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Cross-sectional data show Global North countries export higher quality products at a point in time. Product-level panel data can address if countries improve their export quality over time. The literature has addressed this practically relevant panel...

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15 Citations
5,066 Views
36 Pages

21 August 2021

Concrete is susceptible to damage during and after high-temperature exposure (most frequently in fire). The concrete partial strength re-gain after a high-temperature exposure obtained by the rehydration process is undoubtedly an advantage of this co...

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3 Citations
2,407 Views
13 Pages

Novel R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor LhMYB1 Promotes Anthocyanin Accumulation in Lilium concolor var. pulchellum

  • Shengnan Tian,
  • Muhammad Moaaz Ali,
  • Mingli Ke,
  • Yuxian Lu,
  • Yiping Zheng,
  • Xuanmei Cai,
  • Shaozhong Fang,
  • Jian Wu,
  • Zhimin Lin and
  • Faxing Chen

Lilium concolor var. pulchellum has a brilliant flower colour, high germination rate, and resistance to cold, drought, and salinity and is an excellent source of lily germplasm. Anthocyanins are important flavonoids commonly found in plants and can m...

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10 Citations
5,002 Views
16 Pages

Inflammation Induced by Lipopolysaccharide and Palmitic Acid Increases Cholesterol Accumulation via Enhancing Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 Expression in HepG2 Cells

  • Junbin Chen,
  • Yuguo Liu,
  • Huiyu Luo,
  • Guoxun Chen,
  • Zhongdaixi Zheng,
  • Tiannan Wang,
  • Xinge Hu,
  • Yue Zhao,
  • Jiaqi Tang and
  • Longying Zha
  • + 1 author

Recently, multiple studies have shown that chronic inflammation disturbs cholesterol homeostasis and promotes its accumulation in the liver. The underlying molecular mechanism remains to be revealed. The relationship between the toll-like receptor 4...

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3 Citations
2,897 Views
14 Pages

Basement Reservoirs in China: Distribution and Factors Controlling Hydrocarbon Accumulation

  • Qixia Lyu,
  • Weiming Wang,
  • Qingchun Jiang,
  • Haifeng Yang,
  • Hai Deng,
  • Jun Zhu,
  • Qingguo Liu and
  • Tingting Li

9 August 2023

The oil reserves of global basement reservoirs are 248 × 108 t and natural gas reserves are 2681 × 108 m3; they are crucial links in the future oil and natural gas exploration field and play an irreplaceable role in increasing oil and nat...

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4 Citations
2,484 Views
22 Pages

26 October 2022

In order to study the main control factors of volcanic reservoirs with complex oil–water relationships, the Carboniferous in the Chepaizi Uplift of the Junggar Basin was taken as an example and the lithofacies characteristics, main control fact...

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19 Pages

18 March 2025

The Ya’nan sag has experienced more than 40 years of exploration, but only the Ya 13-1 large gas field has been found. In recent years, no oil or gas field has been found, and exploration work is difficult. To clarify the main controlling facto...

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3 Citations
1,308 Views
20 Pages

The Transcription Factor CaNAC81 Is Involved in the Carotenoid Accumulation in Chili Pepper Fruits

  • Maria Guadalupe Villa-Rivera,
  • Alejandra Castañeda-Marín,
  • Octavio Martínez and
  • Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo

8 July 2025

During fruit ripening in Capsicum species, substantial amounts of carotenoids accumulate in the pericarp. While the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in Capsicum species has been extensively investigated from various angles, the transcriptional regulat...

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1,245 Views
22 Pages

15 March 2025

Reservoir evaluation in multi-source systems is challenging because studies generally follow single-source principles. This limitation has substantially hindered the understanding of reservoir and hydrocarbon accumulation processes in source–re...

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10 Citations
2,067 Views
15 Pages

bZIP Transcription Factor PavbZIP6 Regulates Anthocyanin Accumulation by Increasing Abscisic Acid in Sweet Cherry

  • Shilin Gai,
  • Bingyang Du,
  • Yuqin Xiao,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Maihemuti Turupu,
  • Qisheng Yao,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Yongzhen Yan and
  • Tianhong Li

23 September 2024

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TFs) play a crucial role in anthocyanin accumulation in plants. In addition to bZIP TFs, abscisic acid (ABA) increases anthocyanin biosynthesis. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether bZI...

