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The SAUR (small auxin-up RNA) gene family is the biggest family of early auxin response genes in higher plants and has been associated with the control of a variety of biological processes. Although SAUR genes had been identified in several genomes,...

Agave species are important crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants and widely cultivated in tropical areas for producing tequila spirit and fiber. The hybrid H11648 of Agave ((A. amaniensis × A. angustifolia) × A. amaniensis) is the ma...

The wax gourd (Benincasa hispida) is an important vegetable crop whose fruits contain nutrients and metabolites. Small auxin upregulated RNA (SAUR) genes constitute the largest early auxin-responsive gene family and regulate various biological proces...

Small auxin upregulated RNAs (SAURs) are primary auxin response genes; the function of regulating root growth angle (RGA) is unclear in the apple rootstock. We firstly identified 96 MdSAUR genes families from new apple genome GDDH13 using the reseque...

The SAUR (small auxin-up RNA) family constitutes a category of genes that promptly respond to the hormone auxin and play a pivotal role in diverse biological processes encompassing plant growth and the response to abiotic stress. Santalum album L., a...

The SAUR (Small Auxin-Upregulated RNA) family members are important early auxin responsive genes in plants, playing a key regulatory role in the auxin metabolism, signal transduction, plant organ development, and abiotic stress response. Auxin signal...

Grape (Vitis vinifera) is an important horticultural crop that can be used to make juice and wine. However, the small size of the berry limits its yield. Cultivating larger berry varieties can be an effective way to solve this problem. As the largest...

Auxin serves as an essential regulator of the expression of many different genes in plants, thereby regulating growth and development. The specific functional roles of members of the SAUR (small auxin-up RNA) auxin early response gene family in the d...

Fruit size is an important fruit quality trait that influences the production and commodity values of loquats (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.). The Small Auxin Upregulated RNA (SAUR) gene family has proven to play a vital role in the fruit development of...

Excessive input of nitrogen fertilizer not only causes a great waste of resources but brings about a series of ecological and environmental problems. Although Small Auxin Up-regulated RNAs (SAURs) participate in diverse biological processes, the...

Grafting alters the genetic and anatomical features of plants. Although grafting has been widely applied in plant propagation, the underlying processes that govern the effects of the procedure are not fully understood. Samples were collected to study...

The small-molecule compound fipexide (FPX) has been shown to promote callus formation in several plants, but its effects on forage crops remain unexplored, and its molecular mechanism is not yet fully understood. In this study, we evaluated FPX-induc...

Small auxin-up-regulated RNAs (SAURs) are genes rapidly activated in response to auxin hormones, significantly affecting plant growth and development. However, there is limited information available about the specific functions of SAURs in rice due t...

Auxin’s role in the post-ripening of peaches is widely recognized as important. However, little is known about the processes by which auxin regulates fruit post-ripening. As one of the early auxin-responsive genes, it is critical to understand...

Small auxin-up-regulated RNA (SAUR) genes are involved in the regulation of dynamic and adaptive growth in higher plants. However, their function and mode of action in citrus root growth are still unknown. Here, we demonstrate that in Poncirus trifol...

Small auxin-upregulated RNAs (SAURs), as the largest family of early auxin-responsive genes, play important roles in plant growth and development processes, such as auxin signaling and transport, hypocotyl development, and tolerance to environmental...

Iron is an essential trace element for plants; however, low bioactive Fe in soil continuously places plants in an Fe-deficient environment, triggering oxidative damage. To cope with this, plants make a series of alterations to increase Fe acquisition...

The root system is an important determinant affecting the growth, adaptivity and stress resistance of citrus plants. Currently, the genetic regulatory network underlying root growth and development in citrus remains largely unknown. We report that a...

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is a vital crop for the global supply of protein and oil, with its growth and development being regulated by genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors, particularly light and hormone signaling. The Small Auxin-Up R...

SMALL AUXIN UP-REGULATED RNA (SAURs) genes are acknowledged as auxin-responsive genes that play crucial roles in modulating adaptive growth under abiotic stress conditions. Low temperatures constitute a primary limiting factor that significantly impa...

The plant hormone ABA regulates various physiological processes, such as promoting stomatal closure and inhibiting hypocotyl elongation by mediating de-phosphorylation of H⁺-ATPase. However, the mechanism acting on ABA-induced de-phosphorylation of H...

The plant hormone auxin plays an important role in cell division and the elongation of shoots to affect the plant architecture, which has a great impact on the plant yield, fruit quality and ornamental value; however, the regulatory mechanism of auxi...

Auxin is well known to regulate growth and development processes. Auxin early response genes serve as a critical component of auxin signaling and mediate auxin regulation of diverse physiological processes. In the present study, a genome-wide identif...

The discovery of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) has filled a great gap in our understanding of posttranscriptional gene regulation in a variety of biological processes related to plant stress responses. However, systematic analyses of the lncRNAs expr...

