Publications
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| effects of concentrations of sodium chloride on photosynthesis, antioxidative enzymes, growth and fiber yield of hybrid ramie. | ramie (boehmeria nivea l.) is one of the oldest and most important fiber crops in china due to the comfortable textile of its fine fiber. increased ramie fiber demand brings ramie cultivation to salt-affected regions. the aim of this research was to determine morphological, physiological and biochemical responses of ramie by subjecting plants to varying concentrations of nacl (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 g nacl/kg dry soil) at vigorous growth stage for 10 and 20 days. results indicated that salinity stress ... | 2014 | 24486583 |
| mirnas expression profile in bast of ramie elongation phase and cell wall thickening and end wall dissolving phase. | micrornas (mirnas) are 20-24 nucleotide long non-coding rnas that play critical regulatory roles during plant development, organ morphogenesis, and cell fate determination and differentiation. in this study, mirna microarray chips were used to explore the expression profile of ramie mirnas between the bast of fiber elongation phase and those of cell wall thickening and end wall dissolving phase. there are 150 and 148 credible mirnas in the bast of fiber elongation phase and cell wall thickening ... | 2014 | 24385297 |
| toward stronger transcrystalline layers in poly(l-lactic acid)/natural fiber biocomposites with the aid of an accelerator of chain mobility. | formation of transcrystalline layer probably enhances the interfacial adhesion of poly(l-lactic acid) (plla)/natural fiber biocomposites as confirmed by this work. we found that a crystallization accelerator, poly(ethylene glycol) (peg), improved chain mobility of plla and thus enhanced the growth kinetics of ramie fiber-induced transcrystallinity (tc). the direct observation of polarized optical microscopy during isothermal crystallization revealed that large-sized tc with rapid growth was prod ... | 2014 | 24298881 |
| transcript profiling reveals auxin and cytokinin signaling pathways and transcription regulation during in vitro organogenesis of ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud). | in vitro organogenesis, one of the most common pathways leading to in vitro plant regeneration, is widely used in biotechnology and the fundamental study of plant biology. although previous studies have constructed a complex regulatory network model for arabidopsis in vitro organogenesis, no related study has been reported in ramie. to generate more complete observations of transcriptome content and dynamics during ramie in vitro organogenesis, we constructed a reference transcriptome library an ... | 2014 | 25415356 |
| transcriptome sequencing and profiling of expressed genes in phloem and xylem of ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud). | ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud) is a highly versatile herbaceous plant which is widely cropped in southern china. the success of this herbaceous plant relies on wide use in modern industry. understanding the profiling of expressed genes in phloem and xylem of ramie is crucial for improving its industrial performance. herein, we uncover the transcriptome profile in phloem and xylem in present study. using illumina paired-end sequencing technology, 57 million high quality reads were generated. de ... | 2014 | 25354139 |
| transcriptome profiling using pyrosequencing shows genes associated with bast fiber development in ramie (boehmeria nivea l.). | ramie (boehmeria nivea l.), popularly known as "china grass", is one of the oldest crops in china and the second most important fiber crop in terms of area sown. ramie fiber, extracted from the plant bast, is important in the textile industry. however, the molecular mechanism of ramie fiber development remains unknown. | 2014 | 25339420 |
| enhanced efficiency of cadmium removal by boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud. in the presence of exogenous citric and oxalic acids. | boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud. is a potential candidate for the remediation of cd contaminated sites. the present investigation aims to explore cd tolerance threshold and to quickly identify the role of exogenous organic acids in cd uptake and abiotic metal stress damage. elevated cd levels (0-10mg/l) resulted in an obvious rise in cd accumulation, ranging from 268.0 to 374.4 in root and 25.2 to 41.2mg/kg dry weight in shoot, respectively. citric acid at 1.5 mmol/l significantly facilitated cd uptak ... | 2014 | 25499499 |
| development of a core collection for ramie by heuristic search based on ssr markers. | there are more than 2000 ramie germplasms in the national ramie germplasm nursery affiliated with the institute of bast fiber crops, chinese academy of agricultural science, china. as it is difficult to perform effective conservation, management, evaluation, and utilization of redundant genetic resources, it is necessary to construct a core collection by using molecular markers. in this study, a core collection of ramie consisting of 22 germplasms was constructed from 108 accessions by heuristic ... | 2014 | 26019563 |
