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  • The Meloidogyne graminicola effector Mg16820 is secreted in the apoplast and cytoplasm to suppress plant host defense responses 
    Naalden, Diana; Haegeman, Annelies; De Almeida-Engler, Janice; Birhane Eshetu, Firehiwot; Bauters, Lander; Gheysen Godelieve (Wiley, 2018-11)
    On invasion of roots, plant‐parasitic nematodes secrete effectors to manipulate the cellular regulation of the host to promote parasitism. The root‐knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola is one of the most damaging nematodes ...
  • Mendelian randomisation study of height and body mass index as modifiers of ovarian cancer risk in 22,588 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers 
    Qian, Frank; Rookus, Matti A.; Leslie, Goska; Risch, Harvey A.; Greene, Mark H.; Aalfs, Cora M.; Adank, Muriel A.; Adlard, Julian; Agnarsson, Bjarni A.; Ahmed, Munaza; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Andrulis, Irene L.; Arnold, Norbert; Arun, Banu K.; Ausems, Margreet G.E.M.; Azzollini, Jacopo; Barrowdale, Daniel; Barwell, Julian; Benitez, Javier; Białkowska, Katarzyna; Bonadona, Valérie; Borde, Julika; Borg, Ake; Bradbury, Angela R.; Brunet, Joan; Buys, Saundra S.; Caldes, Trinidad; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian; Carter, Jonathan; Chiquette, Jocelyne; Chung, Wendy K.; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Collee, J. Margriet; Collonge-Rame, Marie-Agnes; Couch, Fergus J.; Daly, Mary B.; Delnatte, Capucine; Diez, Orland; Domchek, Susan M.; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Eason, Jacqueline; Easton, Douglas F.; Eeles, Ros; Engel, Christoph; Evans, D. Gareth; Faivre, Laurence; Feliubadalo, Lidia; Foretova, Lenka; Friedman, Eitan; Frost, Debra; Ganz, Patricia A.; Garber, Judy; Garcia-Barberan, Vanesa; Gehrig, Andrea; Glendon, Gord; Godwin, Andrew K.; Gomez Garcia, Encarna B.; Hamann, Ute; Hauke, Jan; Hopper, John L.; Hulick, Peter J.; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Izatt, Louise; Jakubowska, Anna; Janavicius, Ramunas; John, Esther M.; Karlan, Beth Y.; Kets, Carolien M.; Laitman, Yael; Lazaro, Conxi; Leroux, Dominique; Lester, Jenny; Lesueur, Fabienne; Loud, Jennifer T.; Lubinski, Jan; Lukomska, Alicja; McGuffog, Lesley; Mebirouk, Noura; Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E.J.; Meindl, Alfons; Miller, Austin; Montagna, Marco; Mooij, Thea M.; Mouret-Fourme, Emmanuelle; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Nehoray, Bita; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nielsen, Finn C.; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Ong, Kai-ren; Oosterwijk, Jan C.; Ottini, Laura; Parsons, Michael T.; Peterlongo, Paolo; Pfeiler, Georg; Pradhan, Nisha; Radice, Paolo; Ramus, Susan J.; Rantala, Johanna; Rennert, Gad; Robson, Mark; Rodriguez, Gustavo C.; Salani, Ritu; Scheuner, Maren T.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Shah, Payal D.; Side, Lucy E.; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Steinemann, Doris; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Tan, Yen Yen; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Terry, Mary Beth; Thomassen, Mads; Tischkowitz, Marc; Tognazzo, Silvia; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Tung, Nadine; Van Asperen, Christi J.; Van Engelen, Klaartje; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Venat-Bouvet, Laurence; Vierstraete, Jeroen; Wagner, Gabriel; Walker, Lisa; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; KConFab Investigators; HEBON Investigators; GEMO Study Collaborators; EMBRACE Collaborators; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Goldgar, David E.; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Huo, Dezheng (Springer Nature, 2019-07)
    BACKGROUND : Height and body mass index (BMI) are associated with higher ovarian cancer risk in the general population, but whether such associations exist among BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is unknown. METHODS : We applied ...
  • Metabolomic and molecular signatures of Mascarene Aloes using a multidisciplinary approach 
    Govinden-Soulange, J.; Lobine, D.; Frederich, M.; Kodja, H.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, V.M. (Elsevier, 2017-01)
    In this research a multidisciplinary approach was used to unveil the genetic, metabolic uniqueness and relationships of endemic Mascarene Aloes (Aloe macra, Aloe purpurea, Aloe tormentorii) with respect to Aloe vera. ...
  • Metabolomic fingerprinting of potato cultivars differing in susceptibility to Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea root infection 
    Lekota, Moleboheng; Modisane, Kehumile J.; Apostolides, Zeno; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise (MDPI Publishing, 2020-05-27)
    Plants defend themselves from pathogens by producing bioactive defense chemicals. The biochemical mechanisms relating to quantitative resistance of potato to root infection by Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea ...
  • Metabolomics for a millenniums-old crop : tea plant (Camellia sinensis) 
    Jiang, Chen-Kai; Ma, Jian-Qiang; Apostolides, Zeno; Chen, Liang (American Chemical Society, 2019-05)
    Tea cultivation and utilization dates back to antiquity. Today it is the most widely consumed beverage on earth due to its pleasant taste and several beneficial health properties attributed to specific metabolites. ...
