Mapping a quantitative trait locus (QTL) conferring pyrethroid resistance in the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alternative splicing (AS) regulation is extensive and shapes the functional complexity of higher organisms. However, the contribution of alternative splicing to fungal biology is not well studied. RESULTS:This study provides sequences of the transcriptomes of the plant wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae, us...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jin L,Li G,Yu D,Huang W,Cheng C,Liao S,Wu Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) has become an increasingly important crop for its leading role in biofuel production. The high sugar content species S. officinarum is an octoploid without known diploid or tetraploid progenitors. Commercial sugarcane cultivars are hybrids between S. officinarum and wild species S....

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang J,Roe B,Macmil S,Yu Q,Murray JE,Tang H,Chen C,Najar F,Wiley G,Bowers J,Van Sluys MA,Rokhsar DS,Hudson ME,Moose SP,Paterson AH,Ming R

更新日期：2010-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subtilisin/kexin-like proprotein convertase (PCSK) enzymes have important regulatory function in a wide variety of biological processes. PCSKs proteolytically process at a target sequence that contains basic amino acids arginine and lysine, which results in functional maturation of the target protein. In vit...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Turpeinen H,Kukkurainen S,Pulkkinen K,Kauppila T,Ojala K,Hytönen VP,Pesu M

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evolutionary theory indicates that the dynamics of aging in the soma and reproductive tissues may be distinct. This difference arises from the fact that only the germline lineage establishes future generations. In the soma, changes in the landscape of heterochromatin have been proposed to have an important r...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Erwin AA,Blumenstiel JP

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restriction-modification (R-M) systems protect bacteria and archaea from attacks by bacteriophages and archaeal viruses. An R-M system specifically recognizes short sites in foreign DNA and cleaves it, while such sites in the host DNA are protected by methylation. Prokaryotic viruses have developed a number ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Rusinov IS,Ershova AS,Karyagina AS,Spirin SA,Alexeevski AV

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Juncus effusus L. (family: Juncaceae; order: Poales) is a helophytic rush growing in temperate damp or wet terrestrial habitats and is of almost cosmopolitan distribution. The species has been studied intensively with respect to its interaction with co-occurring plants as well as microbes being involved in m...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Arslan M,Devisetty UK,Porsch M,Große I,Müller JA,Michalski SG

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome-scale metabolic models (GSMM) integrating transcriptomics have been widely used to study cancer metabolism. This integration is achieved through logical rules that describe the association between genes, proteins, and reactions (GPRs). However, current gene-to-reaction formulation lacks the stoichiome...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Marín de Mas I,Torrents L,Bedia C,Nielsen LK,Cascante M,Tauler R

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluorescence of dyes bound to double-stranded PCR products has been utilized extensively in various real-time quantitative PCR applications, including post-amplification dissociation curve analysis, or differentiation of amplicon length or sequence composition. Despite the current era of whole-genome sequenc...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kochan KJ,Amaral ME,Agarwala R,Schäffer AA,Riggs PK

更新日期：2008-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise identification of three-dimensional genome organization, especially enhancer-promoter interactions (EPIs), is important to deciphering gene regulation, cell differentiation and disease mechanisms. Currently, it is a challenging task to distinguish true interactions from other nearby non-interacting o...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zeng W,Wu M,Jiang R

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The eutherian fibroblast growth factors were implicated as key regulators in developmental processes. However, there were major disagreements in descriptions of comprehensive eutherian fibroblast growth factors gene data sets including either 18 or 22 homologues. The present analysis attempted to revise and ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Premzl M

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aspartic proteases are known to play an important role in the biology of nematode parasitism. This role is best characterised in blood-feeding nematodes, where they digest haemoglobin, but they are also likely to play important roles in the biology of nematode parasites that do not feed on blood. In the pres...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Mello LV,O'Meara H,Rigden DJ,Paterson S

更新日期：2009-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae causes pleuropneumonia in pigs, a disease which is associated with high morbidity and mortality, as well as impaired animal welfare. To obtain in-depth understanding of this infection, the interplay between virulence factors of the pathogen and defense mechanisms of the porcin...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Brogaard L,Klitgaard K,Heegaard PM,Hansen MS,Jensen TK,Skovgaard K

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ocean acidification (OA), a change in ocean chemistry due to the absorption of atmospheric CO2 into surface oceans, challenges biogenic calcification in many marine organisms. Ocean acidification is expected to rapidly progress in polar seas, with regions of the Southern Ocean expected to experience severe O...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Johnson KM,Hofmann GE

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The superior temporal gyrus (STG), which encompasses the primary auditory cortex, is believed to be a major anatomical substrate for speech, language and communication. The STG connects to the limbic system (hippocampus and amygdala), the thalamus and neocortical association areas in the prefrontal cortex, a...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Bowden NA,Scott RJ,Tooney PA

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MECP2, the gene mutated in the majority of Rett syndrome cases, is a transcriptional regulator that can activate or repress transcription. Although the transcription regulatory function of MECP2 has been known for over a decade, it remains unclear how transcriptional dysregulation leads to the neurodevelopme...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Lin P,Nicholls L,Assareh H,Fang Z,Amos TG,Edwards RJ,Assareh AA,Voineagu I

