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  • Targeted discovery of tetrapeptides and cyclic polyketide-peptide hybrids from a fungal antagonist of farming termites 
    Schalk, Felix; Um, Soohyun; Guo, Huijuan; Kreuzenbeck, Nina B.; Gorls, Helmar; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Beemelmanns, Christine (Wiley, 2020-10)
    Herein, we report the targeted isolation and characterization of four linear nonribosomally synthesized tetrapeptides (pseudoxylaramide A–D) and two cyclic nonribosomal peptide synthetase- polyketide synthase-derived ...
  • Targeted mutational analysis to unravel the complexity of African horse sickness virus NS3 function in mammalian cells 
    Ferreira-Venter, Linda; Venter, Eudri; Theron, Jacques; Van Staden, Vida (Elsevier, 2019-05)
    The African horse sickness virus non-structural protein 3 (NS3) is involved in the final stages of infection. To gain insight into the function of different NS3 domains, we generated reverse genetics-derived mutants, each ...
  • Taxus yunnanensis genome offers insights into gymnosperm phylogeny and taxol production 
    Song, Chi; Fu, Fangfang; Yang, Lulu; Niu, Yan; Tian, Zhaoyang; He, Xiangxiang; Yang, Xiaoming; Chen, Jie; Sun, Wei; Wan, Tao; Zhang, Han; Yang, Yicheng; Xiao, Tian; Dossa, Komivi; Meng, Xiangxiao; Cao, Fuliang; Van de Peer, Yves; Wang, Guibin; Chen, Shilin (Nature Research, 2021-10-20)
    Taxol, a natural product derived from Taxus, is one of the most effective natural anticancer drugs and the biosynthetic pathway of Taxol is the basis of heterologous bio-production. Here, we report a high-quality genome ...
  • Temperate bacteriophages collected by outer membrane vesicles in Komagataeibacter intermedius 
    Kharina, A.; Faidyuk, Yu; Zaika, S.; Haidak, A.; Kukharenko, O.; Podolich, O.; Zaets, I.; Tovkach, F.; Reva, Oleg N.; Kozyrovska, Natalia (Wiley, 2015-04)
    The acetic acid bacteria have mainly relevance for bacterial cellulose production and fermented bio-products manufacture. The purpose of this study was to identify temperate bacteriophages in a cellulose-producing bacterial ...
  • Temporal analysis of Arabidopsis genes activated by Eucalyptus grandis NAC transcription factors associated with xylem fibre and vessel development 
    Laubscher, M.; Brown, Katrien; Tonfack, L.B.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Hussey, Steven Grant (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-07-20)
    Secondary cell wall (SCW) deposition in Arabidopsis is regulated among others by NAC transcription factors, where SND1 chiefly initiates xylem fibre differentiation while VND6 controls metaxylem vessel SCW development, ...
  • Temporal analysis of the bovine lymph node transcriptome during cattle tick ( Rhipicephalus microplus ) infestation 
    Robbertse, Luise; Richards, Sabine A.; Stutzer, Christian; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Maritz-Olivier, Christine (Elsevier, 2020-10)
    Livestock production is a fundamental source of revenue and nutrition, wherein cattle-farming constitutes one of the major agricultural industries. Vectors and vector-borne diseases constitute one of the major factors that ...
  • Temporal shifts of fungal communities in the rhizosphere and on tubers in potato fields 
    Zimudzi, Josephine; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Cowan, Don A.; Valverde, Angel (Elsevier, 2018-06)
    Soil fungal communities perform important ecological roles determining, at least in part, agricultural productivity. This study aimed at examining the fungal community dynamics in the potato rhizosphere across different ...
  • Teratosphaeria stem canker of Eucalyptus : two pathogens, one devastating disease 
    Aylward, Janneke; Roets, Francois; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley, 2019-01)
    BACKGROUND : Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis are closely related fungi that cause Teratosphaeria (previously Coniothyrium) stem canker disease on Eucalyptus species propagated in plantations for commercial ...
  • The termite fungal cultivar Termitomyces combines diverse enzymes and oxidative reactions for plant biomass conversion 
    Schalk, Felix; Gostincar, Cene; Kreuzenbeck, Nina B.; Conlon, Benjamin H.; Sommerwerk, Elisabeth; Rabe, Patrick; Burkhardt, Immo; Kruger, Thomas; Kniemeyer, Olaf; Brakhage, Axel A.; Gunde-Cimerman, Nina; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Dickschat, Jeroen S.; Poulsen, Michael; Beemelmanns, Christine (American Society for Microbiology, 2021-06)
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  • The Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokine profile of HIV-infected individuals : a multivariate cytokinomics approach 
    Williams, Aurelia Alvina; Steffens, Francois E.; Reinecke, Carolus J.; Meyer, Debra (Elsevier, 2013-02)
    HIV infection causes the dysregulation of cytokine production. A cytokinomics approach employing cytometric bead array (CBA) technology, flow cytometry and multivariate analysis was applied to the investigation of ...
