Molecular Characterization of the Follistatin (FST) Gene in Quail and its Modulation through Natural Agonists by UlF Hassan, S Aftab, MS Rehman, S Arif, M Safdar, S Ahmed, K Ahmad, AD Cerbo, MM Azzam, M Alagawany

“…Analyses of evolutionary relationship, conserved domain, gene structure, and motif pattern of the FST gene family showed the evolutionary conserved nature in quail and other related avian species. …”
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Structure-guided bispecific antibody engineering confers broad protection against KP.3.1.1 and sarbecoviruses by Yunping Ma, Qianying Liu, Palizhati Rehati, Zhaoyong Zhang, Yingdan Wang, Zhimin Liu, Jiali Chen, Xuezhou Bai, Aihua Hao, Yanqun Wang, Yumei Wen, Zhenguo Chen, Lu Lu, Jincun Zhao, Fan Wu, Lei Sun, Jinghe Huang

“…Bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) targeting two antigens show promise, but the impact of scFv sequence arrangement on functionality remains unclear. Using neutralizing mAbs 7F3 (Omicron XBB.1-specific) and GW01 (cross-neutralizing), we engineered four bsAbs with diverse scFv configurations. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of the GPAT Family in <i>Medicago sativa</i> L. and Expression Profiling Under Abiotic Stress by Jianzhi Ma, Mingyang Du, Huiyan Xiong, Ruijun Duan

“…This research can further constitute a fundamental basis for the exploration of the alfalfa GPAT family, the screening of key GPATs, and the investigation of their functionalities.…”
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The HCF101 protein is an important component of the cytosolic iron-sulfur synthesis pathway in Toxoplasma gondii. by Eléa A Renaud, Ambre J M Maupin, Laurence Berry, Julie Bals, Yann Bordat, Vincent Demolombe, Valérie Rofidal, Florence Vignols, Sébastien Besteiro

“…Several key cellular functions depend on proteins harboring an iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cofactor. …”
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Culturally programmed space of nursery – where we are going? by Marta Śliwa, Marzenna Nowicka

“…The arrangement of the physical space of the nursery is culturally conditioned and is a very important element that influences the child development. The social functioning of children is being shaped directly by the type and origin of the elements present in kindergarten space, their arrangement, diversity and availability of different materials. …”
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Development of a size-separation technique to isolate Caenorhabditis elegans embryos using mesh filters. by Nikita S Jhaveri, Maya K Mastronardo, J B Collins, Erik C Andersen

“…The free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been routinely used to study gene functions, genetic interactions, and conserved signaling pathways. …”
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Education Between Cultural “Canon” and the Future: “Classics” and Their Didactic Value by Lech Witkowski

“…The text considers various aspects of pedagogical reflections within the problematics, described and analysed as follows: (1) The future speeds up and surprises, also painfully, (2) Everyday experience as an enemy of the future, (3) How symbolic culture is functionning?, (4) On the possibility of appraisal of classics beyond the classicism, (5) On bureaucratic interference into a lively textual tissue, (6) Between conservative and liberal treating of traditions in culture, (7) Between social radicality and dialogic deconstruction of culture, (8) Illusions and traps of canonizations of cultural contents, (9) The conclusion: on cultural attitudes in didactics. …”
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Noncoding RNAs evolutionarily extend animal lifespan by Anyou Wang

“…Taken together, ncRNAs drive the evolution of the two most important traits of organisms: longevity and reproduction, and they execute many more fundamental functions than those conventionally thought. This discovery provides the foundation for combating longevity and aging.…”
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The Role of Chemosensory Proteins in Insecticide Resistance: A Review by Angeliki Tsouri, Vassilis Douris

“…While originally associated with chemosensation, they were soon implicated to several other functions related to their ability to bind hydrophobic molecules. …”
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A `glue sniffer` teenager with anuric renal failure and hepatitis by Ali Yurtseven, Mümine Türksoylu, Pınar Yazıcı, Bülent Karapınar, Eylem Ulaş Saz

“…Since toluene is the main toxic agent involved in glue sniffing which is metabolized to hippuric acid, the present case was treated with continuous hemodiafiltration, plasma exchange and conservative therapy to eliminate hippuric acid. The jaundice gradually disappeared, he had complete recovery of renal/hepatic functions in ten days. …”
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Evolutionary changes in the complexity of the tectum of nontetrapods: a cladistic approach. by Caio Maximino

