17-05-2013 | Wen Li et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Wen Li, Hassan Rokni-Zadeh, Matthias De Vleeschouwer, Maarten G. K. Ghequire, Davy Sinnaeve, Guan-Lin Xie, Jef Rozenski, Annemieke Madder, José C. Martins, René De Mot The rhizosphere isolate Pseudomonas putida BW11M1 produces a mixture of cyclic lipopeptide congeners, designated ...

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17-05-2013 | Jeffrey Mital et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Jeffrey Mital, Natalie J. Miller, David W. Dorward, Cheryl A. Dooley, Ted Hackstadt The chlamydial inclusion membrane is extensively modified by the insertion of type III secreted effector proteins. These inclusion membrane proteins (Incs) are exposed to the cytosol and share a common ...

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10-05-2013 | Shuang Liu et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Shuang Liu, Junwei Fan, Xiaoliang Wang, Zijun Gong, Shuyun Wang, Li Huang, Tonghai Xing, Tao Li, Zhihai Peng, Xing Sun Background Cryoprecipitate is largely used for acquired hypofibrinogenemia in the setting of massive hemorrhage in liver transplantation (LT). However, the influence of ...

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10-05-2013 | Braden Sweeting et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Braden Sweeting, Eric Brown, M. Qasim Khan, Avijit Chakrabartty, Emil F. Pai Susceptibility of a particular species to prion disease is affected by small differences in the sequence of PrP and correlates with the propensity of its PrP to assume the β-state. A helix-cap motif in the ...

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10-05-2013 | Heather Main et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Heather Main, Jelena Radenkovic, Shao-bo Jin, Urban Lendahl, Emma R. Andersson Formation of the metazoan body plan requires a complex interplay of morphological changes and patterning, and central to these processes is the establishment of apical/basal cell polarity. In the developing ...

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10-05-2013 | Lunguo Xia et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Lunguo Xia, Maolin Zhang, Qing Chang, Lizhen Wang, Deliang Zeng, Xiuli Zhang, Zhiyuan Zhang, Xinquan Jiang The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) on human dental pulp cells (hDPCs) and the potential of complexes with Shh gene modified hDPCs ...

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03-05-2013 | Jiuyi Lu et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Jiuyi Lu, Minyong Chen, Xiu-Rong Ren, Jiangbo Wang, H. Kim Lyerly, Larry Barak, Wei Chen Smoothened (Smo) mediated Hedgehog (Hh) signaling plays an essential role in regulating embryonic development and postnatal tissue homeostasis. Aberrant activation of the Hh pathway contributes to ...

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03-05-2013 | Taiping Gao et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Taiping Gao, Chungkun Shih, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, Dong Ren Background Large body size of an insect, in general, enhances its capability of predation, competition, and defense, resulting in better survivability and reproduction. Hymenopterans, most being phytophagous or parasitic, have ...

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26-04-2013 | Hong Chen et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Hong Chen, Haiyang Wang, Yanfang Liu, Li Dong 1. The terminal shoot (or current-year shoot), as one of the most active parts on a woody plant, is a basic unit determining plant height and is potentially influenced by a variety of environmental factors. It has been predicted that tissues ...

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19-04-2013 | Baisheng Fu et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Baisheng Fu, Hongwei Wang, Jinhua Wang, Ivana Barouhas, Wanqing Liu, Adam Shuboy, David A. Bushinsky, Dongsheng Zhou, Murray J. Favus Genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming (GHS) rats have increased intestinal Ca absorption, decreased renal tubule Ca reabsorption and low bone mass, all of ...

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