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The human gut bacteria Christensenellaceae are widespread, heritable, and associated with health by Waters, Jillian L, Ley, Ruth E

“…The Christensenellaceae, a recently described family in the phylum Firmicutes, is emerging as an important player in human health. The relative abundance of…”
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Viral hijacking of cellular metabolism by Thaker, Shivani K, Ch'ng, James, Christofk, Heather R

“…This review discusses the current state of the viral metabolism field and gaps in knowledge that will be important for future studies to investigate. We…”
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The microbiome of the upper respiratory tract in health and disease by Kumpitsch, Christina, Koskinen, Kaisa, Schöpf, Veronika, Moissl-Eichinger, Christine

“…The human upper respiratory tract (URT) offers a variety of niches for microbial colonization. Local microbial communities are shaped by the different…”
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Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses by Salter, Susannah J, Cox, Michael J, Turek, Elena M, Calus, Szymon T, Cookson, William O, Moffatt, Miriam F, Turner, Paul, Parkhill, Julian, Loman, Nicholas J, Walker, Alan W

“…The study of microbial communities has been revolutionised in recent years by the widespread adoption of culture independent analytical techniques such as 16S…”
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Tissue macrophages: heterogeneity and functions by Gordon, Siamon, Plüddemann, Annette

“…Macrophages are present in all vertebrate tissues, from mid-gestation throughout life, constituting a widely dispersed organ system. They promote homeostasis…”
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Fueling the fire: emerging role of the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway in cancer by Akella, Neha M, Ciraku, Lorela, Reginato, Mauricio J

“…Altered metabolism and deregulated cellular energetics are now considered a hallmark of all cancers. Glucose, glutamine, fatty acids, and amino acids are the…”
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An updated tribal classification of Lamiaceae based on plastome phylogenomics by Zhao, Fei, Chen, Ya-Ping, Salmaki, Yasaman, Drew, Bryan T, Wilson, Trevor C, Scheen, Anne-Cathrine, Celep, Ferhat, Bräuchler, Christian, Bendiksby, Mika, Wang, Qiang, Min, Dao-Zhang, Peng, Hua, Olmstead, Richard G, Li, Bo, Xiang, Chun-Lei

“…A robust molecular phylogeny is fundamental for developing a stable classification and providing a solid framework to understand patterns of diversification,…”
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Meta-evaluation of meta-analysis: ten appraisal questions for biologists by Nakagawa, Shinichi, Noble, Daniel W A, Senior, Alistair M, Lagisz, Malgorzata

“…Meta-analysis is a statistical procedure for analyzing the combined data from different studies, and can be a major source of concise up-to-date information…”
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Plastid phylogenomic insights into relationships of all flowering plant families by Li, Hong-Tao, Luo, Yang, Gan, Lu, Ma, Peng-Fei, Gao, Lian-Ming, Yang, Jun-Bo, Cai, Jie, Gitzendanner, Matthew A, Fritsch, Peter W, Zhang, Ting, Jin, Jian-Jun, Zeng, Chun-Xia, Wang, Hong, Yu, Wen-Bin, Zhang, Rong, van der Bank, Michelle, Olmstead, Richard G, Hollingsworth, Peter M, Chase, Mark W, Soltis, Douglas E, Soltis, Pamela S, Yi, Ting-Shuang, Li, De-Zhu

“…Flowering plants (angiosperms) are dominant components of global terrestrial ecosystems, but phylogenetic relationships at the familial level and above remain…”
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Structure and function of mitochondrial membrane protein complexes by Kuhlbrandt, Werner

“…Biological energy conversion in mitochondria is carried out by the membrane protein complexes of the respiratory chain and the mitochondrial ATP synthase in…”
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Parkinson's disease-associated alterations of the gut microbiome predict disease-relevant changes in metabolic functions by Baldini, Federico, Hertel, Johannes, Sandt, Estelle, Thinnes, Cyrille C, Neuberger-Castillo, Lorieza, Pavelka, Lukas, Betsou, Fay, Krüger, Rejko, Thiele, Ines

“…Parkinson's disease (PD) is a systemic disease clinically defined by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the brain. While alterations in the gut…”
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Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae by Islam, M Tofazzal, Croll, Daniel, Gladieux, Pierre, Soanes, Darren M, Persoons, Antoine, Bhattacharjee, Pallab, Hossain, Md Shaid, Gupta, Dipali Rani, Rahman, Md Mahbubur, Mahboob, M Golam, Cook, Nicola, Salam, Moin U, Surovy, Musrat Zahan, Sancho, Vanessa Bueno, Maciel, João Leodato Nunes, NhaniJúnior, Antonio, Castroagudín, Vanina Lilián, Reges, Juliana T de Assis, Ceresini, Paulo Cezar, Ravel, Sebastien, Kellner, Ronny, Fournier, Elisabeth, Tharreau, Didier, Lebrun, Marc-Henri, McDonald, Bruce A, Stitt, Timothy, Swan, Daniel, Talbot, Nicholas J, Saunders, Diane G O, Win, Joe, Kamoun, Sophien