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36 Citations
3,477 Views
17 Pages

B-Box Transcription Factor FaBBX22 Promotes Light-Induced Anthocyanin Accumulation in Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa)

  • Yongqiang Liu,
  • Yuntian Ye,
  • Yiping Wang,
  • Leiyu Jiang,
  • Maolan Yue,
  • Li Tang,
  • Mingsongxue Jin,
  • Yunting Zhang,
  • Yuanxiu Lin and
  • Haoru Tang

B-box transcription factors (TFs) play a vital role in light-induced anthocyanin accumulation. Here, the FaBBX22 gene encoding 287 amino acids B-box TF was isolated from the cultivated strawberry variety ‘Benihoppe’ and characterized func...

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43 Citations
6,611 Views
12 Pages

22 August 2019

Triacylglycerols (TAGs), a major lipid form of energy storage, are involved in a variety of plant developmental processes. While carbon reserves mainly accumulate in seeds, significant amounts of TAG have also been observed in vegetative tissues. Not...

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3 Citations
2,196 Views
19 Pages

Transcription Factor VvbHLH137 Positively Regulates Anthocyanin Accumulation in Grape (Vitis vinifera)

  • Zaozhu Niu,
  • Zhichao Zhang,
  • Yanzhuo Zhao,
  • Lifeng Xuan,
  • Zhan Chen and
  • Lili Yang

11 March 2025

Grape (Vitis vinifera) is a popular fruit with a rich color, favorable taste, and high nutritional quality. The formation of the color of its berries is primarily determined by anthocyanin composition and concentration. Basic helix–loop–h...

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10 Citations
2,889 Views
15 Pages

The AP2 Transcription Factor BrSHINE3 Regulates Wax Accumulation in Nonheading Chinese Cabbage

  • Zhaoyan Huo,
  • Yang Xu,
  • Song Yuan,
  • Jiang Chang,
  • Shuhao Li,
  • Jinwei Wang,
  • Huanhuan Zhao,
  • Ru Xu and
  • Fenglin Zhong

3 November 2022

Wax is an acellular structural substance attached to the surface of plant tissues. It forms a protective barrier on the epidermis of plants and plays an important role in resisting abiotic and biotic stresses. In this paper, nonheading Chinese cabbag...

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30 Citations
6,117 Views
14 Pages

Genus Porphyridium is a primitive single-celled red algae widely distributed in seawater, freshwater, and moist soil. It can synthesize bioactive substances such as phycoerythrin, extracellular polysaccharides and polyunsaturated fatty acids during t...

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10 Citations
3,005 Views
15 Pages

A Novel R2R3–MYB Transcription Factor FaMYB10-like Promotes Light-Induced Anthocyanin Accumulation in Cultivated Strawberry

  • Yiping Wang,
  • Yongqiang Liu,
  • Lianxi Zhang,
  • Li Tang,
  • Shiqiong Xu,
  • Zikun Wang,
  • Yunting Zhang,
  • Yuanxiu Lin,
  • Yan Wang and
  • Haoru Tang
  • + 4 authors

21 November 2023

Anthocyanins widely accumulate in the vegetative and reproductive tissues of strawberries and play an important role in stress resistance and fruit quality. Compared with other fruits, little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating anthocy...

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5 Citations
3,833 Views
19 Pages

Antioxidant Baccharis trimera Leaf Extract Suppresses Lipid Accumulation in C. elegans Dependent on Transcription Factor NHR-49

  • Flávia Roberta Monteiro Souza,
  • Giovanna Melo Martins Silva,
  • Cesar Orlando Muñoz Cadavid,
  • Lucas dos Santos Lisboa,
  • Maylla Maria Correia Leite Silva,
  • Weslley Souza Paiva,
  • Marcelo José Pena Ferreira,
  • Riva de Paula Oliveira and
  • Hugo Alexandre Oliveira Rocha

27 September 2022

Obesity is a global public health problem that is associated with oxidative stress. One of the strategies for the treatment of obesity is the use of drugs; however, these are expensive and have numerous side effects. Therefore, the search for new alt...

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21 Citations
4,417 Views
19 Pages

10 October 2021

The red or purple color of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) taproots is due to anthocyanins, which have nutritional and aesthetic value, as well as antioxidant properties. Moreover, the varied patterns and levels of anthocyanin accumulation in radish roo...

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5 Citations
2,295 Views
13 Pages

21 September 2022

Plasticizers, i.e., phthalate esters (PAEs) were liable to be detected from fresh tea leaves and tea products. In order to monitor the pollution of PAEs in tea plants and compare the difference among PAEs content of tea cultivars, fifteen elite culti...

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8 Citations
2,456 Views
16 Pages

29 August 2022

Ripened oriental melon (Cucumis melo) with orange-colored flesh is rich in β-carotene. Lycopene β-cyclase (LCYB) is the synthetic enzyme that directly controls the massive accumulation of β-carotene. However, the regulatory mechanism u...

