Genome-Wide Identification and Posttranscriptional Regulation Analyses Elucidate Roles of Key Argonautes and Their miRNA Triggers in Regulating Complex Yield Traits in Rapeseed.

Argonautes (AGOs) interact with microRNAs (miRNAs) to form the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which can posttranscriptionally regulate the expression of targeted genes. To date, however, the AGOs and their miRNA triggers remain elusive in rapeseed (). Here, we systematically performed a phylogenetic analysis and examined the collinear relationships of the AGOs among four Brassicaceae species.

Clinical study on local application of low-dose insulin for promoting wound healing after operation for deep burns.

Transplanted free skin flaps are often needed to treat deep burns; their survival, however, is less than optimal. This study examined whether local low-dose insulin injections can promote flap survival and wound healing after surgery. A total of 165 patients who underwent free skin flap transplantation for simple deep burns were enrolled in the study and divided into 5 groups of 33 patients each: Blank control group (no local subcutaneous drug injections), saline control group (saline injections), low-dose insulin group (0.

Improvement of the depth resolution in depth-resolved wavenumber-scanning interferometry using multiple uncorrelated wavenumber bands.

In this article, we provide a method to improve the depth resolution of wide-field depth-resolved wavenumber-scanning interferometry (DRWSI), because its depth resolution is limited by the range of the wavenumber scanning and mode hopping of the light source. An optical wedge is put into the optical path to measure the series of the wavenumber on time using a 2D spatial Fourier transform (FT) of the interferograms. Those uncorrelated multiple bands of the wavenumbers due to mode hopping of the diode laser can be synthesized into one band, to enlarge the range of the wavenumber scanning.