  • Metagenomic analysis of the viral community in Namib desert hypoliths 
    Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Van Zyl, Leonardo J.; De Maayer, Pieter; Rubagotti, Enrico; Rybicki, Edward P.; Tuffin, Marla I.; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-02)
    Hypolithic microbial communities are specialized desert communities inhabiting the underside of translucent rocks where they are sheltered from harsh environmental conditions. Here, we present the first study of the viral ...
  • Metagenomic analysis provides insights into functional capacity in a hyperarid desert soil niche community 
    Vikram, Surendra; Guerrero, Leandro D.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Le, Phuong T.; Seely, Mary; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley, 2016-06)
    Environmental stressors such as low water activity and temperature extremes impose severe limitations on the productivity of soils in hyperarid deserts. In such ecosystems, macroscopic communities are often restricted ...
  • Metagenomic approach towards bioprospection of novel biomolecule(s) and environmental bioremediation 
    Tripathi, Manikant; Singh, Durgesh Narain; Vikram, Surendra; Singh, Vijay Shankar; Kumar, Shailendra (SCIENCEDOMAIN International, 2018-01-09)
    Microorganisms have developed several physiological adaptations to survive within extreme ecological niches including environments contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and nuclear ...
  • Metagenomics of extreme environments 
    Cowan, Don A.; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; De Maayer, Pieter (Elsevier, 2015-06)
    Whether they are exposed to extremes of heat, cold, or buried deep beneath the Earth‟s surface, microorganisms have an uncanny ability to survive under these conditions. This ability to survive has fascinated scientists ...
  • Metaviromics of Namib desert salt pans : a novel lineage of haloarchaeal salterproviruses and a rich source of ssDNA viruses 
    Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Van Zyl, Leonardo J.; Cowan, Don A.; Trindade, Marla Iris (MDPI Publishing, 2016-01)
    Viral communities of two different salt pans located in the Namib Desert, Hosabes and Eisfeld, were investigated using a combination of multiple displacement amplification of metaviromic DNA and deep sequencing, and ...
  • Metazoan parasite vaccines : present status and future prospects 
    Stutzer, Christian; Richards, Sabine; Ferreira, Mariette; Baron, Samantha; Maritz-Olivier, Christine (Frontiers Media, 2018-03-13)
    Eukaryotic parasites and pathogens continue to cause some of the most detrimental and difficult to treat diseases (or disease states) in both humans and animals, while also continuously expanding into non-endemic countries. ...
  • MHC class II heterozygosity associated with attractiveness of men and women 
    Hakkarainen, Terhi J.; Krams, Indrikis; Coetzee, Vinet; Skrinda, Ilona; Kecko, Sanita; Krama, Tatjana; Ilonen, Jorma; Rantala, Markus J. (Sage, 2021-01)
    The genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC), which plays a fundamental role in the immune system, are some of the most diverse genes in vertebrates and have been connected to mate choice in several species, ...
  • Micro- and macrospatial scale analyses illustrates mixed mating strategies and extensive geneflow in populations of an invasive haploid pathogen 
    Perez, Guillermo; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Hunter, Gavin Craig; Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-05)
    Sexual reproduction in fungi involves either a single individual (selfing) or two individuals (outcrossing). To investigate the roles that these two strategies play in the establishment of an invasive alien pathogen, the ...
  • Micro-eukaryotic diversity in hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica 
    Gokul, Jarishma K.; Valverde, Angel; Tuffin, Marla I.; Cary, Stephen Craig; Cowan, Don A. (MDPI online quarterly, 2013-02-22)
    The discovery of extensive and complex hypolithic communities in both cold and hot deserts has raised many questions regarding their ecology, biodiversity and relevance in terms of regional productivity. However, most ...
  • Microanalytical techniques for phenotyping secondary xylem 
    Karannagoda, Nadeeshani; Spokevicius, Antanas; Hussey, Steven Grant; Bossinger, Gerd (Brill, 2020-07)
    The products of secondary xylem are of significant biological and commercial importance, and as a result, the biology of secondary growth and how intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence this process have been the subject ...
  • Microbial communities of Antarctic soil and lithic habitats 
    Van Goethem, Marc W. (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    Global climate change is predicted to significantly alter extreme terrestrial environments. The disturbance of desert ecosystems is predicted to profoundly alter key biological processes that are thought to be mediated by ...
  • Microbial diversity and functional capacity in polar soils 
    Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Van Goethem, Marc W.; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2016-04)
    Global change is disproportionately affecting cold environments (polar and high elevation regions), with potentially negative impacts on microbial diversity and functional processes. In most cold environments the combination ...
  • Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of continental Antarctic soils 
    Cowan, Don A.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Dennis, Paul G.; Hopkins, David W. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2014-04)
    The Antarctica Dry Valleys are regarded as the coldest hyperarid desert system on Earth. While a wide variety of environmental stressors including very low minimum temperatures, frequent freeze-thaw cycles and low water ...
  • Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems 
    Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Valverde, Angel; Gunnigle, Eoin; Frossard, Aline; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Cowan, Don A. (Oxford University Press, 2015-03)
    A significant proportion of the Earth's surface is desert or in the process of desertification. The extreme environmental conditions that characterize these areas result in a surface that is essentially barren, with a ...
  • Microbial nitrogen cycling in antarctic soils 
    Ortiz, Maximiliano; Bosch, Jason; Coclet, Clement; Johnson, Jenny; Lebre, Pedro H.; Salawu-Rotimi, Adeola; Vikram, Surendra; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Cowan, Don A. (MDPI, 2020-09)
    The Antarctic continent is widely considered to be one of the most hostile biological habitats on Earth. Despite extreme environmental conditions, the ice-free areas of the continent, which constitute some 0.44% of the ...