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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a novel based on the second Mortal Kombat movie. It was written by Jerome Preisler, and was released by Torkids in November of 1997. It serves as a movie tie-in and contains images from the movie.
The novel starts off with the evil emperor Shao Kahn illegally opening a portal from Outworld to Earthrealm and reclaiming his once reluctant Queen, Sindel, who is also Kitana's long-dead mother. With the portal open, Earthrealm is in danger of being absorbed into Outworld within seven days, a fate which Liu Kang and others must fight to prevent...
During the initial encounter at the Order of Light, the Earthrealm fighters face off against Shao Kahn's Extermination Squads, who they easily defeated before facing off against his generals: the martial artist and Mortal Kombat champion, Liu Kang, takes on the Shokan female Sheeva. Kitana is attacked by her mother Sindel, before battling the mysterious red-clad ninja Ermac. The American Special Forces soldier, Sonya Blade], fights the mutant Tarkatan general, Baraka. Hollywood action actor Johnny Cage goes head-to-head with the massive Centaurian, Motaro. The Earthrealm fighters prove no match for Shao Kahn's generals and are quickly subdued. The God of Thunder and protector of Earthrealm, Rayden, challenges Shao Kahn to single combat, but is easily defeated. Shao Kahn grabs Sonya Blade and holds her hostage. Johnny Cage attempts to rescue Sonya, but proves no match for Shao Kahn and is brutally beaten. To force Rayden into recognizing his claim on Earth, Shao Kahn holds an unconscious Cage hostage, which Rayden returns by holding Shao Kahn's generals hostage. After offering to spare Johnny Cage if Rayden bows before him, Rayden releases his hold on Shao Kahn's generals. Shao Kahn then brutally throws Johnny Cage aside, breaking his body, and finishes Johnny Cage off by claiming his soul as a helpless Sonya watches. A massive monstrous statue tears from the ground and lifts Johnny Cage's corpse, holding it high atop. As Shao Kahn and his generals depart through an interdimesional portal, Rayden and his friends are forced underground in a cave when Shao Kahn orders his Extermination Squads to destroy them.
In an ancient cavern thousands of years old, Rayden realises that Sindel is the key; Shao Kahn buried and resurrected Sindel in Earthrealm, therefore giving him access to the realm. Rayden summarises that by reuniting Kitana with Sindel, Shao Kahn's spell will be broken, thus closing the portal. Liu Kang and Sonya remains skeptic, but Rayden suggests that they split up and regroup in two days atop the Mount of Gaia. Heading deeper down into the cave, they find and use velospheres; Sonya, Liu Kang and Kitana are to search for allies to their cause, while Rayden will go and ask the Elder Gods why Shao Kahn was allowed to break the rules of Mortal Kombat.
In Outworld, Shao Kahn is berated by his father, the powerful Elder God Shinnok for not destroying Rayden when he had the chance, and warns Shao Kahn that Rayden and his Earthrealm, fighters could jeopardise their plans. If the other Elder Gods were to learn of their treachery then he and Shao Kahn will be severely punished. Shao Kahn reassures his father that Rayden and his champions will pose no threat, and plots to kill them. Shinnok warns Shao Kahn not to underestimate the power of the human spirit. Later, Shao Kahn vents his frustrations out on his Extermination Squad general for not killing Kabal and Stryker, and kills him by smashing him into a wall. He then appoints Sindel as his new general, much to the chagrin of Motaro and Sheeva.
An emotionally guilt-ridden Sonya heads to her headquarters. As she breaks in, she finds that it has been overrun by Extermination Squads led by the cyborg Cyrax, who is searching for Major Jax Briggs, Sonya Blade's superior. While Cyrax is busy interrogating a resistant Sergeant Joseph C. Taylor, Sonya is able to find Jax, who has fitted himself with external robotic prosthetics for his arms to enhance his strength. Before they can leave, they are ambushed by Cyrax and an Extermination Squad. After defeating them, Sonya notices a Griffon symbol peeling itself off of Cyrax's shoulder before vanishing. Cyrax then enters self-destruct mode, and Jax and Sonya escape just before the headquarters complex is destroyed, though Sonya injures her leg and is knocked unconscious.
Meanwhile, Kitana and Liu Kang search for a Native American shaman named Nightwolf</span>, who they have been told knows how to defeat Shao Kahn. On the way to meet up with Nightwolf, however, they are confronted by a large Extermination Squad. They defeat the Extermination Squad with the aid of Sub-Zero, the younger brother of the orginal Sub-Zero, the one that Liu Kang defeated in the previous tournament. Sub-Zero aids the two warriors further by reforming an ice bridge over a large chasm, but before Kitana and Liu Kang can cross over, Scorpion appears and kidnaps Kitana. Knowing that Liu Kang is not yet strong enough to face Shao Kahn, Sub-Zero exhorts Liu Kang to continue onto Nightwolf before pursuing Scorpion and Kitana. Sub-Zero then vanishes into the darkness.
In the Himalayas, Rayden meets with the Elder Gods, and is allowed to ask them three questions, but the answers he receives are sparse and ambiguous. He asks why Shao Kahn was allowed to break the tournaments rules and force his way into Earthrealm. The Elder Gods reply that they do not control the destiny of mankind, and that every man has the power to decide their own fate. Rayden then asks whether they will stand by and watch. The Elder God Shinnok replies that reuniting Kitana with her mother, Sindel, is the key to breaking Shao Kahn's hold on Earthrealm. Finally, Rayden asks how he can be sure whether the reunion of Sindel and Kitana will truly work. The second Elder God insists that the defeat of Shao Kahn himself is what is needed. With no more questions, the Elder Gods then ask Rayden three questions about his feelings and obligations towards the mortals, and what he would be willing to do to ensure their survival. Ultimately, Rayden sacrifices his immortality, becoming human and gaining a new look.
