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Hydraulic properties and drought response of a tropical bamboo (Cephalostachyum pergracile)

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Plant Diversity 2024年第3期46卷 406-415页

作者： Wanwalee Kongjarat Lu Han amy Ny Aina Aritsara Shu-Bin Zhang Gao-Juan Zhao Yong-Jiang Zhang Phisamai Maenpuen Ying-Mei Li Yi-Ke Zou Ming-Yi Li Xue-Nan Li Lian-Bin Tao Ya-Jun Chen CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest ecology Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenChinese Academy of SciencesYunnan 666303China University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049China T-STAR Core Team Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenChinese Academy of SciencesYunnan 666303China School of Biology and ecology University of MaineOronoMEUSA Climate Change Institute University of MaineOronoME 04469USA School of Biological and Chemical Science Pu’er UniversityXueyuan RoadYunnan 665000China Institute of ecology and Geobotany School of Ecology and Environmental SciencesYunnan UniversityKunmingYunnan 650091China School of ecology and environment Southwest Forestry UniversityKunmingYunnan 650224China Yuanjiang Savanna ecosystem Research Station Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenChinese Academy of SciencesYuanjiangYunnan 653300China

Bamboo plants are an essential component of tropical ecosystems,yet their vulnerability to climate extremes,such as drought,is poorly understood due to limited knowledge of their hydraulic *** pergracile,a commonly used tropical bamboo species,exhibited a substantially higher mortality rate than other co-occurring bamboos during a severe drought event in 2019,but the underlying mechanisms remain *** study investigated the leaf and stem hydraulic traits related to drought responses,including leaf-stem embolism resistance(P50leaf;P50stem) estimated using optical and X-ray microtomography methods,leaf pressure-volume and water-releasing ***,we investigated the seasonal water potentials,native embolism level(PLC) and xylem water source using stable *** found that *** exhibited strong resistance to embolism,showing low P50leaf,P50stem,and turgor loss point,despite its rapid leaf water ***,its leaves displayed greater resistance to embolism than its stem,suggesting a lack of effective hydraulic vulnerability segmentation(HVS) to protect the stem from excessive xylem *** the dry season,approximately 49% of the water was absorbed from the upper 20-cm-deep soil ***,significant diurnal variation in leaf water potentials and an increase in midday PLC from 5.87±2.33% in the wet season to 12.87±4.09%in the dry season were *** summary,this study demonstrated that the rapid leaf water loss,high reliance on surface water,and a lack of effective HVS in *** accelerated water depletion and increased xylem embolism even in the typical dry season,which may explain its high mortality rate during extreme drought events in 2019.

关键词： Climate change Drought Hydraulic safety Hydraulic vulnerability segmentation Stable isotope Tree mortality

Role of phenotypic plasticity in morphological differentiation between watersnake populations

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Integrative Zoology 2020年第4期15卷 329-337页

作者： Ian T.CLIFTON Jeremy D.CHAMBeRLAIN Matthew e.gifford Department of Biology University of Central ArkansasConwayArkansasUSA Department of Biology Southern Arkansas UniversityMagnoliaArkansasUSA Department of environmental Sciences University of ToledoToledoOhioUSA

An individual’s morphology is shaped by the environmental pressures it experiences,and the resulting morphological response is the culmination of both genetic factors and environmental(non-genetic)conditions experienced early in its life(*** plasticity).The role that phenotypic plasticity plays in shaping phenotypes is important,but evidence for its influence is often *** exposed female neonate diamond-backed watersnakes(Nerodia rhombifer)from populations experiencing different prey-size regimes to different feeding treatments to test the influence of phenotypic plasticity in shaping trophic *** found that snakes in a large-prey treatment from a population frequently encountering large prey exhibited a higher growth rate in body size than individuals in a small-prey treatment from the same *** pattern was not observed in snakes from a population that regularly encounters small *** also found that regardless of treatment,snakes from the smallprey population were smaller at birth than snakes from the large-prey population and remained so throughout the *** results suggest that the ability to plastically respond to environmental pressures may be population*** results also indicate a genetic predisposition towards larger body sizes in a population where large prey items are more common.

关键词： common garden diamond-backed watersnake local adaptation phenotypic plasticity trophic morphology

Heightened condition dependent expression of structural coloration in the faces,but not wings,of male and female flies

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Current Zoology 2022年第5期68卷 600-607页

作者： Thomas e White amy Locke Tanya Latty School of Life and environmental Sciences The University of SydneySydney 2106Australia

