounded rationality issues in a similar way as quantum probability (QP), generating choices that cannot be accounted by classical probability (CP). This work may contribute to considering criticality as another possible fundamental pillar in order to improve the understanding of cognition and of quantum mechanics.
Date: June 13, 2021
Creator: Tonello, Lucio & Grigolini, Paolo
System: The UNT Digital Library
The allometric propagation of COVID-19 is explained by human travel (open access)

The allometric propagation of COVID-19 is explained by human travel

Article develops an allometric model capable of fitting the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and predicting the propagation of the illness for up to 100 days.
Date: December 18, 2021
Creator: Tuladhar, Rohisha; Grigolini, Paolo & Santamaria, Fidel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chandra and Magellan/FIRE follow-up observations of PSO167–13: An X-ray weak QSO at z = 6.515

This article presents the results of follow-up observations of the z = 6.515 radio-quiet QSO PSO167–13, which is interacting with a close companion galaxy with the goal to confirm the existence of the X-ray source and to investigate the rest-frame UV properties of the QSO. The authors observed the PSO167–13 system with Chandra/ACIS-S (177 ks) and obtained new spectroscopic observations (7.2 h) with Magellan/FIRE.
Date: May 27, 2021
Creator: Vito, F.; Brandt, William Nielsen; Ricci, F.; Congui, E.; Connor, T.; Bañados, E. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green synthesis of olefin-linked covalent organic frameworks for hydrogen fuel cell applications (open access)

Green synthesis of olefin-linked covalent organic frameworks for hydrogen fuel cell applications

This article creates a green strategy to fabricate a highly crystalline olefin-linked pyrazine-based covalent organic framework (COF) with high robustness and porosity under solvent-free conditions. This study opens up new possibilities for the green synthesis of advanced materials and provides important guidance for the rational design and synthesis of polymeric materials for proton-exchange membrane fuel cell applications.
Date: March 31, 2021
Creator: Wang, Zhifang; Yang, Yi; Zhao, Zhengfeng; Zhang, Penghui; Zhang, Yushu; Liu, Jinjin et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editorial: Microbial C1 Metabolism and Biotechnology (open access)

Editorial: Microbial C1 Metabolism and Biotechnology

This article is an editorial on the research topic Microbial C1 Metabolism and Biotechnology. This special topic presents studies focused on the fundamental aspects of C1 metabolism in diverse microbial systems with the ability to convert anthropogenic greenhouse gases into valuable products.
Date: August 27, 2021
Creator: Xiong, Wei; Kalyuzhnaya, Marina G. & Henard, Calvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phylogenetic Occurrence of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway and Lignin Biosynthesis in Plants (open access)

Phylogenetic Occurrence of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway and Lignin Biosynthesis in Plants

This article is a review summarizing recent progress in defining the lignin biosynthetic pathway in lycophytes, monilophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. This review provides new insights into the genetic engineering of the lignin biosynthetic pathway to overcome biomass recalcitrance in bioenergy crops.
Date: August 17, 2021
Creator: Yao, Tao; Feng, Kai; Xie, Meng; Barros, Jaime; Tschaplinski, Timothy J.; Tuskan, Gerald et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield (open access)

A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield

This article develops a method, using a single DNA construct that uses CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing to knock-out expression of an endogenous gene of lignin monomer biosynthesis while at the same time expressing a modified version of the gene’s open reading frame that escapes cutting by the Cas9 system and complements the introduced mutation in a tissue-specific manner. This method is applicable to any plant species in which transformation and gene editing are feasible and validated vessel-specific promoters are available.
Date: September 3, 2021
Creator: Yu, Hasi; Liu, Chang & Dixon, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structural Modeling and in planta Complementation Studies Link Mutated Residues of the Medicago truncatula Nitrate Transporter NPF1.7 to Functionality in Root Nodules (open access)

Structural Modeling and in planta Complementation Studies Link Mutated Residues of the Medicago truncatula Nitrate Transporter NPF1.7 to Functionality in Root Nodules

This article combines in silico structural predictions with in planta complementation of the severely defective mtnip-1 mutant plants to understand the role of a series of distinct amino acids in the transporter’s function. The findings add to the knowledge of the mechanism of alternative conformational changes as well as symport transport in NPFs and enhance knowledge of the mechanisms for nitrate signaling.
Date: July 1, 2021
Creator: Yu, Yao-Chuan; Dickstein, Rebecca & Longo, Antonella
System: The UNT Digital Library
The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plant growth and survival (open access)

The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plant growth and survival

Article studying seedlings of wild-type and different mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana plants subjected to a multifactorial stress combination of six different stresses, each applied at a low level, and their survival, physiological and molecular responses. Findings reveal that further polluting our environment could result in higher complexities of multifactorial stress combinations that in turn could drive a critical decline in plant growth and survival.
Date: January 26, 2021
Creator: Zandalinas, Sandra I.; Sengupta, Soham; Fritschi, Felix B.; Azad, Rajeev K.; Nechushtai, Rachel & Mittler, Ron
System: The UNT Digital Library
A window-space-directed assembly strategy for the construction of supertetrahedron-based zeolitic mesoporous metal–organic frameworks with ultramicroporous apertures for selective gas adsorption (open access)

A window-space-directed assembly strategy for the construction of supertetrahedron-based zeolitic mesoporous metal–organic frameworks with ultramicroporous apertures for selective gas adsorption

Article presenting a novel window-space-directed assembly strategy for the synthesis of zeolitic mesoporous MOFs with ultramicroporous apertures based on supertetrahedral building units. This article provides an effective and innovative strategy and paves the way for the future design and synthesis of functional, highly connected materials for various applications.
Date: March 5, 2021
Creator: Zhang, Lei; Li, Fangfang; You, Jianjun; Hua, Nengbin; Wang, Qianting; Si, Junhui et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Covalent organic framework nanofluidic membrane as a platform for highly sensitive bionic thermosensation (open access)

Covalent organic framework nanofluidic membrane as a platform for highly sensitive bionic thermosensation

Article reporting a nanofluidic membrane based on an ionic covalent organic framework (COF) that is capable of intelligently monitoring temperature variations and expressing it in the form of continuous potential differences. This article pioneers a way to explore COFs for mimicking the sophisticated signaling system observed in the nature.
Date: March 23, 2021
Creator: Zhang, Pengcheng; Chen, Sifan; Zhu, Changjia; Hou, Linxiao; Xian, Weipeng; Zuo, Xiuhui et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization (open access)

Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization

Article demonstrating photoinduced charge transfer and separation events in a newly synthesized azobenzene-bridged perylenediimide-dimer (PDI-dimer). Results offer key insights on the role of the azobenzene bridge and the dimer geometry in governing the excited state charge transfer and separation in symmetrically linked PDI dimer.
Date: September 20, 2021
Creator: Zink-Lorre, Nathalie; Seetharaman, Sairaman; Gutiérrez-Moreno, David; Fernández-Lázaro, Fernando; Karr, Paul A. & D'Souza, Francis
System: The UNT Digital Library