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Antimicrobial Activity and Integrated In Silico Evaluation of Bioactive Constituents from Trametes versicolor against Clinically Isolated Pathogens

This study demonstrates that sawdust supplementation significantly enhances the yield of *Trametes versicolor*, whose methanol extract exhibits potent antimicrobial activity against clinically isolated pathogens, with integrated in silico analyses identifying specific bioactive constituents as promising leads for targeting bacterial DNA gyrase B.

Fanna Abba Ali Garra, Mustafa Alhaji Isa, Adam Mustapha, Abubakar Shettima, Ahmed Abba Tor2026-09-07
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Discovery and Characterization of Novel Fluorescent Proteins and Chromoproteins from the Intertidal Sea Anemone Anthopleura dowii Verrill 1869

This study identifies and characterizes three novel fluorescent and chromoprotein variants from the sea anemone *Anthopleura dowii*, demonstrating their temperature-dependent solubility in *E. coli* and highlighting their potential as biotechnological tools while offering an explanation for the organism's color polymorphism.

Paul Gaytán, Paola Linares-Flores, Abigail Roldán-Salgado, Edith Bernabé-Pérez, Jorge Arturo Yáñez, Gloria Saab-Rincón (…)2026-09-07
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Molecular Polymorphism and Evolution of CYP736 Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Genes across Wild Vitis Species and Muscadinia rotundifolia

This study characterizes the molecular polymorphism and evolution of CYP736 cytochrome P450 genes across wild *Vitis* species and *Muscadinia rotundifolia*, revealing that while these genes are under purifying selection with high sequence conservation, the resistance to Pierce's disease observed in specific hybrids is likely driven by regulatory mechanisms rather than coding-sequence divergence.

DAVIS CHENG2026-09-07
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Maternal Social Support Reshapes the Offspring Brain Transcriptome to Buffer Prenatal Stress in Mice

This study demonstrates that while maternal social support in mice effectively normalizes behavioral and hormonal deficits caused by prenatal stress, it does so not by restoring the offspring's brain transcriptome to a baseline state, but by activating a distinct, amplified adaptive transcriptional program that reshapes resilience.

Eduardo Canepa, Monserrat Rodríguez González, Paula Thomas, Lucía Janicki, Erika Georgieff, Sergio Nemirowski, Verónica (…)2026-09-07
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Preserved social development but impaired executive function in a Shank3-deficient rat model of Phelan-McDermid syndrome

This study demonstrates that Shank3-deficient rats on a Long-Evans background exhibit preserved basic sensorimotor and social behaviors but display significant impairments in executive function, highlighting high-order cognitive dysfunction as a primary consequence of Shank3 loss.

Yogita Chudasama, Anna Pearson, Taylor Drazan, Sean Bradley, Audrey Thurm, Joseph Buxbaum, Jill L. Silverman2026-09-07
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Microstructure-Induced Variability in Residence Time Distributions of Fibrous Porous Media

This study utilizes computational fluid dynamics to demonstrate that the spatial arrangement of fibers in porous media, rather than volume fraction alone, is the primary determinant of residence time distribution variability, with ordered hexagonal structures promoting plug-flow behavior while clustered configurations induce significant dispersion and prolonged mean residence times.

E.G. Karvelas, A. Tsiantis, P. Chatzisaroglou, T.D. Papathanasiou2026-09-07
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Ethylene Response Factor OfERF16 Delays Postharvest Petal Senescence and Alters Floral Architecture in Osmanthus fragrans

This study demonstrates that the ethylene response factor OfERF16 delays postharvest petal senescence in *Osmanthus fragrans* by enhancing redox homeostasis and interacting with OfMYB306, while also altering floral architecture and being transcriptionally repressed by OfbHLH68.

Gongwei Chen, Zian Chen, Fengyuan Chen, Xuyang Qin, Hongyu Cai, Heng Gu, Yuanzheng Yue, Lianggui Wang, Xiulian Yang, Guo (…)2026-09-07