Ethylene-responsive factors (ERF) are usually considered to play diverse roles in plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, an ERF gene CaPTI1 was isolated from pepper transcriptome database. CaPTI1 contains an open reading frame (ORF) of 543 bp, which encodes a putative polypeptide of 180 amino acids with a theoretical molecular weight of 20.30 kDa. Results of expression pr...

In his book Is a Good God Logically Possible?, James Sterba argues that the Plantingian free-will defense, which reconciles existence of good and omnipotent with evil, is failed argument when it comes to terrible evils in world. This study discusses Sterba’s claim invalid Plantinga’s defense modified structural perspective. order reconcile inevitable possibility evil God’s moral imperatives, wa...

Animal host defense against infection requires the expression of defense genes at the right place and the right time. Understanding such tight control of host defense requires the elucidation of the transcription factors involved. By using an unbiased approach in the model Caenorhabditis elegans, we discovered that HLH-30 (known as TFEB in mammals) is a key transcription factor for host defense...