“…In February 2016, a new fungal disease was spotted in wheat fields across eight districts in Bangladesh. The epidemic spread to an estimated 15,000 hectares,…”
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The intestinal microbiota regulates host cholesterol homeostasis by Le Roy, Tiphaine, Lécuyer, Emelyne, Chassaing, Benoit, Rhimi, Moez, Lhomme, Marie, Boudebbouze, Samira, Ichou, Farid, Haro Barceló, Júlia, Huby, Thierry, Guerin, Maryse, Giral, Philippe, Maguin, Emmanuelle, Kapel, Nathalie, Gérard, Philippe, Clément, Karine, Lesnik, Philippe

“…Management of blood cholesterol is a major focus of efforts to prevent cardiovascular diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate how the gut…”
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The Earth Microbiome project: successes and aspirations by Gilbert, Jack A, Jansson, Janet K, Knight, Rob

“…Doc number: 69 Abstract: No abstract…”
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The human microbiome in evolution by Davenport, Emily R, Sanders, Jon G, Song, Se Jin, Amato, Katherine R, Clark, Andrew G, Knight, Rob

“…The trillions of microbes living in the gut-the gut microbiota-play an important role in human biology and disease. While much has been done to explore its…”
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Bile acid is a significant host factor shaping the gut microbiome of diet-induced obese mice by Zheng, Xiaojiao, Huang, Fengjie, Zhao, Aihua, Lei, Sha, Zhang, Yunjing, Xie, Guoxiang, Chen, Tianlu, Qu, Chun, Rajani, Cynthia, Dong, Bing, Li, Defa, Jia, Wei

“…Intestinal bacteria are known to regulate bile acid (BA) homeostasis via intestinal biotransformation of BAs and stimulation of the expression of fibroblast…”
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PINK1 import regulation; a fine system to convey mitochondrial stress to the cytosol by Sekine, Shiori, Youle, Richard J

“…Insights from inherited forms of parkinsonism suggest that insufficient mitophagy may be one etiology of the disease. PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy, which…”
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Application of CRISPR-Cas12a temperature sensitivity for improved genome editing in rice, maize, and Arabidopsis by Malzahn, Aimee A, Tang, Xu, Lee, Keunsub, Ren, Qiurong, Sretenovic, Simon, Zhang, Yingxiao, Chen, Hongqiao, Kang, Minjeong, Bao, Yu, Zheng, Xuelian, Deng, Kejun, Zhang, Tao, Salcedo, Valeria, Wang, Kan, Zhang, Yong, Qi, Yiping

“…CRISPR-Cas12a (formerly Cpf1) is an RNA-guided endonuclease with distinct features that have expanded genome editing capabilities. Cas12a-mediated genome…”
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Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species by Pearce, S L, Clarke, D F, East, P D, Elfekih, S, Gordon, K H J, Jermiin, L S, McGaughran, A, Oakeshott, J G, Papanicolaou, A, Perera, O P, Rane, R V, Richards, S, Tay, W T, Walsh, T K, Anderson, A, Anderson, C J, Asgari, S, Board, P G, Bretschneider, A, Campbell, P M, Chertemps, T, Christeller, J T, Coppin, C W, Downes, S J, Duan, G, Farnsworth, C A, Good, R T, Han, L B, Han, Y C, Hatje, K, Horne, I, Huang, Y P, Hughes, D S T, Jacquin-Joly, E, James, W, Jhangiani, S, Kollmar, M, Kuwar, S S, Li, S, Liu, N-Y, Maibeche, M T, Miller, J R, Montagne, N, Perry, T, Qu, J, Song, S V, Sutton, G G, Vogel, H, Walenz, B P, Xu, W, Zhang, H-J, Zou, Z, Batterham, P, Edwards, O R, Feyereisen, R, Gibbs, R A, Heckel, D G, McGrath, A, Robin, C, Scherer, S E, Worley, K C, Wu, Y D

“…Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea are major caterpillar pests of Old and New World agriculture, respectively. Both, particularly H. armigera, are…”
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Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease by Ammendolia, Dustin A, Bement, William M, Brumell, John H

“…Plasma membrane integrity is essential for cellular homeostasis. In vivo, cells experience plasma membrane damage from a multitude of stressors in the extra-…”
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