Response of plant diversity and soil physicochemical properties to different gap sizes in a plantation.

As one means of close-to-nature management, forest gaps have an important impact on the ecological service function of plantations. To improve the current situation of plantations, three different sizes of forest gaps (large gaps, medium gaps and small gaps) were established to observe whether gap setting can improve the soil fertility and plant diversity of forest plantations. The results showed that compared with the control, the soil organic matter content of different soil layers increased significantly in the medium forest gap and large forest gap.

Rabies Virus-Induced Autophagy Is Dependent on Viral Load in BV2 Cells.

An increasing number of studies are showing that autophagy plays a vital role in viral replication and escape. Rabies virus (RABV), a typical neurotropic virus, has been proven to induce autophagy in neurons. However, there are no reports indicating that RABV can cause autophagy in other cells of the central nervous system.

Rhabdovirus Infection Is Dependent on Serine/Threonine Kinase AP2-Associated Kinase 1.

Rabies virus (RABV) causes a fatal neurological disease in both humans and animals. Understanding the mechanism of RABV infection is vital for prevention and therapy of virulent rabies infection. Our previous proteomics analysis based on isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation to identify factors revealed that RABV infection enhanced AP-2-associated protein kinase 1 (AAK1) in N2a cells.