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… are produced in every corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists … But zealexins are almost completely limited to maize. By deciphering the zealexin synthesis pathway, this study … to home in on precise biosynthetic enzymes elicited by fungal infection. They analyzed differences among mutant …
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… for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes. For the past 13 years, Mr. Schmutz has directed the JGI Plant Program, … management for the reference eukaryotic genomes produced by the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the collaborative …
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… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between … in the November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) proved to vastly reduce labor … The process involves “labeling” a given substance by applying a stable isotope to it. The isotopes are …
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… By characterizing the structure and function of a … this enzymatic machinery has potential as an industrial workhorse. As these enzymes cleave the sulfur from gasses, … highlighted another component, an accessory protein called MarS. MarS functions to downregulate the MAR system. …
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