| [determination of cotton content in cotton/ramie blended fabric by nir spectra and variable selection methods]. | rapid detection of textile fiber components is very important for production process of quality control, trading and market surveillance. the objective of this research was to assess cotton content in cotton/ramie blended fabric quickly by near infrared (nir) spectrum technology and variable selection methods. reflectance spectra of samples were acquired by a nirflex n-500 fourier spectroscopy in the range of 4000~10,000 cm(-1), primary election of spectral range and pretreatment analysis were c ... | 2014 | 25881419 |
| fast adsorption of cd²⁺ and pb²⁺ by egta dianhydride (egtad) modified ramie fiber. | in this study, the removal of cd(2+) and pb(2+) from aqueous solutions was investigated using a novel chelating material. the first part described the synthesis of ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)-n,n,n',n'-tetraacetic acid dianhydride (egtad), mercerization treatment of ramie fiber (mrf), and the mrf was then reacted with egtad to prepare the new material (erf). the obtained material was characterized by weight gain, sem, ftir, and elemental analysis. the results of ftir and elemental ana ... | 2014 | 25181330 |
| [pretreatment of ramie and kenaf stalk for bioethanol production]. | ramie and kenaf were traditional fiber crops in china, but their stalk after decorticating has not been used effectively. the stalk contains a lot of cellulose, and can therefore be used for the production of bioethanol. we studied the effects of different chemical pretreatment on enzymatic digestibility of ramie stalk and kenaf stalk. ramie and kenaf stalks pretreated with alkali were chosen to produce ethanol using quasi-simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (q-ssf) process. the resul ... | 2014 | 25118401 |
| boehmeria nivea attenuates the development of dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis. | we examined the therapeutic effect of an ethanol extract derived from boehmeria nivea (linn.) gaudich in a mouse model of experimental colitis. treatment with 70% ethanol extract derived from b. nivea (ebn) at a dose of 100, 200, or 500 mg/(kg · d) improved colon shortening, body weight, the disease activity index (dai), and histopathological score of dss-induced colitis mice. dss significantly increased the levels of cyclooxygenase-(cox-) 2 in colon tissue relative to that of the untreated cont ... | 2014 | 25045208 |
| a proteomics sample preparation method for mature, recalcitrant leaves of perennial plants. | sample preparation is key to the success of proteomics studies. in the present study, two sample preparation methods were tested for their suitability on the mature, recalcitrant leaves of six representative perennial plants (grape, plum, pear, peach, orange, and ramie). an improved sample preparation method was obtained: tris and triton x-100 were added together instead of chaps to the lysis buffer, and a 20% tca-water solution and 100% precooled acetone were added after the protein extraction ... | 2014 | 25028960 |
| evaluation of heavy metal and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons accumulation in plants from typical industrial sites: potential candidate in phytoremediation for co-contamination. | the heavy metal and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) contents were evaluated in surface soil and plant samples of 18 wild species collected from 3 typical industrial sites in south central china. the accumulative characteristics of the plant species for both heavy metal and pahs were discussed. the simultaneous accumulation of heavy metal and pahs in plant and soil was observed at all the investigated sites, although disparities in spatial distributions among sites occurred. both plant an ... | 2014 | 24946706 |
| cryphodera sinensis n. sp. (nematoda: heteroderidae), a non-cyst-forming parasitic nematode from the root of ramie boehmeria nivea in china. | cryphodera sinensis n. sp. is described from ramie (boehmeria nivea) based on the morphology and molecular analyses of rrna small subunit (ssu), d2d3 expansion domains of large subunit (lsu d2d3) and internal transcribed spacer (its). this new species is characterized by oval females with a distinct subcrystalline layer and pronounced and protruding vulval lip, distinctly concave vulva-anus profile and a vulva-anus distance of 29.5-35.8 μm. males possess two annuli in the lip region, a stylet 27 ... | 2014 | 23782683 |
| diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with a sb accumulator plant, ramie (boehmeria nivea), in an active sb mining. | arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) have great potential for assisting heavy metal hyperaccumulators in the remediation of contaminated soils. however, little information is available about the symbiosis of amf associated with an antimony (sb) accumulator plant under natural conditions. therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the colonization and molecular diversity of amf associated with the sb accumulator ramie (boehmeria nivea) growing in sb-contaminated soils. four sb mine s ... | 2015 | 25876600 |
