Plant-specific GRAS transcription factors play important roles in regulating growth, development, and stress responses. Castor beans (Ricinus communis) are important non-edible oilseed plants, cultivated worldwide for its seed oils and its adaptability to growth conditions. In this study, we identified and characterized a total of 48 GRAS genes based on the castor bean genome. Combined with phy...

19 20 Bacteriophage endolysins have an interesting potential as antimicrobials. The endolysin 21 LysH5, encoded by Staphylococcus aureus phage vB_SauS-phi-IPLA88, was expressed 22 and secreted in Lactococcus lactis using the signal peptide of the bacteriocin lactococcin 23 972 and lactococcal constitutive and inducible promoters. Up to 80 U/mg of 24 extracelullar active endolysin was detected i...

Among the animal derived food products, contamination of poultry eggs, and egg shell surface is one major causes for foodborne salmonellosis in United States. As a means reducing pathogen transfer to internal contents, polysaccharide-based coatings containing antimicrobial phytochemicals could potentially serve as biocontrol strategy shelled products. The current study investigated efficacy fou...

Biorefinery to produce value-added biochemicals offers a promising alternative meet our sustainable energy and environmental goals. Acetoin is widely used in the food cosmetic industries as taste fragrance enhancer. The generally regarded safe (GRAS) bacterium Zymomonas mobilis produces acetoin an extracellular product under aerobic conditions. In this study, metabolic engineering strategies we...

BACKGROUND Reflection, the ability to examine critically one's own learning and functioning, is considered important for 'the good doctor'. The Groningen Reflection Ability Scale (GRAS) is an instrument measuring student reflection, which has not yet been validated beyond the original Dutch study. The aim of this study was to adapt GRAS for use in a Danish setting and to investigate the psychom...

Lactococcus lactis is one of the most important microorganisms in the dairy industry and has "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) status. L. lactis belongs to the group of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and is encountered in a wide range of environments. Recently, the use of the intramammary infusion of a live culture of LAB has been investigated as a new antibiotic alternative for treating mastit...

GRAS transcriptional factors have diverse functions in plant growth and development, and are named after the first three transcription factors, namely, GAI (GIBBERELLIC ACID INSENSITIVE), RGA (REPRESSOR OF GAI) and SCR (SCARECROW) identified in this family. Knowledge of the GRAS gene family in maize remains was largely unknown, and their characterization is necessary to understand their importa...

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In a previous paper we have proposed a non–Newtonian, phenomenological description of the effective gravitational force acting between exotic dark matter and baryons, which was shown to fit well the kinematics in the inner regions of low surface brightness, gas–rich galaxies. The Gravitational Suppression (GraS) scheme is, admittedly, an ad-hoc model; it does however successfully address intere...