Later, Sonya Blade awakens to find herself being carried by Jax through a cave. As she takes a look through the cave entrance, she sees that their headquarters have been completely destroyed, and that they are both still being pursued by the surviving members of the Extermination Squad. After explaining to a bewildered Jax what is going on, who Shao Kahn is and how the world ended up this way, she climbs into a velosphere with Jax and escapes just as the Extermination Squads surround them.
Heading through a desert, Liu Kang finds Nightwolf, who teaches him about the power of the Animality; a form of shape shifting which helps utilize a person's strengths and abilities. It is essential if he is to defeat Shao Kahn. To achieve the mindset needed to acquire this power, Liu Kang must pass three tests. The first is a trial of his self-esteem and focus. Liu Kang awakens to find himself trapped neck-deep buried in sand. Nightwolf releases venomous spiders all over Liu Kang's head and face. The bites render Liu Kang unconscious and he finds himself in a recurring nightmare mounting up all his past failures. He is surrounded by thousands of demons, and as they get closer and closer, Liu Kang summons up his inner strength, morphs into a massive dragon and drives them off as he breathes fire. He then morphs back into human form and finds himself in a snowy desert lying face up. The second test comes in the form of temptation, which manifests itself in the form of Jade, who attempts to seduce Liu Kang and make him forget about Kitana. Liu Kang resists Jade's advances, which impresses her. She offers her assistance in fighting Shao Kahn. Liu Kang accepts Jade's offer and takes her with him to Mount of Gaia, where he and his friends are to meet Raiden. As they depart, Nightwolf, watching from above, expresses his disappointment in Liu Kang to Rayden, for Liu Kang doubts his own abilities.
As Sonya and Jax head to the Mount of Gaia through a dying, mist-filled jungle pursued by Extermination Squads, the two are ambushed by the cyborg Smoke, and Kitana's half-sister Mileena, who Sonya initially mistakes for Kitana. Though Smoke makes good use of the surrounding mist to his advantage, Jax makes short work of Smoke and Sonya kills Mileena. Mileena is also shown to have the same Griffon tattoo that Cyrax had, and hers, like Cyrax's, disappears after Sonya's victory over her. Before they can investigate further, Sonya and Jax are forced to retreat as the Extermination Squads draw closer.
In Outworld, in the cobalt mines near a Shokan prison Baraka cruelly punishes the prisoners who begin falling behind. Shao Kahn pays a visit on his winged mounted steed and attempts to reconcile with a captured Kitana who is trapped in a massive. She flatly refuses his offer for it was Shao Kahn who destroyed her family and she is now forever his eternal enemy. She spits the water Shao Kahn offers her back in his face. Angered, Shao Kahn muses that she is better bait if she is alive then dead. As he departs he sadistically amuses that if Kitana doesn't want water then neither shall the slaves get any.
Meanwhile, in the night, Sonya and Jax still are pursued by the Extermination Squads as they reach what appears to be the Mount of Gaia. They run into Liu Kang and Jade, and Sonya is angered that Liu Kang lost Kitana. Liu Kang is angered that Sonya and Jax have led the Extermination Squads, including Shao Kahn and Sindel, straight to them. Before things get out of hand, the warriors reunite with the newly-shaven Rayden, who they are shocked to discover has sacrificed his immortality to freely fight alongside them. When Shao Kahn and Sindel attack the Temple of the Elder Gods, the Earthrealm warriors are forced to retreat. Using whatever powers he has still left, Rayden is able to open a portal to Outworld. Together, they head for Outworld to rescue Kitana and reunite her with Sindel. However, they are unaware that Shao Kahn has set for them a trap.
Arriving in Outworld, the heroes are ambushed by Sheeva, Sindel and some more Extermination Squads. Liu Kang attempts to fight her as Sonya, Jax, Jade and Rayden take care of Sindel and the Extermination Squads. However, Liu Kang is defeated by Sheeva, so Rayden finishes Sheeva off while Sonya, Jax and Jade capture Sindel. With Jade's help, the heroes sneak into a Shokan prison to rescue Kitana while Rayden keeps guard over the unconscious Sindel. While Jax and the others take care of the guards, Liu Kang rescues Kitana, fending off an ambush by three Tarkatans led by Baraka. Baraka is finally killed when the cage that was holding Kitana falls atop of him and crushes the Tarkatans. Lord Shinnok and Shao Kahn learn from one of the surviving Tarkatans that Kitana has escaped. As Shao Kahn prepares to kill the Tarkatan for his failure, Shinnok intervenes and berates Shao Kahn for his incompetence and idiocy. He also states that Shao Kahn's attack on the Temple of the Elder Gods could have potentially put their plans in jeopardy.
Meanwhile, the heroes reunite Kitana and Sindel. Unfortunately Sindel remains under Shao Kahn's control, and she escapes. Jade also steals away, having revealed her to be a mole sent by Shao Kahn to disrupt the Earth warriors' plan. A furious Jax accuses Rayden of leading them on a wild goose chase, at which point Sonya sees on Rayden's shoulder the same Griffon tattoo she found on Cyrax and Mileena. The tattoo is revealed to be a family crest which allows Rayden and his family safe passage through portals between different realms. The tattoos on Cyrax and Mileena were only temporary, which explains their disappearance when the two were defeated. Rayden then makes the shocking revelation that Shao Kahn is his brother, and that the Elder God Shinnok is their father. Years ago, Shinnok searching for his heir to the family throne would be strong enough to defeat his brother in combat and kill him. Though Rayden defeated Shao Kahn, he could not kill, and as punishment, Shinnok banished him to Earthrealm. He realizes that Shinnok had lied about reuniting Kitana and Sindel in order to keep him from pursuing Shao Kahn. Although Rayden makes it clear that the death of Shao Kahn is essential, he refuses to do the deed himself. Rayden, having lost all hope, seemingly abandons them. Left on their own, the rest of Earthrealm's warriors make their way to the final showdown with Shao Kahn and his generals.
