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... To study new methods to delay the umami taste attenuation of the conditioned pork, the ice temperature of pork, the content of nucleotides, lactic acid, pyruvate, glycogen, and activity of key endogenous enzymes were determined for the conditioned pork stored at 4 °C and ice temperature. The results indicated that the ice temperature of the pork ham bicipital muscle was −1.4 °C. The content of uma ...
... Metabolic diseases caused by high-fat diet (HFD) have been a major problem currently in aquaculture. Nucleotides have been used as functional nutrients to improve the growth and health of fish,such as stimulating immune responses, such as immune cells and complement lytic activity. In this experiment, we supplemented solid fermentation product of Bacillus velezensis T23 and nuclease-treated Bacill ...
... Endogenous hydrocortisone causes detrimental effects on public health and domestic animal products, but the potential mechanisms remain elusive. Hydrocortisone was detected from seventy-two Guanzhong-Black pigs in three replicates (216 samples) (0.00 ± 46.38 μg kg⁻¹), indicating the existence of endogenous hydrocortisone. Herein, we investigated the effects of hydrocortisone on the metabolic signa ...
nucleotides, etc ; DNA; Oreochromis niloticus; aquaculture; blood glucose; chromatin; diet; digestible energy; digestible protein; enterocytes; fish; gonadosomatic index; hepatosomatic index; high density lipoprotein; lipid content; lipid metabolism; liver; morphometry; muscles; testes; triacylglycerols; visceral fat; viscosity; Show all 23 Subjects
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... In this study, we assessed the health, growth, sperm characteristics, and intestinal, liver, and testicular morphology of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) males fed rations containing purified nucleotides (NT). A total of 420 females (286 ± 7.15 g) and 140 males (536 ± 13.4 g) were used. Fish were fed on extruded ration (280 g digestible protein kg⁻¹; 11.72 M joule (MJ) of digestible energy kg ...
... Detection of RNA modified nucleotides using deep sequencing can be performed by several approaches, including antibody-driven enrichment and natural or chemically induced RT signatures. However, only very few RNA modified nucleotides generate natural RT signatures and antibody-driven enrichment heavily depends on the quality of antibodies used and may be highly biased. Thus, the use of chemically- ...
... microRNAs are non-coding molecules, approximately 22 nucleotides in length, that regulate various cellular processes. A growing body of evidence has suggested that their dysregulated expression is involved in the pathogenesis of diverse diseases, including diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). Early onset of this chronic and complex metabolic disorder is frequently undiagnosed, leading to the developmen ...
... Knowledge of RNA solvent accessibility has recently become attractive due to the increasing awareness of its importance for key biological process. Accurately predicting the solvent accessibility of RNA is crucial for understanding its 3D structure and biological function. In this study, we develop a novel computational method, termed M²pred, for accurately predicting the solvent accessibility of ...
nucleotides, etc ; Potyvirus; RNA; adenines; methylation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Previous studies have found a correlation between the abilities of PVX vector‐expressed HCPro variants to bind small RNAs (sRNAs), and to suppress silencing. Moreover, HCPro preferred to bind viral sRNAs of 21–22 nucleotides (nt) containing 5′‐terminal adenines. This would require such viral sRNAs to have either different access to the suppressor than those of plant sequences, or different molecul ...
nucleotides, etc ; biogenesis; gene expression; microRNA; Show all 4 Subjects
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... MicroRNAs (miRNAs) post-transcriptionally repress gene expression by guiding Argonaute (AGO) proteins to target mRNAs. While much is known about the regulation of miRNA biogenesis, miRNA degradation pathways are comparatively poorly understood. Although miRNAs generally exhibit slow turnover, they can be rapidly degraded through regulated mechanisms that act in a context- or sequence-specific mann ...
nucleotides, etc ; crosslinking; microscopy; microtubules; tubulin; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Microtubules are polymers of αβ-tubulin heterodimers that organize into distinct structures in cells. Microtubule-based architectures and networks often contain subsets of microtubule arrays that differ in their dynamic properties. For example, in dividing cells, stable bundles of crosslinked microtubules coexist in close proximity to dynamic non-crosslinked microtubules. TIRF-microscopy-based in ...
