Comparison of diversity and composition of macrofungal species between intensive mushroom harvesting and non-harvesting areas in Oaxaca, Mexico.

abstract：Background:The enriched environment (EE) is a laboratory housing model that emerged from efforts to minimize the impact of environmental conditions on laboratory animals. Recently, we showed that EE promoted positive effects on behavior and cortisol levels in zebrafish submitted to the unpredictable chronic stress (UCS...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Marcon M,Mocelin R,Sachett A,Siebel AM,Herrmann AP,Piato A

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:3D printers that build objects using extruded thermoplastic are quickly becoming commonplace tools in laboratories. We demonstrate that with appropriate handling, these devices are capable of producing sterile components from a non-sterile feedstock of thermoplastic without any treatment after fabrication. The fabrica...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Neches RY,Flynn KJ,Zaman L,Tung E,Pudlo N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal behaviors in captive animals are generally defined as behaviors that are atypical for the species and are often considered to be indicators of poor welfare. Although some abnormal behaviors have been empirically linked to conditions related to elevated stress and compromised welfare in primates, others have l...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jacobson SL,Ross SR,Bloomsmith MA

更新日期：2016-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Xiphosurans are aquatic chelicerates with a fossil record extending into the Early Ordovician and known from a total of 88 described species, four of which are extant. Known for their apparent morphological conservatism, for which they have gained notoriety as supposed 'living fossils', recent analyses have demonstrat...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lamsdell JC

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial populations present in Hg-rich environments have evolved biological mechanisms to detoxify methylmercury and other organometallic mercury compounds. The most common resistance mechanism relies on the H(+)-assisted cleavage of the Hg-C bond of methylmercury by the organomercurial lyase MerB. Although the init...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Silva PJ,Rodrigues V

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is indispensable for the conversion of homocysteine (Hcy) to methionine. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of MTHFR gene (rs1801133, C667T) is correlated with decreased enzyme activity that eventually results in elevated plasma Hcy levels. Hyperhomocysteinem...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yuan H,Fu M,Yang X,Huang K,Ren X

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid vectors based on bacteriophage integrases are important tools in molecular microbiology for the introduction of foreign DNA, especially into bacterial species where other systems for genetic manipulation are limited. Site specific integrases catalyze recombination between phage and bacterial attachment sites (...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Herisse M,Porter JL,Guerillot R,Tomita T,Goncalves Da Silva A,Seemann T,Howden BP,Stinear TP,Pidot SJ

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. A "cafeteria" diet is a self-selected high-fat diet, providing an excess of energy, which can induce obesity. Excess of lipids in the diet hampers glucose utilization eliciting insulin resistance, which, further limits amino acid oxidation for energy. Methods. Male Wistar rats were exposed for a month to "...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sabater D,Agnelli S,Arriarán S,Romero Mdel M,Fernández-López JA,Alemany M,Remesar X

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical models of collective cell movement often neglect the effects of spatial structure, such as clustering, on the population dynamics. Typically, they assume that individuals interact with one another in proportion to their average density (the mean-field assumption) which means that cell-cell interactions oc...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Binny RN,Haridas P,James A,Law R,Simpson MJ,Plank MJ

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Purpose:Several studies have proposed that the advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI), a new inflammation-related index, can be used for the prognosis assessment of various malignancies. However, few studies have reported its prognostic value in colorectal cancer (CRC). Therefore, this study explo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xie H,Huang S,Yuan G,Kuang J,Yan L,Wei L,Tang S,Gan J

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In the predator-sea urchin-macrophyte trophic cascade, the ecological effect of sea urchins as grazers depends both on their density and the changes in foraging activity, which are influenced by various disturbing factors. However, the complete duration of the alarm reactions of echinoids has not been studie...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhadan PM,Vaschenko MA

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Some plants popularly employed for the treatment of peptic ulcers have proved to be attractive sources of new drugs. Despite extensive research, the pharmacological and toxicological potentials of these plants are not fully understood. In this context, the aim of this work was to analyze the multielemental composition...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Vieira LD,da Silva KT,Giarola RS,Inocente GF,Kushima H,Hiruma Lima CA,Hormaza JM

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine phosphorylation has emerged as an important regulator of plasma membrane-localized immune receptors activity. Here, we investigate the role of tyrosine phosphorylation in the regulation of rice XANTHOMONAS RESISTANCE 21 (XA21)-mediated immunity. We demonstrate that the juxtamembrane and kinase domain of Esche...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Caddell DF,Wei T,Sharma S,Oh MH,Park CJ,Canlas P,Huber SC,Ronald PC

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between historical and contemporary processes can produce complex patterns of genetic differentiation in the marine realm. Recent mitochondrial and nuclear sequence analyses revealed cryptic speciation in the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria. Herein, we applied nuclear microsatellite markers ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cheng J,Zhang N,Sha Z

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Barnacles and their allies (Thecostraca) are a biologically diverse, monophyletic crustacean group, which includes both intensely studied taxa, such as the acorn and stalked barnacles, as well as cryptic taxa, for example, Facetotecta. Recent efforts have clarified phylogenetic relationships in many different parts of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ewers-Saucedo C,Owen CL,Pérez-Losada M,Høeg JT,Glenner H,Chan BKK,Crandall KA