  • Thermo-responsive non-woven scaffolds for "smart" 3D cell culture 
    Rossouw, C.L. (Claire Louise); Chetty, Avashnee; Moolman, F. Sean; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Hoppe, Heinrich C.; Mancama, Dalu T. (Wiley, 2012-08)
    The thermo-responsive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) has received widespread attention for its in vitro application in the non-invasive, non-destructive release of adherent cells on two dimensional surfaces. In this ...
  • Think big – giant genes in bacteria 
    Reva, Oleg N.; Tummler, Burkhard (Blackwell, 2008)
    Long genes should be rare in archaea and eubacteria because of the demanding costs of time and resources for protein production. The search in 580 sequenced prokaryotic genomes, however, revealed 0.2% of all genes to be ...
  • The threat of the combined effect of biotic and abiotic stress factors in forestry under a changing climate 
    Teshome, Demissew Tesfaye; Zharare, Godfrey Elijah; Naidoo, Sanushka (Frontiers Media, 2020-11)
    Plants encounter several biotic and abiotic stresses, usually in combination. This results in major economic losses in agriculture and forestry every year. Climate change aggravates the adverse effects of combined stresses ...
  • Three Ganoderma species, including Ganoderma dunense sp. nov., associated with dying Acacia cyclops trees in South Africa 
    Tchotet Tchoumi, James Michel; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Rajchenberg, M.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (Springer, 2018-07)
    Large numbers of Acacia cyclops trees are dying along the coastal plains of the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. The cause of the deaths has been attributed to a root and butt rot disease caused by the ...
  • Tick paralysis : solving an enigma 
    Pienaar, Ronel; Neitz, Albert Walter Herman; Mans, Ben J. (Barend Johannes) (MDPI Publishing, 2018-05-14)
    In comparison to other arachnids, ticks are major vectors of disease, but less than 8% of the known species are capable of inducing paralysis, as compared to the ~99–100% arachnids that belong to venomous classes. When ...
  • Time-course transcriptome of parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius DSM 6285 grown in the presence of carbon monoxide and air 
    Aliyu, Habibu; Mohr, Teresa; Cowan, Don A.; De Maayer, Pieter; Neumann, Anke (MDPI Publishing, 2020-05-29)
    Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius is a metabolically versatile, facultatively anaerobic thermophile belonging to the family Bacillaceae. Previous studies have shown that this bacterium harbours co-localised genes coding ...
  • To other planets with upgraded millennial Kombucha in rhythms of sustainability and health support 
    Kozyrovska, Natalia; Reva, Oleg N.; Podolich, Olga; Kukharenko, Olga; Orlovska, Iryna; Terzova, Vitalia; Zubova, Ganna; Uetanabaro, Ana Paula Trovatti; Goes-Neto, Aristoteles; Azevedo, Vasco; Barh, Debmalya; Verseux, Cyprien; Billi, Daniela; Kołodziejczyk, Agata Maria; Foing, Bernard; Demets, Rene; De Vera, Jean-Pierre (Frontiers Media, 2021-10-12)
    Humankind has entered a new era of space exploration: settlements on other planetary bodies are foreseen in the near future. Advanced technologies are being developed to support the adaptation to extraterrestrial ...
  • Towards developing a metabolic-marker based predictive model for Phytophthora nicotianae tolerance in citrus rootstocks 
    Sakupwanya, Masiyiwa Ngoni; Labuschagne, Nico; Loots, Mattheus Theodor; Apostolides, Zeno (Springer, 2018-07)
    Root rot of citrus trees caused by Phytophthora nicotianae is responsible for severe economic losses in citriculture. Use of resistant rootstocks is an effective method of managing this problem, however, breeding and ...
  • Towards understanding the functional diversity of cell wall mycolic acids of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
    Verschoor, J.A. (Jan Adrianus), 1953-; Baird, Mark S.; Grooten, Johan (Elsevier, 2012-10)
    Mycolic acids constitute the waxy layer of the outer cell wall of Mycobacterium spp and a few other genera. They are diverse in structure, providing a unique chromatographic foot-print for almost each of the more than ...
  • Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity 
    Guerra, Carlos A.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Caon, Lucrezia; Crowther, Thomas W.; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Montanarella, Luca; Navarro, Laetitia M.; Orgiazzi, Alberto; Singh, Brajesh K.; Tedersoo, Leho; Vargas-Rojas, Ronald; Briones, Maria J.I.; Buscot, Francois; Cameron, Erin K.; Cesarz, Simone; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Cowan, Don A.; Djukic, Ika; Van den Hoogen, Johan; Lehmann, Anika; Maestre, Fernando T.; Marin, Cesar; Reitz, Thomas; Rillig, Matthias C.; Smith, Linnea C.; De Vries, Franciska T.; Weigelt, Alexandra; Wall, Diana H.; Eisenhauer, Nico (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021-01)
    Nature conservation literature and policy instruments mainly focus on the impacts of human development and the benefits of nature conservation for oceans and aboveground terrestrial organisms (e.g., birds and plants) and ...