nucleotides, etc ; biomarkers; carcinoma; microRNA; prognosis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... microRNAs are endogenous non-coding miRNAs, 19–25 nucleotides in length, that can be detected in the extracellular environment in stable forms, named circulating miRNAs (CIR-miRNAs). Since the first discovery of CIR-miRNAs, a large number of studies have demonstrated that the abnormal changes in its expression could be used to significantly distinguish nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) from healthy c ...
nucleotides, etc ; ancestry; bioinformatics; phylogeny; ribosomes; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The theory of the RNA world, especially with the catalytic capability of RNA, provides a reasonable framework explaining the evolution of molecular genetics system before the scenario of the central dogma. However, it remains a challenge to deduce the origin mechanism of rRNAs. Here we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships of archaea and bacteria with bootstrap values of most nodes, especia ...
nucleotides, etc ; RNA interference; microRNA; thermodynamics; Show all 4 Subjects
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... In RNA interference (RNAi), small interfering RNA (siRNA) suppresses the expression of its target mRNA with a perfect complementary sequence. In addition, siRNA also suppresses the expression of unintended mRNAs with partially complementary sequences mainly within the siRNA seed region (nucleotides 2–8). This mechanism is highly similar to microRNA (miRNA)-mediated RNA silencing, and known as the ...
nucleotides, etc ; Norovirus; gastroenteritis; genotype; patients; virology; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Norovirus is recognized as one of the leading causes of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks. Genotype GII.9 was first detected in Norfolk, VA, USA, in 1997. However, the complete genome sequence of this genotype has not yet been determined. In this study, a complete genome sequence of GII.9[P7] norovirus, SCD1878_GII.9[P7], from a patient was determined using high-throughput sequencing and rapid ampli ...
nucleotides, etc ; DNA; fluorescein; fluorescence; guanine; redox potential; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Fluorescein is commonly used to label macromolecules, particularly proteins and nucleic acids, but its fluorescence is known to be strongly dependent on its direct chemical environment. In the case of fluorescein-labeled nucleic acids, nucleobase-specific quenching originating in photoinduced charge transfer interactions results in sequence-dependent chemical environments. The resulting sequence s ...
nucleotides, etc ; Z-DNA; biomimetics; geometry; nucleobases; polymers; Show all 6 Subjects
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... A fundamental property of DNA built from four informational nucleotide units (GCAT) is its ability to adopt different helical forms within the context of the Watson–Crick pair. Well-characterized examples include A-, B-, and Z-DNA. For this study, we created an isoinformational biomimetic polymer, built (like standard DNA) from four informational “letters”, but with the building blocks being artif ...
nucleotides, etc ; Escherichia coli; Physcomitrium; RNA; cytidine; deamination; organelles; Show all 7 Subjects
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... C‐to‐U RNA editing sites in plant organelles show a strong bias for neighboring nucleotides. The nucleotide upstream of the target cytidine is typically C or U, whereas A and G are less common and rare, respectively. In pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR)‐type RNA editing factors, the PPR domain specifically binds to the 5′ sequence of target cytidines, whereas the DYW domain catalyzes the C‐to‐U deami ...
nucleotides, etc ; homeostasis; immune system; inflammation; innate immunity; therapeutics; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The innate immune system is a primary protective line in our body. It confers its protection through different pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), especially toll like receptors (TLRs). Toll like receptor 9 (TLR9) is an intracellular TLR, expressed in different immunological and non-immunological cells. Release of cellular components, such as proteins, nucleotides, and DNA confers a beneficial i ...
nucleotides, etc ; RNA; anticodons; codons; genetic code; molecular biology; therapeutics; Show all 7 Subjects
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... With few exceptions, natural proteins are built from only 20 canonical (proteogenic) amino acids which limits the functionality and accordingly the properties they can possess. Genetic code expansion, i.e. the creation of codons and the machinery needed to assign them to non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs), promises to enable the discovery of proteins with novel properties that are otherwise difficu ...
nucleotides, etc ; Leviviridae; RNA; biotechnology; capsid; fimbriae; genomics; models; virion; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The coat proteins (CPs) of single-stranded RNA bacteriophages (ssRNA phages) directly assemble around the genomic RNA (gRNA) to form a near-icosahedral capsid with a single maturation protein (Mat) that binds the gRNA and interacts with the retractile pilus during infection of the host. Understanding the assembly of ssRNA phages is essential for their use in biotechnology, such as RNA protection a ...