Genome-wide identification and drought stress-induced expression analysis of the gene family in potato.

NHX proteins are transmembrane antiporters belonging to the cation/proton antiporter gene family, with a conserved Na (K)/H exchange (PF00999) protein domain. NHXs play a prominent role in plant growth, development, and defense. However, the role of NHX gene family in potato ( L.

Sub-surface Imaging of Porous GaN Distributed Bragg Reflectors via Backscattered Electrons.

In this article, porous GaN distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) were fabricated by epitaxy of undoped/doped multilayers followed by electrochemical etching. We present backscattered electron scanning electron microscopy (BSE-SEM) for sub-surface plan-view imaging, enabling efficient, non-destructive pore morphology characterization. In mesoporous GaN DBRs, BSE-SEM images the same branching pores and Voronoi-like domains as scanning transmission electron microscopy.

Psychometric evaluation of the Wound-QoL questionnaire to assess health-related quality of life in Chinese people with chronic wounds.

Chronic wounds are very common wound types in clinics which have a prolonged and painful healing process. Chronic wounds affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL) on patients. However, there is no specific instrument to measure the HRQoL in Chinese patients with chronic wounds.

[Purification of the recombinant Com1 and adaA of Coxiella burnetii and identification of the antigenicity].

Objective To express and purify two kinds of antigens of Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii), the main outer membrane protein Com1 and the acute disease antigen A (adaA), in prokaryotic expression system and to validate the two recombinant antigens by mass spectrometry and identify their antigenicity. Methods The gene sequences encoding Com1 and adaA were separately synthesized and constructed into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-20b(+).

Identification of common immunodominant antigens of Eimeria tenella, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima by immunoproteomic analysis.

Clinical chicken coccidiosis is mostly caused by simultaneous infection of several Eimeria species, and host immunity against Eimeria is species-specific. It is urgent to identify common immunodominant antigen of Eimeria for developing multivalent anticoccidial vaccines. In this study, sporozoite proteins of Eimeria tenella, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima were analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE).

Identification of immune protective genes of Eimeria maxima through cDNA expression library screening.

Background: Eimeria maxima is one of the most prevalent Eimeria species causing avian coccidiosis, and results in huge economic loss to the global poultry industry. Current control strategies, such as anti-coccidial medication and live vaccines have been limited because of their drawbacks. The third generation anticoccidial vaccines including the recombinant vaccines as well as DNA vaccines have been suggested as a promising alternative strategy.