Streptococcus pneumoniae is the primary cause of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia with rates of penicillin and multi-drug resistance exceeding 80% and 40%, respectively. The innate immune response generates a variety of antimicrobial agents to control infection including zinc stres...
Oxidative stress frequently causes a reduction in the quality of frozen-thawed sperm. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) has an antioxidant protective effect on frozen semen of animals such as goats, camels and buffaloes. However, it is not clear whether ZnONPs can improve the quality and lipid co...
Temperature, water and light are 3 abiotic stress factors that have major influences on plant growth, development and reproduction. Plants can be primed by a prior mild stress to enhance their resistance to future stress. We used an untargeted metabolomics approach to examine Arabidopsis thal...