Meanwhile, Shao Kahn kills Jade for failing by feeding her to an unearthly creature, and orders his remaining generals to prepare for one final showdown around his temple. Shinnok appears and explains to Shao Kahn that with destruction of their temple, the Elder Gods have grown suspicious and are searching for answers. Shinnok cannot participate any further, so Shao Kahn must destroy the Earthrealm warriors himself. Liu Kang and his friends openly challenge Shao Kahn and his allies, only to be interrupted by a battered Rayden, who had led the Extermination Squads away from the heroes. Shinnok asks Rayden to submit to him and restore their broken family, at the expense of his mortal friends. Rayden flatly refuses, and is hit by an energy blast from Shao Kahn. As Rayden lies dying, he praises Liu Kang for passing the final test of faith and courage; Liu Kang remained faithful in Kitana despite Jade and has finally mounted up the courage to face Shao Kahn himself. A victorious Shao Kahn then unleashes his generals upon Liu Kang and his friends.
In the final battle, Jax takes on the Centaur Motaro, Sonya fights the ninja Ermac, Kitana squares off against Sindel, and Liu Kang faces Shao Kahn. Things begin to look bleak for the Earth warriors; Shao Kahn and Sindel simply overwhelm Liu Kang and Kitana, Motaro tears off of one of Jax's cybernetic prosthetics, and Ermac double-teams Sonya with his shadowy counterpart, Noob Saibot. Suddenly, Jax rids himself of his prosthetics and gains the inner strength and confidence to beat Motaro naturally. Sonya, for the first time in her life, shouts for help, which Jax is more than willing to give. Sonya, with Jax's help, is then able to take out the two ninjas. Kitana manages to fake out Sindel and subdues her. Liu Kang manages to taps into his Animality (a dragon) but he is barely able to hold his own against Shao Kahn's Animality (a six-headed hydra), though he does manage to slice one of Shao Kahn's many hydra heads. Shao Kahn begins to gloat and taunts Liu Kang, unwittingly making him angrier and realizing the Earth warrior enough to give him a second wind. Liu Kang then gains the upper hand.
Realising he's losing, Shao Kahn asks Shinnok for help. Shinnok prepares to wipe out Earth's warriors and complete the merger of Earthrealm and Outworld, but the other two Elder Gods appear, having uncovered Shinnok's treachery. They banish Shinnok to the Netherrealm for his deceit, and declare that the fate of Earth shall be decided through lawfully agreed means; in other words, through Mortal Kombat.
In the following fight, Liu Kang defeats the Outworld Emperor once and for all, and Earthrealm and Outworld are separated. Shao Kahn's hold over Sindel is finally broken, allowing her to reunite with her daughter and pledge her kingdom allegiance to Liu Kang. Rayden, however, remains dead. Dead, that is, until the other Elder God resurrect him and bestow upon him his father's former position as an Elder God. Before he leave to join the other Elder Gods, Rayden tells his friends that must be there for one another as they are a family now, and leaves to join the Elder Gods by telling them to stay out of trouble for he will be watching. The Earth heroes, still in Outworld, decide to return to Earthrealm, though Liu Kang jokingly considers staying in Outworld with Kitana.
Differences with the movie
There are some changes and additional scenes in the novel that were not present in the movie.
- The scene in which Shao Kahn first invades Earthrealm is much longer in the book than it is in the movie. Instead of ninjas first appearing from the skies, it is Shao Kahn instead who the first to appear from the skies is. When he does he "announces" his generals: Sheeva, Motaro, Ermac and Baraka.
- Johnny Cage has a larger role and more lines. More emphasis is placed on his romantic relationship with Sonya Blade. For example, when the ninjas first start appearing from the skies, he grasps Sonya's hand, though to his surprise, she doesn't mind.
- There is also an extensive battle between the Earthrealm champions and Kahn's generals. Liu Kang fights Sheeva, while Sonya and Johnny Cage battle Baraka and Motaro respectively, while Kitana gets double-teamed by Ermac and Sindel.
- The death of Johnny Cage is also different. Instead of attacking Shao Kahn head on with a shadow kick, he attacks from behind while Shao Kahn is holding Sonya Blade hostage. However, Shao Kahn evades his attack and pummels him unconscious. Instead of breaking Johnny Cage's neck, Kahn holds Johnny Cage's limp body above his head and smashes it to the ground. As Sonya Blade comforts a bleeding but still alive Johnny Cage, they trade a few words before Shao Kahn approaches and kicks Sonya Blade in the chest, before claiming Johnny Cage's soul, killing him.
- Rain is also notably absent. In the opening scene, Rain is replaced by Baraka, and in the scene in the movie where Rain meets his demise, he is replaced by a generic general, who meets the same fate, but instead of lighting on fire, he smashes into a wall.
- The scene where Sonya first finds Jax is longer. Instead of Cyrax and the Extermination Squads ambushing Jax and Sonya after Sonya has broken into the headquarters, they are already there and searching for Jax. There is a small scene where Cyrax is interrogating a resistant Sergeant for information regarding the whereabouts of Jax. Also Sonya does not immediately find Jax, but has to find a file with his name on it showing his designated room.
- After escaping the exploding headquarters, Sonya Blade injures her knee and hits her head, knocking her unconscious. Later, she awakens to find herself being carried by Jax through a cave where the velosphere is.
- Smoke doesn't appear when Liu Kang and Kitana are walking through the chasm. Instead they just fight a large Extermination Squad.
