Analysis and functional annotation of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from multiple tissues of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.).

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most fundamental and challenging tasks in bio-informatics is to identify related sequences and their hidden biological significance. The most popular and proven best practice method to accomplish this task is aligning multiple sequences together. However, multiple sequence alignment is a computing...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Nguyen KD,Pan Y,Nong G

更新日期：2011-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bayesian mixture models in which the effects of SNP are assumed to come from normal distributions with different variances are attractive for simultaneous genomic prediction and QTL mapping. These models are usually implemented with Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) sampling, which requires long compute times ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang T,Chen YP,Bowman PJ,Goddard ME,Hayes BJ

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression mainly through translational repression of target mRNA molecules. More than 2700 human miRNAs have been identified and some are known to be associated with disease phenotypes and to display tissue-specific patterns of expression. ME...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wake C,Labadorf A,Dumitriu A,Hoss AG,Bregu J,Albrecht KH,DeStefano AL,Myers RH

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite significant efforts from the research community, an extensive portion of the proteins encoded by human genes lack an assigned cellular function. Most metazoan proteins are composed of structural and/or functional domains, of which many appear in multiple proteins. Once a domain is characterized in on...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kemmer D,Podowski RM,Arenillas D,Lim J,Hodges E,Roth P,Sonnhammer EL,Höög C,Wasserman WW

更新日期：2006-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health traits are of significant economic importance to the dairy industry due to their effects on milk production and associated treatment costs. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide a means to identify associated genomic variants and thus reveal insights into the genetic architecture of complex t...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Freebern E,Santos DJA,Fang L,Jiang J,Parker Gaddis KL,Liu GE,VanRaden PM,Maltecca C,Cole JB,Ma L

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper presents a retrospective statistical study on the newly-released data set by the Stanley Neuropathology Consortium on gene expression in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. This data set contains gene expression data as well as limited demographic and clinical data for each subject. Previous studi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Struyf J,Dobrin S,Page D

更新日期：2008-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many species of the genus Prevotella are pathogens that cause oral diseases. Prevotella intermedia is known to cause various oral disorders e.g. periodontal disease, periapical periodontitis and noma as well as colonize in the respiratory tract and be associated with cystic fibrosis and chronic bronchitis. I...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ruan Y,Shen L,Zou Y,Qi Z,Yin J,Jiang J,Guo L,He L,Chen Z,Tang Z,Qin S

更新日期：2015-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent molecular studies have revealed considerably more diversity in the phylum Chlamydiae than was previously thought. Evidence is growing that many of these novel chlamydiae may be important pathogens in humans and animals. A significant barrier to characterising these novel chlamydiae is the requirement ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Taylor-Brown A,Bachmann NL,Borel N,Polkinghorne A

更新日期：2016-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ensifer alkalisoli YIC4027, a recently characterized nitrogen-fixing bacterium of the genus Ensifer, has been isolated from root nodules of the host plant Sesbania cannabina. This plant is widely used as green manure and for soil remediation. E. alkalisoli YIC4027 can grow in saline-alkaline soils and is a n...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Dang X,Xie Z,Liu W,Sun Y,Liu X,Zhu Y,Staehelin C

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycobacterium abscessus complex, the third most frequent mycobacterial complex responsible for community- and health care-associated infections in developed countries, comprises of M. abscessus subsp. abscessus and M. abscessus subsp. bolletii reviously referred as Mycobacterium bolletii and Mycobacterium ma...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Sassi M,Drancourt M

更新日期：2014-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many plant genes have been identified through whole genome and deep transcriptome sequencing and other methods; yet our knowledge on the function of many of these genes remains limited. The integration and analysis of large gene-expression datasets gives researchers the ability to formalize hypotheses concer...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wilson TJ,Lai L,Ban Y,Ge SX

更新日期：2012-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmania (L) are intracellular protozoan parasites that are able to survive and replicate within the harsh and potentially hostile phagolysosomal environment of mammalian mononuclear phagocytes. A complex interplay then takes place between the macrophage (MPhi) striving to eliminate the pathogen and the pa...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Guerfali FZ,Laouini D,Guizani-Tabbane L,Ottones F,Ben-Aissa K,Benkahla A,Manchon L,Piquemal D,Smandi S,Mghirbi O,Commes T,Marti J,Dellagi K

更新日期：2008-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi is an obligate intracellular eukaryotic pathogen with a small nuclear genome (2.9 Mbp) consisting of 11 chromosomes. Although each chromosome end is known to contain a single rDNA unit, the incomplete assembly of subtelomeric regions following sequencing of the gen...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Dia N,Lavie L,Faye N,Méténier G,Yeramian E,Duroure C,Toguebaye BS,Frutos R,Niang MN,Vivarès CP,Ben Mamoun C,Cornillot E

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various cancer cells, including those of colorectal cancer (CRC), release microvesicles (exosomes) into surrounding tissues and peripheral circulation. These microvesicles can mediate communication between cells and affect various tumor-related processes in their target cells. RESULTS:We present potential r...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Hong BS,Cho JH,Kim H,Choi EJ,Rho S,Kim J,Kim JH,Choi DS,Kim YK,Hwang D,Gho YS

更新日期：2009-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Brassicaceae family is an exemplary model for studying plant polyploidy. The Brassicaceae knowledge-base includes the well-annotated Arabidopsis thaliana reference sequence; well-established evidence for three rounds of whole genome duplication (WGD); and the conservation of genomic structure, with 24 co...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kim J,Lee J,Choi JP,Park I,Yang K,Kim MK,Lee YH,Nou IS,Kim DS,Min SR,Park SU,Kim H