| molecular identity of ramie germplasms using simple sequence repeat markers. | dna identity is highly effective and efficient for distinguishing crop varieties regardless of their phenotypic similarities. to establish dna identity in ramie, 21 simple sequence repeat primers were amplified in 108 accessions of domestic and exotic ramie germplasms. sixty polymorphic bands were obtained, with an average of 2.9 bands per locus and 2-8 band types per primer locus (average of 5.19 band types). the simpson's diversity index of the 21 simple sequence repeat loci ranged from 0.158 ... | 2015 | 25867376 |
| start codon targeted (scot) polymorphism reveals genetic diversity in wild and domesticated populations of ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaudich.), a premium textile fiber producing species. | twenty-four start codon targeted (scot) markers were used to assess genetic diversity and population structure of indigenous, introduced and domesticated ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaudich.). a total of 155 genotypes from five populations were investigated for scot polymorphism, which produced 136 amplicons with 87.5% polymorphism. polymorphism information content and resolving power of the scot markers were 0.69 and 3.22, respectively. the indian ramie populations exhibited high scot polymorphis ... | 2015 | 25750860 |
| expression profiling of cadmium response genes in ramie (boehmeria nivea l.) root. | ramie (boehmeria nivea), a perennial herb belongs to urticaceae family, is a rapid growth and high biomass crop with highly tolerant and accumulative to heavy metals. however, the gene expression and regulation caused by cadmium (cd) in ramie has not been well studied. in the present study, a gene expression database of ramie root in the absence (control) or presence of 100 μm cd was established. solexa high-throughput sequencing technology showed that 3,654,395 and 3,572,333 tags have been obta ... | 2015 | 25724673 |
| correction: transcriptome sequencing and profiling of expressed genes in phloem and xylem of ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud). | [this corrects the article doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110623.]. | 2015 | 25679512 |
| effects of selenium and silicon on enhancing antioxidative capacity in ramie (boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud.) under cadmium stress. | hydroponic experiments were performed to investigate the ameliorating effects and mitigation mechanisms of selenium and silicon on cd toxicity in boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud. metal accumulation, chlorophyll content, activities of antioxidant enzymes, and antioxidant contents in ramie were evaluated. the results revealed that cadmium was mainly accumulated in the roots of plants rather than in the aerial parts. additionally, under 5 mg l(-1) cd stress, both se (1 μmol l(-1)) and si (1 mmol l(-1)) t ... | 2015 | 25666476 |
| variability of cadmium, lead, and zinc tolerance and accumulation among and between germplasms of the fiber crop boehmeria nivea with different root-types. | crop germplasms substantially vary in their tolerance for and accumulation of heavy metals, and assessment of this variability plays a significant role in selecting species to use in phytoremediation projects. here, we examined germplasm-variations in cadmium (cd), lead (pb), and zinc (zn) tolerance and accumulation in ramie (boehmeria nivea), a fiber crop native to china, which has received little attention. in an 8-week greenhouse test, fourteen germplasms of ramie, among and within deep, midd ... | 2015 | 25948381 |
| cloning of expansin genes in ramie (boehmeria nivea l.) based on universal fast walking. | gene cloning is the first step to study the expression profiles and functions of a particular gene; considerable cloning methods have been developed. expansin, thought to involve in the cell-wall modification events, was not cloned in ramie (boehmeria nivea l.), which is one of the most important bast fiber crops with little conducted molecular research, especially on its fiber development. studying the expansin gene family will uncover its possible relationship with ramie fiber development and ... | 2015 | 25481635 |
| pretreatment by naoh swelling and then hcl regeneration to enhance the acid hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose. | a simple pretreatment method, naoh swelling at a low temperature and then hcl regeneration, was developed for depolymerization of cellulose to glucose. cellulose was transformed into amorphous hydrogel during the treatment; and due to the easy diffusion of h(+) and cl(-) ions into the cellulose hydrogel network as well as the strong ability of cl(-) to disrupt the massive hydrogen bond, the hydrolysis rate was greatly enhanced. the method is effective for α-cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, ... | 2015 | 26280097 |
