Sleep- and time of day-linked RNA transcript expression in wild-type and IL1 receptor accessory protein-null mice.

Sleep regulation involves interleukin-1β (IL1) family members, TNF, and circadian clock genes. Previously, we characterized spontaneous sleep and sleep after 8 h of sleep deprivation (SD) ending at zeitgeber time (ZT)4 and ZT16 in wild-type (WT) and IL1 receptor accessory protein (AcP)- and brain-specific AcP (AcPb)-knockout (KO) mice. Here, we applied quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Spearman gene pair expression correlation methods to characterize , IL1 receptor 1 (), , Period 1 (), , adenosine deaminase (), peptidoglycan recognition protein 1 (), and mRNA expressions under conditions with distinct sleep phenotypes.

Modeling hormonal control of cambium proliferation.

Rise of atmospheric CO2 is one of the main causes of global warming. Catastrophic climate change can be avoided by reducing emissions and increasing sequestration of CO2. Trees are known to sequester CO2 during photosynthesis, and then store it as wood biomass.