Single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) coats single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and recruits downstream factors, yet this same coating must be cleared for SSB-interacting proteins to bind. RecA is a central protein in homologous recombination, which requ...
Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) play a crucial role in DNA metabolism by binding and stabilizing single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) intermediates. Through their multifaceted roles in DNA replication, recombination, repair, replication restart, a...
Bacterial SSB proteins, as well as their eukaryotic RPA analogues, are essential and ubiquitous. They avidly bind single-stranded DNA and regulate/coordinate its metabolism, hence enabling essential DNA processes such as replication, transcription, a...
The Staphylococcus aureus SsbA protein (SaSsbA) is a single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) that is categorically required for DNA replication and cell survival, and it is thus an attractive target for potential antipathogen chemotherapy. In this...
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding proteins (SSBs) play a central role in cells by participating in DNA metabolism, including replication, repair, recombination, and replication fork restart. SSBs are essential for cell survival and thus an attracti...
In bacteria, the DnaG primase is responsible for synthesis of short RNA primers used to initiate chain extension by replicative DNA polymerase(s) during chromosomal replication. Among the proteins with which Escherichia coli DnaG interacts is the sin...
Prions are transmissible self-perpetuating protein isoforms associated with diseases and heritable traits. Yeast prions and non-transmissible protein aggregates (mnemons) are frequently based on cross-β ordered fibrous aggregates (amyloids). The...
Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs) support initial access, synchronization, and beam management in fifth-generation networks. However, the periodic transmission of SSBs contributes to background electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure, while increasin...
Eukaryotic cells have evolved multiple mechanisms to detect and eliminate aberrant polypeptides. Co-translational protein surveillance systems play an important role in these mechanisms. These systems include ribosome-associated protein quality contr...
Optical twin-single sideband (Twin-SSB) modulation, due to the left sideband (LSB) and right sideband (RSB) signal carrying individual data, has become an attractive technique in fiber transmission because it satisfies the demand of the explosive inc...
Generation of the 3′ overhang is a critical step during homologous recombination (HR) and replication fork rescue processes. This event is usually performed by a series of DNA nucleases and/or helicases. The nuclease NurA and the ATPase HerA, t...
SSB proteins play essential roles in DNA replication, recombination, and repair in bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. This study investigates the transcript levels, identification, expression and purification, subcellular localization, and immune protec...
Lung involvement is the most common extraglandular manifestation of primary Sjögren’s Disease (pSjD). There is an increasing interest in finding the clinical/serological risk predictors of this feature. A cross-sectional study evaluating a...
In this work, we propose a localization method based on an exogenous radar with multi-base station and the synchronization signal block (SSB) in 5G downlink signals. We combine physical cell identities (PCIs)-based identification with the extensive c...
Plinia cauliflora has been associated with numerous ethnobotanical applications. In this study, we uncovered that the fruit extract of P. cauliflora, obtained using 50% ethanol, possesses inhibition activity against the Klebsiella pneumoniae single-s...
In Escherichia coli, DNA replication forks stall on average once per cell cycle. When this occurs, replisome components disengage from the DNA, exposing an intact, or nearly intact fork. Consequently, the fork structure must be regressed away from th...
The precise editing of genes mediated by CRISPR-Cas9 necessitates the application of donor DNA with appropriate lengths of homologous arms and fragment sizes. Our previous development, SSB/CRISPR-Cas9, has demonstrated high efficiency in homologous r...
DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) occur more than 10,000 times per mammalian cell each day, representing the most common type of DNA damage. Unrepaired SSBs compromise DNA replication and transcription programs, leading to genome instability. Unrepaire...
This paper presents a qualitative sustainability assessment of an innovative, water-based, partially bio-based, and potentially removable screen-printing ink designed to replace conventional PVC-based inks in the textile industry. The assessment is c...
Single-sideband (SSB) modulation through Hilbert transformation has successfully transmitted data using only half the bandwidth of the traditional scheme for the same amount of contained information. Toward this end, the four single-sideband (4-SSB)...
High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is associated with a high risk of non-communicable diseases. Evidence of SSB consumption is needed to inform SSB-related policies, especially in countries with a high consumption, such as Peru. Usin...
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein (SSB) plays a crucial role in DNA replication, repair, and recombination as well as replication fork restarts. SSB is essential for cell survival and, thus, is an attractive target for potential antipathoge...
Human single-stranded DNA binding protein 1 (hSSB1) is critical to preserving genome stability, interacting with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) through an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding-fold. The depletion of hSSB1 in cell-line models leads to...
Body mass index (BMI) as well as sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) has been suggested to independently decrease 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). However, the relationship between SSB, BMI, and 25(OH)D is uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the pot...
