Publications by authors named "Magdalena Swiadek"
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- Violacein is a purple pigment from bacteria that shows a lot of promise due to its biological properties, but it's not very water-soluble, making it tricky to study.
- This study investigates how Janthinobacterium lividum uses extracellular vesicles (EVs) to transport violacein, finding that these EVs were more effective in producing and delivering the compound than traditional methods.
- The research suggests that J. lividum EVs can successfully deliver violacein to human cells, specifically targeting melanoma, which opens up new possibilities for cancer treatment.
Hybrid necrosis is a common type of hybrid incompatibility in plants. This phenomenon is caused by deleterious epistatic interactions, resulting in spontaneous activation of plant defenses associated with leaf necrosis, stunted growth and reduced fertility in hybrids. Specific combinations of alleles of ACCELERATED CELL DEATH 6 (ACD6) have been shown to be a common cause of hybrid necrosis in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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