Project description:Seed desiccation during maturation is important process for seed post-maturation behavior and harvest. However, the desiccation mechanism in soybean seed maturation is hardly known. In this study, water content in seed, pod and pedicel decreased faster than that in peduncle and stem. Therefore, we focus on the pedicel during seed maturation. By morphological analysis, the deposits in xylem vessels were confirmed in pedicel at 61 day after flowering (DAF), when there are not the deposits in peduncle. It was clarified by microarray analysis that lignin biosynthesis related genes expressed in pedicel at 61 DAF. Indeed, GmPAL, Gm4CL, GmC3H and GmCAD, which are lignin biosynthesis related genes, increased in pedicel during seed maturation. Furthermore, lignin content in pedicel also increased toward at 61 DAF and accumulated in the xylem vessels. These results suggested that lignin deposits into xylem vessels in pedicel cause the soybean seed desiccation during seed maturation.

2021-04-01 | GSE136771 | GEO

Metabarcoding study of ballast water onboard RV "Polarstern" - first day DNA samples, 3 fractions

Project description:En-route metabarcoding study of ballast water - comparative study of ballast water assessment using molecular apporaches (eDNA/eRNA metabarcoding and ATP tests)

| PRJEB25035 | ENA

Population attenuation in zooplankton communities during transoceanic transfer in ballast water.

Project description:Successful biological invasion requires introduction of a viable population of a nonindigenous species (NIS). Rarely have ecologists assessed changes in populations while entrained in invasion pathways. Here, we investigate how zooplankton communities resident in ballast water change during transoceanic voyages. We used next-generation sequencing technology to sequence a nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA fragment of zooplankton from ballast water during initial, middle, and final segments as a vessel transited between Canada and Brazil. Operational taxonomic unit (OTU) diversity decreased as voyage duration increased, indicating loss of community-based genetic diversity and development of bottlenecks for zooplankton taxa prior to discharge of ballast water. On average, we observed 47, 26, and 24 OTUs in initial, middle, and final samples, respectively. Moreover, a comparison of genetic diversity within taxa indicated likely attenuation of OTUs in final relative to initial samples. Abundance of the most common taxa (copepods) declined in all final relative to initial samples. Some taxa (e.g., Copepoda) were represented by a high number of OTUs throughout the voyage, and thus had a high level of intraspecific genetic variation. It is not clear whether genotypes that were most successful in surviving transit in ballast water will be the most successful upon introduction to novel environments. This study highlights that population bottlenecks may be common prior to introduction of NIS to new ecosystems.

| S-EPMC5016640 | biostudies-literature

BAG6KO impacts extracellular vesicle mRNA cargo

Project description:The mRNA cargo of B-16V and B-16V-delta-BAG6 cells was sequenced with RNA seq.

2019-11-29 | E-MTAB-7123 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Bentonite clay pressure vessels

Project description:Bentonite clay pressure vessels

| PRJEB39478 | ENA