The PPARα/CYP4A14 bile acid pathway is associated with lipid metabolism disorders caused by low birth weight with high-fat diet by Fei Zhou, Linquan Yang, Wenwen Sun, Xing Wang, Na Guo, Huijuan Ma, Linlin Yang

“…Bioinformatics analysis indicated that the level of Cytochrome P450 Family 46 Subfamily A Member 1 (CYP46A1), PPARα, key factors of cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis, as well as downstream molecules Cytochrome P450 Family 4 Subfamily A Member 14 (CYP4A14), and Acyl-Coenzyme A Oxidase 2 (ACOX2) are markedly different in the liver of LBW individuals fed with HFD, and confirmed by WB and RT-qPCR. …”
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Transcriptome-Wide Identification and Response Pattern Analysis of the <i>Salix integra</i> NAC Transcription Factor in Response to Pb Stress by Yue Xin, Ruifang Huang, Meng Xu, Li’an Xu

“…The <i>SiNACs</i> with the most significant Pb response were mainly from the ATAF and NAP subfamilies. Therefore, 4 and 3 <i>SiNACs</i> from the ATAF and NAP subfamilies, respectively, were selected as candidate Pb-responsive <i>SiNACs</i> for further structural and functional analysis. …”
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γ-Protocadherin structural diversity and functional implications by Kerry Marie Goodman, Rotem Rubinstein, Chan Aye Thu, Seetha Mannepalli, Fabiana Bahna, Göran Ahlsén, Chelsea Rittenhouse, Tom Maniatis, Barry Honig, Lawrence Shapiro

“…Biophysical studies showed that Pcdh ectodomains from γB-subfamily isoforms formed cis dimers, whereas γA isoforms did not, but both γA and γB isoforms could interact in cis with α-Pcdhs. …”
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In ovo injection of betaine promotes adrenal steroidogenesis in pre-hatched chicken fetuses by Halima Abobaker, Nagmeldin A. Omer, Yun Hu, Abdulrahman A. Idriss, Ruqian Zhao

“…Accordingly, the corticosterone biosynthetic enzymes, such as cytochrome P450 family 11 subfamily A member 1, 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and cytochrome P450 family 21 subfamily A member 2, as well as cholesterol biosynthesis or regulation-related genes, such as sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase and low-density lipoprotein receptor, were all significantly (P < 0.05) upregulated in betaine group. …”
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Molecular cloning and expression analysis of three ThERFs involved in the response to waterlogging stress of Taxodium ‘Zhongshanshan406’, and subcellular localization of the gene p... by Wencai Fan, Ying Yang, Zhiquan Wang, Yunlong Yin, Chaoguang Yu, Qin Shi, Jinbo Guo, Lei Xuan, Jianfeng Hua

“…As a subfamily of the APETALA 2/ethylene response element binding protein (AP2/EREBP) transcription factor superfamily, the ethylene response factor (ERF) is widely involved in the regulation of growth and response to various abiotic stresses in plants, and has been shown to be the main transcription factor regulating transcription of the genes related to hypoxia and waterlogging stress. …”
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Specificity of Stenurus (Metastrongyloidea: Pseudaliidae) infections in odontocetes stranded along the north-west Spanish coast by A. Saldaña, C.M. López, A. López, P. Covelo, S. Remesar, N. Martínez-Calabuig, D. García-Dios, P. Díaz, P. Morrondo, P. Díez-Baños, R. Panadero

“…A clear host-parasite association was observed between S. minor and the Phocoenidae family, between S. globicephalae and the subfamily Globicephalinae and between S. ovatus and subfamily Delphininae. …”
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Functional Conservation and Divergence of Five <i>AP1/FUL</i>-like Genes in Marigold (<i>Tagetes erecta</i> L.) by Chunling Zhang, Yalin Sun, Xiaomin Yu, Hang Li, Manzhu Bao, Yanhong He

“…Members of <i>AP1/FUL</i> subfamily genes play an essential role in the regulation of floral meristem transition, floral organ identity, and fruit ripping. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of Petunia <i>HSF</i> Genes and Potential Function of <i>PhHSF19</i> in Benzenoid/Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis by Jianxin Fu, Shuying Huang, Jieyu Qian, Hongsheng Qing, Ziyun Wan, Hefeng Cheng, Chao Zhang

“…The phylogenetic analysis showed that 23 petunia HSFs were grouped into the largest subfamily HSFA, while only two petunia HSFs were in HSFC subfamily. …”
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Magnetochronology of Mid-Miocene mammalian fauna in the Lanzhou Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for Asian mammal migration by Peng Zhang, Hong Ao, Andrew P. Roberts, Yongxiang Li, Qiang Sun, Jianhui Zhang, Pengfei Sun, Xiaoke Qiang