- Sub-Zero and Scorpion do not fight. Instead Scorpion just appears and grabs Kitana.
- The scene in which Liu Kang faces the first of his two tests is different. Although he is still knocked unconscious, instead of entering a dream trance straight away, he first wakens to find himself buried neck deep in sand and is bitten by venomous spiders. After that, he dreams of being surrounded by millions of demons and actually taps into his Animality and morphs into a dragon to fight them.
- When Liu Kang rejects Jade's advances, she doesn't attack him, but instead openly offers her assistance.
- The scene in which Sonya fights Mileena is different. Instead of a desert, she and Jax are being pursued by Extermination Squads through a mist-filled jungle. There they are both ambushed by Smoke and Mileena. Mileena also reveals that she is the half-sister of Kitana and she scissor-locks Sonya's neck. Sonya kills her by using Mileena's own Sais to crush her windpipe, while Jax battles and defeats Smoke.
- There is a small scene that shows Rayden losing his hair and gaining new clothes after he has sacrificed his own immortality. He then explores his new abilities by jumping cliff to cliff.
- When the heroes first go to Outworld, they are not ambushed by a trio of Reptile warriors. Instead, it is Sheeva. Rayden fights and defeats her after she has defeated Liu Kang.
- The other heroes accompany Liu Kang when he breaks into a Shokan prison to save Kitana.
- Baraka dies by being crushed by a falling cage (similar to how Sheeva died in the movie), instead of a pit of fire.
- Immediately after Jade's betrayal, the heroes are surrounded by Shao Kahn's army (this is the trap Kahn had planned). Rayden distracts the army, allowing the heroes to escape.
- Interestingly, the third test that Liu Kang must face is revealed. Right before he dies, Rayden reveals that the final test is a test of Liu Kang's faith in Kitana and courage to face Shao Kahn, both of which he has conquered.
- Shinnok is immediately banished when the Elder Gods first arrive in Outworld, instead of after Shao Kahn has been defeated.
- When all has been restored, the heroes still remain in Outworld, and Liu Kang considers staying there with Kitana.
- The book has some errors related to character names on some pictures' descriptions.


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Heat shock transcriptional factors in
Plant genomics
Heat shock transcriptional factors (Hsfs) play a crucial role in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress conditions and in plant growth and development. Apple (
A genome-wide analysis was carried out in
The apple genome comprises 25 full length Hsf genes. The data obtained from this investigation contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of the Hsf gene family in apple, and provide the basis for further studies to dissect Hsf function during development as well as in response to environmental stimuli.
Trees are sessile organisms with long lifespans that regularly experience climatic fluctuations in their native environment. Therefore, survival and reproduction is dependent upon an array of protective mechanisms that involve the activation of a wide range of transcriptional factors, and their products are considered to play a central role in response to extreme physiological conditions. There is evidence that members of the heat shock transcriptional factor (Hsf) family are important regulators in sensing and signaling of different environmental stresses
In contrast to
After the release of the whole genomic sequences of several plant organisms, including rice (
Recently, the full genome sequence of the domesticated apple
Identification, classification and duplication of
CDS sequences corresponding to putative
Gene duplication events have been indicated as an important mechanism in the evolution of plant genomes
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Localization and duplication of the
Localization and duplication of the
Analysis of conserved domains in the apple Hsf proteins
Prediction of the typical signature domains present in the MdHsfs protein sequences was carried out by comparing the identified apple Hsfs to those of homologous, well characterized proteins of model plants such as tomato or Arabidopsis
A second approach was used to identify and to verify domain prediction in the MdHsf proteins, by using the MEME motif search tool. Thirty corresponding consensus motifs were detected (Figure
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Motifs identified by MEME tools in apple Hsfs
Motifs identified by MEME tools in apple Hsfs. Thirty motifs were identified and indicated by increasing number from 1 to 30. Their distribution and visualization on the full length protein sequences was performed by using the Expasy mydomain tools.
Phylogenetic analysis of apple Hsf proteins
To investigate the evolution of Hsfs an unrooted phylogenetic tree was generated by using the 25
Figure 3
Neighbor-joining phylogeny of Hsfs from
Neighbor-joining phylogeny of Hsfs from
Tissue specific expression of
Of the group A1,
Expression analysis of
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Expression analyses of
Expression analyses of
To further characterize the expression of Hsf family genes in apple, the quantitative real-time PCR analysis was extended to leaf samples harvested from field-grown trees exposed to naturally increased temperatures. Leaf samples were taken during the summer period, at two different temperature ranges: at 26°C/12°C (day/night; max/min) on 30th July 2011, which were used as reference, and at high temperature average of 32°C/17°C (day/night; max/min) on the 21st August 2011 (Additional file
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Average temperature in the orchard where apple trees were sampled during the 2011 growing season. The data show temperature ranges obtained from a meteorological station located in the apple orchard and positioned around 2 m in height. Each point represents the average calculated on the basis of data from seven days.
