Tobacco Rattle Virus as a Tool for Rapid Reverse-Genetics Screens and Analysis of Gene Function in L.

Medical cannabis ( L.) is quickly becoming a central agricultural crop as its production has continued to increase globally. The recent release of the cannabis reference genomes provides key genetic information for the functional analysis of cannabis genes.

Extreme sugar accumulation in late fig ripening is accompanied by global changes in sugar metabolism and transporter gene expression.

Female fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit are characterized by a major increase in volume and sugar content during the final week of development. A detailed developmental analysis of water and dry matter accumulation during these final days indicated a temporal separation between the increase in volume due to increasing water content and a subsequent sharp increase in sugar content during a few days.

Gestational and lactational exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin primes cortical microglia to tissue injury.

Recent studies have shown that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is expressed in the brain's native immune cells, known as microglia. However, while the impact of exposure to AhR ligands is well studied in the peripheral immune system, the impact of such exposure on immune function in the brain is less well defined. Microglia serve dual roles in providing synaptic and immunological support for neighboring neurons and in mediating responses to environmental stimuli, including exposure to environmental chemicals.