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25 Citations
4,656 Views
18 Pages

The contamination of soils with metals applies, in particular, to areas related to industry, the mining of raw materials and ores, transport, and agriculture. Unlike organic materials, metals cannot degrade over time and need to be reduced, removed,...

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12 Citations
3,074 Views
22 Pages

Heavy Metal Accumulation in Maize and Wheat in Acidic Soil: A Comparative Study

  • Xiaorou Wang,
  • Pengchao Lv,
  • Fujin Zhang,
  • Weiyu Wang,
  • Xunsheng Liu,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Jingjing Mu,
  • Xianmin Huang,
  • Liyong Bai and
  • Jiulan Dai

28 February 2025

Maize and wheat grains are at significant risk of accumulating excessive heavy metals in acidic soils, but relatively few comparative studies have been conducted on the two. This study employed Spearman correlation analysis, random forest modeling, a...

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18 Citations
3,445 Views
17 Pages

Evaluation of Soil and Ambient Air Pollution Around Un-reclaimed Mining Bodies in Nižná Slaná (Slovakia) Post-Mining Area

  • Lenka Demková,
  • Július Árvay,
  • Lenka Bobuľská,
  • Martin Hauptvogl,
  • Miloslav Michalko,
  • Jana Michalková and
  • Ivona Jančo

29 October 2020

Thirty soil samples were taken, and the same number of moss (Dicranum scoparium) and lichen (Pseudevernia furfuracea) bags were exposed to detect environmental pollution in the former mining area Nižná Slaná. Soil and ambient air are in...

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13 Citations
2,832 Views
18 Pages

Transcription Factor MdbHLH093 Enhances Powdery Mildew Resistance by Promoting Salicylic Acid Signaling and Hydrogen Peroxide Accumulation

  • Hai Ma,
  • Fuyan Zou,
  • Dongmei Li,
  • Ye Wan,
  • Yiping Zhang,
  • Zhengyang Zhao,
  • Xiping Wang and
  • Hua Gao

Powdery mildew is an apple disease caused by the obligate trophic fungus Podosphaera leucotricha. Basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH) transcription factors play important roles in plant development and stress responses, and they have been widel...

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12 Citations
4,271 Views
17 Pages

The Transcription Factor EB Reduces the Intraneuronal Accumulation of the Beta-Secretase-Derived APP Fragment C99 in Cellular and Mouse Alzheimer’s Disease Models

  • Anaïs Bécot,
  • Raphaëlle Pardossi-Piquard,
  • Alexandre Bourgeois,
  • Eric Duplan,
  • Qingli Xiao,
  • Abhinav Diwan,
  • Jin-Moo Lee,
  • Inger Lauritzen and
  • Frédéric Checler

12 May 2020

Brains that are affected by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are characterized by the overload of extracellular amyloid β (Aβ) peptides, but recent data from cellular and animal models propose that Aβ deposition is preceded by intraneuro...

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10 Citations
3,793 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Sand and Dust Shading on the Output Characteristics of Solar Photovoltaic Modules in Desertification Areas

  • Mingzhi Zhao,
  • Rong Yu,
  • Chun Chang,
  • Daorina Bao,
  • Aohan Mei,
  • Yingjie Liu and
  • Ningbo Wang

4 December 2023

Photovoltaic power generation is rapidly developing as a kind of renewable energy that can protect the ecological environment. The establishment of photovoltaic power stations in desertification areas can play a very important role in desert windbrea...

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22 Pages

A Genome-Wide Analysis of the VuR2R3-MYB Gene Family in Cowpea and Its Expression in Anthocyanin Accumulation

  • Yi Yang,
  • Canye Yu,
  • Xuan Zhou,
  • Zengxiang Wu,
  • Zhuo Shen,
  • Tinyao Li and
  • Yan Zhang

28 April 2025

Purple cowpea accumulates abundant anthocyanins in its epidermis, with R2R3-MYB transcription factors serving as potential regulators of anthocyanin accumulation. This study systematically deciphered the genome-wide characteristics of cowpea R2R3-MYB...

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1 Citations
2,478 Views
21 Pages

Temporal Trends and Future Projections of Accumulated Temperature Changes in China

  • Xuan Li,
  • Qian Yang,
  • Lun Bao,
  • Guangshuai Li,
  • Jiaxin Yu,
  • Xinyue Chang,
  • Xiaohong Gao and
  • Lingxue Yu

24 April 2023

The Fifth IPCC Assessment Report indicates that climate change will affect crop growth and threaten the stability of food systems. Accumulated temperature, which is closely related to vegetation phenology and cropping systems, is an important indicat...

