The actin-binding proteins eps8 and gelsolin have complementary roles in regulating the growth and stability of mechanosensory hair bundles of mammalian cochlear outer hair cells. by Jennifer Olt, Philomena Mburu, Stuart L Johnson, Andy Parker, Stephanie Kuhn, Mike Bowl, Walter Marcotti, Steve D M Brown

“…Hair bundles show a stair-case structure composed of rows of stereocilia, and each stereocilium contains a core of tightly-packed and uniformly-polarized actin filaments. …”
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GRAS-1 is a novel regulator of early meiotic chromosome dynamics in C. elegans. by Marina Martinez-Garcia, Pedro Robles Naharro, Marnie W Skinner, Kerstin A Baran, Laura I Lascarez-Lagunas, Saravanapriah Nadarajan, Nara Shin, Carlos G Silva-García, Takamune T Saito, Sara Beese-Sims, Brianna N Diaz-Pacheco, Elizaveta Berson, Ana B Castañer, Sarai Pacheco, Enrique Martinez-Perez, Philip W Jordan, Monica P Colaiácovo

“…Chromosome movements and licensing of synapsis must be tightly regulated during early meiosis to ensure accurate chromosome segregation and avoid aneuploidy, although how these steps are coordinated is not fully understood. …”
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Peculiarities of lymphocytes emigration from newborn thymus by O. A. Grygorieva, O. A. Apt

“…It is settled that thymus specific density tightly depends on the quantity of degranulated mast cells, absolute quantity of microcirculatory vessels, especially of lymphatic ones. …”
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Fbxo16 mediates degradation of NF-κB p65 subunit and inhibits inflammatory response in dendritic cells by Akiko Sugimoto-Ishige, Aya Jodo, Takashi Tanaka

“…Activation of transcription factor NF-κB is tightly regulated by negative regulatory systems that prevent excessive inflammation leading to autoimmune diseases. …”
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Stac3 inhibits myoblast differentiation into myotubes. by Xiaomei Ge, Yafei Zhang, Sungwon Park, Xiaofei Cong, David E Gerrard, Honglin Jiang

“…The functionally undefined Stac3 gene, predicted to encode a SH3 domain- and C1 domain-containing protein, was recently found to be specifically expressed in skeletal muscle and essential to normal skeletal muscle development and contraction. …”
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Effect of the solvent type and polymerization conditions on the curing kinetics, thermal and viscoelastic performance of poly(amide-imide) resins by Z. Rasheva, L. Sorochynska, S. Grishchuk, K. Friedrich

“…Isothermal and non-isothermal curing kinetics of both N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and N-methylimidazole (MI) based poly(amide-imide) (PAI) resins were investigated by DSC analysis using tightly closed high-pressure crucibles. Several exothermal peaks on the non-isothermal DSC-traces were observed and attributed to the reactions of different functional groups of PAI-resin. …”
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Socio-economic and ecological aspects of land management in cities by Olga Petrakovska, Mariia Mykhalova

“…Land relations have always been one of the determining factors of socio-economic development and tightly exist in a single system of socio-economic matters. …”
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Influence of Urinary Incontinence Related Factors on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Alrajhi NS, Albarrati A, Aldhahi MI, Gwada RF

“…Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia, Email mialdhahi@pnu.edu.saPurpose: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive respiratory condition marked by airflow limitation and symptoms like chronic cough, breathlessness, and chest tightness. These factors, along with exacerbations and polypharmacy, may predispose COPD patients to urinary incontinence (UI). …”
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A longitudinal investigation of the acoustic properties of infant-directed speech from 6 to 18 months by Audun Rosslund, Julien Mayor, Roger Mundry, Arun Prakash Singh, Alejandrina Cristia, Natalia Kartushina

“…Results are discussed in the context of the proposed functions of IDS.…”
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Micromotor based on single fiber optical vortex tweezer by Luping Wu, Zhiyong Bai, Yuji Wang, Rui Liu, Jian Yu, Jianjun Ran, Zilun Luo, Shen Liu, Ying Wang, George Y. Chen, Jun He, Changrui Liao, Yiping Wang