| efficient production of glucose by microwave-assisted acid hydrolysis of cellulose hydrogel. | to improve the production of glucose from cellulose, a simple and effective route was developed. this process uses a combination of a step of cellulose dissolution in aqueous naoh/urea solution and then regeneration with water, followed by an acid hydrolysis step under microwave irradiation. the method is effective to obtain glucose from α-cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, filter paper, ramie fiber and absorbent cotton. increased with the acid concentration the glucose yield from hydrogel h ... | 2015 | 26038330 |
| oncologic long-term results of robot-assisted minimally invasive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer. | open transthoracic esophagectomy is the worldwide gold standard in the treatment of resectable esophageal cancer. robot-assisted minimally invasive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy (ramie) for esophageal cancer may be associated with reduced blood loss, shorter intensive care unit (icu) stay, and less cardiopulmonary morbidity; however, long-term oncologic results have not been reported to date. | 2015 | 26023036 |
| genome-wide transcriptomic profiling of ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud) in response to cadmium stress. | cadmium (cd) contamination in agricultural soils has become a major environmental problem in china. ramie, a fiber crop, has frequently been proposed for use as a phytoremediation crop for the restoration of cd-contaminated farmlands. however, high levels of cd can greatly inhibit stem growth in ramie, which reduces its economic value as a crop. to understand the potential mechanisms behind this phenomenon, the ramie genes involved in the cd stress response were identified using illumina pair-en ... | 2015 | 25550046 |
| identification of a constans homologous gene with distinct diurnal expression patterns in varied photoperiods in ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud). | ramie is an important natural fiber and forage crop in china. breeding of late- or non-flowering varieties, with higher vegetative yields, is an important goal in ramie improvement. however, the ramie genes involved in flowering regulation have not previously been identified. in model plants, such as rice and arabidopsis, the constans (co) and constans-like (col) genes play key roles in flowering regulation. in the present study, six ramie col genes (bncol1-bncol6) with a full-length open readin ... | 2015 | 25623329 |
| directed evolution and structural analysis of alkaline pectate lyase from the alkaliphilic bacterium bacillus sp. strain n16-5 to improve its thermostability for efficient ramie degumming. | thermostable alkaline pectate lyases have potential applications in the textile industry as an alternative to chemical-based ramie degumming processes. in particular, the alkaline pectate lyase from bacillus sp. strain n16-5 (bsppela) has potential for enzymatic ramie degumming because of its high specific activity under extremely alkaline conditions without the requirement for additional ca(2+). however, bsppela displays poor thermostability and is inactive after incubation at 50°c for only 30 ... | 2015 | 26070675 |
| improving the thermoactivity and thermostability of pectate lyase from bacillus pumilus for ramie degumming. | thermostable alkaline pectate lyases can be potentially used for enzymatically degumming ramie in an environmentally sustainable manner and as an alternative to the currently used chemical-based ramie degumming processes. to assess its potential applications, pectate lyase from bacillus pumilus (atcc 7061) was cloned and expressed in escherichia coli. evolutionary strategies were applied to generate efficient ramie degumming enzymes. obtained from site-saturation mutagenesis and random mutagenes ... | 2015 | 25287558 |
| effect of exogenous nitric oxide on antioxidative system and s-nitrosylation in leaves of boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud under cadmium stress. | cadmium (cd)-induced growth inhibition is one of the primary factors limiting phytoremediation effect of boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud in contaminated soil. sodium nitroprusside (snp), a donor of nitric oxide (no), has been evidenced to alleviate cd toxicity in many plants. however, as an important mechanism of no in orchestrating cellular functions, s-nitrosylation is still poorly understood in its relation with cd tolerance of plants. in this study, higher exogenous no levels were found to coincid ... | 2015 | 25242592 |
| functional application of noble metal nanoparticles in situ synthesized on ramie fibers. | different functions were imparted to ramie fibers through treatment with noble metal nanoparticles including silver and gold nanoparticles. the in situ synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles was achieved by heating in the presence of ramie fibers in the corresponding solutions of precursors. the unique optical property of synthesized noble metal nanoparticles, i.e., localized surface plasmon resonance, endowed ramie fibers with bright colors. color strength (k/s) of fibers increased with hea ... | 2015 | 26383541 |