Structurally colored sexual signals are a conspicuous and widespread class of ornament used in mate choice,though the extent to which they encode information on the quality of their bearers is not fully *** predicts that signaling traits under strong sexual selection as honest indicators should evolve to be more developmentally integrated and exaggerated than nonsexual traits,thereby leading to heightened condition ***,we test this prediction through examination of the sexually dimorphic faces and wings of the cursorial fly Lispe *** and females possess structural UV-white and golden faces,respectively,and males present their faces and wings to females during close-range,ground-based courtship displays,thereby creating the opportunity for mutual *** a field-collected sample of individuals,we found that the appearance of the faces of both sexes scaled positively with individual condition,though along separate *** in better condition expressed brighter faces as modeled according to conspecific flies,whereas condition scaled with facial saturation in *** found no such relationships for their wing interference pattern nor abdomens,with the latter included as a nonsexual *** results suggest that the structurally colored faces,but not the iridescent wings,of male and female *** are reliable guides to individual quality and support the broader potential for structural colors as honest *** also highlight the potential for mutual mate choice in this system,while arguing for 1 of several alternate signaling roles for wing interferences patterns among the myriad taxa which bear them.

关键词： honest signal iridescent mate choice sexual selection wing interference pattern

Method for rapid on-site identification of VOCs

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Journal of environmental Sciences 2009年第7期21卷 1005-1008页

作者： Justin D Fair William F Bailey Robert A Felty amy e.gifford Benjamin Shultes Leslie H Volles Department of Chemistry University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut 06269-3060 USA. INFICON Inc. 2 Technology Place East Syracuse New York 13057 USA

Rapid on-site identification of volatile organic compounds （VOCs） in ambient air is an important first step in remediation efforts. This study describes modification of a commercially available, portable GC/MS system and development of an analysis protocol for rapid （〈 3 min） sampling and identification of VOCs typically found at contaminated sites at the low ppbv level.

关键词： field analysis gas chromatograph mass spectrometer toxic industrial chemicals thermal desorption

primiReference: a reference for analysis of primary-microRNA expression in single-nucleus sequencing data

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Journal of Genetics and Genomics 2023年第2期50卷 108-121页

作者： amy e.elias Thomas A.Nuñez Bianca Kun Jill A.Kreiling Roche WilmingtonMA 01887USA. Department of Molecular Biology Cell Biology and BiochemistryBrown UniversityProvidenceRI02903USA Public Health Genetics University of PittsburghPittsburghPA 15260USA

Single-nucleus RNA-sequencing technology has revolutionized understanding of nuanced changes in gene expression between cell types within ***,our understanding of regulatory RNAs,such as microRNAs(miRNAs),is limited through both single-cell and single-nucleus techniques due to the short length of miRNAs in the cytoplasm and the incomplete reference of longer primary miRNA(pri-miRNA)transcripts in the *** build a custom reference to align and count pri-miRNA sequences in singlenucleus *** young and aged subventricular zone(SVZ)nuclei,we show differential expression of pri-miRNAs targeting genes involved in neural stem cells(NSC)differentiation in the aged ***,using wild-type and 5XFAD mouse model cortex nuclei,to validate the use of primiReference,we find cell-type-specific expression of pri-miRNAs known to be involved in Alzheimer’s disease(AD).pri-miRNAs likely contribute to NSC dysregulation with age and AD *** is paramount in capturing a global profile of gene expression and regulation in single-nucleus data and can provide key insights into cell-type-specific expression of pri-miRNAs,paving the way for future studies of regulation and pathway *** looking at pri-miRNA abundance and transcriptional differences,regulation of gene expression by miRNAs in disease and aging can be further explored.

关键词： Primary-microRNA Aging Subventricular zone Alzheimer’s disease Single-nucleus RNA-Seq microRNA Transcriptomics

Natural regeneration responses to thinning and burning treatments in ponderosa pine forests and implications for restoration

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Journal of Forestry Research 2022年第3期33卷 741-753页

作者： Tzeidle N.Wasserman amy e.M.Waltz John Paul Roccaforte Judith D.Springer Joseph e.Crouse ecological Restoration Institute Northern Arizona UniversityP.O.Box 15017FlagstaffAZ86011-5017USA

Understanding naturally occurring pine regeneration dynamics in response to thinning and burning treatments is necessary not only to measure the longevity of the restoration or fuels treatment,but also to assess how well regeneration meets forest sustainability guidelines and whether natural regeneration is sufficient for maintaining a sustainable forest structure and composition.A synthesis review was carried out on the effects of mechanical thinning and prescribed burn treatments on natural pine regeneration response in frequent-fire ponderosa pine forests across the western United *** focus was on site-specific variability in pine regeneration dynamics,temporal trends in regeneration presence and abundance,and response to treatment as described in the current literature using 29 studies that met our evidence-based review *** showed that the effects of thinning and burning treatments on regeneration depended on time since *** thinning,prescribed burning,and thinning plus burn treatments all increased seedling density,but there was high variability among sites and *** were mixed results in the short-term(ears)with both increasing and decreasing regeneration,and a general increase in regeneration 11−20 years *** long-term studies(>20 years)concluded that stands can return to pre-treatment densities in terms of total trees per hectare and forest floor duff levels when there are no maintenance treatments *** studies showed the average ponderosa pine seedling presence,survival and growth found in today’s forests to be at a high density;this combined with missed fire cycles could contribute to future fire risk and reduce the efficacy of maintaining fuel reduction goals.

