Identification of critical amino acids in the DNA binding domain of LuxO: Lessons from a constitutive active LuxO.

Quorum sensing plays a vital role in the environmental and host life cycles of Vibrio cholerae. The quorum-sensing circuit involves the consorted action of autoinducers, small RNAs, and regulatory proteins to control a plethora of physiological events in this bacterium. Among the regulatory proteins, LuxO is considered a low-cell-density master regulator.

Facile Synthesis of Self-Supported Solid Amine Sorbents for Direct Air Capture.

Conventional usage of tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) via being supported on porous solid materials for carbon capture is susceptible to oxidative degradation during regeneration cycles. This study reports a novel method to synthesize a TEPA based solid polymer for efficient CO removal via direct air capture (DAC). The polymer was obtained through epoxy-amine crosslinking reaction, leading to the transformation of liquid TEPA to a self-supported solid polymer.

Effect of using riceberry flour and xanthan gum on physical properties and estimated glycemic index of steamed rice cakes: optimization by D-optimal mixture design approach.

Riceberry, a Thai black rice variety () has been developed with the aim to provide high iron and low glucose to consumers. Therefore, riceberry could potentially be used to produce healthier processed foods. In this regard, a D-optimal mixture design was employed for the optimization of the steamed rice cakes which included ten combinations of riceberry flour (RF), xanthan gum (XG) and glutinous rice flour (GRF).

Optimization of ultrasonic-assisted extraction of polysaccharides from purple glutinous rice bran (Oryza sativa L.) and their antioxidant activities.

Purple glutinous rice bran (Kum Doi Saket rice (KUM)) contains high content of edible polysaccharides and anthocyanins and has an excellent antioxidant activity. This research aimed to optimize the extraction of crude polysaccharides from defatted purple glutinous rice bran using an ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) and compared with a hot water extraction (HWE). Results showed that optimal extraction condition was as follows: a defatted rice bran to water ratio of 1:20 w/v, extraction temperature and time of 70 °C for 20 min.

Truncated, strong inducible promoter P from .

In this study, collagen -like protein (MCL1) promoter from was analysed and truncated into different sizes through series of targeted and random deletions based on the presence of various transcription factor-binding sites. Synthetic Green Fluorescent Protein (sGFP) was being utilized as a reporter gene to study the relative expression driving capability of unmodified and truncated promoters. Conserved promoter sequence analysis revealed similarity between the paralogous promoters from and .