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The transcriptional analyses revealed that in leaf most of the
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Expression analyses of
Expression analyses of
In plants, members of the Hsf family have been described as key regulators in molecular and cellular responses to stress conditions
Functional diversification of multifamily duplicated genes has been observed in trees. For example, the family of the glutathione S-transferase in
In contrast, the expression of
Effects of heat stress (HS) on
In contrast to class A Hsfs, genes assigned to the B and C classes have so far not been fully characterized. Members of the B class were shown to act mainly as repressors of the expression of HS inducible genes
The complexity of the Hsf family has been object of many investigations in different plant species. Here, 25 full length
Identification and classification of Hsfs in
The recently sequenced apple genome was investigated for putative genes encoding for MdHsfs (Md:
Phylogenetic analysis and gene duplication of
Gene duplications in the apple genome were analyzed by testing the similarity of all
To understand the evolutionary relationships of the MdHsf proteins, a phylogenetic tree was constructed. The N-terminal Hsf protein sequences containing the DBD and HR-A/B regions from
Digital and EST expression analysis
The analysis of
Plant material
Experiments were carried out in 2011 on 18-year-old apple trees (cultivar 'Golden Delicious' on M9 rootstock) trained with standard horticultural practices at the experimental farm of the Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg (South Tyrol, Italy). Samples were taken from 24 homogeneous trees grouped in 3 biological replicates each containing 8 trees distributed in the same block of the orchard. Tissue samples were collected between April and August 2011 from trees grown under field environmental conditions and exposed to natural variations of temperature and solar radiation. Temperature data are reported in the Additional file
RNA isolation and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analyses
Total RNA was isolated from apple tissues with the hot phenol method
The qRT-PCR analyses were carried out on a 7500 Fast Real-time PCR System (Applied Biosystems) with the ROX Reference Dye. Each reaction contained 12.5 μl SYBR GreenER qPCR SuperMix Universal (Invitrogen), 20 ng of cDNA and 400 nM of each specific primer. The qRT-PCRs were performed using a controlled temperature program starting with 10 min at 95°C, followed by 40 cycles of 15 s at 95°C and 60 s at 60°C. To verify the presence of a specific product, the melting temperature of the amplified products was determined. In addition, each PCR mixture was analyzed on a 2% agarose/ethidium bromide stained gel to verify the size of the amplified DNA fragment. The primers used for the qRT-PCRs were designed using Quantprime software and are reported in the Additional file
Additional file 2
Primer sequences used for quantitative real-time PCR analyses.
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Hsf: Heat shock transcriptional factor; HR-A/B: Adjacent bipartite oligomerization domain; AHA: Activator motif; CTAD: C-terminal activation domain; DBD: DNA-binding domain; HS: Heat stress; HSE: Heat shock element; NES: Nuclear export signal; NLS: Nuclear localization signal; qRT-PCR: Quantitative reverse transcription real-time PCR.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
This study was designed by FG, SB and CM. Bioinformatics analyses were performed by FG, expression analyses by FG and GG. FG and GG assisted to tissue sampling. FG, GG, SB and CM contribute to manuscript preparation and revision. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors wish to thank Nunzio D'Agostino for suggestions during manuscript preparation and for his useful contribution in drawing the Circos Figure
The authors are grateful to the Foundation for Research and Innovation of the Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano for covering the Open Access publication costs.
This work was partially funded by the Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy (Departments 31 and 33). The South Tyrolean Fruit Growers' Co-operatives, in particularly VOG and VIP, are acknowledged for co-financing the Strategic Project on Apple Proliferation – APPL.
The diversity of plant heat stress transcription factors
Arabidopsis and the heat stress transcription factor world: how many heat stress transcription factors do we need?
The role of AHA motifs in the activator function of tomato heat stress transcription factors HsfA1a and HsfA2
Regulation of the heat shock transcriptional response: crosstalk between a family of heat shock factors, molecular chaperones and negative regulators
Roles of the heat shock transcription factors in regulation of the heat shock response and beyond
Heat stress response in plants: a complex game with chaperones and more than twenty heat stress transcription factors
The plant heat stress transcription factor (Hsf) family: Structure, function and evolution
Heat shock factors in rice (Oryza sativa L.): genome-wide expression analysis during reproductive development and abiotic stress
Genome-wide identification, classification and analysis of heat shock transcription factor family in maize
Genome-wide analysis of the heat shock transcription factors in Populus trichocarpa and Medicago truncatula
The genome of the domesticated apple (Malus domestica Borkh)
Transcriptional profiling of maturing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) microspores reveals the involvement of heat shock proteins, ROS scavengers, hormones, and sugars in the heat stress response
Developmental and heat stress-regulated expression of HsfA2 and small heat shock proteins in tomato anthers
A novel transcriptional cascade regulating expression of heat stress proteins during seed development of Arabidopsis
The origins of genomic duplications in Arabidopsis
Importance of lineage-specific expansion of plant tandem duplicates in the adaptive response to environmental stimuli
Striking similarities in the genomic distribution of tandemly arrayed genes in Arabidopsis and rice
A survey of tricolpate (eudicot) phylogenetic relationships
Extensive functional diversification of the Populus glutathione S-transferase supergene family
Identification of novel heat shock factor-dependent genes and biochemical pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana
In the complex family of heat stress transcription factors, HsfA1 has a unique role as master regulator of thermotolerance in tomato
A seed-specific heat-shock transcription factor involved in developmental regulation during embryogenesis in sunflower
Two different heat shock transcription factors regulate immediate early expression of stress genes in Arabidopsis
A heat-inducible transcription factor, HsfA2, is required for extension of acquired thermotolerance in Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis ROF1 (FKBP62) modulates thermotolerance by interacting with HSP90.1 and affecting the accumulation of HsfA2-regulated sHSPs
A cascade of transcription factor DREB2A and heat stress transcription factor HsfA3 regulates the heat stress response of Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis DREB2C functions as a transcriptional activator of HsfA3 during the heat stress response
Plants contain a novel multi-member class of heat shock factors without transcriptional activator potential
Arabidopsis HsfB1 and HsfB2b act as repressors of the expression of heat-inducible Hsfs but positively regulate the acquired thermotolerance