| identification of ramie genes in response to pratylenchus coffeae infection challenge by digital gene expression analysis. | root lesion disease, caused by pratylenchus coffeae, seriously impairs the growth and yield of ramie, an important natural fiber crop. the ramie defense mechanism against p. coffeae infection is poorly understood, which hinders efforts to improve resistance via breeding programs. in this study, the transcriptome of the resistant ramie cultivar qingdaye was characterized using illumina sequence technology. about 46.3 million clean pair end (pe) reads were generated and assembled into 40,826 unige ... | 2015 | 26378527 |
| robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a systematic review. | this paper describes the technique of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy. (ramie) also, a systematic literature search was performed. safety and feasibility of ramie was demonstrated in all reports. short term oncologic results show radical resection rates of 77-100% and 18-43 lymph nodes harvested. ramie offers great visualization of the mediastinum and enables meticulous dissection in the mediastinum from diaphragm to thoracic inlet. | 2015 | 26390285 |
| transcriptome profiling and identification of transcription factors in ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud) in response to peg treatment, using illumina paired-end sequencing technology. | ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud), commonly known as china grass, is a perennial bast fiber plant of the urticaceae. in china, ramie farming, industry, and trade provide income for about five million people. drought stress severely affects ramie stem growth and causes a dramatic decrease in ramie fiber production. there is a need to enhance ramie's tolerance to drought stress. however, the drought stress regulatory mechanism in ramie remains unknown. water stress imposed by polyethylene glycol (pe ... | 2015 | 25658800 |
| intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence imaging as an adjunct to robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy. | during esophagectomy, identification and preservation of the right gastroepiploic vascular arcade are critical and may be challenging with minimally invasive approaches. we assessed the use of near-infrared fluorescence imaging fluorescence angiography (nifi-fa) during robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (ramie) as an aid to visualize the gastric vasculature with mobilization. after intravenous administration of 10 mg of indocyanine green, a robotic platform with near-infrared opti ... | 2015 | 25238427 |
| improvement of degummed ramie fiber properties upon treatment with cellulase secreting immobilized a. larrymoorei a1. | degummed ramie fiber is widely used in the textile industry. cellulase enzyme can be effectively used for bio-polishing of the ramie fiber. we immobilized agrobacterium larrymoorei a1, a potent extra-cellular cellulase producing bacteria, in ca-alginate. the production of enzyme significantly increased with increasing alginate concentration and reached a maximum activity of 0.28 iu/ml at 20 g/l, which was 32% higher as compared to free cells. these immobilized cells were used on ramie fibers. sc ... | 2015 | 25194464 |
| draft genome sequence of an industrially important bacillus sp. from mandarmani coastal waters in midnapur district, west bengal, india. | reported here is the draft genome sequence of an amylase-, protease-, dnase-, oxidase-, gelatinase-, and catalase-producing, gram-positive diplobacillus (bacillus sp. sm1 strain mcc2138), which was isolated from marine coastal waters and has the ability to degum raw silk fabric as well as ramie fiber. the genome comprises 1.76 mb with a gc content of 34.5%. | 2016 | 27540077 |
| biochemical and metabolic changes in arsenic contaminated boehmeria nivea l. | arsenic (as) is identified by the epa as the third highest toxic inorganic contaminant. almost every 9th or 10th human in more than 70 countries including mainland china is affected by as. arsenic along with other toxins not only affects human life but also creates alarming situations such as the deterioration of farm lands and desertion of industrial/mining lands. researchers and administrators have agreed to opt for phytoremediation of as over costly cleanups. boehmeria nivea l. can soak up va ... | 2016 | 27022603 |
| identification of small auxin-up rna (saur) genes in urticales plants: mulberry (morus notabilis), hemp (cannabis sativa) and ramie (boehmeria nivea). | small auxin-up rna (saur) genes are important gene families in auxin signalling transduction and are commonly used as early auxin responsive markers. till date, no saur gene is identified in urticales plants despite of the published bioinformation of mulberry, hemp and ramie. in this study, we used arabidopsis sequences as query to search against mulberry, hemp genomes and ramie transcriptome database. in total, we obtained 62, 56 and 71 saur genes in mulberry, hemp and ramie, respectively. phyl ... | 2016 | 27019439 |
| [short-term outcomes of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer]. | to evaluate the feasibility, safety and short-term clinical outcomes of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (ramie). | 2016 | 27680066 |
