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Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) blocked the nuclear entry of Cap proteins at 8 hpi and the nuclear export of Cap proteins at 16 hpi was inhibited by leptomycin B. The nuclear entry of Cap protein was inhibited by importin α and importin β inhibitors, as well as NLS peptides. Moreover, the interactions of Cap proteins and Cap VLPs with both importin α and importin β were characterized via the GST pull-down and immunofluorescence assays. These interactions were blocked by the presence of importin α and importin β inhibitors, as well as NLS peptides. Therefore, our study is the first to describe the precise position of the NLS of the BFDV Cap protein and the interaction of Cap protein with importin α and importin β in vitro.Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) orf46 (Bm46), the orthologues of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) ac57, is a highly conserved gene in group Ⅰ and group Ⅱ nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPVs). However, its function in viral life cycle is unclear. Our results indicated that Bm46 transcript was detected from infected cells at 12 h post infection, while Bm46 protein was detectable from 24 to 72 h post infection. Upon the deletion of Bm46, fewer infectious BVs were produced by titer assays, but neither viral DNA synthesis nor occlusion bodies (OBs) production was affected. Electron microscopy revealed that Bm46 knockout interrupted nucleocapsid assembly and occlusion-derived virus (ODV) embedding, resulting in aberrant capsid-like tubular structures accumulated in the RZ (ring zone). Interestingly, this abnormally elongated capsid structures were consistent with the immunofluorescence microscopy results showing that VP39 assembled into long filaments and cables in the RZ. Moreover, DNA copies decreased by 30 % in occlusion bodies (OBs) produced by Bm46-knockout virus. qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis showed that the expression of VP39 was affected by Bm46 disruption. Taken together, our findings clearly pointed out that Bm46 played an important role in BV production and the proper formation of nucleocapsid morphogenesis.A 615 bp full length cDNA encoding a Teladorsagia circumcincta glutathione transferase (TcGST) was cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant protein purified and its kinetic properties determined. The predicted protein consisted of 205 amino acids and was present as a single band of about 24 kDa on SDS-PAGE. Multiple alignments of the protein sequence of TcGST with homologues from other helminths showed that the highest identity of 53-68% with haem-binding nematode proteins designated as members of the nu class of GSTs. Substrate binding sites and conserved regions were identified and were generally conserved. The predicted 3-dimensional structures of TcGST and HcGST revealed highly open binding cavities typical of this class of GST, considered to allow greater accessibility to diverse ligands compared with other classes of GST. At 25 °C, the optimum pH for TcGST activity was pH 7, the Vmax was 1535 ± 33 nmoles.min-1. mg-1 protein and the apparent Km for the substrate 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) was 0.22 ± 0.01 mM (mean ± SD, n = 2). Antibodies in both serum and saliva from field-immune, but not nematode-naïve, sheep, recognised recombinant TcGST in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. The recognition of the recombinant protein by antibodies generated by exposure of sheep to the native enzyme indicates similar antigenicity of the two proteins. These findings could aid in the design of novel drugs and vaccine antigens for economically important parasites of livestock.Within the framework of the active media concept, we develop a biophysical model of autowave self-organization which is treated as a hierarchy of active media in the evolution of the biosphere. We also propose a mathematical model of the autowave process of speciation in a flow of mutations for the three main taxonometric groups (prokaryotes, unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes) with a naturally determined lower boundary of living matter (the appearance of prokaryotes) and an open upper boundary for the formation of new species. see more It is shown that the fluctuation-bifurcation description of the evolution for the formation of new taxonometric groups as a trajectory of transformation of small fluctuations into giant ones adequately reflects the process of self-organization during the formation of taxa. The major concepts of biological evolution, conditions of hierarchy formation as a fundamental manifestation of self-organization and complexity in the evolution of biological systems are considered.A case of Acanthocephala infection in a 5-year-old female rehabilitated and released black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), which was part of a post-release monitoring program of a pangolin research operation in the Central African Republic, is described. This represents the first report of Acanthocephala infection in this species, which lead to intestinal perforation, secondary peritonitis and ultimately to the death of the animal concerned. It is of relevance to alert the pangolin conservation and research community to a so far unreported cause of death. A case history and necropsy findings, as well as preliminary parasite identification and genetic characterization which potentially revealed a new gigantorhynchid taxon are presented.MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a group of small non-coding RNAs (~22 nucleotides) and one of their main functions is to regulate the immune responses. Gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus parauberis is the main causative agent of "Streptococcosis" in wide range of fish species. In this study, we performed high throughput sequencing analysis to identify the miRNA profile against S. parauberis infection in the spleen of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Overall, 349 known and 151 novel miRNAs were discovered. Among them, 12 known miRNAs (dre-miR-34b, dre-miR-135a, dre-miR-200b-5p, dre-miR-146b, dre-miR-31, dre-miR-17a-3p, dre-miR-222a-3p, dre-miR-731, dre-miR-301b-3p and dre-miR-30a-3p) and 9 novel miRNAs were differentially expressed (DE) in the spleen of S. parauberis challenged zebrafish. The identified 12 DE miRNAs were predicted to regulate 721 target genes. We confirmed the miRNA expression results by validating selected known and novel DE miRNAs using qRT-PCR. Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes (KEGG) pathway analysis and miRNA-mRNA interactions implies that specific target genes of DE miRNAs are associated with immune responses.