关键词： Regeneration Ponderosa pine Frequent-fire Treatments Thinning Burning

Assessment of the binding interactions of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein variants

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Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2022年第1期12卷 58-64页

作者： Deepa Raghu Pamela Hamill Arpitha Banaji amy McLaren Yu-Ting Hsu Product Characterization MilliporeSigmaRockvilleMD20850USA Product Characterization MilliporeSigmaStirlingFK94NFUK Process and Analytical Development MilliporeSigmaSt.LouisMO63118USA

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus 2 is a major global health issue and is driving the need for new *** surface spike protein,which plays a central role in virus infection,is currently the target for vaccines and neutralizing *** emergence of novel variants with multiple mutations in the spike protein may reduce the effectiveness of neutralizing antibodies by altering the binding activity of the protein with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(ACe2).To understand the impact of spike protein mutations on the binding interactions required for virus infection and the effectiveness of neutralizing monoclonal antibody(mAb)therapies,the binding activities of the original spike protein receptor binding domain(RBD)sequence and the reported spike protein variants were investigated using surface plasmon *** addition,the interactions of the ACe2 receptor,an antispike mAb(mAb1),a neutralizing mAb(mAb2),the original spike RBD sequence,and mutants D614G,N501Y,N439K,Y453F,and e484K were *** to the original RBD,the Y453F and N501Y mutants displayed a significant increase in ACe2 binding affinity,whereas D614G had a substantial reduction in binding *** mAb-RBD mutant proteins displayed a reduction in binding affinities relative to the original RBD,except for the e484K-mAb1 *** potential neutralizing capability of mAb1 and mAb2 was ***,mAb1 failed to inhibit the ACe2-RBD interaction while mAb2 inhibited the ACe2-RBD interactions for all RBD mutants,except mutant e484K,which only displayed partial blocking.

关键词： Surface plasmon resonance SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal antibody RBD ACe2

A sting in the tail： the N-terminal domain of the androgen receptor as a drug target

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2016年第5期18卷 687-694页

作者： amy e Monaghan Iain J Mcewan School of Medicine Medical Sciences and Nutrition Institute of Medical Sciences University of Aberdeen Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD United Kingdom.

The role of androgen receptor （AR） in the initiation and progression of prostate cancer （PCa） is well established. Competitive inhibition of the AR ligand-binding domain （LBD） has been the staple of antiandrogen therapies employed to combat the disease in recent years. However, their efficacy has often been limited by the emergence of resistance, mediated through point mutations, and receptor truncations. As a result, the prognosis for patients with malignant castrate resistant disease remains poor. The amino-terminal domain （NTD） of the AR has been shown to be critical for AR function. Its modular activation function （AF-1） is important for both gene regulation and participation in protein-protein interactions. However, due to the intrinsically disordered structure of the domain, its potential as a candidate for therapeutic intervention has been dismissed in the past. The recent emergence of the small molecule ePI-O01 has provided evidence that AR-NTD can be targeted therapeutically, independent of the LBD. Targeting of AR-NTD has the potential to disrupt multiple intermolecular interactions between AR and its coregulatory binding partners, in addition to intramolecular cross-talk between the domains of the AR. Therapeutics targeting these protein-protein interactions or NTD directly should also have efficacy against emerging AR splice variants which may play a role in PCa progression. This review will discuss the role of intrinsic disorder in AR function and illustrate how emerging therapies might target NTD in PCa.

关键词： androgen receptor inhibitor intrinsically disordered structure N-terminal domain prostate cancer small molecules

Probing the Impact of Solvent on the Strength of Lewis Acids via Fluorescent Lewis Adducts

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Precision Chemistry 2023年第1期1卷 49-56页

作者： amy e.Laturski Joshua R.Gaffen Paul Demay-Drouhard Christopher B.Caputo Thomas Baumgartner Department of Chemistry York UniversityTorontoON M3J 1P3Canada

Various methods have been developed to measure the strength of a Lewis acid.A major challenge for these measurements lies in the complexity that arises from variable solvent interactions and perturbations of Lewis acids as their reaction environment ***,we investigate the impact of solvent effects on Lewis acids for the first time as measured by the fluorescent Lewis adduct(FLA)*** binding of a Lewis acid in various solvents reveals a measurable dichotomy between both polarity and donor ability of the *** not strictly separable,we observe that the influence of solvent polarity on Lewis acid unit(LAU)values is distinctly opposite to the influence of donor *** dichotomy was confirmed by titration data,illustrating that solvation effects can be appropriately and precisely gauged by the FLA method.

关键词： Fluorescence Fluorescent Lewis adducts Lewis acids effective Lewis acidity Solvent polarity Solvent donor strength