4 August 2019
High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) among adolescents has turned into a global concern due to its negative impact on health. This cross-sectional study determined the amount of SSB consumption among adolescents and its associated fac...
Background/Objectives: More than half of Swiss adults exceed the World Health Organization’s recommended limit for free sugar intake, with sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) as a major contributor. SSB intake may be associated with other dietary ri...
The association between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and symptom complaints among school-aged children remains unclear. Children aged 6–17 years (n = 29,028) were recruited on the basis of a national school-based study. Data collection incl...
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) increases total caloric intake, is linked to cardiometabolic outcomes as well as dental caries, and sugar in SSBs is associated with mortality and frailty among adults. We describe energy and total suga...
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding proteins (SSBs) are critical in maintaining genome stability by protecting the transient existence of ssDNA from damage during essential biological processes, such as DNA replication and gene transcription. The sin...
Due to the role that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) play in the obesity epidemic, SSB taxes have been enacted in the United States in the California cities of Albany, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco, as well as in Boulder, Philadelphia, and Se...
PriB is a primosomal protein required for the replication fork restart in bacteria. Although PriB shares structural similarity with SSB, they bind ssDNA differently. SSB consists of an N-terminal ssDNA-binding/oligomerization domain (SSBn) and a flex...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are fast becoming the most common chronic liver disease and are often preventable with healthy dietary habits and weight management. Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consu...
Objective: This study aimed to assess the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and psychological distress. Design: This study used a cross-sectional design. Setting: The database from the 2013–2016 Nutrition and Health...
Seabed sedimentary bedforms (SSBs) are strong indicators of current flow (direction and velocity) and can be mapped in high resolution using multibeam echosounders. Many approaches have been designed to automate the classification of such SSBs imaged...
Background/Objectives: Insufficient hydration and high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is a significant public health challenge among adolescents. The aim of the presented study was to assess the beverage intake, in terms of quantity...
29 July 2026
Sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) are an important source of added sugars and a key target for fiscal policies aimed at preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes and other non-communicable diseases. This study assessed the association of SSB taxes, tax stru...
24 February 2017
Although consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is a key contributor to epidemic obesity and has dramatically increased over the past decade in the United States, little is known about its prevalence and associated factors. Data from the 201...
Butanol was produced commercially from cornstarch and sugarcane molasses (renewable resources) until 1983, when production of these plants was forced to cease because of unfavorable economics of production caused in part by escalating prices of these...
Childhood obesity represents a growing global public health crisis, strongly driven by the widespread consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and, increasingly, artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs). SSB intake drives excessive calorie cons...
(1) Introduction: Screen time may influence preschoolers’ food consumption. However, there is limited evidence regarding preschoolers, especially in China. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between screen...
The passion fruit, Passiflora edulis, recognized for its rich nutritional properties, has long been used for its varied ethnobotanical applications. This study investigates the therapeutic potential of P. edulis var. Tainung No. 1 rind extracts by ex...
In the pursuit of advancing sustainable energy storage solutions, solid-state batteries (SSBs) have emerged as a formidable contender to traditional lithium-ion batteries, distinguished by their superior energy density, augmented safety measures, and...
The carnivorous pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes exhibit many ethnobotanical uses, including treatments of stomachache and fever. In this study, we prepared different extracts from the pitcher, stem, and leaf extracts of Nepenthes miranda obtain...
Background: Studies outside Japan have linked sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake with weight gain; however, evidence in Japanese adults is scarce, and no study has examined beverage-derived energy in relation to anthropometric indices and handgrip...
Background: Thailand has implemented a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) excise tax since September 2017, but questions remain about changes in individual-level SSB consumption after tax implementation. This study aimed to analyze the change in taxed an...
In April 2018, South Africa became the first African country to implement a Health Promotion Levy (HPL) on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). This study assessed sugar tax awareness among rural-based university students and involved 342 participants,...
Background: Health authorities are near universal in their recommendation to replace sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with water. Non-nutritive sweetened beverages (NSBs) are not as widely recommended as a replacement strategy due to a lack of establ...
Diet-related fiscal policy is an effective NCD prevention strategy. However, current sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes in Fiji and Tonga have not had the desired effect; SSB consumption in Fiji, for example, contributes to mortality more than doub...
22 March 2019
This study assessed the differences between immigrants and natives in terms of combined effects of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) or snack consumption and preventive behaviors for severe early childhood caries (SECC) through a large-scale survey of 3...
Broadcast-style downlinks (e.g., PONs and satellites) expose physical waveforms despite transport-layer cryptography, motivating physical-layer encryption (PLE). Digital chaotic encryption is appealing for its noise-like spectra, sensitivity, and DSP...
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