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Giulia Furfaro Sergio De Matteo Paolo Mariottini Salvatore Giacobbe 《Journal of Natural History》2018,52(11-12):645-657
The first record from Sicily of the introduced facelinid nudibranch Godiva quadricolor allowed the detection of trophic relationships with the polycerid Polycera hedgpethi, another non-native nudibranch, and with two bryozoan species, namely the naturalized Cheilostomatida Bugula neritina and the cryptogenic Ctenostomatida Amathia verticillata. The settlement of both nudibranchs was presumably promoted by a trophic shift of P. hedgpethi from the natural prey B. neritina towards the largely available and not exploited A. verticillata. This short food web, without evident links with native fauna and having G. quadricolor as the top predator, is described. A DNA barcoding approach was used to confirm the identity of this facelinid species and to explore the possible genetic divergence occurring among the samples analysed. 相似文献
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In agglomerative hierarchical clustering, pair-group methods suffer from a problem of non-uniqueness when two or more distances
between different clusters coincide during the amalgamation process. The traditional approach for solving this drawback has
been to take any arbitrary criterion in order to break ties between distances, which results in different hierarchical classifications
depending on the criterion followed. In this article we propose a variable-group algorithm that consists in grouping more
than two clusters at the same time when ties occur. We give a tree representation for the results of the algorithm, which
we call a multidendrogram, as well as a generalization of the Lance andWilliams’ formula which enables the implementation of the algorithm in a recursive
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The authors thank A. Arenas for discussion and helpful comments. This work was partially supported by DGES of the Spanish
Government Project No. FIS2006–13321–C02–02 and by a grant of Universitat Rovira i Virgili. 相似文献
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Celiac disease IgA modulates vascular permeability in vitro through the activity of transglutaminase 2 and RhoA 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Essi Myrsky Sergio Caja Zsofi Simon-Vecsei Ilma R. Korponay-Szabo Cristina Nadalutti Russell Collighan Alexandre Mongeot Martin Griffin Markku Mäki Katri Kaukinen Katri Lindfors 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2009,66(20):3375-3385
Celiac disease is characterized by the presence of specific autoantibodies targeted against transglutaminase 2 (TG2) in untreated patients’ serum and at their production site in the small-bowel mucosa below the basement membrane and around the blood vessels. As these autoantibodies have biological activity in vitro, such as inhibition of angiogenesis, we studied if they might also modulate the endothelial barrier function. Our results show that celiac disease patient autoantibodies increase endothelial permeability for macromolecules, and enhance the binding of lymphocytes to the endothelium and their transendothelial migration when compared to control antibodies in an endothelial cell-based in vitro model. We also demonstrate that these effects are mediated by increased activities of TG2 and RhoA. Since the small bowel mucosal endothelium serves as a “gatekeeper” in inflammatory processes, the disease-specific autoantibodies targeted against TG2 could thus contribute to the pathogenic cascade of celiac disease by increasing blood vessel permeability. 相似文献
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Sañudo-Wilhelmy SA Tovar-Sanchez A Fu FX Capone DG Carpenter EJ Hutchins DA 《Nature》2004,432(7019):897-901
The Redfield ratio of 106 carbon:16 nitrogen:1 phosphorus in marine phytoplankton is one of the foundations of ocean biogeochemistry, with applications in algal physiology, palaeoclimatology and global climate change. However, this ratio varies substantially in response to changes in algal nutrient status and taxonomic affiliation. Here we report that Redfield ratios are also strongly affected by partitioning into surface-adsorbed and intracellular phosphorus pools. The C:N:surface-adsorbed P (80-105 C:15-18 N:1 P) and total (71-80 C:13-14 N:1 P) ratios in natural populations and cultures of Trichodesmium were close to Redfield values and not significantly different from each other. In contrast, intracellular ratios consistently exceeded the Redfield ratio (316-434 C:59-83 N:1 intracellular P). These high intracellular ratios were associated with reduced N2 fixation rates, suggestive of phosphorus deficiency. Other algal species also have substantial surface-adsorbed phosphorus pools, suggesting that our Trichodesmium results are generally applicable to all phytoplankton. Measurements of the distinct phytoplankton phosphorus pools may be required to assess nutrient limitation accurately from elemental composition. Deviations from Redfield stoichiometry may be attributable to surface adsorption of phosphorus rather than to biological processes, and this scavenging could affect the interpretation of marine nutrient inventories and ecosystem models. 相似文献
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Kamath RS Fraser AG Dong Y Poulin G Durbin R Gotta M Kanapin A Le Bot N Moreno S Sohrmann M Welchman DP Zipperlen P Ahringer J 《Nature》2003,421(6920):231-237
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Sergio Porté Agrin Moeini Irene Reche Naeem Shafqat Udo Oppermann Jaume Farrés Xavier Parés 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2011,68(6):1065-1077
Human ζ-crystallin is a Zn2+-lacking medium-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (MDR) included in the quinone oxidoreductase (QOR) family because of its activity
with quinones. In the present work a novel enzymatic activity was characterized: the double bond α,β-hydrogenation of medium-chain
2-alkenals and 3-alkenones. The enzyme is especially active with lipid peroxidation products such as 4-hydroxyhexenal, and
a role in their detoxification is discussed. This specificity is novel in the QOR family, and it is similar to that described
in the distantly related alkenal/one reductase family. Moreover, we report the X-ray structure of ζ-crystallin, which represents
the first structure solved for a tetrameric Zn2+-lacking MDR, and which allowed the identification of the active-site lining residues. Docking simulations suggest a role
for Tyr53 and Tyr59 in catalysis. The kinetics of Tyr53Phe and Tyr59Phe mutants support the implication of Tyr53 in binding/catalysis
of alkenal/one substrates, while Tyr59 is involved in the recognition of 4-OH-alkenals. 相似文献
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Yamamoto JK Fairchild TR Boggiani PC Montanheiro TJ de Araújo CC Kiyohara PK de Matos SL Soares PC 《Nature》2005,438(7065):205-207
The remarkable occurrence of more than 4,500 conical siliceous mounds in an area of less than 1.5 square kilometres has been reported in the Paraná basin, near Anhembi, S?o Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. These structures, which are up to two metres high, are thought to have been formed at the margin of a very shallow, broad but waning internal sea, and it was originally suggested that they are stromatolites. Yet their restricted occurrence, unusual abundance and nearly pure siliceous composition have never been satisfactorily explained by this hypothesis. Here we report field and laboratory observations on their shape, construction, composition and mineralogy. On the basis of our data we suggest that the conical mounds are the result of subaqueous Late Permian vent activity in southwestern Gondwana. The present siliceous cone field differs considerably from other Palaeozoic siliceous hot spring deposits, such as those at Rhynie, Scotland, and the Drummond basin, Australia, and therefore represents an unusual occurrence of vent activity. 相似文献
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Oceanography: a phosphate alternative 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sañudo-Wilhelmy SA 《Nature》2006,439(7072):25-26