Neurohypophysial Receptor Gene Expression by Thymic T Cell Subsets and Thymic T Cell Lymphoma Cell Lines by I. Hansenne, G. Rasier, Ch. Charlet-renard, M.-P. Defresne, R. Greimers, C. Breton, J.-J. Legros, V. Geenen, H. Martens

“…Neurohypophysial receptors belong to the G protein-linked seven-transmembrane receptor superfamily and are encoded by four distinct genes, OTR, V1R, V2R and V3R. …”
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Functional Characterization of Sesquiterpene Synthase from Polygonum minus by Su-Fang Ee, Zeti-Azura Mohamed-Hussein, Roohaida Othman, Noor Azmi Shaharuddin, Ismanizan Ismail, Zamri Zainal

“…P. minus sesquiterpene synthase (PmSTS) has a complete open reading frame (ORF) of 1689 base pairs encoding a 562 amino acid protein. Similar to other sesquiterpene synthases, PmSTS has two large domains: the N-terminal domain and the C-terminal metal-binding domain. …”
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Conserved Nuclear Localization Signal in NS2 Protein of Bombyx Mori Bidensovirus: A Potential Invertebrate ssDNA Virus Trait by Qian Yu, Jiaxin Yan, Ying Chen, Jinfeng Zhang, Qi Tang, Feifei Zhu, Lindan Sun, Shangshang Ma, Xiaoyong Liu, Keping Chen, Qin Yao

“…Bombyx mori bidensovirus (BmBDV), a significant pathogen in the sericulture industry, holds a unique taxonomic position due to its distinct segmented single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) genome and the presence of a self-encoding DNA polymerase. However, the functions of viral non-structural proteins, such as NS2, remain unknown. …”
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New digital drilling process monitoring: Instrumentation, validation and calibration by Yanpeng Sun, Zuyu Chen, Fangcai Xu, Yufei Zhao, Ruilang Cao, Dong Li

“…The conventional cable encoder for displacement measurement is replaced with a magnetostrictive displacement sensor, which is more reliable in harsh field drilling environments. …”
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Genome Sequencing of a Mung Bean Plant Growth Promoting Strain of P. aeruginosa with Biocontrol Ability by Devaraj Illakkiam, Manoharan Shankar, Paramasivan Ponraj, Jeyaprakash Rajendhran, Paramasamy Gunasekaran

“…The draft genome of PGPR2 encoded 6803 open reading frames, of which 5314 were genes with predicted functions, 1489 were genes of known functions, and 80 were RNA-coding genes. …”
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Oncogenic PIK3CA corrupts growth factor signaling specificity by Ralitsa R Madsen, Alix Le Marois, Oliwia N Mruk, Margaritis Voliotis, Shaozhen Yin, Jahangir Sufi, Xiao Qin, Salome J Zhao, Julia Gorczynska, Daniele Morelli, Lindsay Davidson, Erik Sahai, Viktor I Korolchuk, Christopher J Tape, Bart Vanhaesebroeck

“…Abstract Technical limitations have prevented understanding of how growth factor signals are encoded in distinct activity patterns of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway, and how this is altered by oncogenic pathway mutations. …”
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Pleiotropic Associations of RARRES2 Gene Variants and Circulating Chemerin Levels: Potential Roles of Chemerin Involved in the Metabolic and Inflammation-Related Diseases by Leay-Kiaw Er, Semon Wu, Lung-An Hsu, Ming-Sheng Teng, Yu-Ching Sun, Yu-Lin Ko

“…We analyzed the determinants and correlates of retinoic acid receptor responder 2 (RARRES2; encoding chemerin) gene variants and chemerin levels in the Taiwanese population. …”
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Inhibition of STING-mediated type I IFN signaling by African swine fever virus DP71L by Lakmal Ranathunga, Sachini Abesinghe, Ji-Won Cha, Niranjan Dodantenna, Kiramage Chathuranga, Asela Weerawardhana, D. K. Haluwana, Nuwan Gamage, Jong-Soo Lee

