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  • The (r)evolution of gene regulatory networks controlling Arabidopsis plant reproduction : a two-decade history 
    Pajoro, Alice; Biewers, Sandra; Dougali, Evangelia; Valentim, Felipe Leal; Mendes, Marta Adelina; Porri, Aimone; Coupland, George; Van de Peer, Yves; Van Dijk, Aalt D. J.; Colombo, Lucia; Davies, Brendan; Angenent, Gerco C. (Oxford University Press, 2014-09)
    Successful plant reproduction relies on the perfect orchestration of singular processes that culminate in the product of reproduction: the seed. The floral transition, floral organ development, and fertilization are ...
  • Rabies control in Liberia : joint efforts towards zero by 30 
    Voupawoe, Garmie; Varkpeh, Roland; Kamara, Varney; Sieh, Sonpon; Traore, Abdallah; De Battisti, Cristian; Angot, Angelique; Loureiro, Luis Filipe L. de J.; Soumare, Baba; Dauphin, Gwenaelle; Abebe, Wolde; Coetzer, Andre; Scott, Terence Peter; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Blanton, Jesse; Dacheux, Laurent; Bonas, Simon; Bourhy, Herve; Gourlaouen, Morgane; Leopardi, Stefania; De Benedictis, Paola; Lechenne, Monique; Zinsstag, Jakob; Mauti, Stephanie (Elsevier, 2021-04)
    Despite declaration as a national priority disease, dog rabies remains endemic in Liberia, with surveillance systems and disease control activities still developing. The objective of these initial efforts was to establish ...
  • Rapid detection of pine pathogens Lecanosticta acicola, Dothistroma pini and D. septosporum on needles by probe-based lamp assays 
    Aglietti, Chiara; Meinecke, Colton D.; Ghelardini, Luisa; Barnes, Irene; Van der Nest, Ariska; Villari, Caterina (MDPI, 2021-04-14)
    Needle blights are serious needle fungal diseases affecting pines both in natural and productive forests. Among needle blight agents, the ascomycetes Lecanosticta acicola, Dothistroma pini and D. septosporum are of ...
  • Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum 
    Phasha, Mmatshepho Malekgale; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Hallen-Adams, H.; Fru, Felix Fon; Swalarsk-Parry, Benedicta S.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Duong, Tuan A.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    In this study, we investigated to possible role of Ras2 in Fusarium circinatum- a fungus that causes pine pitch canker disease on many different pine species and has a wide geographic distribution. This protein is encoded ...
  • RBBP6 expressional effects on cell proliferation and apoptosis in breast cancer cell lines with distinct p53 statuses 
    Motadi, Lesetja Raymond; Lekganyane, Mashianoke Marcia; Moela, Pontsho (Dove Medical Press, 2018)
    INTRODUCTION : Breast cancer is the most common malignancy amongst women and has a higher incidence rate than lung cancer. Its tumor progression partially results from inactivation of p53 which is caused by overexpression ...
  • Re-annotation, improved large-scale assembly and establishment of a catalogue of noncoding loci for the genome of the model brown alga Ectocarpus 
    Cormier, Alexandre; Avia, Komlan; Sterck, Lieven; Derrien, Thomas; Wucher, Valentin; Andres, Gwendoline; Monsoor, Misharl; Godfroy, Olivier; Lipinska, Agnieszka; Perrineau, Marie-Mathilde; Van de Peer, Yves; Hitte, Christophe; Corre, Erwan; Coelho, Susana M.; Cock, J. Mark (Wiley, 2017-04)
    The genome of the filamentous brown alga Ectocarpus was the first to be completely sequenced from within the brown algal group and has served as a key reference genome both for this lineage and for the stramenopiles. ...
  • Re-evaluation of Mycoleptodiscus species and morphologically similar fungi 
    Hernández-Restrepo, M.; Bezerra, J.D.P.; Tan, Y.P.; Wiederhold, N.; Crous, Pedro W.; Guarro, J.; Gené, J. (National Herbarium of the Netherlands, 2019-06)
    Mycoleptodiscus includes plant pathogens, animal opportunists, saprobic and endophytic fungi. The present study presents the first molecular phylogeny and revision of the genus based on four loci, including ITS, LSU, ...
  • A re-evaluation of Penicillium section Canescentia, including the description of five new species 
    Visagie, Cobus M.; Frisvad, J.C.; Houbraken, J.; Visagie, A.; Samson, R.A.; Jacobs, K. (National Herbarium of the Netherlands, 2021-06)
    A survey of Penicillium in the fynbos biome from South Africa resulted in the isolation of 61 species of which 29 were found to be new. In this study we focus on Penicillium section Canescentia, providing a phylogenetic ...
  • Recent progress in understanding mode of action of acetylxylan esterases 
    Biely, Peter; Westereng, Bjorge; Puchart, Vladimir; De Maayer, Pieter; Cowan, Don A. (The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience, 2014)
    Acetylation is one of the main obstacles to the effective enzymatic conversion of hemicelluloses to fermentable sugars. In nature, the microbial degradation of hemicellulose involves the action of deacetylating esterases ...