Drought stress is a primary abiotic stress that causes significant losses to forestry and agricultural production. Therefore, exploring drought-responsive genes and their regulatory mechanism is crucial for plant molecular breeding for forestry and a...

Seed vigor affects seed germination and seedling emergence, and therefore is an important agronomic trait in rice. Small auxin-up RNAs (SAURs) function in a range of developmental processes, but their role in seed vigor remains unclear. Here, we obse...

Tartary buckwheat is a type of cultivated medicinal and edible crop with good economic and nutritional value. Knowledge of the final fruit size of buckwheat is critical to its yield increase. In this study, the fruit development of two species of Tar...

Canola is the largest self-produced vegetable oil source in China, although excessive levels of cadmium, lead, and arsenic seriously affect its yield. Therefore, developing methods to identify canola materials with good heavy metal tolerance is a hot...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a World Health Organization-listed priority pathogen. Scarce genomic data are available for MRSA isolates from Malaysia. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant MRSA...

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a significant challenge in healthcare management, and addressing it requires a comprehensive approach. In this study, we employed a combination of phenotypic and genotypic approaches, along with whole genome sequencing (...

Background: The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the IL-6 receptor antibody Tocilizumab (TCZ) in the treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). Methods: This was a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-control...

Background: Cerebral vasospasm (CVS) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been extensively investigated, but the impact of collateralization remains unclear. We investigated the predictive value of collateral activation for delayed cerebral ischem...

Bio-based bulk chemicals such as carboxylic acids continue to struggle to compete with their fossil counterparts on an economic basis. One possibility to improve the economic feasibility is the use of crude substrates in biorefineries. However, impur...

Microplastics have emerged as a global environmental concern due to their widespread presence and potential effects on ecosystems. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play a critical role in mitigating the release of microplastics into the environmen...

Pharmaceutical production typically focuses on individual drug types for each production line, which limits flexibility. However, the emergence of Industry 4.0 technologies presents new opportunities for more adaptable and customized manufacturing pr...

The “Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project,” also known as the National Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Learning Demonstration, is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project started in 2004 and concluded in late...

In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular comorbidities are highly prevalent and associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. This coincidence is increasingly seen in context of a “cardiopulmonary co...

In modern oncology, the analysis and evaluation of treatment response are still challenging. Hence, we used a ¹³C-guided approach to study the impacts of the small molecule dichloroacetate (DCA) upon the metabolic response of pancreatic cancer cells....

Besides its favorable biological properties, the release of sodium (Na) from the well-known 45S5-bioactive glass (BG) composition (in mol%: 46.1, SiO₂, 24.5 CaO, 24.5 Na₂O, 6.0 P₂O₅) can hamper its cytocompatibility. In this study, particles of Na-re...

An ICIE16-bioactive glass (BG) composition (in mol%: 49.5 SiO₂, 6.6 Na₂O, 36.3 CaO, 1.1 P₂O₅, and 6.6 K₂O) has demonstrated excellent in vitro cytocompatibility when cultured with human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs). However,...

Airways obstruction is frequent in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Small airway disease (SAD) was identified as a major contributor to resistance and symptoms. However, it is easily missed using current diagnostic approaches. We aimed to e...

In-orbit additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising approach for fabrication of large structures. It allows to expand and accelerate human space exploration possibilities. Extrusion-based AM was demonstrated in zero gravity, while the realization of...

Observations in astronomy suggest that our Universe contains an abundance of matter over antimatter, which can only be explained if the combined $CP$ symmetry is violated. Studies of $CP$ violation have driven the flavor physics with the aim of testing t...

Small and medium-sized enterprises face significant challenges in effectively implementing design thinking due to limited resources, leadership skepticism, and a paucity of suitable frameworks. This study addresses these challenges by developing and...

Modern custom machine construction and automation projects face pressure to shorten innovation cycles, reduce durations, and manage growing system complexity. Traditional methods like Waterfall and V-Model have limits where end-to-end data traceabili...

This paper presents the results of the project IMPERA (Integrated Mission Planning for Distributed Robot Systems). The goal of IMPERA was to realize an extraterrestrial exploration scenario using a heterogeneous multi-robot system. The main challenge...

Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience impairments in reciprocal social interactions, communication, and a restricted range of interests or repetitive behaviors that impact the development of their behavioral and/or social–emot...

Tau aggregates accumulate in the Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brain according to the established Braak staging scheme and spread from transentorhinal over limbic regions to the neocortex. To impact the management of AD patients, an in vivo tool for...

Mast cells (MCs) are crucial players in the relationship between the tumor microenvironment (TME) and cancer cells and have been shown to influence angiogenesis and progression of human colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the role of MCs in the TME is...

The development of personalized drugs introduces new uncertainties and risks in production machinery design, which can be mitigated through structured workflows. As the commonly used V-Model approach has limitations in dealing with complex multi-doma...