Published in Nature Communications
Defects in the Casparian strip, a fine band of lignin that seals root endodermal cells and plays roles in nutrient homeostasis, activate a signaling pathway leading to over-lignification. Here, the authors show that this process leads to the deposition of compensatory lignin that is chemically distinct from Casparian strip lignin.
Published in Genome Biology
The integration of a viral genome into the host genome has a major impact on the trajectory of the infected cell. Integration location and variation within the associated viral genome can influence both clonal expansion and persistence of infected cells. Methods based on short-read sequencing can identify viral insertion sites, but the sequence of ...
Published in BMC Biology
BackgroundDinoflagellates are aquatic protists particularly widespread in the oceans worldwide. Some are responsible for toxic blooms while others live in symbiotic relationships, either as mutualistic symbionts in corals or as parasites infecting other protists and animals. Dinoflagellates harbor atypically large genomes (~ 3 to 250 Gb), with gene...
Published in Annals of Intensive Care
Published in Meat science
Increasing demands are being placed on meat producers to verify more about their product with regards to safety, quality and authenticity. There are many methods that can detect aspects of these parameters in meat, yet most are too slow to keep up with the demands of modern meat processing plants and supply chains. A new technology, Rapid Evaporati...
Published in Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association
To assess the correlation of the scleral shape and corneal tomographic parameters in keratoconus. Twenty eyes of 15 keratoconus patients with no previous specialty lens wear or ocular surgery were included in this study. Corneal imaging was obtained with the Pentacam HR and three-dimensional (3D) corneoscleral maps were acquired using the Eye Surfa...
Published in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
A limited prosocial emotions (LPE) subtype of conduct disorder (CD) has been added to the DSM-5. Empirical studies on this categorically defined subtype are scarce, and existing work is predominantly cross-sectional. Hypotheses surrounding the LPE subtype that relate to comorbidity, prognosis, and developmental antecedents, and overlap with psychop...
Published in Journal of pain and symptom management
Although conversations about future medical treatment and end-of-life care are considered to be important, ethnic minorities are much less engaged in advance care planning (ACP). To explore ACP knowledge, experiences, views, facilitators, and barriers among older adults of Turkish origin in Belgium. This qualitative study was based on constant comp...
Published in Insect science
Insect neuropeptides regulate various physiological processes, such as reproduction, feeding, growth and development, and have been considered as viable targets in the development of alternative strategies for pest control. Amongst these neuropeptides is myosuppressin (MS), a very conserved neuropeptide that has been reported to regulate cardiac an...
Published in Journal of epidemiology and community health
Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is a population health measure that combines mortality and morbidity, which can be calculated using different methods. In this study, we aimed to assess the correlation, reliability and (dis)agreement between two estimates monitored in the European Union (EU), that is, the European Commission's HLE based on self-percei...