“…Abstract African swine fever virus (ASFV) is nucleocytoplasmic large DNA arbovirus and encodes many proteins involved in the interaction with host molecules to evade antiviral immune responses. …”
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Genetic polymorphisms and related risk factors of ischemic stroke in a Mongolian population in China by Q. Wu, H. Wu, Yu. L. Orlov, G. Gegentana, W. Huo, A. O. Bragin, N. Wu, S. Suyalatu, F. Zhao, J. Zhao, L. E. Tabikhanova, M. Chen, H. Bai

“…The association was detected with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located within genes NINJ2 (rs12425791) and ALDH2 (rs2238151) as well as intergenic rs9536591 were significantly associated with ischemic stroke, of which SNP rs12425791 of the NINJ2 gene was the strongest association. ALDH2 gene encodes mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase, involved in the oxidative pathway of alcohol metabolism. …”
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Alternative splicing in the DBD linker region of p63 modulates binding to DNA and iASPP in vitro by Rebecca Lotz, Christian Osterburg, Apirat Chaikuad, Sabrina Weber, Masato Akutsu, Anne Christin Machel, Ulrike Beyer, Jakob Gebel, Frank Löhr, Stefan Knapp, Matthias Dobbelstein, Xin Lu, Volker Dötsch

“…Moreover, the concomitant loss of the charged amino acids in the alternatively spliced version decreases the affinity of p63 to its cognate DNA element two- to threefold. mRNAs encoding full-length p63, as well as its alternatively spliced version, are present in all tissues that we investigated, albeit in differing ratios. …”
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Breast mass classification based on supervised contrastive learning and multi‐view consistency penalty on mammography by Lilei Sun, Jie Wen, Junqian Wang, Zheng Zhang, Yong Zhao, Guiying Zhang, Yong Xu

“…To exploit the discriminative features from the insufficient mammographic images, the authors learnt an encoder in the classification model to learn the invariable representations from the mammographic breast mass by Supervised Contrastive Learning (SCL) to weaken the side effect of colour jitter and illumination of mammographic breast mass on image quality degradation. …”
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TransDeep: Transformer-Integrated DeepLabV3+ for Image Semantic Segmentation by Tengfei Chai, Zhiguo Xiao, Xiangfeng Shen, Qian Liu, NianFeng Li, Tong Guan, Jia Tian

“…This article integrates the Transformer mechanism and CA mechanism into the DeepLabV3+ network and proposes the TransDeep network. In the encoder, two different backbones, Xception and MobileNetV2, are first used for feature extraction, and a better backbone network is selected. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Editing of a <i>NODULATION SIGNALING PATHWAY 1</i> Homolog Alters the Production of Strigolactones in Sunflower Roots by Maria A. Lebedeva, Maria S. Gancheva, Maksim R. Losev, Sofia V. Sokornova, Oleg S. Yuzikhin, Anna A. Krutikova, Kirill V. Plemyashov, Lyudmila A. Lutova

“…Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in sunflower hairy roots for a specific knock-out of the gene encoding a GRAS transcription factor (HaNSP1a), acting as a possible regulator of strigolactone biosynthesis, a class of phytohormones known to induce the germination of broomrape seeds. …”
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How Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations Could Be Affected by Oxidative Stress, Physical Capacities and Genetics: A Focus on Dolutegravir Treated Male PLWH by Jessica Cusato, Anna Mulasso, Micol Ferrara, Alessandra Manca, Guido Accardo, Alice Palermiti, Miriam Antonucci, Gianluca Bianco, Francesco Chiara, Jacopo Mula, Maria Cristina Tettoni, Simone Cuomo, Giulia Trevisan, Stefano Bonora, Giovanni Di Perri, Corrado Lupo, Alberto Rainoldi, Antonio D’Avolio

