Biochemical characterisation of fumarase C from a unicellular cyanobacterium demonstrating its substrate affinity, altered by an amino acid substitution.

abstract：:Synthetic fertilizer production is associated with a high environmental footprint, as compounds typically dissolve rapidly leaching emissions to the atmosphere or surface waters. We tested two recovered nutrients with slower release patterns, as promising alternatives for synthetic fertilizers: struvite and a commerci...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Grunert O,Robles-Aguilar AA,Hernandez-Sanabria E,Schrey SD,Reheul D,Van Labeke MC,Vlaeminck SE,Vandekerckhove TGL,Mysara M,Monsieurs P,Temperton VM,Boon N,Jablonowski ND

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Analytical equations are derived depicting four possible scenarios resulting from pulsed signaling of a system subject to Hill-type dynamics. Pulsed Hill-type dynamics involves the binding of multiple signal molecules to a receptor and occurs e.g., when transcription factor p53 orchestrates cancer prevention, during c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shi X,Reimers JR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogenesis in the mouse has been extensively studied for decades. Previous methods, such as histological staining or bulk transcriptome analysis, either lacked resolution at the single-cell level or were focused on a very narrowly defined set of factors. Here, we present the first comprehensive, unbiased single-c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lukassen S,Bosch E,Ekici AB,Winterpacht A

更新日期：2018-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling the angular momentum of spins with very short external perturbations is a key issue in modern magnetism. For example it allows manipulating the magnetization for recording purposes or for inducing high frequency spin torque oscillations. Towards that purpose it is essential to modify and control the angula...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim JW,Vomir M,Bigot JY

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Results on the relationships between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) susceptibility and bone mineral density (BMD) are conflicting. The aim of the study is to identify more eligible studies that calculated pooled OR and WMD with 95% CI to assess their associations. Ov...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang L,Yin X,Wang J,Xu D,Wang Y,Yang J,Tao Y,Zhang S,Feng X,Yan C

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonids show a high degree of phenotypic plasticity that can differ among genotypes, and this variation is one of the major factors contributing to uncertainty in extrapolating laboratory-based risk assessment data to nature. Many studies have examined the relative growth and survival of transgenic and non-transgeni...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vandersteen WE,Leggatt R,Sundström LF,Devlin RH

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol derived from neural aromatization of testosterone plays a key role in the organization and activation of neural structures underlying male behaviors. This study evaluated the contribution of the estrogen receptor (ER) β in estradiol-induced modulation of social and mood-related behaviors by using mice lackin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dombret C,Naulé L,Trouillet AC,Parmentier C,Hardin-Pouzet H,Mhaouty-Kodja S

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with functional decline, whether proteinuria alone is associated with functional statuses over the course of acute illnesses independent of CKD is unclear. During 2014, we prospectively enrolled non-dialysis patients aged ≥65 years, and all participants underwent spo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chao CT,Tsai HB,Chiang CK,Huang JW,Hung KY

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Undulator based synchrotron light sources and Free Electron Lasers (FELs) are valuable modern probes of matter with high temporal and spatial resolution. Laser Plasma Accelerators (LPAs), delivering GeV electron beams in few centimeters, are good candidates for future compact light sources. However the barriers set by...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ghaith A,Oumbarek D,Roussel E,Corde S,Labat M,André T,Loulergue A,Andriyash IA,Chubar O,Kononenko O,Smartsev S,Marcouillé O,Kitégi C,Marteau F,Valléau M,Thaury C,Gautier J,Sebban S,Tafzi A,Blache F,Briquez F,Tav

更新日期：2019-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of life exhibited by large populations have been described and modeled both as a basic science exercise and for a range of applied goals such as reducing automotive congestion, improving disaster response, and even predicting the location of individuals. However, these studies have had limited access to c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Frank MR,Mitchell L,Dodds PS,Danforth CM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In insect societies, both queens and workers produce chemicals that reliably signal caste membership and reproductive status. The mechanisms that help to maintain the honesty of such queen and fertility signals, however, remain poorly studied. Here we test if queen signal honesty could be based on the shared endocrine...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Oliveira RC,Vollet-Neto A,Akemi Oi C,van Zweden JS,Nascimento F,Sullivan Brent C,Wenseleers T

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Our study sought to examine whether patterns of newborn screening analytes differed between infants with and without neonatal HIE in order to identify opportunities for potential use of these analytes for diagnosis in routine c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wilson LA,Fell DB,Hawken S,Wong CA,Murphy MSQ,Little J,Potter BK,Walker M,Lacaze-Masmonteil T,Juul S,Chakraborty P,Wilson K

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural materials used for safety critical applications require high strength and simultaneously high resistance against crack growth, referred to as damage tolerance. However, the two properties typically exclude each other and research efforts towards ever stronger materials are hampered by drastic loss of fractu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hohenwarter A,Völker B,Kapp MW,Li Y,Goto S,Raabe D,Pippan R

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser speckle flowmetry suffers from a debated quantification of the inverse relation between decorrelation time (τc) and blood flow velocity (V), i.e. 1/τc = αV. Using a modified microcirculation imager (integrated sidestream dark field - laser speckle contrast imaging [SDF-LSCI]), we experimentally investigate on th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nadort A,Kalkman K,van Leeuwen TG,Faber DJ

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:BiFeO3 is one of the most promising multiferroic materials but undergoes two major drawbacks: low dielectric susceptibility and high dielectric loss. Here we report high in-plane dielectric permittivity (ε' ∼2500) and low dielectric loss (tan δ < 0.01) obtained on Bi0.95Y0.05FeO3 films epitaxially grown on SrTiO3 (001...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Scarisoreanu ND,Craciun F,Birjega R,Ion V,Teodorescu VS,Ghica C,Negrea R,Dinescu M

