Analysis of color and texture characteristics of cereals on digital images by E. G. Komyshev, M. A. Genaev, D. A. Afonnikov

“…Genetic control of the color formation of both grains and other plant organs is exerted by genes encoding enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of pigments, as well as regulatory genes. …”
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Beneficial mutualistic fungus Suillus luteus provided excellent buffering insurance in Scots pine defense responses under pathogen challenge at transcriptome level by Zilan Wen, Minna J. Manninen, Fred O. Asiegbu

“…However, pathogen infection alone had unique sets of genes encoding pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, phenylpropanoid pathway/lignin biosynthesis, flavonoid biosynthesis, chalcone/stilbene biosynthesis, ethylene signaling pathway, JA signaling pathway, cell remodeling and growth, transporters, and fungal recognition. …”
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Novel primers drive accurate SYBR Green PCR detection of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua in cultures and mushrooms by Bo-eun Kim, Ravi Jothi, Da woon Kim, Dong Suk Park

“…By performing a comparative analysis of the complete genome sequences of L. monocytogenes (ATCC 12392) and L. innocua (CFSAN044836), a unique gene region encoding a hypothetical protein with an LPXTG cell wall anchor domain (GCF_003031895.1) in L. monocytogenes and leucine-rich repeats (GCF_009648575.1) in L. innocua was identified. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of GRAS transcription factors under cold stress in diploid and triploid Eucalyptus by Jiannan Liu, Hao Chen, Chenhe Li, Kang Du, Jun Yang

“…The physical and chemical properties of the proteins encoded by EgrGRAS genes vary, but the ranges of amino acid numbers, molecular weights, and isoelectric points (pI) are similar to those of GRAS proteins from other species. …”
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Four MES genes from calamondin (Citrofortunella microcarpa) regulated citrus bacterial canker resistance through the plant hormone pathway by Yu-Xiong Xiao, Cui Xiao, Zhu Tong, Xiu-Juan He, Ze-Qiong Wang, Hai-Yue Zhang, Wen-Ming Qiu

“…Subcellular localization analysis showed that the four MES-encoding proteins were localized in the cytoplasm. …”
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Geometric Detail-Preserved Point Cloud Upsampling via a Feature Enhanced Self-Supervised Network by Shengwei Qin, Yao Jin, Hailong Hu

“…This module retains important features such as edges and corners by using non-artificial encoding methods and learning mechanisms to avoid the creation of blurred points. …”
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The helper strategy in vector-transmission of plant viruses by Di Mattia, Jérémy, Zeddam, Jean-Louis, Uzest, Marilyne, Blanc, Stéphane

“…An intriguing aspect of vector-transmission of plant viruses is the frequent involvement of a helper component (HC). HCs are virus-encoded non-structural proteins produced in infected plant cells that are mandatory for the transmission success. …”
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Enhancing Binary Change Detection in Hyperspectral Images Using an Efficient Dimensionality Reduction Technique Within Adversarial Learning by Amel Oubara, Falin Wu, Guoxin Qu, Reza Maleki, Gongliu Yang

“…The SSR module employs a fully connected autoencoder for hyperspectral dimensionality reduction and spectral feature extraction. By integrating the encoder segment of the SSR module with the change detection network of the Adv-CD module, we create a generator that directly produces highly accurate change maps. …”
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Transformer-based malware detection using process resource utilization metrics by Dimosthenis Natsos, Andreas L. Symeonidis

“…This study is the first to explore the application of Transformers for malware detection using process resource-utilization metrics, encoding input data as sequences of processes, with each process represented by its resource-utilization metrics (e.g., CPU, memory, and disk usage). …”
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Effect of vasopressin on the expression of genes for key enzymes of interstitial hyaluronan turnover and concentration ability in WAG rat kidneys by L. N. Ivanova, A. V. Babina, G. S. Baturina, L. E. Katkova

“…The expression of the genes encoding hyaluronan synthase-2 (Has2) and hyaluronidase-1, 2 (Hyal1, Hyal2) in the kidneys of Wistar Albino Glaxo (WAG) was studied. …”
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PaleAle 6.0: Prediction of Protein Relative Solvent Accessibility by Leveraging Pre-Trained Language Models (PLMs) by Wafa Alanazi, Di Meng, Gianluca Pollastri

“…We present a deep neural network architecture based on a combination of bidirectional recurrent neural networks and convolutional layers that can analyze long-range interactions within protein sequences and predict protein RSA using ESM-2 encoding. The final predictor, PaleAle 6.0, predicts RSA in real values as well as two-state (exposure threshold of 25%) and four-state (exposure thresholds of 4%, 25%, and 50%) discrete classifications. …”
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GHANAIAN CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS’ PERCEPTION ON CHALLENGES TO FEMALE RETENTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by J Ayarkwa, K Agyekum, A Acheampong