  • Reciprocal responses in the interaction between Arabidopsis and the cell-content-feeding chelicerate herbivore spider mite 
    Zhurov, Vladimir; Navarro, Marie; Bruinsma, Kristie A.; Arbon, Vicent; Santamaria, M. Estrella; Cazaux, Marc; Wybouw, Nicky; Osborne, Edward J.; Ens, Cherise; Rioja, Christina; Vermeirssen, Vanessa; Rubio-Somoza, Ignacio; Krishna, Priti; Diaz, Isabel; Schmid, Markus; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Van de Peer, Yves; Grbic, Miodrag; Clark, Richard M.; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Grbic, Vojislava (American Society of Plant Biologists, 2014-01-24)
    Most molecular-genetic studies of plant defense responses to arthropod herbivores have focused on insects. However, plantfeeding mites are also pests of diverse plants, and mites induce different patterns of damage to ...
  • Recombinant hyperthermophilic enzyme expression in plants : a novel approach for lignocellulose digestion 
    Mir, Bilal Ahmad; Mewalal, Ritesh; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2014-05)
    Plant biomass, as an abundant renewable carbon source, is a promising alternative to fossil fuels. However, the enzymes most commonly used for depolymerization of lignocellulosic biomass are expensive, and the development of ...
  • Reconsideration of species boundaries and proposed DNA barcodes for Calonectria 
    Liu, QianLi; Li, JieQiong; Wingfield, Michael J.; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W.; Chen, S.F. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2020-09)
    Calonectria represents a genus of phytopathogenic ascomycetous fungi with a worldwide distribution. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of taxonomic studies on these fungi. Currently, there are 169 ...
  • Reconsidering species boundaries in the Ceratocystis paradoxa complex, including a new species from oil palm and cacao in Cameroon 
    Mbenoum, Michael; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Roux, Jolanda (Mycological Society of America, 2014)
    The Ceratocystis paradoxa complex accommodates a group of fungal pathogens that have become specialized to infect mostly monocotyledonous plants. Four species currently are recognized in this group, including C. paradoxa, ...
  • Redefining species limits in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex 
    Yilmaz, Neriman; Sandoval-Denis, Marcelo; Lombard, L.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2021-06)
    The Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (FFSC) includes more than 60 phylogenetic species (phylospecies) with both phytopathological and clinical importance. Because of their economical relevance, a stable taxonomy and ...
  • A reference linkage map for Eucalyptus 
    Hudson, Corey J.; Freeman, Jules S.; Kullan, Anand Raj Kumar; Petroli, Cesar D.; Sansaloni, Carolina P.; Kilian, Andrzej; Detering, Frank; Grattapaglia, Dario; Potts, Brad M.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Vaillancourt, Rene E. (BioMed Central, 2012-06-15)
    BACKGROUND: Genetic linkage maps are invaluable resources in plant research. They provide a key tool for many genetic applications including: mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL); comparative mapping; identifying ...
  • Reorganising the order Bacillales through phylogenomics 
    De Maayer, Pieter; Aliyu, Habibu; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2019-03)
    Bacterial classification at higher taxonomic ranks such as the order and family levels is currently reliant on phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA and the presence of shared phenotypic characteristics. However, these may not ...
  • Repeat-induced point mutations drive divergence between Fusarium circinatum and its close relatives 
    Van Wyk, Stephanie; Wingfield, Brenda D.; De Vos, Lieschen; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Santana, Quentin C.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (MDPI, 2019-12)
    The Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutation pathway is a fungal-specific genome defense mechanism that counteracts the deleterious effects of transposable elements. This pathway permanently mutates its target sequences by ...
  • Reproducible microbial community dynamics of two drinking water systems treating similar source waters 
    Potgieter, Sarah; Dai, Zihan; Havenga, Minette; Vosloo, Solize; Sigudu, Makhosazana; Pinto, Ameet; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (American Chemical Society, 2021-06)
    Understanding whether the spatiotemporal dynamics of the drinking water microbiome are reproducible in full-scale drinking water systems is an important step in devising engineering strategies for effectively managing and ...
  • Reproductive biology of Withania ashwagandha sp. novo (Solanaceae) 
    Mir, Bilal Ahmad; Koul, Sushma; Soodan, Amarjit Singh (Elsevier, 2013-02)
    Withania ashwagandha Kaul (Solanaceae) is an annual plant species of immense medicinal importance. It is a repository of a large number of pharmacologically active secondary metabolites known as withanolides. Evidence ...
  • Research in COVID-19 times : the way forward 
    Pepper, Michael Sean; Burton, Stephanie G. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-08)
    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on research at universities. Universities around the world, including in South Africa, have been or are still closed as part of national lockdown strategies. Students have not ...