“…ROS influence the expression of gene-encoding enzymes and transporters involved in drug biotransformation. …”
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The oncolytic adenovirus TILT-123 with pembrolizumab in platinum resistant or refractory ovarian cancer: the phase 1a PROTA trial by Matthew Stephen Block, James Hugo Armstrong Clubb, Johanna Mäenpää, Santeri Pakola, Dafne Carolina Alves Quixabeira, Tatiana Kudling, Elise Jirovec, Lyna Haybout, Mirte van der Heijden, Sanae Zahraoui, Susanna Grönberg-Vähä-Koskela, Sini Raatikainen, Victor Arias, Saru Basnet, Nea Ojala, Teijo Pellinen, Annabrita Hemmes, Katja Välimäki, Annukka Pasanen, Tuomo Alanko, Daniel Adamo, Susan Ramadan, Jorma Sormunen, Juha Kononen, Julia Wanda Cohen, Michael Jon Chisamore, John Goldfinch, Suvi Sorsa, Riikka Havunen, Claudia Kistler, Aino Kalervo, Víctor Cervera-Carrascon, João Manuel dos Santos, Akseli Hemminki

“…Originally developed to improve efficacy of T-cell therapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cell transfer, TILT-123 (Ad5/3-E2F-D24-hTNFα-IRES-hIL-2) is a serotype chimeric oncolytic adenovirus encoding tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-2. …”
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Novel adaptive immune systems in pristine Antarctic soils by Marc W. Van Goethem, Oliver K. I. Bezuidt, Rian Pierneef, Surendra Vikram, David W. Hopkins, Thomas Aspray, Grant Hall, Stephan Woodborne, Ian D. Hogg, Trent R. Northen, Weidong Kong, Daniele Daffonchio, Don A. Cowan, Yves Van de Peer, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Thulani P. Makhalanyane

“…Notably, a Class 2 system featuring type V variants lacks CRISPR arrays, encodes Cas1 and Cas2 adaptation module genes. Phylogenetic analysis of Cas12 effector proteins hints at divergent evolutionary histories compared to classified type V effectors and indicates that TnpB is likely the ancestor of Cas12 nucleases. …”
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Practical security of twin-field quantum key distribution with optical phase-locked loop under wavelength-switching attack by Qingquan Peng, Jiu-Peng Chen, Tianyi Xing, Dongyang Wang, Yizhi Wang, Yang Liu, Anqi Huang

“…In this configuration, the reference light, typically located in the untrusted station Charlie, solely provides wavelength reference for OPLL and does not participate in quantum-state encoding. However, the reference light may open a door for Eve to enter the source stations that are supposed to be well protected. …”
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RNA-Seq Based Transcriptome Analysis of the Type I Interferon Host Response upon Vaccinia Virus Infection of Mouse Cells by Bruno Hernáez, Graciela Alonso, Juan Manuel Alonso-Lobo, Alberto Rastrojo, Cornelius Fischer, Sascha Sauer, Begoña Aguado, Antonio Alcamí

“…Vaccinia virus (VACV) encodes the soluble type I interferon (IFN) binding protein B18 that is secreted from infected cells and also attaches to the cell surface, as an immunomodulatory strategy to inhibit the host IFN response. …”
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A High-Quality Phased Genome Assembly of Stinging Nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i> ssp. <i>dioica</i>) by Kaede Hirabayashi, Christopher R. Dumigan, Matúš Kučka, Diana M. Percy, Gea Guerriero, Quentin Cronk, Michael K. Deyholos, Marco Todesco

“…We annotated 20,333 and 20,140 genes for each haplotype, covering over 90% of the complete BUSCO genes and including two copies of a gene putatively encoding the neurotoxic peptide urthionin, which could contribute to nettle’s characteristic sting. …”
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Interleukin-12p70 Expression by Dendritic Cells of HIV-1-Infected Patients Fails to Stimulate gag-Specific Immune Responses by Ellen Van Gulck, Nathalie Cools, Derek Atkinson, Lotte Bracke, Katleen Vereecken, Marc Vekemans, Viggo F. I. Van Tendeloo, Zwi N. Berneman, Guido Vanham

“…To this end, mature DCs were (i) co-electroporated with mRNA encoding interleukin (IL)-12p70 mRNA, or (ii) activated with a cytokine cocktail consisting of R848 and interferon (IFN)-γ. …”
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