Overexpression of an NF-YB gene family member, EaNF-YB2, enhances drought tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum Spp. Hybrid).

Background: Drought is one of main critical factors that limits sugarcane productivity and juice quality in tropical regions. The unprecedented changes in climate such as monsoon failure, increase in temperature and other factors warrant the need for development of stress tolerant cultivars to sustain sugar production. Plant Nuclear factor (NF-Y) is one of the major classes of transcription factors that have a major role in plant development and abiotic stress response.

Prognostic accuracy of Whole Lung Perfusion Blood Volume as a predictor of 28-day Mortality in Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism - A prospective study.

Background: The estimated incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) is around 60-70 cases per 100,000 people annually. The overall mortality rate for massive PE is substantial, ranging from 18% to 65%. We can utilise changes in lung perfusion to stratify patients with PE acutely based on risk, highlighting its diagnostic and prognostic value.

Assessing radiation exposure of fingers of PET/CT technologists duringF-FDG procedures using active extremity dosimeters: a single-center study.

Extremity radiation exposure in nuclear medicine is a growing concern because it may surpass the maximum permissible dose of 500 mSv. This study aimed to assess the occupational finger dose received by technologists during the preparation and administration ofF-FDG radiopharmaceuticals in positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) whole-body scan procedures. Fifty scans were selected, with one procedure excluded due to a high administered activity.

Ectopic expression of choline oxidase () gene from confers drought stress tolerance in transgenic sugarcane.

Unlabelled: Drought is a serious problem that impacts sugarcane production and productivity worldwide. In this current investigation, a codon-optimized choline oxidase () gene was transformed into hybrid cultivar Co 86032 through -mediated transformation. The transgenic events with the gene driven by the portubi882 (PD2) promoter accumulated elevated levels of glycine betaine (5 - 10µg/g) whereas untransformed control plants accumulated less than 1.

Self-contacting Cys, Ser, and Thr residues in high-resolution protein crystal structures: Tertiary constraints or hydrogen bonds?

Functional groups in the side-chains of at least 10 amino acids are mainly involved in tertiary interactions. However, structural and functional significance of intra-residue interactions has not been fully recognized. In this study, we have analyzed ~5800 non-redundant high-resolution protein structures and identified 1166 self-contacts between the side-chain S-H/O-H and backbone C=O groups in Cys, Ser, and Thr residues that satisfied the geometric criteria to form hydrogen bonds.