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  • Resolving the phylogeny and population genetic structure of South African pollinating fig wasps 
    Erasmus, J.C. (Johannes Christoff) (University of Pretoria, 2011-06-16)
    A distinct pattern of obligate mutualism exists between fig tree hosts and their pollinating fig wasps. Normally one section or subsection of fig tree hosts is associated with one fig wasp genus. In general, each species ...
  • Reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of canine associated rabies virus in Africa 
    Coertse, Jessica; Weyer, Jacqueline; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Markotter, Wanda (Public Library of Science, 2019-07)
    Rabies is a neglected disease mostly affecting the developing world. Accurate and reliable diagnostic and surveillance data forms the foundation for the formulation and monitoring of control strategies. Although various ...
  • A review of Pinaceae resistance mechanisms against needle and shoot pathogens with a focus on the Dothistroma-Pinus interaction 
    Fraser, S.; Martín-García, J.; Perry, A.; Kabir, M.S.; Owen, T.; Solla, A.; Brown, A.V.; Bulman, L.S.; Barnes, Irene; Hale, M.D.; Vasconcelos, M.W.; Lewis, K.J.; Doğmusı-Lehtijarvi, H.T.; Markovskaja, S.; Woodward, S.; Bradshaw, R.E. (Wiley, 2016-10)
    Dothistroma needle blight (DNB), caused by Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini, is a highly damaging disease of pine. DNB was originally considered a problem on exotic Pinus radiata plantations in the Southern ...
  • Revisiting ancestral polyploidy in plants 
    Ruprecht, Colin; Lohaus, Rolf; Vanneste, Kevin; Mutwil, Marek; Nikoloski, Zoran; Van de Peer, Yves; Persson, Staffan (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017-07-05)
    Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) or polyploidy events have been studied extensively in plants. In a now widely cited paper, Jiao et al. presented evidence for two ancient, ancestral plant WGDs predating the origin of ...
  • Revisiting the phenomenon of cellulase action : not all endo-and exo-cellulase interactions are synergistic 
    Thoresen, Mariska; Malgas, Samkelo; Mafa, Mpho Stephen; Pletschke, Brett Ivan (MDPI, 2021-01)
    The conventional endo–exo synergism model has extensively been supported in literature, which is based on the perception that endoglucanases (EGs) expose or create accessible sites on the cellulose chain to facilitate ...
  • Rhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host 
    Marasco, Ramona; Mosqueira, María J.; Fusi, Marco; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Merlino, Giuseppe; Maggs-Kölling, Gillian; Booth, Jenny M.; Cowan, Don A.; Daffonchio, Daniele (BMC, 2018-12)
    Background The rhizosheath-root system is an adaptive trait of sandy-desert speargrasses in response to unfavourable moisture and nutritional conditions. Under the deserts’ polyextreme conditions, plants interact with ...
  • The RIPper, a web-based tool for genome-wide quantification of repeat-induced point (RIP) mutations 
    Van Wyk, Stephanie; Harrison, Christopher H.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; De Vos, Lieschen; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (PeerJ, 2019-08)
    BACKGROUND. The RIPper (http://theripper.hawk.rocks) is a set of web-based tools designed for analyses of Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations in the genome sequences of Ascomycota. The RIP pathway is a fungal genome ...
  • RNA viruses of Sphaeropsis sapinea and Diaporthe ambigua and their possible use as biological control agents 
    Moleleki, Ntsane (University of Pretoria, 2006-11-30)
    Sphaeropsis sapinea and Diaporthe ambigua are important pathogens of forest and orchard tree species, respectively. Some isolates of S. sapinea are co-infected with two dsRNA viruses, SsRVl and SsRV2. Isolates of D. perjuncta ...