“…Accordingly, the associated Myocricetodontinae (a subfamily of Gerbillidae, Rodentia) is suggested to have appeared in the Lanzhou Basin at 11.7 ​Ma or 12.8 ​Ma, which is the oldest Myocricetodontinae in East Asia but is still much younger than the ~20 ​Ma appearance of this subfamily in West and South Asia. …”
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Identification of key potassium channel genes of temporal lobe epilepsy by bioinformatics analyses and experimental verification by Lin-ming Zhang, Lin-ming Zhang, Ling Chen, Ling Chen, Yi-fei Zhao, Yi-fei Zhao, Wei-mei Duan, Wei-mei Duan, Lian-mei Zhong, Lian-mei Zhong, Ming-wei Liu

“…The results found that Four key TLE-related potassium channel genes (TERKPCGs) were identified: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E member (KCNA) 1, KCNA2, potassium inwardly rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11 (KCNJ11), and KCNS1. …”
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Characterization of B-box family genes and their expression profiles under abiotic stresses in the Melilotus albus by Lili Nian, Xiaoning Zhang, Xingyu Liu, Xiaodan Li, Xuelu Liu, Yingbo Yang, Fasih Ullah Haider, Xiaolin Zhu, Biao Ma, Zixuan Mao, Zongyang Xue

“…Analysis of MaBBX conserved motifs showed that every subfamily contained two common motifs. Distribution mapping shows that BBX proteins are nonrandomly localized in eight chromosomes. …”
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Evolutionary History and Functional Diversification of the <i>JmjC</i> Domain-Containing Histone Demethylase Gene Family in Plants by Shifeng Ma, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yingqiang Long, Wenqi Huo, Yuzhi Zhang, Xiaoqing Yang, Jie Zhang, Xinyang Li, Qiying Du, Wei Liu, Daigang Yang, Xiongfeng Ma

“…During the evolutionary process, some subfamily genes may have been lost in individual species. …”
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Eomes function is conserved between zebrafish and mouse and controls left-right organiser progenitor gene expression via interlocking feedforward loops by Conor D. Talbot, Mark D. Walsh, Stephen J. Cutty, Randa Elsayed, Eirini Vlachaki, Ashley E. E. Bruce, Fiona C. Wardle, Andrew C. Nelson

“…Though Eomes is a member of the Tbr1 subfamily we found evidence for functional redundancy with the Tbx6 subfamily member Tbx16, known to be absent from eutherians. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Five <i>Phyllostachys edulis</i> <i>SQUA</i>-like Genes and Their Potential Functions in Flower Development by Yuting Zhang, Junhong Zhang, Minyan Song, Xinchun Lin, Zaikang Tong, Mingquan Ding

“…Members of <i>SQUA</i>-like subfamily genes play an essential role in controlling flowering time and floral organ identity. …”
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Systematic Characterization of <i>TCP</i> Gene Family in Four Cotton Species Revealed That <i>GhTCP62</i> Regulates Branching in <i>Arabidopsis</i> by Zhao Liu, Jingyu Yang, Shengdong Li, Le Liu, Ghulam Qanmber, Guoquan Chen, Zhenyu Duan, Na Zhao, Gang Wang

“…We identified 72 non-redundant <i>GhTCP</i> genes and divided them into seven subfamilies, based on phylogenetic analysis. Most <i>GhTCP</i> genes in the same subfamily displayed similar exon and intron structures and featured highly conserved motif structures in their subfamily. …”
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of a popular ornamental plant Calibrachoa hybrida (Solanaceae: Petunioideae) by Guofeng Liu, Miaomiao Sun, Peishan Zou, Wei Zhang, Jianzhong Ni

“…Phylogenetic analysis using complete chloroplast genomes clustered C. hybrida together with petunia into the subfamily Petunioideae within the family Solanaceae.…”
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Ligand-Binding Sites in Vanilloid-Subtype TRP Channels by Maria V. Yelshanskaya, Alexander I. Sobolevsky

“…Vanilloid-subfamily TRP channels TRPV1-6 play important roles in various physiological processes and are implicated in numerous human diseases. …”
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Leptanilla voldemort sp. nov., a gracile new species of the hypogaeic ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Pilbara, with a key to Australian Leptanilla by Mark K. L. Wong, Jane M. McRae

“…The genus Leptanilla Emery, 1870 of the family Formicidae, subfamily Leptanillinae, comprises miniscule, pale, blind ants that are rarely collected and poorly understood due to their hypogaeic (i.e. underground) lifestyles. …”
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Erimerinae, a prior name to Microdontomerinae (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) with the description of a new genus and three new species from Iran by Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Zohreh Mirzaee, Gholamreza Tavakoli-Korghond, Petr Janšta, Jean-Yves Rasplus

“…Erimerinae has been proposed as a subfamily group name prior to Microdontomerinae and the latter was considered as a junior synonym of Erimerinae. …”
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Graphs of Edge-Intersecting and Non-Splitting One Bend Paths in a Grid by Arman Boyacı, Tınaz Ekim, Mordechai Shalom, Shmuel Zaks

“…We prove that the recognition problem of one bend ENPG split graphs is NP-complete even in a very restricted subfamily of split graphs. Last we provide a linear time recognition algorithm for one bend ENPG co-bipartite graphs.…”
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