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Reduced Cortisol and Metabolic Responses of Thin Ewes to an Acute Cold Challenge in Mid-Pregnancy: Implications for Animal Physiology and Welfare
by Else Verbeek, Mark Hope Oliver, Joseph Rupert Waas, Lance Maxwell McLeay, Dominique Blache, Lindsay Ross Matthews Background Low food availability leading to reductions in Body Condition Score (BCS; 0 indicates emaciation and 5 obesity) in sheep often coincides with low temperatures associated with the onset of winter in New Zealand. The ability
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Statistical Analysis of the Processes Controlling Choline and Ethanolamine Glycerophospholipid Molecular Species Composition
by Kourosh Zarringhalam, Lu Zhang, Michael A. Kiebish, Kui Yang, Xianlin Han, Richard W. Gross, Jeffrey Chuang The regulation and maintenance of the cellular lipidome through biosynthetic, remodeling, and catabolic mechanisms are critical for biological homeostasis during development,
Synthesis of the Tetrasaccharide Motif and Its Structural Analog Corresponding to the Lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli O75
by Abhijit Sau, Anup Kumar Misra Background Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli are mostly responsible for a diverse spectrum of invasive human and animal infections leading to the urinary tract infections. Bacterial lipopolysaccharides are responsible for their pathogenicity and their interactions with
Chemical PARP Inhibition Enhances Growth of Arabidopsis and Reduces Anthocyanin Accumulation and the Activation of Stress Protective Mechanisms
by Philipp Schulz, Jenny Neukermans, Katrien Van Der Kelen, Per Mühlenbock, Frank Van Breusegem, Graham Noctor, Markus Teige, Michael Metzlaff, Matthew A. Hannah Poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) post-translationally modifies proteins through the addition of ADP-ribose polymers, yet its role
Genome-Wide Study of the Defective Sucrose Fermenter Strain of Vibrio cholerae from the Latin American Cholera Epidemic
by Daniel Rios Garza, Cristiane C. Thompson, Edvaldo Carlos Brito Loureiro, Bas E. Dutilh, Davi Toshio Inada, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Junior, Jedson Ferreira Cardoso, Márcio Roberto T. Nunes, Clayton Pereira Silva de Lima, Rodrigo Vellasco Duarte Silvestre, Keley Nascimento Barbosa Nunes, Elisabeth C.
A Stochastic Description of Dictyostelium Chemotaxis
by Gabriel Amselem, Matthias Theves, Albert Bae, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Carsten Beta Chemotaxis, the directed motion of a cell toward a chemical source, plays a key role in many essential biological processes. Here, we derive a statistical model that quantitatively describes the chemotactic motion
Retrospective Study of the Incidence of HFMD and Seroepidemiology of Antibodies against EV71 and CoxA16 in Prenatal Women and Their Infants
by Feng-Cai Zhu, Zheng-Lun Liang, Fan-Yue Meng, Ying Zeng, Qun-Ying Mao, Kai Chu, Xue-Fang Song, Xin Yao, Jing-Xin Li, Hong Ji, Yi-Ju Zhang, Liang Li, Hong-Xing Pan, Ke Xu, Wei-Ming Dai, Wei-Wei Zhang, Fei Deng, Hua Wang, Jun-Zhi Wang Background Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has been emerging
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Hepatitis B Virus D Genotype in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
by Gianguglielmo Zehender, Erika Ebranati, Elena Gabanelli, Renata Shkjezi, Alessia Lai, Chiara Sorrentino, Alessandra Lo Presti, Mimoza Basho, Raffaele Bruno, Elisabetta Tanzi, Silvia Bino, Massimo Ciccozzi, Massimo Galli Hepatitis B virus genotype D can be found in many parts of the world
Optimising Strategies for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Elimination in Cambodia: Primaquine, Mass Drug Administration and Artemisinin Resistance
by Richard J. Maude, Duong Socheat, Chea Nguon, Preap Saroth, Prak Dara, Guoqiao Li, Jianping Song, Shunmay Yeung, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas P. Day, Nicholas J. White, Lisa J. White Background Malaria elimination requires a variety of approaches individually optimized for different transmission settings.
Influence of Prenatal Arsenic Exposure and Newborn Sex on Global Methylation of Cord Blood DNA
by J. Richard Pilsner, Megan N. Hall, Xinhua Liu, Vesna Ilievski, Vesna Slavkovich, Diane Levy, Pam Factor-Litvak, Mahammad Yunus, Mahfuzar Rahman, Joseph H. Graziano, Mary V. Gamble Background An emerging body of evidence indicates that early-life arsenic (As) exposure may influence the trajectory