Lorenzo, Christian Damian Debray, Kevin Herwegh, Denia Develtere, Ward Impens, Lennert Schaumont, Dries Vandeputte, Wout Aesaert, Stijn Coussens, Griet De Boe, Yara
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The Plant cell
Ensuring food security for an ever-growing global population while adapting to climate change is the main challenge for agriculture in the 21st century. Although new technologies are being applied to tackle this problem, we are approaching a plateau in crop improvement using conventional breeding. Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene engine...
Verslues, Paul E Bailey-Serres, Julia Brodersen, Craig Buckley, Thomas N Conti, Lucio Christmann, Alexander Dinneny, José R Grill, Erwin Hayes, Scott Heckman, Robert W
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The Plant cell
We present unresolved questions in plant abiotic stress biology as posed by 15 research groups with expertise spanning eco-physiology to cell and molecular biology. Common themes of these questions include the need to better understand how plants detect water availability, temperature, salinity, and rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels; how environme...
Decruyenaere, Philippe Verniers, Kimberly Poma Soto, Franco Alexander Van Dorpe, Jo Offner, Fritz Vandesompele, Jo
Van Damme, Petra Osberg, Camilla Jonckheere, Veronique Glomnes, Nina Gevaert, Kris Arnesen, Thomas Aksnes, Henriette
N-terminal acetylation is a conserved protein modification among eukaryotes. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a valuable model system for studying this modification. The bulk of protein N-terminal acetylation in S. cerevisiae is catalyzed by the N-terminal acetyltransferases NatA, NatB, and NatC. Thus far, proteome-wide identification of the i...
Peeters, Nicky Hanssen, Britta De Beukelaer, Nathalie Vandekerckhove, Ines Walhain, Fenna Huyghe, Ester Dewit, Tijl Feys, Hilde Van Campenhout, Anja Van den Broeck, Christine
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Cordier, Fleur Van der Meulen, Joni Loontiens, Siebe Van Roy, Nadine Lapeire, Lore Willaert, Wouter Ferdinande, Liesbeth Van de Vijver, Koen Van Dorpe, Jo Creytens, David
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Vereecke, Nick Botteldoorn, Nadine Brossé, Charlotte Bonckaert, Caroline Nauwynck, Hans Haesebrouck, Freddy Boyen, Filip Maes, Dominiek Theuns, Sebastiaan
Diagnostics for swine dysentery rely on the identification of Brachyspira species using molecular techniques. Nevertheless, no quick diagnostic tools are available for antimicrobial susceptibility testing due to extended growth requirements (7 to 14 days).
Lai, Xinyuan Zhuang, Hui Li, Tong Xiang, Kuanhui
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STAR protocols
Here, we present a protocol to characterize the antiviral ability of a protein of interest to SARS-CoV-2 infection in cultured cells, using MUC1 as an example. We use SARS-CoV-2 ΔN trVLP system, which utilizes transcription and replication-competent SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles lacking nucleocapsid gene. We describe the optimized procedure to an...
Jiang, Chao Dou, Shuo-Xing Wang, Peng-Ye Li, Hui
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STAR protocols
Intracellular transport plays an important role in maintaining the physiological functions of cells. Here, we describe a protocol for 3D single-particle tracking within living cells. We detail the use of a two-focal imaging system and the analytical steps for quantifying 3D transport dynamics. This protocol can be used to characterize the intracell...
Moustogiannis, Athanasios Philippou, Anastassios Zevolis, Evangelos Taso, Orjona S. Giannopoulos, Antonios Chatzigeorgiou, Antonios Koutsilieris, Michael
Background: During aging, muscle cell apoptosis increases and myogenesis gradually declines. The impaired myogenic and survival potential of the aged skeletal muscle can be ameliorated by its mechanical loading. However, the molecular responses of aged muscle cells to mechanical loading remain unclear. This study examined the effect of mechanical l...