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhynchosauria is a group of archosauromorph reptiles abundant in terrestrial ecosystems of the Middle Triassic. Mesosuchus is one of the earliest and basalmost rhynchosaurs, playing an important role not only for the understanding of the evolution of the group as a whole, but also of archosauromorphs in general. The b...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sobral G,Müller J

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop landraces are fundamental resources to increase the eroded genepool of modern crops in order to adapt agriculture to future challenges; plus, they are of immeasurable heritage and cultural value. Between the 1940s and the 1960s open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) of flint and semi-flint maize in Europe were almost c...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ardenghi NMG,Rossi G,Guzzon F

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Hand function is essential to a person's self-efficacy and greatly affects quality of life. Adapted utensils with handles of increased diameters have historically been used to assist individuals with arthritis or other hand disabilities for feeding, and other related activities of daily living. To date, mi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： McDonald SS,Levine D,Richards J,Aguilar L

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is a common malignancy seen mainly in children and adolescents. The disease is characterized by poor overall prognosis and lower survival due to a lack of predictive markers. Many gene signatures with diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive values were evaluated to achieve better clinical outcomes. Two pub...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Qiu Z,Du X,Chen K,Dai Y,Wang S,Xiao J,Li G

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Massively parallel sequencing technology is being used to sequence highly diverse populations of DNA such as that derived from heterogeneous cell mixtures containing both wild-type and disease-related states. At the core of such molecule tagging techniques is the tagging and identification of sequence read...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Andrews TD,Jeelall Y,Talaulikar D,Goodnow CC,Field MA

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is an effective anti-coagulant for thrombotic events. However, due to its predominant renal clearance, there are concerns that it might be associated with increased bleeding in patients with renal disease. Objectives. We systematically evaluated the efficacy and safety o...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Palamaner Subash Shantha G,Kumar AA,Sethi M,Khanna RC,Pancholy SB

更新日期：2015-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rearing coral fragments in nurseries and subsequent transplantation onto a degraded reef is a common approach for coral reef restoration. However, if barnacles and other biofouling organisms are not removed prior to transplantation, fish will dislodge newly cemented corals when feeding on biofouling organisms. This be...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Frias-Torres S,van de Geer C

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Barona arcuata, n.gen et n.sp., a left forewing of a relatively large cockroach of the Order Blattaria, is described from mesosaur-bearing lagoonal shales of the Mangrullo Formation (north-eastern Uruguay). While most of the insect remains recovered from the Mangrullo Formation come from sandy limestones, associated t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Calisto V,Piñeiro G

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Accommodation resistance is a training technique that may improve strength and power gains beyond those achieved by traditional free weights. In this method, chains are either added on a free-weight bar and combined with traditional plates or added to the bar as the entire load. Purpose. The aim of the current study w...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ataee J,Koozehchian MS,Kreider RB,Zuo L

更新日期：2014-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The exploration of the evolution of RNA viruses has been aided recently by the discovery of copies of fragments or complete genomes of non-retroviral RNA viruses (Non-retroviral Endogenous RNA Viral Elements, or NERVEs) in many eukaryotic nuclear genomes. Among the most prominent NERVEs are partial copies of the RNA d...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bruenn JA,Warner BE,Yerramsetty P

更新日期：2015-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatological characteristics of species from two monorchiid genera, Opisthomonorchis and Paramonorcheides, have been investigated, for the first time, by means of transmission electron microscopy. The ultrastructural study reveals that the mature spermatozoon of Opisthomonorchis dinema and Paramonorcheides selaris ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Quilichini Y,Bakhoum AJ,Justine JL,Bray RA,Bâ CT,Marchand B

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylene response factors (ERFs) are plant-specific transcription factors (TFs) that play important roles in plant growth and stress defense and have received a great amount of attention in recent years. In this study, seven ERF genes related to abiotic stress tolerance and response were identified in plants of the Po...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Huang J,Wang S,Wang X,Fan Y,Han Y

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugarcane Bacilliform Guadeloupe A Virus (SCBGAV, genus Badnavirus, family Caulimoviridae) is an emerging, deleterious pathogen of sugarcane which presents a substantial barrier to producing high sugarcane earnings. Sugarcane bacilliform viruses (SCBVs) are one of the main species that infect sugarcane. During the las...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ashraf F,Ashraf MA,Hu X,Zhang S

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle mass loss and wasting are characteristic features of patients with chronic conditions including cancer. Therapeutic options are still scarce. We hypothesized that cachexia-induced muscle oxidative stress may be attenuated in response to treatment with beta2-adrenoceptor-selective agonist formoterol in rats. In ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Salazar-Degracia A,Busquets S,Argilés JM,López-Soriano FJ,Barreiro E

更新日期：2017-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Twist1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that regulates a number of genes involved in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), is upregulated in prostate cancer. Androgen regulation of Twist1 has been reported in a previous study. However, the mechanism of androgen regulation of the Twist1 gene is not ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Khatiwada P,Kannan A,Malla M,Dreier M,Shemshedini L

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00