更新日期：2016-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skin and its mucus are known to be the first barrier of defence against any external stressors. In fish, skin wounds frequently appear as a result of intensive culture and also some diseases have skin ulcers as external clinical signs. However, there is no information about the changes produced by the wounds...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cordero H,Brinchmann MF,Cuesta A,Esteban MA

更新日期：2017-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A disease-causing mutation refers to a heritable genetic change that is associated with a specific phenotype (disease). The detection of a mutation from a patient's sample is critical for the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of the disease. There are numerous databases and applications with which to archi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jho S,Kim BC,Ghang H,Kim JH,Park D,Kim HM,Jung SY,Yoo KY,Kim HJ,Lee S,Bhak J

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite substantial progress in mosquito genomic and genetic research, few cis-regulatory elements (CREs), DNA sequences that control gene expression, have been identified in mosquitoes or other non-model insects. Formaldehyde-assisted isolation of regulatory elements paired with DNA sequencing, FAIRE-seq, i...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Behura SK,Sarro J,Li P,Mysore K,Severson DW,Emrich SJ,Duman-Scheel M

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human genetic variation produces the wide range of phenotypic differences that make us individual. However, little is known about the distribution of variation in the most conserved functional regions of the human genome. We examined whether different subsets of the conserved human genome have been subjected...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Davidson S,Starkey A,MacKenzie A

更新日期：2009-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medicago truncatula has been chosen as a model species for genomic studies. It is closely related to an important legume, alfalfa. Transporters are a large group of membrane-spanning proteins. They deliver essential nutrients, eject waste products, and assist the cell in sensing environmental conditions by f...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Miao Z,Li D,Zhang Z,Dong J,Su Z,Wang T

更新日期：2012-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tandemly arranged nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA), encoding 18S, 5.8S and 26S ribosomal RNA (rRNA), exhibit concerted evolution, a pattern thought to result from the homogenisation of rDNA arrays. However rDNA homogeneity at the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) level has not been detailed in organisms with ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Matyášek R,Renny-Byfield S,Fulneček J,Macas J,Grandbastien MA,Nichols R,Leitch A,Kovařík A

更新日期：2012-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crocodilians (Order Crocodylia) are an ancient vertebrate group of tremendous ecological, social, and evolutionary importance. They are the only extant reptilian members of Archosauria, a monophyletic group that also includes birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs. Consequently, crocodilian genomes represent a gat...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Shan X,Ray DA,Bunge JA,Peterson DG

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor genomes are often highly heterogeneous, consisting of genomes from multiple subclonal types. Complete characterization of all subclonal types is a fundamental need in tumor genome analysis. With the advancement of next-generation sequencing, computational methods have recently been developed to infer t...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Li Y,Xie X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggressive behaviour is an important aspect in the daily lives of animals living in groups. Aggressive animals have advantages, such as better access to food or territories, and they produce more offspring than low ranking animals. The social hierarchy in chickens is measured using the 'pecking order' concep...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Buitenhuis B,Hedegaard J,Janss L,Sørensen P

更新日期：2009-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant nucleotide-binding site (NBS)-leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins encoded by resistance genes play an important role in the responses of plants to various pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and nematodes. In this study, a comprehensive analysis of NBS-encoding genes within the whole cucumber...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wan H,Yuan W,Bo K,Shen J,Pang X,Chen J

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased focus surrounds identifying patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who will benefit from treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). EGFR mutation, gene copy number, coexpression of ErbB proteins and ligands, and epithelial to mesenchy...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Balko JM,Potti A,Saunders C,Stromberg A,Haura EB,Black EP

更新日期：2006-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acquisition of external phosphorus (P) and optimisation of internal P are essential for plant growth and development, and insufficient availability of P in soils is a major challenge in agriculture. Members of the purple acid phosphatase (PAP) family of enzymes are candidates for increasing P use efficiency....

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Xie L,Shang Q

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The measurement of gene expression using microarray technology is a complicated process in which a large number of factors can be varied. Due to the lack of standard calibration samples such as are used in traditional chemical analysis it may be a problem to evaluate whether changes done to the microarray pr...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Bruland T,Anderssen E,Doseth B,Bergum H,Beisvag V,Laegreid A

更新日期：2007-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying the set of intrinsically conserved genes, or the genomic core, among related genomes is crucial for understanding prokaryotic genomes where horizontal gene transfers are common. Although core genome identification appears to be obvious among very closely related genomes, it becomes more difficult...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Uchiyama I

更新日期：2008-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microarray technology is limited to monitoring the expression of previously annotated genes that have corresponding probes on the array. Computationally annotated genes have not fully been validated, because ESTs and full-length cDNAs cannot cover entire transcribed regions. Here, mRNA-Seq (an Illumina cDNA ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Mizuno H,Kawahara Y,Sakai H,Kanamori H,Wakimoto H,Yamagata H,Oono Y,Wu J,Ikawa H,Itoh T,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2010-12-02 00:00:00