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Genome-wide identification and comparative evolutionary analysis of the Dof transcription factor family in physic nut and castor bean

A proposed update for the classification and description of bacterial lipolytic enzymes

Stability of the vaginal, oral, and gut microbiota across pregnancy among African American women: the effect of socioeconomic status and antibiotic exposure

Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps

Diversity, spatial distribution and activity of fungi in freshwater ecosystems

Evolution of digestive enzymes and dietary diversification in birds

Robust and accurate quantification of biomarkers of immune cells in lung cancer micro-environment using deep convolutional neural networks

Effects of particle size on physicochemical and functional properties of superfine black kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) powder

Variations in ecosystem service value in response to land use/land cover changes in Central Asia from 1995–2035

A six-microRNA signature can better predict overall survival of patients with esophagus adenocarcinoma

Global genomic similarity and core genome sequence diversity of the Streptococcus genus as a toolkit to identify closely related bacterial species in complex environments

Membrane potential (Vmem) measurements during mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) proliferation and osteogenic differentiation

Risk and prognostic nomograms for hepatocellular carcinoma with newly-diagnosed pulmonary metastasis using SEER data

Long noncoding RNA MEG3 suppresses podocyte injury in diabetic nephropathy by inactivating Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Employing toxin-antitoxin genome markers for identification of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus strains in human metagenomes

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli using malachite green encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles: an in vitro study

Phylogeography of Dictyota fasciola and Dictyota mediterranea (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae): unexpected patterns on the Atlantic-Mediterranean marine transition and taxonomic implications

Functional analysis of the GbDWARF14 gene associated with branching development in cotton

Cells released from S. epidermidis biofilms present increased antibiotic tolerance to multiple antibiotics

Conservation and diversity in expression of candidate genes regulating socially-induced female-male sex change in wrasses

Integrative taxonomic reassessment of Odontophrynus populations in Argentina and phylogenetic relationships within Odontophrynidae (Anura)

Seazzadactylus venieri gen. et sp. nov., a new pterosaur (Diapsida: Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of northeastern Italy.

Prognostic factors and outcomes of early-stage small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix: 37 cases from a single center

Retrospective correlation analysis of plasma Immunoglobulin G and clinical performance in CIDP

Habitat suitability and connectivity inform a co-management policy of protected area network for Asian elephants in China

Ellipse packing in two-dimensional cell tessellation: a theoretical explanation for Lewis’s law and Aboav-Weaire’s law

Blood parasites infecting the Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), a unique neotropical folivorous bird

Age-related late-onset disease heritability patterns and implications for genome-wide association studies

Identification of a novel potassium channel (GiK) as a potential drug target in Giardia lamblia: Computational descriptions of binding sites

Effect of heat-killed Streptococcus thermophilus on type 2 diabetes rats

The effect of differential spatiotopic information on the acquisition and generalization of fear of movement-related pain

The role of ambient temperature and body mass on body temperature, standard metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in southern African anurans of different habitat specialisation

Seasonal denning behavior and population dynamics of the late Pleistocene peccary Platygonus compressus (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) from Bat Cave, Missouri

Monitoring the critically endangered Clanwilliam cedar with freely available Google Earth imagery

Diet and mitochondrial DNA haplotype of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) found dead off Jurong Island, Singapore

Spread of the non-native anemone Anemonia alicemartinae Häussermann & Försterra, 2001 along the Humboldt-current large marine ecosystem: an ecological niche model approach

PEST sequences from a cactus dehydrin regulate its proteolytic degradation

Melatonin improves the efficiency of super-ovulation and timed artificial insemination in sheep

Molecular taxonomy of endemic coastal Ligia isopods from the Hawaiian Islands: re-description of L. hawaiensis and description of seven novel cryptic species

2HybridTools, a handy software to facilitate clone identification and mutation mapping from yeast two-hybrid screening

Biochemical changes throughout early- and middle-stages of embryogenesis in lobsters (Homarus americanus) under different thermal regimes

Analysis of miRNA expression profiles in the liver of ClockΔ19 mutant mice

Invasions of gladiolus rust in North America are caused by a widely-distributed clone of Uromycestransversalis

The complete chloroplast genome of Fagus crenata (subgenus Fagus) and comparison with F. engleriana (subgenus Engleriana)

Seasonal variation in apparent conductivity and soil salinity at two Narragansett Bay, RI salt marshes

The effect of reverse transcription enzymes and conditions on high throughput amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA

Identification of RyR2-PBmice and the effects of transposon insertional mutagenesis of the RyR2 gene on cardiac function in mice