Weathered granites and soils harbour microbes with lanthanide-dependent methylotrophic enzymes
Prior to soil formation, phosphate liberated by rock weathering is often sequestered into highly insoluble lanthanide phosphate minerals. Dissolution of these minerals releases phosphate and lanthanides to the... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 19, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Marcos Y. Voutsinos, Jacob A. West-Roberts, Rohan Sachdeva, John W. Moreau and Jillian F. Banfield Tags: Research article Source Type: research
ADARs regulate cuticle collagen expression and promote survival to pathogen infection
In all organisms, the innate immune system defends against pathogens through basal expression of molecules that provide critical barriers to invasion and inducible expression of effectors that combat infection... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 16, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Alfa Dhakal, Chinnu Salim, Mary Skelly, Yarden Amichan, Ayelet T. Lamm and Heather A. Hundley Tags: Research article Source Type: research
A combination of conserved and diverged responses underlies Theobroma cacao ’s defense response to Phytophthora palmivora
Plants have complex and dynamic immune systems that have evolved to resist pathogens. Humans have worked to enhance these defenses in crops through breeding. However, many crops harbor only a fraction of the g... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 16, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Noah P. Winters, Eric K. Wafula, Benjamin J. Knollenberg, Tuomas H ämälä, Prakash R. Timilsena, Melanie Perryman, Dapeng Zhang, Lena L. Sheaffer, Craig A. Praul, Paula E. Ralph, Sarah Prewitt, Mariela E. Leandro-Muñoz, Diego A. Delgadillo-Duran, Naomi Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Genome-wide comparative methylation analysis reveals the fate of germ stem cells after surrogate production in teleost
Surrogate production by germline stem cell transplantation is a powerful method to produce donor-derived gametes via a host, a practice known as surrogacy. The gametes produced by surrogates are often analysed... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 16, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Rigolin Nayak, Roman Fran ěk, Audrey Laurent and Martin Pšenička Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Female behavior drives the formation of distinct social structures in C57BL/6J versus wild-derived outbred mice in field enclosures
Social behavior and social organization have major influences on individual health and fitness. Yet, biomedical research focuses on studying a few genotypes under impoverished social conditions. Understanding ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 14, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Caleb C. Vogt, Matthew N. Zipple, Daniel D. Sprockett, Caitlin H. Miller, Summer X. Hardy, Matthew K. Arthur, Adam M. Greenstein, Melanie S. Colvin, Lucie M. Michel, Andrew H. Moeller and Michael J. Sheehan Tags: Research article Source Type: research
A human stomach cell type transcriptome atlas
The identification of cell type-specific genes and their modification under different conditions is central to our understanding of human health and disease. The stomach, a hollow organ in the upper gastrointe... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 14, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: S. Öling, E. Struck, M. Noreen-Thorsen, M. Zwahlen, K. von Feilitzen, J. Odeberg, F. Pontén, C. Lindskog, M. Uhlén, P. Dusart and L. M. Butler Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Enolase of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 promotes biomolecular condensation of ribosomal protein SA for HBMECs apoptosis
Ribosomal protein SA (RPSA) of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs) can transfer from the cytosol to the cell surface and act as a receptor for some pathogens, including Streptococcus suis serotyp... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 8, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Hexiang Jiang, Yi Sun, Fengyang Li, Xibing Yu, Siyu Lei, Sulan Du, Tong Wu, Xuan Jiang, Junhui Zhu, Jun Wang, Yalu Ji, Na Li, Xin Feng, Jingmin Gu, Wenyu Han, Lei Zeng & hellip; Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Convergent genomic signatures associated with vertebrate viviparity
Viviparity —live birth—is a complex and innovative mode of reproduction that has evolved repeatedly across the vertebrate Tree of Life. Viviparous species exhibit remarkable levels of reproductive diversity, bo... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 8, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Rhiannon V. Eastment, Bob B. M. Wong and Matthew D. McGee Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Fever-like temperature impacts on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa interaction, physiology, and virulence both in vitro and in vivo
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) cause a wide variety of bacterial infections and coinfections, showing a complex interaction that involves the production of different metabolites and me... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 5, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: E. C. Solar Venero, M. B. Galeano, A. Luqman, M. M. Ricardi, F. Serral, D. Fernandez Do Porto, S. A. Robaldi, B. A. Z. Ashari, T. H. Munif, D. E. Egoburo, S. Nemirovsky, J. Escalante, B. Nishimura, M. S. Ramirez, F. G ötz and P. M. Tribelli Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The functional role of spatial anisotropies in ensemble perception
The human brain can rapidly represent sets of similar stimuli by their ensemble summary statistics, like the average orientation or size. Classic models assume that ensemble statistics are computed by integrat... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 5, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Natalia A. Tiurina, Yuri A. Markov, David Whitney and David Pascucci Tags: Research article Source Type: research
An LQT2-related mutation in the voltage-sensing domain is involved in switching the gating polarity of hERG
Cyclic Nucleotide-Binding Domain (CNBD)-family channels display distinct voltage-sensing properties despite sharing sequence and structural similarity. For example, the human Ether-a-go-go Related Gene (hERG) cha... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 5, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Zhipei Liu, Feng Wang, Hui Yuan, Fuyun Tian, Chuanyan Yang, Fei Hu, Yiyao Liu, Meiqin Tang, Meixuan Ping, Chunlan Kang, Ting Luo, Guimei Yang, Mei Hu, Zhaobing Gao and Ping Li Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Genome-wide methylome stability and parental effects in the worldwide distributed Lombardy poplar
Despite the increasing number of epigenomic studies in plants, little is known about the forces that shape the methylome in long-lived woody perennials. The Lombardy poplar offers an ideal opportunity to inves... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 5, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: An Vanden Broeck, Tim Meese, Pieter Verschelde, Karen Cox, Berthold Heinze, Dieter Deforce, Ellen De Meester and Filip Van Nieuwerburgh Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Bright lights, big synapses: fluorescent proteins let neurons shine
The availability of fluorescent proteins to visualize neurons and synapses has revolutionized our understanding of these key structures in brains. Here, I will discuss the new insights gleaned from the use of ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 5, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Brian D. Ackley Tags: Comment Source Type: research
Donor template delivery by recombinant adeno-associated virus for the production of knock-in mice
The ability of recombinant adeno-associated virus to transduce preimplantation mouse embryos has led to the use of this delivery method for the production of genetically altered knock-in mice via CRISPR-Cas9. ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - February 2, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Graham Duddy, Katherine Courtis, Juliette Horwood, Jessica Olsen, Helen Horsler, Tina Hodgson, Sunita Varsani-Brown, Abdullah Abdullah, Laura Denti, Hollie Lane, Fabio Delaqua, Julia Janzen, Molly Strom, Ian Rosewell, Katharine Crawley and Benjamin Davies Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Migrasomal autophagosomes relieve endoplasmic reticulum stress in glioblastoma cells
Glioblastoma (GBM) is more difficult to treat than other intractable adult tumors. The main reason that GBM is so difficult to treat is that it is highly infiltrative. Migrasomes are newly discovered membrane ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - January 30, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Seon Yong Lee, Sang-Hun Choi, Yoonji Kim, Hee-Sung Ahn, Young-Gyu Ko, Kyunggon Kim, Sung Wook Chi and Hyunggee Kim Tags: Research article Source Type: research