| attaining proficiency in robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy while maximizing safety during procedure development. | robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (ramie) is an emerging complex operation with limited reports detailing morbidity, mortality, and requirements for attaining proficiency. our objective was to develop a standardized ramie technique, evaluate procedure safety, and assess outcomes using a dedicated operative team and 2-surgeon approach. | 2016 | 27662372 |
| effects of different substrates on lignocellulosic enzyme expression, enzyme activity, substrate utilization and biological efficiency of pleurotus eryngii. | pleurotus eryngii is one of the most valued and delicious mushrooms which are commercially cultivated on various agro-wastes. how different substrates affect lignocellulosic biomass degradation, lignocellulosic enzyme production and biological efficiency in pleurotus eryngii was unclear. | 2016 | 27607466 |
| ramie leaf extracts suppresses adipogenic differentiation in 3t3-l1 cells and pig preadipocytes. | the present study was carried out to evaluate the anti-obesity effect of different concentrations of extracts of hot air-dried ramie leaf (hr) and freeze-dried ramie leaf (fr) in 3t3-l1 cells and pig preadipocytes. to analyze the effect on cell proliferation, cells were treated with 25 μg/ml or 100 μg/ml hr or fr extract for 2 days. cell differentiation was evaluated by measuring glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and lipoprotein lipase (lpl) activities and intracellular triglyceride content. tr ... | 2016 | 26954122 |
| isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (itraq)-based comparative proteome analysis of the response of ramie under drought stress. | in this study, we conducted the first isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (itraq))-based comparative proteomic analysis of ramie plantlets after 0 (minor drought stress), 24 (moderate drought stress), and 72 h (severe drought stress) of treatment with 15% (w/v) poly (ethylene glycol)6000 (peg6000) to simulate drought stress. in our study, the association analysis of proteins and transcript expression revealed 1244 and 968 ass ... | 2016 | 27689998 |
| effects of exogenous calcium and spermidine on cadmium stress moderation and metal accumulation in boehmeria nivea (l.) gaudich. | cadmium (cd) is a detrimental metal in the environment and it is easily taken up by plants, thus entering the food chain and posing a severe threat to human health. phytoremediation being low cost, highly stable, and environmentally friendly has been considered as a promising green technology for cd remediation. the addition of exogenous substances to the culture media has been recognized as an efficient strategy to improve plant phytoremediation capability. pot trials were conducted to investig ... | 2016 | 26801927 |
| recycling agriculture wastes of ramie stalk as bioadsorbents for cd(2+) removal: a kinetic and thermodynamic study. | in this study, we exhibit the recycling of agriculture wastes of ramie stalk as bioadsorbents for cd(2+) removal. based on our experimental results, it is realized that cd(2+) adsorption to ramie stalk is highly ph sensitive, indicating the adsorption is driven by surface complexation reaction. the high adsorption capacity of ramie stalk toward cd(2+) (qm = 10.33 mg g(-1), 0.09 mol-cd g(-1)), which corresponds to around 21.95% of active adsorption sites available of ramie stalk, is believed to b ... | 2016 | 26819396 |
| secretome analysis of pleurotus eryngii reveals enzymatic composition for ramie stalk degradation. | pleurotus eryngii (p. eryngii) can secrete large amount of hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes to degrade lignocellulosic biomass. in spite of several researches on the individual lignolytic enzymes, a direct deconstruction of lignocellulose by enzyme mixture is not yet possible. identifying more high-performance enzymes or enzyme complexes will lead to efficient in vitro lignocelluloses degradation. in this report, secretomic analysis was used to search for the new or interesting enzymes for ligno ... | 2016 | 26525014 |
| classification and identification of plant fibrous material with different species using near infrared technique-a new way to approach determining biomass properties accurately within different species. | plant fibrous material is a good resource in textile and other industries. normally, several kinds of plant fibrous materials used in one process are needed to be identified and characterized in advance. it is easy to identify them when they are in raw condition. however, most of the materials are semi products which are ground, rotted or pre-hydrolyzed. to classify these samples which include different species with high accuracy is a big challenge. in this research, both qualitative and quantit ... | 2016 | 28105037 |