  • The road to resistance in forest trees 
    Naidoo, Sanushka; Slippers, Bernard; Plett, Jonathan M.; Coles, Donovin; Oates, Caryn Nicole (Frontiers Media, 2019-03-29)
    In recent years, forests have been exposed to an unprecedented rise in pests and pathogens. This, coupled with the added challenge of climate change, renders forest plantation stock vulnerable to attack and severely limits ...
  • A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond 
    Kennicutt II, M.C.; Chown, Steven Loudon; Cassano, J.J.; Liggett, D.; Peck, L.S.; Massom, R.; Rintoul, S.R.; Storey, J.; Vaughan, D.G.; Wilson, T.J.; Allison, I.; Ayton, J.; Badhe, R.; Baeseman, J.; Barrett, P.J.; Bell, R.E.; Bertler, N.; Bo, S.; Brandt, A.; Bromwich, D.; Cary, S.C.; Clark, M.S.; Convey, P.; Costa, E.S.; Cowan, Don A.; Deconto, R.; Dunbar, R.; Elfring, C.; Escutia, C.; Francis, J.; Fricker, H.A.; Fukuchi, M.; Gilbert, N.; Gutt, J.; Havermans, C.; Hik, D.; Hosie, G.; Jones, G.; Kim, Y. D.; Le Maho, Y.; Lee, S.H.; Leppe, M.; Leitchenkov, G.; Li, X.; Lipenkov, V.; Lochte, K.; López-Martínez, J.; Lüdecke, C.; Lyons, W.; Marenssi, S.; Miller, H.; Morozova, P.; Naish, T.; Nayak, S.; Ravindra, R.; Retamales, J.; Ricci, C.A.; Rogan-Finnemore, M.; Ropert-Coudert, Y.; Samah, A.A.; Sanson, L.; Scambos, T.; Schloss, I.R.; Shiraishi, K.; Siegert, M.J.; Simões, J.C.; Storey, B.; Sparrow, M.D.; Wall, D.H.; Walsh, J.C.; Wilson, G.; Winther, J.G.; Xavier, J.C.; Yang, H.; Sutherland, W.J. (Cambridge University Press, 2015-02)
    Antarctic and Southern Ocean science is vital to understanding natural variability, the processes that govern global change and the role of humans in the Earth and climate system. The potential for new knowledge to be ...
  • Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria 
    Murray, Alison E.; Freudenstein, John; Gribaldo, Simonetta; Hatzenpichler, Roland; Hugenholtz, Philip; Kampfer, Peter; Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T.; Lane, Christopher E.; Papke, R. Thane; Parks, Donovan H.; Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Stott, Matthew B.; Sutcliffe, Iain C.; Thrash, J. Cameron; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Whitman, William B.; Acinas, Silvia G.; Amann, Rudolf I.; Anantharaman, Karthik; Armengaud, Jean; Baker, Brett J.; Barco, Roman A.; Bode, Helge B.; Boyd, Eric S.; Brady, Carrie Louise; Carini, Paul; Chain, Patrick S.G.; Colman, Daniel R.; DeAngelis, Kristen M.; De los Rios, Maria Asuncion; Estrada-de los Santos, Paulina; Dunlap, Christopher A.; Eisen, Jonathan A.; Emerson, David; Ettema, Thijs J.G.; Eveillard, Damien; Girguis, Peter R.; Hentschel, Ute; Hollibaugh, James T.; Hug, Laura A.; Inskeep, William P.; Ivanova, Elena P.; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Li, Wen-Jun; Lloyd, Karen G.; Loffler, Frank E.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Moser, Duane P.; Nunoura, Takuro; Palmer, Marike; Parro, Victor; Pedrós-Alio, Carlos; Probst, Alexander J.; Smits, Theo H.M.; Steen, Andrew D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Spang, Anja; Stewart, Frank J.; Tiedje, James M.; Vandamme, Peter; Wagner, Michael; Wang, Feng-Ping; Yarza, Pablo; Hedlund, Brian P.; Reysenbach, Anna-Louise (Nature Research, 2020-06-08)
    The assembly of single-amplified genomes (SAGs) and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) has led to a surge in genome-based discoveries of members affiliated with Archaea and Bacteria, bringing with it a need to develop ...