Tomato heat stress transcription factor HsfB1 represents a novel type of general transcription coactivator with a histone-like motif interacting with the plant CREB binding protein ortholog HAC1
MEME: discovering and analyzing DNA and protein sequence motifs
Recent duplications dominate NBS-encoding gene expansion in two woody species
Extent of gene duplication in the genomes of Drosophila, nematode, and yeast
Circos: an information aesthetic for comparative genomics
MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0
The rapid generation of mutation data matrices from protein sequences
A Rapid and effective method for RNA extraction from different tissues of grapevine and other woody plants
QuantPrime–a flexible tool for reliable high-throughput primer design for quantitative PCR
Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes


text: Wearable technology generates $50 billion investment frenzy12 May 2014 10:15 AM IDTechEx says tech giants are all looking for the next big thing in wearable technology for Internet of People and Internet of Things, but smaller investors might to better to look at wearable tech for animalsMany giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates have tens of billions of dollars in the bank that is instantly available for investment to counter their saturating sales in mature markets, according to Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx.Samsung, General Electric and Google are examples and Apple even has $133 billion available. They all seek, "the next big thing", preferably one or more emerging, potentially-huge markets that can leverage the skills they have honed in such things as mobile phones and their services.Wearable technology has attracted their close attention as many of them have or are developing such technology and associated services and Google Trends has a graph headed heavenwards in the last few months to show that they are certainly not alone.In March 2014, Facebook announced it will buy Oculus VR, a Californian company which specialises in virtual reality headsets, for around $2 billion. Now Apple is negotiating to buy the company Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, its biggest ever expenditure on a takeover.Beats is not huge: it has 27% of the $1.8 billion US headphones business mainly because of its premium pricing. Indeed, it has 57% of the premium sector of that market and it also has a music streaming service, both of which can leverage existing Apple offerings in wearable electronics.Facebook and Apple do not talk of paybacks, calling the investments strategic, probably meaning that they are proceeding regardless. Many of these huge "gut feel" investments also tick a box under newly hot topics overlapping wearable technology namely "Internet of People (IoP)" or "Internet of Things (IoT)".These devices are directly internet-identified now that IPv6 allows an effectively infinite number of IP addresses to be issued. IDTechEx predicts that as many as 55 billion IoP devices in use in 2025, many employing printed, flexible electronics and completely new components.Recently, Google has paid a strategic $3.2 billion for the small IoT/IoP company Nest Labs that has made a few million connected smart thermostats and smoke and carbon dioxide detectors. Nest hopes to earn more from selling measurement analytics than from the devices themselves.These devices detect and respond to personal needs just like much wearable technology where Google must have already committed at least $1 billion to the internal development of the exciting Google Glass, an experimental diagnostic contact lens for diabetics and a planned smart watch, all actually or potentially connected wearable technology - IoP.One use of Google Glass is in industry. In February 2014, GE announced it would invest $1.5 billion into "industrial internet" research from 2012 to 2015. Now watch giant Cisco with over $46 billion in the bank and intense interest in IoP and IoT and early participation in these markets as a system integrator. Microsoft, IBM and Oracle are circling. The investment frenzy continues.IDTechEx said it has anticipated all of these developments and so it has reports newly available this year on: "Wearable Technology 2014-2024: Technologies, Markets, Forecasts"; "E-Textiles: Electronic Textiles 2014-2024"; "Internet of Things (IoT): Business Opportunities 2015-2025"; and "Internet of People: Technology 2015-2025", see www.IDTechEx.com/Research.FactSet has named the top 10 cash-rich companies, and half of them are in the tech industry: Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Apple and Oracle. Combined, these five tech companies held $245 billion in cash and all are intensely interested in wearable technology, IoT and IoP. Sprinkling a few billion here and there to participate does not "bet the shop" for any of these companies. It is a good time to be a small business launching inspired wearable and other electronics for humans. You may get bought for an eye watering sum of money, notes IDTechEx. Alternatively, IDTechEx counsels that you do not meet the giants head on but take a look at the smaller but still substantial sector of wearable electronics for animals with an initially addressable market of 20 billion animals managed by humans.Later, that business will add substantial wearable electronic ID, diagnostics, location and treatment for billions of endangered species as we destroy the world around us. The big boys are giving that a miss for now. See the new IDTechEx report: "Wearable Technology for Animals 2015-2025", coming soon to www.IDTechEx.com/research. James Atkinson EditorLinkedIn |Google + |Email Leave a CommentPlease write code to prove you're humanMore on... Market & prospectsSK Telecom and CAT Telecom to deploy LoRa IoT network in ThailandLow power wide area IoT technology to lead market by 2022Stream deploys updated LoRaWAN IoT network in Scotland More on... 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- "Engine malfunction?! Damn, a hamtaro flew into my engine again."
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The hamtaro was a species of rodent that caused a fair amount of misery and grief, and were generally regarded as painz in ze arse. Despite this, cooked hamtaro meat tasted fairly good.
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Hamtaros are pretty much everywhere in the galaxy, and frustrated many people until they simply started blasting the little buggers. Hamtaros were known for shitting in your shoes, biting at and stripping any electrical appliances you owned, and wreaking unimaginable havoc as only small, furry critters with curious but small minds could.
Hamtaros were a nuisance aboard most large Imperial vessels, with the average Star Destroyer hosting upwards of ten thousand of the little twerps. A population of over seventy billion was estimated to live aboard the Death Star, chewing on everything imaginable. At one point during the battle station's shakedown phase, a hamtaro chewing on a conduit near the hypermatter core nearly caused a tributary laser to misfire, which would have destroyed the whole facility. Darth Vader, whose eyesight wasn't what it used to be, noticed his Frito Lay chips kept disappearing. He blamed his lower officers for it and, well...you know what they received.


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I main jungle role, but sometimes I like to skip it, just to see what choices come to the table. I do this outside of ranked games, just to see people's choices and ways of jungling, helping in what I can. And I've got to admit, I'm kinda disappointed.
