IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL PUTATIVE BACTERIAL FERULOYL ESTERASES FROM ANAEROBIC ECOSYSTEMS BY USE OF WHOLE-GENOME SHOTGUN METAGENOMICS AND GENOME BINNING

Identification of Novel Putative Bacterial Feruloyl Esterases From Anaerobic Ecosystems by Use of Whole-Genome Shotgun Metagenomics and Genome Binning

Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) can reduce the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass to enzymatic hydrolysis, thereby enhancing biorefinery potentials or animal feeding values of the biomass.In addition, ferulic acid, a product of FAE activity, has applications in pharmaceutical and food/beverage industries.It is therefore of great interest to identif

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Prenatal opioid exposure significantly impacts placental protein kinase C (PKC) and drug transporters, leading to drug resistance and neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome

BackgroundNeonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) is a consequence of in-utero exposure to prenatal maternal opioids, resulting in the manifestation of symptoms like irritability, feeding problems, tremors, and withdrawal signs.Opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy can profoundly impact both mother and fetus, disrupting fetal brain neurotra

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Higgs branches of U/SU quivers via brane locking

Abstract We solve a long standing problem on the computation of the Higgs branch H $$ mathcal{H} $$ of linear quivers with 8 supercharges and with both unitary and special unitary gauge nodes.The solution uses the concept of magnetic quivers, where components of H $$ mathcal{H} $$ are described as 3d N $$ mathcal{N} $$ = 4 Coulomb branches.When the

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