  • The role of aDNA in understanding the coevolutionary patterns of human sexually transmitted infections 
    Pimenoff, Ville N.; Houldcroft, Charlotte J.; Rifkin, Riaan F.; Underdown, Simon (MDPI, 2018-07)
    Analysis of pathogen genome data sequenced from clinical and historical samples has made it possible to perform phylogenetic analyses of sexually transmitted infections on a global scale, and to estimate the diversity, ...
  • Role of African horsesickness virus protein NS3 in cytotoxicity and virus induced cytopathology 
    Meiring, Tracy Leonora (University of Pretoria, 2011-09-23)
    The viral determinants of African horsesickness virus (AHSV) cytopathology are not well understood. Several AHSV proteins may play a role, including non-structural protein NS3, a cytotoxic membrane protein that localises ...
  • The role of conserved residues in African horsesickness virus protein NS3 in intracellular localisation and cytotoxicity 
    Van de Merwe, Etienne (University of Pretoria, 2011-09-08)
    The role of the non-structural protein NS3 in the viral life cycle of African horsesickness virus (AHSV) is an active area of research. It has been shown to be involved in the lytic and nonlytic mechanisms of viral release. ...
  • The role of non-structural protein NS3 in the African horse sickness virus infection cycle in mammalian and insect cells 
    Ferreira-Venter, Linda (University of Pretoria, 2020-04-02)
    African horse sickness is an economically important equid disease caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV). Upon infection, the virus produces seven structural proteins that constitute the virus particle, and four ...
  • Role of plants in anticancer drug discovery 
    Khazir, Jabeena; Mir, Bilal Ahmad; Pilcher, Lynne A.; Riley, Darren L. (Elsevier, 2014-02)
    Cancer is one of the major causes of death and the number of new cases, as well as the number of individuals living with cancer, is expanding continuously. Worldwide the alarming rise in mortality rate due to cancer has ...
  • The role of reactive oxygen species in adipogenic differentiation 
    De Villiers, Danielle; Potgieter, Marnie; Ambele, Melvin Anyasi; Adam, Ladislaus; Durandt, Chrisna; Pepper, Michael Sean (Springer, 2017-11)
    Interest in reactive oxygen species and adipocyte differentiation/adipose tissue function is steadily increasing. This is due in part to a search for alternative avenues for combating obesity, which results from the excess ...
  • The role PTEN mutations in hyperplasia and carcinoma of the endometrium 
    Jamison, Johanna Catharina Aletta (University of Pretoria, 2006-06-02)
    Endometrial carcinoma, which is preceded by non-malignant hyperplasia, is the fifth most common cancer in women worldwide. Various genetic alterations appear to be early events in the pathogenesis of endometrial cancer. ...
  • Roles of plant volatiles in defence against microbial pathogens and microbial exploitation of volatiles 
    Hammerbacher, Almuth; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Gershenzon, Jonathan (Wiley, 2019-10)
    Plants emit a large variety of volatile organic compounds during infection by pathogenic microbes, including terpenes, aromatics, nitrogen‐containing compounds, and fatty acid derivatives, as well as the volatile plant ...
  • Rosellinia necatrix infection induces differential gene expression between tolerant and susceptible avocado rootstocks 
    Zumaquero, Adela; Martınez-Ferri, Elsa; Matas, Antonio J.; Reeksting, Bianca J.; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Pliego-Alfaro, Fernando; Barcelo, Araceli; Van den Berg, Noelani (Public Library of Science, 2019-02)
    Rosellinia necatrix is the causal agent of avocado white root rot (WRR). Control of this soilborne disease is difficult, and the use of tolerant rootstocks may present an effective method to lessen its impact. To date, ...