“…Those findings shed new light on the evolution of an functionally important structure in nontetrapods, the most basal radiations of vertebrates.…”
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PKA activity is essential for relieving the suppression of hyphal growth and appressorium formation by MoSfl1 in Magnaporthe oryzae. by Yang Li, Xue Zhang, Shuai Hu, Shuai Hu, Huiquan Liu, Jin-Rong Xu

“…Our results demonstrate that CPKA and CPK2 have specific and overlapping functions, and PKA activity is essential for appressorium formation and plant infection. …”
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Stimulating a Response: Does Exposure to the Confederate Flag Impact People’s Attitudes Regarding Social Dominance Orientation, Ethnocultural Empathy, and their Political Beliefs?... by Brian M. Goldman, Pearl S. Chang, Joshua R. Meddaugh, Mark F. Daddona

“…Minimal psychological research has looked at whether priming participants with the Confederate flag impacts psychological functioning. The current study examined whether Confederate flag priming and people’s political orientation would account for various indicators of how people reconcile in-group/out-group divisions- social dominance orientation (SDO) and ethnocultural empathy (EE). …”
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Novel insights from the Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite-specific proteome by probabilistic integration of 26 studies. by Lisette Meerstein-Kessel, Jeron Venhuizen, Daniel Garza, Nicholas I Proellochs, Emma J Vos, Joshua M Obiero, Philip L Felgner, Robert W Sauerwein, Marynthe Peters, Annie S P Yang, Martijn A Huynen

“…Newly annotated hypothetical sporozoite-specific and sporozoite-enriched proteins highlight sporozoite-specific functions. They include PF3D7_0104100 that we identified to be homologous to the prominin family, which in human has been related to a quiescent state of cancer cells. …”
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Disputes on women’s deaconate in the Church of England by Artem Kokosh

“…Then we analyze the discussions about the functions of the deaconess, as well as additional factors that influenced the decision to allow women to be ordained as deacons. …”
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LHS-GA Based H-Infinity Control for Robust Airfoil Flutter Suppression by Malek Rekik, Omar Khaled, Karolos Grigoriadis, Matthew A. Franchek

“…The heuristic evolutionary optimization method selects optimal controllers by mapping the weight functions of the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\infty } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> synthesis to time-domain metrics. …”
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SCARN a Novel Class of SCAR Protein That Is Required for Root-Hair Infection during Legume Nodulation. by Liping Qiu, Jie-Shun Lin, Ji Xu, Shusei Sato, Martin Parniske, Trevor L Wang, J Allan Downie, Fang Xie

“…We identified other SCARN-like proteins in legumes and phylogeny analyses suggested that SCARN may have arisen from a gene duplication and acquired specialized functions in root nodule symbiosis. Mutation of SCARN reduced formation of infection-threads and their extension into the root cortex and slightly reduced root-hair length. …”
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Characterization of phenylalanine ammonium lyase gene family in Datura stramonium and expression analysis in response to nanoparticles-aluminium oxide (Al2O3NPs) and tungsten oxide... by Baan Munim Twaij, Hashim K. Mohammed Al-Aubaidi, Md. Nazmul Hasan

“…These proteins are located in different cellular regions, suggesting different functions. Motif and cis-regulatory element analysis revealed conserved patterns and responses to stress and hormonal signals. …”
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A telomere-to-telomere genome of wild soybean with resistance to soybean cyst nematode X12 by Yun Lian, Yongkang Wu, Chun Li, He Wei, Pei Du, Jinying Li, Chenfang Lei, Haichao Li, Shiwei Wang, Hui Zhang, Jinshe Wang, Weiguo Lu

“…A total of 57,712 protein-coding genes were predicted, 98.79% of which were functionally annotated. This high-quality reference genome provides a valuable resource for investigating SCN resistance and accelerating soybean genetic improvement.…”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced DNA Damage and Repair by Rajesh P. Rastogi, Richa, Ashok Kumar, Madhu B. Tyagi, Rajeshwar P. Sinha

“…DNA is one of the prime molecules, and its stability is of utmost importance for proper functioning and existence of all living systems. Genotoxic chemicals and radiations exert adverse effects on genome stability. …”
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