Abstract Background Mutarotases are recently characterized family of enzymes that are involved in the anomeric conversions of monosaccharides.The mammalian fucose mutarotase (FucM) was reported in cultured cells to facilitate fucose utilization and incorporation into protein by glycosylation.However, the role of this enzyme in animal has not been e
Blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea) is a circumpolar species complex with representatives in Europe, Asia, and North America.Although honeysuckles (Lonicera spp.) from Eurasia have a history of invasiveness in North America, farmers and homeowners are interested in growing nonnative blue honeysuckle hybrids because of their edible blue fruits.To a
Background: With the successful development and introduction of vaccines to protect against COVID-19 disease, the pandemic is expected to end.The success of a vaccination programme depends on the uptake rates in the Slovenian population and especially among healthcare workers (HCWs), who are at higher risk of infection.Recently, several studies hav
The presented study summarizes the results concerning the effects of cultivation of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco) in the Czech Republic.It focuses on more recent results, published especially in the last decades, it includes also older relevant data.It describes the intensity of production as well as non-production forest func
The nominate subgenus Lyponia Waterhouse, 1878 from China is reviewed, with two new species described and named L.(s.str.) ruficeps sp.n.(China, Yunnan) and L.(s.str.) zayuana sp.n.(China, Xizang).A bob the boxcutter distribution map and a key to all species of Lyponia s.str.are provided.Moreover, the phenotypic relationships among the species of L