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using the piggyBac-mediated GAL4/UAS transgenic system established in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, we have previously reported that overexpression of the Ras1(CA) oncogene specifically in the posterior silk gland (PSG) improved cell growth, fibroin synthesis, and thus silk yield. However, the detailed molecula...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ma L,Ma Q,Li X,Cheng L,Li K,Li S

更新日期：2014-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High throughput molecular sequencing and increased biospecimen variety have introduced significant informatics challenges for research biorepository infrastructures. We applied a modular system integration approach to develop an operational biorepository management system. This method enables aggregation of ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Felmeister AS,Masino AJ,Rivera TJ,Resnick AC,Pennington JW

更新日期：2016-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer-related death of men worldwide. There is an urgent need to develop novel biomarkers for PCa prognosis and diagnosis in the post prostate-specific antigen era. Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) play essential roles in many physiological processes and ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cui W,Qian Y,Zhou X,Lin Y,Jiang J,Chen J,Zhao Z,Shen B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts towards utilisation of diets without fish meal (FM) or fish oil (FO) in finfish aquaculture have been being made for more than two decades. Metabolic responses to substitution of fishery products have been shown to impact growth performance and immune system of fish as well as their subsequent nutrit...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Geay F,Ferraresso S,Zambonino-Infante JL,Bargelloni L,Quentel C,Vandeputte M,Kaushik S,Cahu CL,Mazurais D

更新日期：2011-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pantoea spp. are frequently isolated from a wide range of ecological niches and have various biological roles, as plant epi- or endophytes, biocontrol agents, plant-growth promoters or as pathogens of both plant and animal hosts. This suggests that members of this genus have undergone extensive genotypic div...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： De Maayer P,Chan WY,Blom J,Venter SN,Duffy B,Smits TH,Coutinho TA

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most common and recurrent vaginal infections is bacterial vaginosis (BV). The diagnosis is based on changes to the "normal" vaginal microbiome; however, the normal microbiome appears to differ according to reproductive status and ethnicity, and even among individuals within these groups. The Amsel...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Chen HM,Chang TH,Lin FM,Liang C,Chiu CM,Yang TL,Yang T,Huang CY,Cheng YN,Chang YA,Chang PY,Weng SL

更新日期：2018-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing use of DNA microarrays for genetical genomics studies generates a need for platforms with complete coverage of the genome. We have compared the effective gene coverage in the mouse genome of different commercial and noncommercial oligonucleotide microarray platforms by performing an in-house g...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Verdugo RA,Medrano JF

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many eukaryotes, microRNAs (miRNAs) bind to complementary sites in the 3'-untranslated regions (3'-UTRs) of target messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and regulate their expression at the stage of translation. Recent studies have revealed that many miRNAs are evolutionarily conserved; however, the evolution of their t...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Takane K,Fujishima K,Watanabe Y,Sato A,Saito N,Tomita M,Kanai A

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clock genes are considered to be the molecular core of biological clock in vertebrates and they are directly involved in the regulation of daily rhythms in vertebrate tissues such as skeletal muscles. Fish myotomes are composed of anatomically segregated fast and slow muscle fibers that possess different met...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wu P,Li YL,Cheng J,Chen L,Zhu X,Feng ZG,Zhang JS,Chu WY

更新日期：2016-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the underlying genetic structure of human populations is of fundamental interest to both biological and social sciences. Advances in high-throughput genotyping technology have markedly improved our understanding of global patterns of human genetic variation. The most widely used methods for col...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Maróti Z,Boldogkői Z,Tombácz D,Snyder M,Kalmár T

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subtractive hybridization methods are valuable tools for identifying differentially regulated genes in a given tissue avoiding redundant sequencing of clones representing the same expressed genes, maximizing detection of low abundant transcripts and thus, affecting the efficiency and cost effectiveness of sm...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Fernández P,Paniego N,Lew S,Hopp HE,Heinz RA

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After several years in the juvenile phase, trees undergo flowering transition to become mature (florally competent) trees. This transition depends on the balanced expression of a complex network of genes that is regulated by both endogenous and environmental factors. However, relatively little is known about...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhang JZ,Ai XY,Sun LM,Zhang DL,Guo WW,Deng XX,Hu CG

更新日期：2011-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying the genotypes underlying human disease phenotypes is a fundamental step in human genetics and medicine. High-throughput genomic technologies provide thousands of genetic variants per individual. The causal genes of a specific phenotype are usually expected to be functionally close to each other. ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Itan Y,Mazel M,Mazel B,Abhyankar A,Nitschke P,Quintana-Murci L,Boisson-Dupuis S,Boisson B,Abel L,Zhang SY,Casanova JL

更新日期：2014-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A thorough verification of the ability of genomic selection (GS) to predict estimated breeding values for pea (Pisum sativum L.) grain yield is pending. Prediction for different environments (inter-environment prediction) has key importance when breeding for target environments featuring high genotype × envi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Annicchiarico P,Nazzicari N,Pecetti L,Romani M,Russi L

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many transcripts have been generated due to the development of sequencing technologies, and lncRNA is an important type of transcript. Predicting lncRNAs from transcripts is a challenging and important task. Traditional experimental lncRNA prediction methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Efficient ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Xu Y,Zhao X,Liu S,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00