Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is the etiological agent of chickenpox and shingles, diseases
characterized by epidermal skin blistering. Using a calcium-induced keratinocyte differentiation …

The advances in gene editing bring unprecedented opportunities in high throughput functional
genomics to animal research. Here we describe a genome wide CRISPR knockout library…

Bovine alveolar macrophages (AMs) defend the lungs against pathogens such as Mycobacterium
bovis (M. bovis), the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis. However, little is known …

… The process of drying of the leaves of Inga edulis, a flavonoid… parameter (5.86 g/100 g dry
matter) was fixed as a minimum … dependent variable being the drying time required to reduce …

The gammaherpesvirus alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) causes malignant catarrhal
fever in susceptible ungulates but infects its natural host, wildebeest, without obvious clinical …

Mechanisms by which certain RNA viruses, such as hepatitis C virus, establish persistent
infections and cause chronic disease are of fundamental importance in viral pathogenesis. …

… The failure of germination of Inga vera seeds after drying could not be attributed to cellular
damage to DNA synthesis and mitosis, since the radicle protruded by means of cell elongation…

… of dry matter in the Açaí plants was reduced by 10%, that of the shoot fell by 18.5%, while
the dry matter on the roots increased by 21%. In the Ingá plants, the accumulation of dry matter …

… For each plant, sub-samples of these components were taken and oven dried at 60C during
72 h to estimate their dry biomasses and thereafter to extrapolate the total biomass of each …

Background Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a highly fatal lymphoproliferative disease of
cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, and pigs caused by the gamma-herpesviruses alcelaphine …