A potential therapeutic drug for osteoporosis: prospect for osteogenic LncRNAs.

Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) play essential roles in multiple physiological processes including bone formation. Investigators have revealed that LncRNAs regulated bone formation through various signaling pathways and micro RNAs (miRNAs). However, several problems exist in current research studies on osteogenic LncRNAs, including sophisticated techniques, high cost for experiment, as well as low homology of LncRNAs between animal model and human, which hindered translational medicine research.

Inactivation and process intensification of β-glucosidase in biomass utilization.

Lignocellulosic biomass has emerged as a promising environmental resource. Enzyme catalysis, as one of the most environmentally friendly and efficient tools among various treatments, is used for the conversion of biomass into chemicals and fuels. Cellulase is a complex enzyme composed of β-glucosidase (BGL), endo-β-1,4-glucanase (EG), and exo-β-1,4-glucanase (CBH), which synergistically hydrolyzes cellulose into monosaccharides.

Potassium modulates central carbon metabolism to participate in regulating CO transport and assimilation in Brassica napus leaves.

Potassium (K) regulates plant metabolism and enhances plant's ability to adapt to adversity. However, under different K deficiency stress, the net photosynthetic rate (A) was reduced, influenced by CO conductance or biochemical capacities. The interplay between metabolome and photosynthetic characteristics under K deficiency stress was analyzed to explore the mechanisms by which K regulates photosynthetic capacity.

Isolation and characterization of , an abiotic stress-related WRKY transcription factor from .

WRKY transcription factors play vital roles in response to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. As a kind of high value medicinal plant, has an ability to tolerate various abiotic stresses because of the special growth condition. In current study, a novel WRKY gene from is isolated and compared with homologous sequences from other plants.

The reduction in leaf area precedes that in photosynthesis under potassium deficiency: the importance of leaf anatomy.

Synergistic improvement in leaf photosynthetic area and rate is essential for enhancing crop yield. However, reduction in leaf area occurs earlier than that in the photosynthetic rate under potassium (K) deficiency stress. The photosynthetic capacity and anatomical characteristics of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) leaves in different growth stages under different K levels were observed to clarify the mechanism regulating this process.

Leaf photosynthetic capacity is regulated by the interaction of nitrogen and potassium through coordination of CO diffusion and carboxylation.

Combined application of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) fertilizer could significantly enhance crop yield. Crop yield and photosynthesis are inseparable. However, the influence of N and K interaction on photosynthesis is still not fully understood.

Poly[di-μ(3)-hy-droxy[μ(4)-5-(4-carb-oxy-phen-yl)pyridine-2-carboxyl-ato-κ(5)N,O(2):O(2'):O(4):O(4')]dicadmium].

The asymmetric unit of the title polymeric complex, [Cd(2)(C(13)H(7)NO(4))(OH)(2)](n), consists of two independent Cd(II) atoms, one 5-(4-carb-oxy-phen-yl)pyridine-2-carboxyl-ate ligand and two hy-droxy groups. One Cd(II) atom is six-coordinated by two O atoms from two ligand mol-ecules and by four μ(3)-OH groups in a distorted trigonal-prismatic geometry. The other is five-coordinated by one N and two O atoms from two ligands and by two μ(3)-OH groups, forming a distorted square-pyramidal geometry.

catena-Poly[[dichloridozinc(II)]-μ-1,1'-(butane-1,4-di-yl)diimidazole-κN:N].

The title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(10)H(14)N(4))](n), is a coordination polymer consisting of zigzag chains propagating in [001], in which the metal cation exhibits a distorted tetrahedral ZnCl(2)N(2) coordination. Adjacent chains are linked by inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.

A polymorph of diaqua-bis(pyrazine-2-carboxyl-ato-κN,O)copper(II).

The title compound, [Cu(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], is a new polymorph of the previously reported compound [Klein et al. (1982 ▶). Inorg.