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Animal life history is shaped by the pace of life and the distribution of age-specific mortality and reproduction
(Nature Research (part of Springer Nature), 2019-07-08)Animals exhibit an extraordinary diversity of life history strategies. These realized combinations of survival, development and reproduction are predicted to be constrained by physiological limitations and by trade-offs ... -
Antibacterial potential of an antimicrobial agent inspired by peroxidase-catalyzed systems
(Frontiers Media, 2017-05-02)Antibiotic resistance is an increasingly serious threat to global health. Consequently, the development of non-antibiotic based therapies and disinfectants, which avoid induction of resistance, or cross-resistance, is of ... -
Arsenic in groundwater in south west Ireland: Occurrence, controls, and hydrochemistry
(Frontiers Media, 2018-12-18)Globally numerous regions have been identified with elevated arsenic within groundwater which can result in potential adverse health risks. In Ireland, a previous national-scale research assessment of groundwater identified ... -
An assessment of RNA content in Prymnesium parvum, Prymnesium polylepis, cf. Chattonella sp. and Karlodinium veneficum under varying environmental conditions for calibrating an RNA microarray for species detection
(Wiley, 2014-02-03)Traditional methods of identification and enumeration can be somewhat ambiguous when identifying phytoplankton that requires electron microscopic examination to verify specific morphological features. Members of the genus ... -
ATPase activity of human binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP) variants is enhanced by signal sequence and physiological concentrations of Mn2+
(Wiley Open Access, 2019-08-29)B-cell immunoglobulin binding protein (BiP) is an essential endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone normally found in the ER lumen. However, BiP also has other extracellular and intracellular functions. As it is unclear whether ... -
The awarding of the first honorary Doctor of Science by the Queen's University in Ireland to William King – a journey of scientific curiosity
(Royal Irish Academy, 2020)William King (1809 86) was the founding Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at Queen s College Galway (QCG), one of three regional colleges opened in 1849 to provide secular university-level education in Ireland. King came ... -
Bcl-2 family on guard at the ER
(American Physiological Society, 2009)The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the main site for protein folding, lipid biosynthesis and calcium storage in the cell. Disturbances of these critical cellular functions lead to ER stress. The ER responds to disturbances ... -
Beyond the green: understanding the evolutionary puzzle of plant and algal cell walls
(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2010-04-26)Niklas (2000) defined plants as “photosynthetic eukaryotes,” thereby including brown, red, and green macroalgae and microalgae. These groups share several features, including the presence of a complex, dynamic, and ... -
Bioinformatic identification and analysis of extensins in the plant kingdom
(Public Library of Science, 2016-02-26)Extensins (EXTs) are a family of plant cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) that are implicated to play important roles in plant growth, development, and defense. Structurally, EXTs are characterized by the ... -
Biological phosphorus removal during high-rate, low-temperature, anaerobic digestion of wastewater
(Frontiers Media, 2016-03-03)We report, for the first time, extensive biologically mediated phosphate removal from wastewater during high-rate anaerobic digestion (AD). A hybrid sludge bed/fixed-film (packed pumice stone) reactor was employed for ... -
Bioreactor scalability: laboratory-scale bioreactor design influences performance, ecology, and community physiology in expanded granular sludge bed bioreactors
(Frontiers Media, 2017)Studies investigating the feasibility of new, or improved, biotechnologies, such as wastewater treatment digesters, inevitably start with laboratory-scale trials. However, it is rarely determined whether laboratory-scale ... -
Bordetella pertussis expresses a functional type III secretion system that subverts protective innate and adaptive immune responses
(American Society for Microbiology, 2008-01)Certain bacteria use a type III secretion system (TTSS) to deliver effector proteins that interfere with cell function into host cells. While transcription of genes encoding TTSS components has been demonstrated, studies ... -
Bumblebee colony development following chronic exposure to field-realistic levels of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam under laboratory conditions
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-08-20)Neonicotinoid pesticides are used in agriculture to reduce damage from crop pests. However, beneficial insects such as bees can come into contact with these pesticides when foraging in treated areas, with potential ... -
Bumblebee learning and memory is impaired by chronic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide.
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015-11-16)Bumblebees are exposed to pesticides applied for crop protection while foraging on treated plants, with increasing evidence suggesting that this sublethal exposure has implications for pollinator declines. The challenges ... -
Calcite sealing in a fractured geothermal reservoir: Insights from combined EBSD and chemistry mapping
(Elsevier, 2016-05-10)Fractures play an important role as fluid flow pathways in geothermal resources hosted in indurated greywacke basement of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, including the Kawerau Geothermal Field. Over time, the ... -
Carboxylic acids production and electrosynthetic microbial community evolution under different CO2 feeding regimes
(Elsevier, 2020-10-15)Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is a potential technology for CO2 recycling, but insufficient information is available on the microbial interactions underpinning electrochemically-assisted reactions. In this study, a MES ... -
Cell cycle-dependent formation of Cdc45-Claspin complexes in human cells is compromized by UV-mediated DNA damage
(Wiley, 2013-08-02)The replication factor Cdc45 has essential functions in the initiation and elongation steps of eukaryotic DNA replication and plays an important role in the intra-S-phase checkpoint. Its interactions with other replication ... -
Cell cycle-dependent mobility of Cdc45 determined in vivo by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
(Public Library of Science, 2012-04-19)Eukaryotic DNA replication is a dynamic process requiring the co-operation of specific replication proteins. We measured the mobility of eGFP-Cdc45 by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) in vivo in asynchronous ... -
Cell wall evolution and diversity
(Frontiers Media, 2012-07-06)Plant cell walls display a considerable degree of diversity in their compositions and molecular architectures. In some cases the functional significance of a particular cell wall type appears to be easy to discern: secondary ... -
The cell walls of pteridophytes and other green plants - a review
(British Pteridological Society, 2006-12-22)The cell wall is one of the defining characteristics of plants and is a fundamental component in normal growth and development. Cell wall composition is a potentially valuable source of phylogenetic information as notable ...