“…Professionals from construction companies and consultancy firms were surveyed using self-administered questionnaires. Data was encoded into SPSS and analysed using both one sample t-test and Wilcoxon–Mann-Whitney two-sample rank-sum test. …”
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Real-Time Compression Scheme for Urban Rail Transit Train Operation Data by LI Dexiang, WANG Linmei, WANG Shu

“…A multi-dimensional real-time compression scheme with inter-frame compression, improved RLE (Run-Length Encoding) compression and ZIP compression is proposed to reduce the data redundancy. …”
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Response to Infliximab in Crohn’s Disease: Genetic Analysis Supporting Expression Profile by Luz María Medrano, Carlos Taxonera, Cristina González-Artacho, Virginia Pascual, María Gómez-García, Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta, José L. Pérez-Calle, Fernando Bermejo, Antonio López-Sanromán, Dolores Martín Arranz, Javier P. Gisbert, Juan Luis Mendoza, Javier Martín, Concepción Núñez, Elena Urcelay

“…A tagging strategy was used to select genetic polymorphisms that cover the variability present in the chromosomal regions encoding the identified genes with altered expression. …”
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Variation in APOL1 Contributes to Ancestry-Level Differences in HDLc-Kidney Function Association by Amy Rebecca Bentley, Ayo P. Doumatey, Guanjie Chen, Hanxia Huang, Jie Zhou, Daniel Shriner, CongQing Jiang, Zhenjian Zhang, Guozheng Liu, Olufemi Fasanmade, Thomas Johnson, Johnnie Oli, Godfrey Okafor, Benjamin A. Eghan, Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Jokotade Adeleye, Williams Balogun, Clement Adebamowo, Albert Amoah, Joseph Acheampong, Adebowale Adeyemo, Charles N. Rotimi

“…To further explore the findings in African ancestry populations, we investigated the role of an African ancestry-specific nephropathy risk variant, rs73885319, in the gene encoding HDL-associated APOL1. Among AA, an inverse HDLc-eGFR association was observed only with the risk genotype (−0.38 versus 0.001; P=0.03). …”
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Vascular Contractility Relies on Integrity of Progranulin Pathway: Insights Into Mitochondrial Function by Shubhnita Singh, Ariane Bruder, Rafael M. Costa, Juliano V. Alves, Sivakama Bharathi, Eric S. Goetzman, Thiago Bruder‐Nascimento

“…The progranulin gene (GRN) encodes glycoprotein PGRN (progranulin), a ubiquitous molecule with known anti‐inflammatory property. …”
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A structural genomics approach to investigate Dystrophin mutations and their impact on the molecular pathways of Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbali, Farah Anjum, Osama A. AlKhamees, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Mohd Adnan, Anas Shamsi, Md. Imtaiyaz Hassan

“…BackgroundDystrophin is a key protein encoded by the DMD gene, serves as a scaffold linking the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix that plays a critical role in muscle contraction, relaxation, and structural integrity. …”
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Harnessing the potential of chloroplast-derived expression elements for enhanced production of cellulases in Escherichia coli by Ayesha Siddiqui, Muhammad Mudassar Iqbal, Asad Ali, Iqra Fatima, Hazrat Ali, Aamir Shehzad, Sameer H. Qari, Ghulam Raza, Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Peter J. Nixon, Niaz Ahmad

“…In this study, two cellulases (β-glucosidase and endoglucanase) were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli under a chloroplast-derived constitutive promoter and expression-enhancing terminator. The genes encoding the cellulases were sourced from a thermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima to exploit their industrially needed thermotolerance potential. …”
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Comparison of clinical metagenomics with 16S rDNA Sanger sequencing for the bacteriological diagnosis of culture-negative samples by Camille d’Humières, Skerdi Haviari, Marie Petitjean, Laurène Deconinck, Signara Gueye, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Lynda Chalal, Naima Beldjoudi, Geoffrey Rossi, Yann Nguyen, Charles Burdet, Ségolène Perrineau, Diane Le Pluart, Roza Rahli, Michael Thy, Piotr Szychowiak, Xavier Lescure, Véronique Leflon-Guibout, Victoire de Lastours, Etienne Ruppé

“…Background: Currently, diagnosis of bacterial infections is based on culture, possibly followed by the amplification and sequencing (Sanger method) of the 16S rDNA - encoding gene when cultures are negative. Clinical metagenomics (CMg), i.e. the sequencing of a sample’s entire nucleic acids, may allow for the identification of bacteria not detected by conventional methods. …”
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Feruloyl-amides as natural antimicrobials for crop and food protection by Denise Dozio, Sharmila Ghosh, Daniele Alessandro Consolini, Josè Luis Ermini Starna, Loris Pinto, Federico Baruzzi, Martina Letizia Contente, Andrea Pinto, Paolo Cortesi, Salvatore Princiotto, Andrea Kunova, Sabrina Dallavalle

“…The main mechanism of defence is based on a rapid transcriptional reprogramming of genes encoding biosynthetic enzymes that synthesize specific secondary metabolites. …”
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