I always see the same junglers: Amumu (instalock when not banned, even if player sucks with him), Lee Sin, Diana (more on mid, but are still occasional), Nocturne and Skarner. Xin Zhao and Warwick are a horde.
What happened to the tanks? Maokai, Nautilus, Udyr has gone off the grid. Why is this happening. Well, it's quite simple. They don't do damage.
What I mean by this is that you're team dependant and will not carry the game or make gamebreaking changes if things go wrong (if you do, it's rare). The only exceptions are Malphite, Volibear and Sejuani, which good amounts of damage, while still being beefy, and can change games with their kits.
So I tryed to reach the source of the problem, and so I played with Maokai and Nautilus, which I own for quite a while, and I must say, I am not impressed now as for why they are not chosen as junglers anymore. People do things they do better... in a way. Since these junglers are pure tanks, their damage will be quite small, opposed to the recent bruisers that can act as tanks and still do tons of damage, while lacking the full utility. Maokai for example, has an ulti that negates 20% damage for all who stand on it, but the enemy either takes the fight somewhere else, or forces us to go away. Nau can do a bit burst damage and CC quite a few, but beyond that... not much. What I am trying to say is, next to the other junglers, these don't look appealing enough. Still, they kick ass in ranked in a good team, but in blind, not so much.
But then what about fiddlesticks and even Elise (only saw her 3 times in the whole game). Why are they ot used? Well, Fiddlesticks is used quite a lot in mid nowadays in low elo, but in jungle not really, cuz there he lacks gold, and fiddle loves gold. As for Elise, the skill cap is high, and top is far more rewarding. Also, people don't use champs the "pro's" don't use.
Another thing I noticed is the rage when X jungler is picked. As some know, Akali is starting to rise as a jungler, with high DPS ganks and a good slow and escape. But when someone picks her, or other uncommon junglers (hello Fiora), people start raging, saying they go afk (some do be4 they even see how the junger turns out to be) and tell the enemy to report for troll pick.
What happened to the calm games where people took the champs they like to use and used them in a non-troll different way? What happened to jungling tanks whose DPS and dueling is not great? I am afraid that, for now, in non High elo games, they are dead.
So, to finalise this thread, I ask, with whom do you jungle? With the common wolf, a lost duelist, or even a Freljord Robin Hood? Leave your choices down below, and thanks for reading.


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Generally WM only decides to close depts when those workers have gotten organized and joined a union. So it wouldn't surprise me if that is what has happened here. (That way they get around the NLRA that prohibits them from outright firing union workers.)
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Figures. Now that they put all of our other local fabric stores out of biz. Go WalMart.
My aunt works at Wal-Mart and she said they are doing away with their layaway plans as well. I thought it was maybe just the store she works at, but she says it's going to happen with all of them over time.
I feel bad for the poorer towns where Wal-Mart is the only place to shop.
totally sucks about walmart fabric leaving. it's happening here at the heath walmart. no word yet on the newark walmart
as for layaway/credit card - have you considered the method we use? we set up envelopes for items we want to buy - and if there's money left in grocery at end of month, we transfer that to the envelope. when there's enough in the envelope to buy item (on a sale price, lol) we then wait for the item to go on sale or scour for coupons to use.
we have a pretty big credit card debt from cars breaking down, hearing aid ear molds, etc and we cannot put anything else on it anyway - it's been maxed out and since we have platinum or some crazy level of card, it's a very overwhelming debt. we had no choice on the repairs or ear molds - our son needs to hear, we need our cars for dh to commute and me to take kids to therapies and specialists for their special needs. . .. sigh
i'm there with you on the frustration that you must feel at times, though. i wish we had tons of money to just do anything we want, but we don't. 'sides, i think if we DID have all the money we wanted, we might not be doing the things we're doing now - like home sewing/crafting, etc. and instead buy ready made - and i have to admit, the crafting stuff is fun!
Figures. Now that they put all of our other local fabric stores out of biz. Go WalMart.
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It was a big weekend in Illinois High School football, with the City of Champions classic at East St. Louis and plenty of other top games going on throughout the state.
Friday, FOXSports/Scout.com was at Jacksonville High as they took on Glenwood, in a battle of some of the top senior tight ends in the state. Northwestern offensive lineman commit Blake Hance took on Glenwood tight end Daniel Helm who is committed to Tennessee.
One of the most interesting match-ups I saw all weekend, was Hance playing tight end and Helm going man coverage on him playing a hybrid linebacker/defensive back. Hance had a couple big catches, but Helm was impressive in coverage. For the most part, he contained him and showed that he was one of the most athletic prospects on the field.
Junior Jacksonville offensive lineman Gabe Megginson also looked dominant and I didn't see him lose a match-up the entire night. Megginson has offers from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Northern Illinois.
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Another prospect that had a good day was freshman defensive end AJ Epenesa, who fell on a fumble in the end zone to score.
The next game in the City of Champions classic was Loyola and O'Fallon. Although Loyola won the contest, there were some impressive performances by some of the Panthers top recruits.
One in particular that had a good showing, senior defensive end Dewayne Hendrix, who put a lot of pressure on Loyola's quarterback throughout the game.
Lastly, Montini came out swinging against the home team -- East St. Louis. After the Flyers scored the first touchdown, a pass to Missouri commit Greg Taylor (who absolutely had the best day of anyone on East St. Louis) the Broncos put up 34 unanswered points.
Ohio State defensive end commit Dylan Thompson looked dominant coming off the edge for Montini, racking up two sacks on the night and several more tackles for loss.
