Transcription factors BnaC09.FUL and BnaC06.WIP2 antagonistically regulate flowering time under long-day conditions in Brassica napus.

Appropriate flowering time in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is vital for preventing losses from weather, diseases, and pests. However, the molecular basis of its regulation remains largely unknown.

The gene regulates flowering time and leaf angle in .

The flowering time and plant architecture of were significantly associated with yield. In this study, we found that the /() gene regulated the flowering time and plant architecture of . However, the precise regulatory mechanism remains unclear.

BnaC06.WIP2-BnaA09.STM transcriptional regulatory module promotes leaf lobe formation in Brassica napus.

The lobed leaves of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) offer significant advantages in dense planting, leading to increased yield. Although AtWIP2, a C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor, acts as a regulator of leaf development in Arabidopsis thaliana, the function and regulatory mechanisms of BnaWIP2 in B.

Population characteristics of pathogenic in puerperal metritis of dairy cows in Ningxia region of China: a systemic taxa distribution of virulence factors and drug resistance genes.

() is closely associated with the occurrence of puerperal metritis in dairy cows. carries some the virulence and multi-drug resistant genes, which pose a serious threat to the health of postpartum cows. In this study, was isolated and identified from the uterine contents of postpartum cows with puerperal metritis in the Ningxia region of China, and its phylogenetic subgroups were determined.

Identification and characterization of the plasma membrane H-ATPase genes in Brassica napus and functional analysis of BnHA9 in salt tolerance.

As a primary proton pump, plasma membrane (PM) H-ATPase plays critical roles in regulating plant growth, development, and stress responses. PM H-ATPases have been well characterized in many plant species. However, no comprehensive study of PM H-ATPase genes has been performed in Brassica napus (rapeseed).

The effect of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone on steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis by acting through the hypothalamic-pituitary-testis axis in mice.

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is essential for regulating the reproduction of mammals and inhibiting testicular activities in mice. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of GnIH on spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis by acting through the hypothalamus-pituitary-testis axis of mice. Mice were subcutaneously injected with different doses of GnIH (1 μg/150 μL, 3 μg/150 μL, 6 μg/150 μL, 150 μL saline, twice daily) for 11 days.

Rfamide-related peptide-3(RFRP-3) receptor gene is expressed in mouse ovarian granulosa cells: Potential role of RFRP-3 in steroidogenesis and apoptosis.

RFRP-3 is a functional ortholog of avian GnIH and regulates reproductive activities in the gonads of animals. However, the role of RFRP-3 in the function of ovarian granulosa cells in mice remains unclear. First, we detected the expression of the RFRP-3 receptor (GPR147) in the ovarian granulosa cells of mice.

Study on the Pattern of Postpartum Uterine Involution in Dairy Cows.

Postpartum uterine involution is necessary for the normal reproduction of dairy cows. The study aimed to investigate the pattern of postpartum uterine involution and the impact of parity on uterine involution in Chinese Holstein dairy cows. The diameter of the uterine cervix, pregnant uterine horn, and non-pregnant uterine horn were monitored using a B-mode veterinary ultrasound scanner at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 days, respectively, after parturition in both multiparous and primiparous dairy cows.

BNM-CDGNN: Batch Normalization Multilayer Perceptron Crystal Distance Graph Neural Network for Excellent-Performance Crystal Property Prediction.

Recently, in the field of crystal property prediction, the graph neural network (GNN) model has made rapid progress. The GNN model can effectively capture high-dimensional crystal features from the crystal structure, thereby achieving optimal performance in property prediction. However, the existing GNN model faces limitations in handling the hidden layer after the pooling layer, which restricts the training performance of the model.

[Advances on the production of organic acids by yeast].

Organic acids are organic compounds that can be synthesized using biological systems. They often contain one or more low molecular weight acidic groups, such as carboxyl group and sulphonic group. Organic acids are widely used in food, agriculture, medicine, bio-based materials industry and other fields.

A Set of Molecular Markers to Accelerate Breeding and Determine Seed Purity of CMS Three-Line Hybrids in .

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is the main mechanism employed to utilize the heterosis of . CMS three-line rapeseed hybrids have dramatically enhanced yield and brought about the global revolution of hybrid varieties, replacing conventional crop varieties. Over the last half century, China has led the development of hybrid varieties.

Exosomes: The role in mammalian reproductive regulation and pregnancy-related diseases.

Exosomes are a kind of extracellular vesicles that are produced and secreted by different mammalian cells. They serve as cargo proteins and can transfer different kinds of biomolecules, including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, which consequently act on target cells to exert different biological effects. Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the number of studies on exosomes due to the potential effects of exosomes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, and immune disorders.

Analysis of reproduction-related transcriptomes on pineal-hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian tissues during estrus and anestrus in Tan sheep.

Seasonal estrus is an important factor limiting the fertility of some animals such as sheep. Promoting estrus in the anestrus season is one of the major ways in improving the fecundity of seasonally breeding animals. The pineal-hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary (PHPO) axis plays a decisive role in regulating animal reproduction.

Toxoplasma gondii induces MLTC-1 apoptosis via ERS pathway.

