GENOME-WIDE IDENTIFICATION AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE (AIL) GENES IN BRASSICA SPECIES AND EXPRESSION PATTERNS DURING REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN BRASSICA NAPUS L.

Genome-wide identification AINTEGUMENTA-like (AIL) genes in Brassica species and expression patterns during reproductive development in Brassica napus L.

The AINTEGUMENTA-like Formatter Board (AIL) proteins, which belong to the AP2 family, play important roles in regulating the growth and development of plant organs.The AIL family has not yet been comprehensively studied in rapeseed (Brassica napus), an allotetraploid and model organism for the study of polyploid evolution.In the present study, 99 A

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Epigenetics and Heart Development

Epigenetic control of gene expression during cardiac development and disease has been a topic of intense research in recent years.Advances in experimental methods to study DNA accessibility, transcription factor occupancy, and chromatin conformation capture technologies have helped identify regions of chromatin structure that play a configuration p

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Ultrastructure and functional morphology of the appendages in the reef-building sedentary polychaete Sabellaria alveolata (Annelida, Sedentaria, Sabellida)

Abstract Background The sedentary polychaete Sabellaria alveolata, the sandcastle or honeycomb worm, possesses four different kinds of appendages besides the parapodia: opercular papillae, tentacular filaments, palps, and branchiae.It exhibits a highly specialized anterior end, the operculum, formed by the prostomium, peristomium, and two anterior

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Fluid Optimisation in Emergency Laparotomy (FLO-ELA) Trial: study protocol for a multi-centre randomised trial of cardiac output-guided fluid therapy compared to usual care in patients undergoing major emergency gastrointestinal surgery

Abstract Introduction Postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing major emergency gastrointestinal surgery are a major burden on healthcare systems.Optimal management of perioperative intravenous fluids may reduce mortality rates and improve outcomes from surgery.Previous small trials of cardiac-output guided haemodynamic therapy a

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