更新日期：2016-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingobium sp. strain TCM1 can degrade tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) to inorganic phosphate and 2-chloroethanol. A phosphotriesterase (PTE), phosphodiesterase (PDE) and phosphomonoesterase (PME) are believed to be involved in the degradation of TCEP. The PTE and PME that respectively catalyze the first and thi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Abe K,Mukai N,Morooka Y,Makino T,Oshima K,Takahashi S,Kera Y

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of mutants with impairments in auxin biosynthesis and dynamics by forward genetic screening is hindered by the complexity, redundancy and necessity of the pathways involved. Furthermore, although a few auxin-deficient mutants have been recently identified by screening for altered responses to shade, eth...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu L,Luo P,Di DW,Wang L,Wang M,Lu CK,Wei SD,Zhang L,Zhang TZ,Amakorová P,Strnad M,Novák O,Guo GQ

更新日期：2015-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that rabbit IgG antibodies against Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens (SmSEA) cross-react with allergens in natural rubber latex, peanuts and grass and tree pollens. Here we describe antigenic molecules that cross-react with rabbit anti-S. mansoni IgG antibodies in extracts of the house dust ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： El-Faham MH,Gai F,Igetei JE,Richter S,Falcone FH,Schramm G,Doenhoff MJ

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:During chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH), the cerebral blood flow gradually decreases, leading to cognitive impairments and neurodegenerative disorders, such as vascular dementia. The reduced oxygenation, energy supply induced metabolic changes, and insufficient neuroplasticity could be reflected in the synaptic pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tukacs V,Mittli D,Györffy BA,Hunyady-Gulyás É,Hlatky D,Tóth V,Ravasz L,Medzihradszky FK,Nyitrai G,Czurkó A,Juhász G,Kardos J,Kékesi KA

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in genetic analyses have significantly refined human type 1 diabetes (T1D) associated loci. The goal of such effort is to identify the causal genes and have a complete understanding of the molecular pathways that independently or interactively influence cellular processes leading to the destruction of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen YG,Ciecko AE,Khaja S,Grzybowski M,Geurts AM,Lieberman SM

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorella is a unicellular green microalga that has been used in fields such as bioenergy production and food supplementation. In this study, two promoters of N (nitrogen) deficiency-inducible Chlorella vulgaris N Deficiency Inducible (CvNDI) genes were isolated from Chlorella vulgaris UTEX 395. These promoters were u...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shin JH,Choi J,Jeon J,Kumar M,Lee J,Jeong WJ,Kim SR

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction and significant changes in metabolic pathways accompany cancer development and are responsible for maintaining the tumor microenvironment. Normal mitochondria can trigger intrinsic apoptosis by releasing cytochrome c into the cytosol. The survival of malignant cells highly depends on the supp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bencze G,Bencze S,Rivera KD,Watson JD,Hidvegi M,Orfi L,Tonks NK,Pappin DJ

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among 1,096 primary care type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients in northern Thailand between October 2016 and September 2017. CKD was defined as estimated glomerular rate filtration values of <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jitraknatee J,Ruengorn C,Nochaiwong S

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Wave control in the solid state has opened new avenues in modern information technology. Surface-acoustic-wave-based devices are found as mass market products in 100 millions of cellular phones. Spin waves (magnons) would offer a boost in today's data handling and security implementations, i.e., image processing and s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu H,Kelly Od,Cros V,Bernard R,Bortolotti P,Anane A,Brandl F,Huber R,Stasinopoulos I,Grundler D

更新日期：2014-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein ubiquitylation participates in a number of essential cellular processes including signal transduction and transcription, often by initiating the degradation of specific substrates through the 26S proteasome. Within the ubiquitin-proteasome system, deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) not only help generate and main...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hayama R,Yang P,Valverde F,Mizoguchi T,Furutani-Hayama I,Vierstra RD,Coupland G

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of separately adding two sources of lanthanum (La), LaCl3 and La(NO3)3 × 6H2O at a concentration of 40 µM each, to the preservative solution of 15 cut tulip flower varieties. Ascorbic acid (AsA; 0.2 g/L) was used as a reference solution, while distilled water was used as control. The variety La...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gómez-Merino FC,Ramírez-Martínez M,Castillo-González AM,Trejo-Téllez LI

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Spotted seal (Phoca largha) is a critically endangered pinniped in China and South Korea. The conventional method to protect and maintain the P. largha population is to keep them captive in artificially controlled environments. However, little is known about the physiological differences between wild and captive P. la...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tian J,Du J,Han J,Bao X,Song X,Lu Z

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbal medicines usually contain a large group of chemical components, which may be transformed into more complex metabolites in vivo. In this study, we proposed a knowledge-transmitting strategy for metabolites identification of compound formulas. Gegen-Qinlian Decoction (GQD) is a classical formula in traditional Ch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Qiao X,Wang Q,Wang S,Miao WJ,Li YJ,Xiang C,Guo DA,Ye M

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatio-temporal distribution soil pH is critical for understanding the productivity and long-term sustainability of our agri-ecosystem. This study quantified the spatio-temporal distribution of paddy soil pH in Jiangxi province, China, and the potential driver of the change between 1980 and 2010. Data from the Soi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guo X,Li H,Yu H,Li W,Ye Y,Biswas A

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba can cause visually destructive Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in contact lens (CL) users. The purpose of this study was to determine whether Acanthamoeba was present in the CL cases of CL wearers and to develop techniques to prevent the contaminations. To accomplish this, 512 CL case samples were collected f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miyazaki D,Eguchi H,Kuwahara T,Nakayama-Imaohji H,Inaba M,Itoi M,Ueda K,Ohashi Y,Sado K,Mizutani S,Miyamoto H,Sasaki SI,Shimizu Y,Inoue Y

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00