ALPINE ECOLOGY, PLANT BIODIVERSITY AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE OF MARKER PLANTS IN A NITROGEN GRADIENT INDUCED BY ALNUS BUSHES

Alpine ecology, plant biodiversity and photosynthetic performance of marker plants in a nitrogen gradient induced by Alnus bushes

Abstract Background Alpine alder vegetation acts upon the nearby grass and dwarf shrub vegetation by the nitrogen supply from the symbiotic bacteria Frankia alni of Alnus viridis.This has been studied in two transects concerning plant distribution, plant diversity, nitrate concentration in soil and photosynthetic performance of specific marker plan

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Fatal Sarcocystis falcatula Infection in Three Penguins

Sarcocystis falcatula is a well-known cause of fatal pneumonia in Reusable Cleaning Cloths some birds, particularly Old World psittacines.Here we describe fatal sarcosystosis due to S.falcatula in 3 penguins (Family Spheniscidae) under managed care, including one African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), and two Southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes

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Insights into targeting LKB1 in tumorigenesis

Genetic alterations to serine-threonine kinase 11 (STK11) have been implicated in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and tumorigenesis.Further exploration of the context-specific roles of liver kinase B1 (LKB1; encoded by STK11) observed that it regulates AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and AMPK-related kinases.Given that both migration and proliferation a

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