Publications by authors named "F Cerezo Madueno"

strains that produce Carbapenemase (KPC) variants displaying resistance to ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) often remain susceptible to meropenem (MEM), suggesting a potential therapeutic use of this carbapenem antibiotic. However, studies indicate that these sorts of strains can mutate becoming MEM-resistant, raising concerns about the effectiveness of carbapenems as treatment option. We have studied mutation rates occurring from the reversion of MEM-susceptible KPC-114 to MEM-resistant KPC-2, in CZA-resistant belonging to ST11.

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Article Synopsis
  • Monocarpic plants only flower and produce seeds once in their life, using all their energy during this time.
  • Researchers found that when seeds start to form, it signals the plant to stop growing more flowers, a process regulated by specific genes.
  • A study showed that this gene control is not just in one type of plant (like Arabidopsis) but also in other monocarpic plants such as field peas, which could help improve crop production.
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LEAFY plant-specific transcription factors, which are key regulators of flower meristem identity and floral patterning, also contribute to meristem activity. Notably, in some legumes, LFY orthologs such as Medicago truncatula SINGLE LEAFLET (SGL1) are essential in maintaining an undifferentiated and proliferating fate required for leaflet formation. This function contrasts with most other species, in which leaf dissection depends on the reactivation of KNOTTED-like class I homeobox genes (KNOXI).

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Inflorescence architecture contributes to essential plant traits. It determines plant shape, contributing to morphological diversity, and also determines the position and number of flowers and fruits produced by the plant, thus influencing seed yield. Most legumes have compound inflorescences, where flowers are produced in secondary inflorescences (I2), formed at the flanks of the main primary inflorescence (I1), in contrast to simple inflorescences of plants like Arabidopsis, in which flowers are directly formed on the I1.

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