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1 Citations
1,775 Views
24 Pages

Enhancing Multispectral Breast Imaging Quality Through Frame Accumulation and Hybrid GA-CPSO Registration

  • Tsabeeh Salah M. Mahmoud,
  • Adnan Munawar,
  • Muhammad Zeeshan Nawaz and
  • Yuanyuan Chen

Multispectral transmission imaging has emerged as a promising technique for imaging breast tissue with high resolution. However, the method encounters challenges such as low grayscale, noisy transmission images with weak signals, primarily due to the...

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1 Citations
680 Views
15 Pages

30 October 2025

Background/Objectives: Anthocyanins, water-soluble flavonoid pigments with critical roles in plant stress resistance, are not naturally accumulated in cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) due to an incomplete flavonoid metabolism pathway. In cont...

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1 Citations
2,038 Views
26 Pages

Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination, Bioaccumulation, and Nutritional Quality in Fish from the Babina–Cernovca Romanian Sector of the Danube River

  • Ioan Oroian,
  • Bogdan Ioachim Bulete,
  • Ecaterina Matei,
  • Antonia Cristina Maria Odagiu,
  • Petru Burduhos,
  • Camelia Oroian,
  • Ovidiu Daniel Ștefan and
  • Daniela Bordea

3 October 2025

Danube Delta (DD), an ecologically vulnerable site, together with fish populations, which are significant food resources, are largely exposed to heavy metal contamination. This study was developed in the Babina–Cernovca sector of DD in Septembe...

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2 Citations
1,290 Views
13 Pages

1 May 2025

Background: Esculetin, 6,7-dihydroxycoumarin, is a bioactive compound found in various herbal plants, and is known to have health-beneficial properties including anti-obesity effects. However, there is a lack of in vivo studies to clearly determine e...

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1,032 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profiling of AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Genes in Prunus armeniaca L.

  • Yanguang He,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Nan Jiang,
  • Donglin Zhang,
  • Xiaodan Shi,
  • Tana Wuyun and
  • Huimin Liu

20 August 2025

The APETALA2/Ethylene Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF transcription factor) family plays pivotal roles in plant growth, stress responses, and metabolic regulation. Here, we identified 118 AP2/ERF family members in the apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) genome,...

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114 Citations
13,091 Views
17 Pages

9 July 2014

The objective of this study is to investigate the contributing effect of the nuclear transcription factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-mediated signaling pathway on the indirect antioxidant capacity of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) again...

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9 Citations
3,103 Views
17 Pages

BnERF114.A1, a Rapeseed Gene Encoding APETALA2/ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR, Regulates Plant Architecture through Auxin Accumulation in the Apex in Arabidopsis

  • Jinyang Lyu,
  • Yuan Guo,
  • Chunlei Du,
  • Haibo Yu,
  • Lijian Guo,
  • Li Liu,
  • Huixian Zhao,
  • Xinfa Wang and
  • Shengwu Hu

17 February 2022

Plant architecture is crucial for rapeseed breeding. Here, we demonstrate the involvement of BnERF114.A1, a transcription factor for ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR (ERF), in the regulation of plant architecture in Brassica napus. BnERF114.A1 is a member of...

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26 Citations
3,515 Views
15 Pages

15 February 2023

Triterpenoids are important, pharmacologically active substances in jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), and play an important role in the plant’s resistance to abiotic stress. However, regulation of their biosynthesis, and the underlying mechanism...

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406 Views
32 Pages

26 January 2026

Understanding the mechanisms of hydrocarbon migration, accumulation, and alteration, particularly how evolution controls these processes, is critical for exploring lithologic hydrocarbons in reservoirs. In the complex tectonic settings of the contine...

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1 Citations
1,647 Views
17 Pages

28 July 2025

Excessive fertilization is a widespread issue in onion (Allium cepa L.) production in Southwest China. This practice not only leads to environmental pollution but also decreases the marketable yield and fertilizer productivity of onions. Identifying...

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2 Citations
1,500 Views
16 Pages

27 May 2024

The Shuguang area has great oil and gas potential in the Proterozoic and it is a major exploration target in the Western Depression. However, controlling factors and a reservoir-forming model of the Shuguang reservoir need further development. The ch...

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30 Citations
4,846 Views
15 Pages

4 October 2019

The generation of chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium) flower color is mainly attributed to the accumulation of anthocyanins. In the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway in chrysanthemum, although all of the structural genes have been cloned,...