“…In this paper, we present an optical micromotor designed for 3D manipulation and rotation based on a single fiber optical vortex tweezer. A tightly focused vortex beam is excited by preparing a spiral zone plate with an ultrahigh numerical aperture of up to 0.9 at the end facet of a functionalized fiber. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Rosa roxburghii Tratt Polyphenol-Sodium Alginate-Soy Protein Isolate Nanocomposites and Their Antioxidant Activity by Han LIU, Xiaoyan LIU, Yinping GUO, Xingyan MU, Zihui SHI

“…To investigate the stability and functional properties of binary (SPI-SA, SPI-RRTP) and ternary (SPI-SA-RRTP) complexes of soy protein isolates (SPI) with sodium alginate (SA) and Rosa roxburghii Tratt polyphenols (RRTP). …”
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Characterization of a High-Affinity Copper Transporter <i>CTR1a</i> in the White-Nose Syndrome Causing Fungal Pathogen <i>Pseudogymnoascus destructans</i> by Saika Anne, Alyssa D. Friudenberg, Ryan L. Peterson

“…Copper is an essential micronutrient and the ability to scavenge tightly bound or trace levels of copper ions at the host–pathogen interface is vital for fungal proliferation in animal hosts. …”
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A Linkable, Polycarbonate Gut Microbiome‐Distal Tumor Chip Platform for Interrogating Cancer Promoting Mechanisms by Danielle S.K. Brasino, Sean D. Speese, Kevin Schilling, Carolyn E. Schutt, Michelle C. Barton

“…Organ‐on‐chip platforms, which model minimal functional units of tissues and can tightly control communication between them, are ideal platforms to study these relationships. …”
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Incorporating Crowdsourced Annotator Distributions into Ensemble Modeling to Improve Classification Trustworthiness for Ancient Greek Papyri by Graham West, Matthew I. Swindall, Ben Keener, Timothy Player, Alex C. Williams, James H. Brusuelas, John F. Wallin

“…The AL-ALL and AL-PUB datasets - consisting of tightly cropped, individual characters from images of ancient Greek papyri - are strongly affected by both issues. …”
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A ribosome-associating chaperone mediates GTP-driven vectorial folding of nascent eEF1A by Ibrahim M. Sabbarini, Dvir Reif, Kibum Park, Alexander J. McQuown, Anjali R. Nelliat, Charlotte Trejtnar, Volker Dötsch, Eugene I. Shakhnovich, Andrew W. Murray, Vladimir Denic

“…Proteomics and biochemical reconstitution reveal that Ypl225w functions as a co-translational chaperone by forming dual interactions with the eEF1A G domain nascent chain and the UBA domain of ribosome-bound nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC). …”
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Structural Characterization, Rheology, Texture, and Potential Hypoglycemic Effect of Polysaccharides from <i>Brasenia schreberi</i> by Zhangli Jia, Yin Chen, Chunyu Niu, Yan Xu, Yan Chen

“…SEM and AFM results verified that BSP molecules were tightly connected and formed a ring-shaped network structure. …”
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A parasitoid wasp of Drosophila employs preemptive and reactive strategies to deplete its host's blood cells. by Johnny R Ramroop, Mary Ellen Heavner, Zubaidul H Razzak, Shubha Govind

“…EVs converge around the tightly clustered cells of the posterior signaling center (PSC) of the larval lymph gland, a small hematopoietic organ in Drosophila. …”
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Exploiting <i>Brassica rapa</i> L. subsp. <i>pekinensis</i> Genome Research by Faujiah Nurhasanah Ritonga, Zeyu Gong, Yihui Zhang, Fengde Wang, Jianwei Gao, Cheng Li, Jingjuan Li

“…However, challenges exist in integrating multi-omics for the functional analysis of genes and for developing potential traits for Chinese cabbage improvement. …”
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A single-blind active-control randomized controlled trial of group-based social competence intervention by Erin Kang, Tamara E. Rosen, Cara M. Keifer, Alan H. Gerber, Matthew D. Lerner

“…Both interventions comprised 10 weekly sessions and were tightly matched for structure, participant age, IQ, and gender, such that the specific activities of SDARI were directly examined. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the Shaker-Type K+ Channel Genes in Prunus persica (L.) Batsch by Yong Yang, Jinlong Han, Yue Zhang, Shizhuo Lin, Meixia Liang, Lizi Zhao, Zhizhong Song

“…The peach shaker K+ channel proteins were classified into 5 subfamilies, I-V, and were tightly clustered with pear homologs in the phylogenetic tree. …”
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