| growth, photosynthesis, and defense mechanism of antimony (sb)-contaminated boehmeria nivea l. | ramie (boehmeria nivea l.) is the oldest cash fiber crop in china and is widely grown in antimony (sb) mining areas. to evaluate the extent of sb resistance and tolerance, the growth, tolerance index (ti), sb content in plant parts and in hoagland solution, bioaccumulation factor (bf), photosynthesis, and physiological changes in sb-contaminated b. nivea (20, 40, 80, and 200 mg l(-1) sb) grown hydroponically were investigated. the sb tolerance and resistance of ramie were clearly revealed by gro ... | 2016 | 26711292 |
| large-scale developing of simple sequence repeat markers and probing its correlation with ramie (boehmeria nivea l.) fiber quality. | marker-assisted selection is an important component of the discipline of molecular breeding. using dna markers to assist in plant breeding, the efficiency and precision could be greatly increased. however, the scarcity number of identified dna markers has hindered the research and the breeding process of ramie (boehmeria nivea l.) in many aspects, especially fiber quality, one of the top-priority breeding objectives of ramie. in this study, 4230 ssr loci were identified in 3969 unigenes (6.80 % ... | 2016 | 26577947 |
| [robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy. german version]. | esophagolymphadenectomy is the cornerstone of multimodality treatment for resectable esophageal cancer. the preferred surgical approach is transthoracic, with a two-field lymph node dissection and gastric conduit reconstruction. a minimally invasive approach has been shown to reduce postoperative complications and increase quality of life. robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (ramie) was developed to facilitate this complex thoracoscopic procedure. ramie has been shown to be safe with ... | 2016 | 27484825 |
| [robot-assisted radical esophagectomy]. | robot-assisted esophagectomy for esophageal cancer began in 2003. both of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (ramie) and robot-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy (rate) have been applied to date. their reports show that the short term results focused on the safety and oncological aspects are equal to the conventional procedures, though the robot-assisted esophagectomy still does not spread. we have developed the new procedure, a non-transthoracic esophagectomy combining a video-assi ... | 2016 | 27440039 |
| investigation of the adsorption-reduction mechanisms of hexavalent chromium by ramie biochars of different pyrolytic temperatures. | to investigate the relationship between cr(vi) adsorption mechanisms and physio-chemical properties of biochar, ramie residues were oxygen-limited pyrolyzed under temperature varying from 300 to 600°c. batch adsorption experiments indicated that higher pyrolysis temperature limits cr(vi) sorption in terms of capacity and affinity due to a higher aromatic structure and fewer polar functional groups in biochar. both electrostatic (physical) and ionic (chemical) interactions were involved in the cr ... | 2016 | 27376834 |
| [cd runoff load and soil profile movement after implementation of some typical contaminated agricultural soil remediation strategies]. | owing to the strong ability to immobilize and hyperaccumulate some toxic heavy metals in contaminated soils, the biochar, lime and such as hyperaccumulator ramie received increasing interests from crops and environment safety in recent years. outdoor pot experiment was conducted to compare the impacts of lime and biochar addition in paddy rice treatment, hyperaccumulator ramie and ramie combined with edta of plant phytoremediation methods on soil available cd dynamics in rainfall runoff and the ... | 2016 | 27363167 |
| transcriptome analysis of ramie (boehmeria nivea l. gaud.) in response to ramie moth (cocytodes coerulea guenée) infestation. | the ramie moth cocytodes coerulea guenée (rm) is an economically important pest that seriously impairs the yield of ramie, an important natural fiber crop. the molecular mechanisms that underlie the ramie-pest interactions are unclear up to date. therefore, a transcriptome profiling analysis would aid in understanding the ramie defense mechanisms against rm. in this study, we first constructed two cdna libraries derived from rm-challenged (ch) and unchallenged (ck) ramie leaves. the subsequent s ... | 2016 | 27034936 |
| a ramie bzip transcription factor bnbzip2 is involved in drought, salt, and heavy metal stress response. | bzip transcription factors play key roles in plant growth, development, and stress signaling. a bzip gene bnbzip2 (genbank accession number: kp642148) was cloned from ramie. bnbzip2 has a 1416 base pair open reading frame, encoding a 471 amino acid protein containing a characteristic bzip domain and a leucine zipper. bnbzip2 shares high sequence similarity with bzip factors from other plants. the bnbzip2 protein is localized to both nuclei and cytoplasm. transcripts of bnbzip2 were found in vari ... | 2016 | 27845851 |
