Group 1 late embryogenesis-abundant (LEA) proteins are a subset of hydrophilins that are postulated to play important roles in protecting plant macromolecules from damage during freezing, desiccation, or osmotic stress. To better understand the putative functional roles of group 1 LEA proteins, we analyzed the structure of a group 1 LEA protein from soybean (Glycine max). Differential scanning ...

CONTEXT Multiple factors have been suggested to increase the risk of faulty dynamic alignments that predict noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury. Few researchers have examined this relationship using an integrated, multifactorial approach. OBJECTIVE To describe the relationship among static lower extremity alignment (LEA), hip muscle activation, and hip and knee motion during a single...

Regions are likely to face health care and aging problems (as well as other socioeconomic challenges) by adopting different measures strategies that may lead further differentiation in provision the long run. In short term, essential levels of assistance/care (livelli essenziali di assistenza [LEA]) assessment grid shows how regional performance three areas sector (prevention, community service...

Background Infectious gangrene of the foot is a serious complication of diabetes that usually leads to a certain level of lower-extremity amputation (LEA). Nevertheless, the long-term survival and factors associated with mortality in such patients have yet to be elucidated. Methods A total of 157 patients with type 2 diabetes who received treatment for infectious foot gangrene at a major diab...

Low temperature induces expression of Cor (cold-responsive)/Lea (late embryogenesis-abundant) gene family members through C-repeat binding factor (CBF) transcription factors in common wheat. However, the relationship between the genetic loci controlling cold-responsive gene expression and freezing tolerance is unclear. In expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis, accumulated transcri...

Water limitation affects all types of organisms at some stage during their life cycle; therefore, many strategies have been selected through evolution to cope with water deficit, including changes in enzyme activities and in gene expression, among others. In plants, a group of very hydrophilic proteins, known as LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT (LEA) proteins, accumulate to high levels during the la...

The FAE1 genes isolated from Zhongshuang 9 both harbored a deletion of 4 nucleotides between T1366 and G1369, leading to a frameshift mutation and the premature stop of translation after 466 amino acid residues. This was evidenced and supported by heterologous expression of FAE1 genes in yeast and immunoblot analysis. A RT-PCR and Western blot experiments with the developing seeds of Zhongshuan...