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5 Citations
1,814 Views
12 Pages

The MYB gene family, widely distributed across a variety of plants, plays a crucial role in the phenylpropane metabolic pathway. In this study, we identified 146 R2R3-MYB genes in the ‘NanGuo’ pear genome by screening its gene sequences....

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8 Citations
6,956 Views
17 Pages

Injury-Induced Accumulation of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Rostral Part of the Injured Rat Spinal Cord

  • Takuya Hara,
  • Hidefumi Fukumitsu,
  • Hitomi Soumiya,
  • Yoshiko Furukawa and
  • Shoei Furukawa

19 October 2012

The spinal cord of a 7-week-old female Wistar rat was hemi-transected at thoracic position 10 with a razor blade, and changes in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) protein and mRNA expression levels in the spinal cord were examined. G...

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27 Citations
4,929 Views
16 Pages

SLIM1 Transcription Factor Promotes Sulfate Uptake and Distribution to Shoot, Along with Phytochelatin Accumulation, Under Cadmium Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Chisato Yamaguchi,
  • Soudthedlath Khamsalath,
  • Yuki Takimoto,
  • Akiko Suyama,
  • Yuki Mori,
  • Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu and
  • Akiko Maruyama-Nakashita

29 January 2020

Sulfur (S) assimilation, which is initiated by sulfate uptake, generates cysteine, the substrate for glutathione (GSH) and phytochelatin (PC) synthesis. GSH and PC contribute to cadmium (Cd) detoxification by capturing it for sequestration. Although...

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18 Citations
7,420 Views
15 Pages

The accumulation of heavy metals, especially cadmium (Cd), in leafy vegetables was compared with other vegetables. Pak choi (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis) is a leafy vegetable consumed in Taiwan and its safety for consumption after growing i...

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351 Views
22 Pages

Hydrocarbon Accumulation Controls in the Upper Sinian–Lower Silurian, Laoshan Uplift, South Yellow Sea Basin, China

  • Yinguo Zhang,
  • Yong Yuan,
  • Yanqiu Yang,
  • Jianwen Chen,
  • Jie Liang,
  • Jianqiang Wang and
  • Dachao Qi

Despite complex geological conditions and limited exploration activity, the South Yellow Sea Basin has not yet yielded a commercial hydrocarbon discovery. Recent studies indicate substantial hydrocarbon potential within the Upper Sinian–Lower S...

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6 Citations
2,355 Views
9 Pages

Higher Accumulation of Visceral Adipose Tissue Is an Independent Risk Factor for Hepatocellular Carcinoma among Viral Hepatitis Patients with Non-Cirrhotic Livers

  • Kenji Imai,
  • Koji Takai,
  • Takao Miwa,
  • Toshihide Maeda,
  • Tatsunori Hanai,
  • Yohei Shirakami,
  • Atsushi Suetsugu and
  • Masahito Shimizu

28 November 2021

This study aimed to determine the risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in non-cirrhotic livers among viral hepatitis patients. A total of 333 HCC cases, including 69 hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related and 264 hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related, were d...

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15 Citations
2,913 Views
12 Pages

MdMADS6 Recruits Histone Deacetylase MdHDA19 to Repress the Expression of the Carotenoid Synthesis-Related Gene MdCCD1 during Fruit Ripening

  • Qiqi Li,
  • Ting Wang,
  • Chen Xu,
  • Meishuo Li,
  • Ji Tian,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Xinzhong Zhang,
  • Xuefeng Xu,
  • Zhenhai Han and
  • Ting Wu

28 February 2022

Fruit ripening is regulated by epigenetic modifications and transcription factors, which may function independently or as protein complexes. Our previous study showed that the apple histone deacetylase19 (MdHDA19) suppresses fruit ripening through th...

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2 Citations
3,246 Views
16 Pages

Psoroptes ovis, a common surface-living mite of domestic and wild animals worldwide, results in huge economic losses and serious welfare issues in the animal industry. P. ovis infestation rapidly causes massive eosinophil infiltration in skin le...

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4 Citations
2,537 Views
19 Pages

Biogenic Methane Accumulation and Production in the Jurassic Low-Rank Coal, Southwestern Ordos Basin

  • Chao Zheng,
  • Dongmin Ma,
  • Yue Chen,
  • Yucheng Xia,
  • Zheng Gao,
  • Guofu Li and
  • Weibo Li

29 April 2022

Geological conditions are the key for coalbed methane (CBM) accumulation and production. However, the geological feature of CBM accumulation and production in the Jurassic of Ordos Basin lacks systematic and detailed evaluation, resulting in poor CBM...

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