| biochar pyrolyzed from mgal-layered double hydroxides pre-coated ramie biomass (boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud.): characterization and application for crystal violet removal. | a novel biochar/mgal-layered double hydroxides composite (cb-ldh) was prepared for the removal of crystal violet from aqueous solution by pyrolyzing mgal-ldh pre-coated ramie stem (boehmeria nivea (l.) gaud.). pyrolysis played dual role for both converting biomass into biochar and calcining mgal-ldh during the pyrolysis process. scanning electron microscopy (sem), transmission electron microscopy (tem), energy-dispersive x-ray analysis (eds), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (xps), fourier trans ... | 2016 | 27591848 |
| fiber from ramie plant (boehmeria nivea): a novel suture biomaterial. | the quest for developing an ideal suture material prompted our interest to develop a novel suture with advantageous characters to market available ones. from natural origin only silk, cotton and linen fibers are presently available in market as non-absorbable suture biomaterials. in this study, we have developed a novel, cost-effective, and biocompatible suture biomaterial from ramie plant, boehmeria nivea fiber. field emission scanning electron microscopy (fe-sem), energy-dispersive x-ray spect ... | 2016 | 26952488 |
| construction and co-expression of polycistronic plasmids encoding bio-degumming-related enzymes to improve the degumming process of ramie fibres. | to research the inherent properties of the co-expression of three types degumming-related enzymes and breed more powerful degumming strains. | 2016 | 27627896 |
| cloning, evaluation, and high-level expression of a thermo-alkaline pectate lyase from alkaliphilic bacillus clausii with potential in ramie degumming. | alkaline pectate lyases (pels) have potential application in bioscouring of the textile industry. in this study, a thermo-alkaline pel (bacpela) gene from an alkaliphilic bacillus clausii strain was cloned and overexpressed in escherichia coli. the mature bacpela exhibited maximum activity at ph 10.5 and 70 °c and showed high cleavage capability on methylated pectins. bacpela showed the highest specific activity of 936.2 u mg(-1) on ≥85% methylated pectin and 675.5 u mg(-1) on standard substrate ... | 2017 | 28184988 |
| robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy. | esophagolymphadenectomy is the cornerstone of multimodality treatment for resectable esophageal cancer. the preferred surgical approach is transthoracic, with a two-field lymph node dissection and gastric conduit reconstruction. a minimally invasive approach has been shown to reduce postoperative complications and increase quality of life. robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (ramie) was developed to facilitate this complex thoracoscopic procedure. ramie has been shown to be safe with ... | 2017 | 27470056 |
| structure-based engineering of a pectate lyase with improved specific activity for ramie degumming. | biotechnological applications of microbial pectate lyases (pels) in plant fiber processing are promising, eco-friendly substitutes for conventional chemical degumming processes. however, to potentiate the enzymes' use for industrial applications, resolving the molecular structure to elucidate catalytic mechanisms becomes necessary. in this manuscript, we report the high resolution (1.45 å) crystal structure of pectate lyase (peln) from paenibacillus sp. 0602 in apo form. through sequence alignme ... | 2017 | 28028551 |
| isolation, identification, and environmental adaptability of heavy-metal-resistant bacteria from ramie rhizosphere soil around mine refinery. | six bacteria strains from heavy-metal-polluted ramie rhizosphere soil were isolated through cd(2+) stress, which were numbered as jj1, jj2, jj10, jj11, jj15, and jj18. sequence alignment and phylogenic analysis showed that strain jj1 belonged to pseudomonas, strain jj2 belonged to cupriavidus, strains jj11 and jj15 belonged to bacillus, and strains jj10 and jj18 belonged to acinetobacter. the tolerance capability of all the strains was the trend of pb(2+) > zn(2+) > cu(2+) > cd(2+), the maximum ... | 2017 | 28391469 |
| modeling of the morphological change of cellulose microfibrils caused with aqueous naoh solution: the longitudinal contraction and laterally swelling during decrystallization. | the conformation of cellulose microfibrils treated with aqueous naoh was modeled as partially decrystallized cellulose chains before completing conversion to cellulose ii, in order to elucidate the change in morphology of ramie fiber caused by naoh treatment. equations for the relative length and width of the microfibrils were derived on the basis of partially decrystallized microfibrils modeling. each equation contains four parameters, n, β, w c , and c r , which correspond to the number of glu ... | 2017 | 28332081 |
| preservation of replaced left hepatic artery during robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy: a case series. | finding of a significant replaced left hepatic artery (rlha) during esophagectomy is relatively rare, with an incidence of approximately 5%. sparing of the artery may be required to avoid complications of liver ischemia. robotic assistance during esophagectomy may provide a technically superior method of artery preservation with minimally invasive approaches. | 2017 | 28251793 |