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a serious intracellular parasite and mammalian infection can damage the reproductive system and lead to apoptosis of Murine Leydig tumor cells (MLTC-1); however, the mechanism is unclear. The testis Leydig cell is the main testosterone synthesis cell in male mammals.

Identification of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and revealed outer-ring component BnHOS1 related to cold tolerance in B. napus.

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) consist of ~30 different nucleoporins (Nups), are the unique channels that govern development, hormonal response, and roles in both biotic and abiotic responses, as well as the transport and information exchange of biomacromolecules between nucleoplasms. Here, we report the comprehensive identification of 77 BnNups throughout the zhongshuang11 (ZS11) genome, which were classified into 29 distinct categories based on their evolutionary connections. We compared and contrasted different BnNups by analyzing at their gene structures, protein domains, putative three-dimensional (3D) models and expression patterns.

Integrative Analysis of miRNA-mRNA in Ovarian Granulosa Cells Treated with Kisspeptin in Tan Sheep.

Kisspeptin is a peptide hormone encoded by the kiss-1 gene that regulates animal reproduction. Our studies revealed that kisspeptin can regulate steroid hormone production and promote cell proliferation in ovarian granulosa cells of Tan sheep, but the mechanism has not yet been fully understood. We speculated that kisspeptin might promote steroid hormone production and cell proliferation by mediating the expression of specific miRNA and mRNA in granulosa cells.

Metal-Coordinated Nanofiltration Membranes Constructed on Metal Ions Blended Support toward Enhanced Dye/Salt Separation and Antifouling Performances.

Metal-phenol coordination is a widely used method to prepare nanofiltration membrane. However, the facile, controllable and scaled fabrication remains a great challenge. Herein, a novel strategy was developed to fabricate a loose nanofiltration membrane via integrating blending and interfacial coordination strategy.

Geometric and electronic properties of AuPt ( + ≤ 10) clusters: a first-principles study.

The structural evolutions and electronic properties of AulPtm (l + m ≤ 10) clusters are investigated by using the first-principles methods. We use the inverse design of materials using the multi-objective differential evolution (IM2ODE) package to globally search the equilibrium structures and investigate the evolving trend from a two-dimensional structure to a three-dimensional structure on horizontal extension and vertical extension for AulPtm (l + m ≤ 10) clusters. The three-dimensional stable geometry of Au8Pt and Au8Pt2 is discovered for the first time in our work.

Enhancing the Stability of Orthorhombic CsSnI Perovskite Oriented π-Conjugated Ligand Passivation.

Lead-free orthorhombic CsSnI (Bγ-CsSnI) perovskite has been emerging as one of the potential candidates of photovoltaic materials with superior performance. However, the instability induced by rapid reconstructive phase transition and the oxidation of Sn greatly limits their future application. We thus reported a strategy, oriented π-conjugated ligand passivation, for enhancing the stability of Bγ-CsSnI, simulated using a Bγ-CsSnI slab model based on the first-principles computation.

Study of the adsorption mechanism on the surface of a ceramic nanomaterial for gaseous Hg(II) removal.

Stable Hg(II)-containing flue gas has been successfully simulated by the plasma oxidation of Hg(0), and an effective solution for Hg(0) mercury fumes was obtained by combining the plasma with a ceramic nanomaterial. Characterization tests showed that the ceramic nanomaterial was mainly composed of silicon dioxide (SiO) with other minor constituents, including potassium mica (KAlSiO), iron magnesium silicate (FeMgSiO) and dolomite (CaMg(CO)). The nanomaterial had many tube bank structures inside with diameters of approximately 8-10 nm.

Impact of public hospital pricing reform on medical expenditure structure in Jiangsu, China: a synthetic control analysis.

Background: The synthetic control method (SCM) is a useful tool in providing unbiased analysis on the policy effect in real-world health policy evaluations. Through controlling for a few confounding factors, we aim to apply SCM in analyzing the impact of the pricing reform on medical expenditure structure in Jiangsu Province, China.

Methods: We constructed a synthetic control for Zhenjiang, a city where the reform was piloted in Jiangsu, by selecting weights on those potential control units to define a linear combination of the control outcomes to replicate the counterfactual as if the intervention is in absence.

Elimination of S Vacancy as the Cause for the n-Type Behavior of MoS from the First-Principles Perspective.

Molybdenum disulfide (2H-MoS) based low-dimensional nanostructure materials have great potential for applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices. However, some of the properties such as the origin of the native n-type electrical conductivity (EC) observed in these materials still remain elusive. Here, the defect properties in the 2H-MoS bulk system are systematically investigated by first-principles calculation to address these issues.

Catalytic reduction of SO by CO over AuPt(CO) and AuPt(CO) clusters: a first-principles study.

The catalytic properties of the magic gold-platinum bimetallic clusters (AuPt and AuPt) for the reduction of SO by CO, without or with preadsorbing CO molecules, are firstly investigated using density functional theory calculations. We find that the catalytic activities improve effectively with the preadsorption of CO onto the catalysts and that the catalytic activities of AuPt(CO) are better than those of AuPt(CO) as more CO molecules are adsorbed onto the catalysts. During the reaction process, the AuPt(CO) clusters always keep two-dimensional morphologies except for when n = 5 and the AuPt(CO) clusters have three-dimensional geometries except for when n = 0.