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I am proud to serve on the board of The Nature Generation ( formally Newton Marasco Foundation). This nonprofit reaches youth across our nation, and has tailored environmental education programs for youth in the Greater Washington Region. From our nationally recognized Green Earth Book Award ( first in the nation to reward authors who write environmental stewardship books for children and young adults)`---- to our engaging environmental classroom games---- to our hands on habitat work---we are investing in the next generation of environmental stewards. Please join me in recognizing NatGen as one of the "Great 2012 Nonprofits".
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This year, I worked with The Nature Generation to organize a corporate book buy in coordination with my company, The Cadmus Group. The Nature Generation has an annual Green Earth Book Award program to recognize authors of books for children and young adults that encourage environmental stewardship. And Cadmus has a relationship with The Morrison Center, a nonprofit in Portland, OR that assists children and families. The Nature Generation helped select 3 award-winning books and message the fundraising goals to my colleagues. The effort was very successful we raised enough money to purchase 530 books.
My most recent experience with NatGen has been helping to inroduce their E3 Games into the Arlington County Schools. At the end of last year I was able to set up a demonstration at my children's elementary school, Glebe Elementary in Arlington County. In the course of an hour the kids and teachers got to be introduced to the games and participate with them in a mock competition environment. The kids had a blast and the teachers really loved the games. The games are also based on the Virginia SOLs, so they provide an appropriate educational resource for parents, teachers and children.
Since then, we have met with the Arlington County Science Advisor and presented to the science leads from all 22 Arlington Elementary Schools. This FREE resources is a great example of how NatGen can provide both educational, inspirational and fun important resources to the community.
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The Nature Generation is a great new name for the former Newton Marasco Foundation. It really speaks to the core mission of "NatGen" to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards. NatGen is doing just that. NatGen has sponsored its Green Earth Book Award for 8+ years now and also provides great hands on experiences for youth to really unsderstand and participate in environmental stewardship. They have even created electronic games to both teach youth about the environment and assist teachers by providing a fun and engaging forum to teach and learn. THese are available for free on their website. I have been a donor for many years and now am on their advisory board. It is a great and worthwhile organization that deserves the attention and recognition from the giving community.
The Nature Generation reaches thousands of kids and inspires them to care about the planet and to take action in their communities . Check out their website for free green games or take their green reading challenge and you might win a Kindle!
NatGen does great work and is fun to partner with as well!
In just nine years this nonprofit has really made a difference in the lives of children.
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I have been involved with The Nature Generation (formerly the Newton Marasco Foundation) first as a part-time emplioyee, then as a volunteer, and not as an Advisory Board Member. When I was in high school, I was inspired to want to major in Environmental Science in college because of the class that I took. It was interative- focusing on current environmental issues and getting student OUT of the classroom and into the natural environment. This class made me realize that you cannot make people care about the environment by lecturing to them. You must get them into the environment and let them make the conenction themselves. Education needs to be real and it needs to be relevant. This is one of The Nature Generation's principles- to get students excited about the environment by getting them involved and out in the environment.
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I have worked with Newton Marasco Foundation (NMF) for several years now- first as an employee, then as a volunteer and now as a board member. NMF actively promotes an appreciation of the arts and the environment through several of their programs. One in particular that I have been intimately involved with is the poster contests at Loudoun Valley High School. Each year, NMF works with the graphics arts students (and other students who want to participate) on a contest. The students are asked to prepare a poster that will represent a specific NMF event or program. What is unique about this ocntest is that NMF provides the students an experience that very much mirrors client interaction in the "real world". Students are given a set of guidelines and also some freedom to design what they think is best. The posters are reviewed once by a small panel and feedback/changes are provided back to the students. The students then have the opportunity to adjust their work based on the feedback provided. The final posters are then judged by a larger panel and the winning poster becomes of the face of the NMF program/event. I commend NMF for not only promoting a sense of appreciation for the arts and the environment in high school students but for also understanding how important it is that students learn to work in a client environment.


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Susan Milligan, Lot 11 and Area Community Council, speaks during an announcement Tuesday where it was confirmed that the federal and provincial governments are teaming up to provide three-phase power to the area. Five area seafood processors will have the more efficient form of power by September.
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FREELAND – For David Annand, co-owner of Annand Clams Inc., the introduction of three-phase power to his business is his ticket forward.
"I'm as far as I can go without three-phase power, and we want to grow," Annand said, following a federal and provincial announcement in Freeland on Tuesday that funding is being provided to bring three-phase power to five seafood processors in the area.
The Lot 11 and Area Community Council is the sponsoring organization for the funding. Council chairwoman Susan Milligan said her municipality has been working four to five years to bring the project forward.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is contributing $426,109 to the project while the P.E.I. government is investing $152,182, and the five processors are collectively contributing $30,436.
The funding, said Egmont MP Bobby Morrissey, who was representing ACOA at the announcement, is "important as we grow the economy in rural parts of the country and rural parts of my riding."
Annand Clams will be the first to have three-phase power installed and the other businesses Five Star Shellfish, Leslie Hardy and Sons, Burleigh Brothers Ltd. and Hardy's Channel Fish Co-operative will all be connected by September.
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I'm in the process of migrating my university away from a poorly managed jumble of individual, outdated WordPress installs (http://blogs.iwu.edu/) to a single install of WordPress multisite 3.2.1 (currently at http://blog-test.iwu.edu/, though we're planning to move it to the old domain once everything is up and running) using subdirectories, not subdomains. We're running on Ubuntu 10.04 and PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 on a dedicated VM in our own data center.
I started working on this a few months ago using an intra-only dev server. I migrated all of the content from the current site to the dev server at that time. Yesterday, when the new, public-facing, test server was set up, I migrated that content (which is now a couple of months out of date) from the dev server. All of that content seems to be showing up just fine.
The problem is, I'm now trying to migrate recent posts from the old site to the test site, and images aren't showing up. They exist on the server, but I can't find a way to view them online. For instance:
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