Ribosome footprint profiling enables elucidating the systemic regulation of fatty acid accumulation in Acer truncatum.

Background: The accumulation of fatty acids in plants covers a wide range of functions in plant physiology and thereby affects adaptations and characteristics of species. As the famous woody oilseed crop, Acer truncatum accumulates unsaturated fatty acids and could serve as the model to understand the regulation and trait formation in oil-accumulation crops. Here, we performed Ribosome footprint profiling combing with a multi-omics strategy towards vital time points during seed development, and finally constructed systematic profiling from transcription to proteomes.

Transcriptome profiling provides insights into leaf color changes in two Acer palmatum genotypes.

Background: Ornamental trees with seasonally-dependent leaf color, such as Acer palmatum, have gained worldwide popularity. Leaf color is a main determinant of the ornamental and economic value of A. palmatum.

Assembly and comparative analysis of the first complete mitochondrial genome of Acer truncatum Bunge: a woody oil-tree species producing nervonic acid.

Background: Acer truncatum (purpleblow maple) is a woody tree species that produces seeds with high levels of valuable fatty acids (especially nervonic acid). The species is admired as a landscape plant with high developmental prospects and scientific research value. The A.

The Acer truncatum genome provides insights into nervonic acid biosynthesis.

Acer truncatum (purpleblow maple) is a woody tree species that produces seeds with high levels of valuable fatty acids (especially nervonic acid). However, the lack of a complete genome sequence has limited both basic and applied research on A. truncatum.

Characterization of the Complete Chloroplast Genome of Bunge (Sapindales: Aceraceae): A New Woody Oil Tree Species Producing Nervonic Acid.

, which is a new woody oil tree species, is an important ornamental and medicinal plant in China. To assess the genetic diversity and relationships of , we analyzed its complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence. The cp genome comprises 156,492 bp, with the large single-copy, small single-copy, and inverted repeat (IR) regions consisting of 86,010, 18,050, and 26,216 bp, respectively.

β1 Integrins Are Required To Mediate NK Cell Killing of .

is a fungal pathogen that causes fatal meningitis and pneumonia. During host defense to , NK cells directly recognize and kill using cytolytic degranulation analogous to killing of tumor cells. This fungal killing requires independent activation of Src family kinase (SFK) and Rac1-mediated pathways.

Mechanisms by Which Interleukin-12 Corrects Defective NK Cell Anticryptococcal Activity in HIV-Infected Patients.

Unlabelled: Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic yeast and a leading cause of life-threatening meningitis in AIDS patients. Natural killer (NK) cells are important immune effector cells that directly recognize and kill C. neoformans via a perforin-dependent cytotoxic mechanism.

De novo transcriptome sequencing of Acer palmatum and comprehensive analysis of differentially expressed genes under salt stress in two contrasting genotypes.

Maple (Acer palmatum) is an important species for landscape planting worldwide. Salt stress affects the normal growth of the Maple leaf directly, leading to loss of esthetic value. However, the limited availability of Maple genomic information has hindered research on the mechanisms underlying this tolerance.

[Effects of labor-saving rice cultivation modes on the diversity of potential weed communities in paddy fields].

Aimed to understand the effects of various labor-saving rice cultivation modes on the diversity of potential weed communities in paddy fields, an investigation was made on the quantitative characteristics of the weed seed bank under dry direct seeding, water direct seeding, seedling throwing, mechanized-transplanting, wheat-rice interplanting, and conventional manual transplanting. Under dry direct seeding, the density of the weed seed bank was up to 228,416 seeds x m(-2), being significantly higher than that under the other five cultivation modes. Wheat-rice interplanting ranked the second place.

Downregulation of tissue factor (TF) by RNA interference induces apoptosis and impairs cell survival of primary endothelium and tumor cells.

Tissue factor (TF) has been implicated in the thrombotic complications seen during vascular rejection of allografts and may contribute to intimal hyperplasia in chronic allograft vasculopathy. Downregulation of endothelial TF expression post-transplantation could therefore be of therapeutic value. Lentivirus-mediated RNA interference was used in primary endothelial cells (EC) to investigate its effects on TF protein expression and functional activity.