Fermitins, the orthologs of mammalian Kindlins, regulate the development of a functional cardiac syncytium in Drosophila melanogaster.

The vertebrate Kindlins are an evolutionarily conserved family of proteins critical for integrin signalling and cell adhesion.Kindlin-2 (KIND2) is associated with intercalated discs HOME SCENT in mice, suggesting a role in cardiac syncytium development; however, deficiency of Kind2 leads to embryonic lethality.Morpholino knock-down of Kind2 in zebr

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The effect of nitrogen application methods on some quantity and quality traits of grain of bread wheat commercial cultivars under rainfed and supplementary irrigation conditions

Introduction: Nitrogen is a determining element in nutrition, plant growth, and its quantitative and qualitative performance.Considering the high cultivated area of dryland wheat in the country and the economical importance of this crop in dryland conditions, it is necessary to consider any solution to optimize the quantity and quality of this prod

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Characteristics of sediments and regolith alterations in the Plio-Pleistocene succession, coastal cliff sections, St Vincent Basin, South Australia

Syn- and post-depositional alterations are distinguished in a detailed lithological and mineralogical study of the largely unconsolidated Plio-Pleistocene non-marine succession in coastal cliff sections in the St Vincent Basin south of Adelaide.At its base, the sequence interfingers with Late Pliocene estuarine marine sediments in places but mostly

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