The root-knot nematode effector Mi2G02 hijacks a host plant trihelix transcription factor to promote nematode parasitism.

Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) cause huge agricultural losses every year. They secrete a repertoire of effectors to facilitate parasitism through the induction of plant-derived giant feeding cells, which serve as their sole source of nutrients. However, the mode of action of these effectors and their targeted host proteins remain largely unknown.

The glycoside hydrolase gene family profile and microbial function of Y4 during South-road dark tea fermentation.

Microbes are crucial to the quality formation of Sichuan South-road Dark Tea (SSDT) during pile-fermentation, but their mechanism of action has not yet been elucidated. Here, the glycoside hydrolase (GH) gene family and microbial function of Y4 during solid-state fermentation were analyzed, and the results showed that many genes being distributed in comparatively abundant GH17, GH18, GH76, GH31, GH47, and GH2 were discovered in . They encoded beta-galactosidase, alpha-D-galactoside galactohydrolase, alpha-xylosidase, mannosidase, etc.

Liver cirrhosis prediction for patients with Wilson disease based on machine learning: a case-control study from southwest China.

Objectives: Wilson disease (WD) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by an ATP7B gene mutation. Liver cirrhosis is an important issue that affects the clinical management and prognosis of WD patients. Blood routine examination is a potential biomarker for predicting the occurrence of liver cirrhosis in WD.

Microbial Community Analysis in Sichuan South-road Dark Tea Piled Center at Pile-Fermentation Metaphase and Insight Into Organoleptic Quality Development Mediated by M10.

Microbes are critical in the Sichuan South-road Dark Tea (SSDT) organoleptic quality development during pile-fermentation. Piled tea center at fermenting metaphase is crucial for the conversion of its quality components. In this study, we investigated the microbial community of piled SSDT center below the stacked tea surface of 15 cm (SSDTB), 50 cm (SSDTX), and 85 cm (SSDTH) on the second turning time of pile-fermentation, respectively.

Enhanced Self-Organized Dewetting of Ultrathin Polymer Blend Film for Large-Area Fabrication of SERS Substrate.

We study the enhanced dewetting of ultrathin Polystyrene (PS)/Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blend films in a mixed solution, and reveal the dewetting can act as a simple and effective method to fabricate large-area surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. A bilayer structure consisting of under PMMA layer and upper PS layer forms due to vertical phase separation of immiscible PS/PMMA during the spin-coating process. The thicker layer of the bilayer structure dominates the dewetting structures of PS/PMMA blend films.

Influence of film structure on the dewetting kinetics of thin polymer films in the solvent annealing process.

On a non-wetting solid substrate, the solvent annealing process of a thin polymer film includes the swelling process and the dewetting process. Owing to difficulties in the in situ analysis of the two processes simultaneously, a quantitative study on the solvent annealing process of thin polymer films on the non-wetting solid substrate is extremely rare. In this paper, we design an experimental method by combining spectroscopic ellipsometry with optical microscopy to achieve the simultaneous in situ study.

Polymorphic transformation of isotactic poly(1-butene) in form III upon heating: in situ synchrotron small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering studies.

The phase transformation of form III isotactic poly(1-butene) was investigated as a function of temperature. The polymer was isothermally precipitated from a dilute solution in iso-amyl acetate and observed with real-time synchrotron small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering techniques. The results confirmed that the polymorphic transition of form III was strongly dependent on temperature.