ProSeeK: a web server for MLPA probe design.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last decade, emerging research methods, such as comparative genomic analysis and phylogenetic study, have yielded new insights into genotypes and phenotypes of closely related bacterial strains. Several findings have revealed that genomic structural variations (SVs), including gene gain/loss, gene d...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jiang J,Gu J,Zhang L,Zhang C,Deng X,Dou T,Zhao G,Zhou Y

更新日期：2015-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rice false smut caused by Villosiclava virens is a devastating fungal disease that spreads in major rice-growing regions throughout the world. However, the genomic information for this fungal pathogen is limited and the pathogenic mechanism of this disease is still not clear. To facilitate genetic, molecular...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang X,Liu Q,Wang H,Luo CX,Wang G,Luo M

更新日期：2013-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triptolide is a therapeutic diterpenoid derived from the Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook f. Triptolide has been shown to induce apoptosis by activation of pro-apoptotic proteins, inhibiting NFkB and c-KIT pathways, suppressing the Jak2 transcription, activating MAPK8/JNK signaling and modulating the...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Chauhan L,Jenkins GD,Bhise N,Feldberg T,Mitra-Ghosh T,Fridley BL,Lamba JK

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower eggshell quality in the late laying period leads to economic loss. It is a major threat to the quality and safety of egg products. Age-related variations in ultrastructure were thought to induce this deterioration. Eggshell formation is a highly complex process under precise regulation of genes and bio...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Feng J,Zhang HJ,Wu SG,Qi GH,Wang J

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacillus pumilus is a Gram-positive and endospore-forming bacterium broadly existing in a variety of environmental niches. Because it produces and secrets many industrially useful enzymes, a lot of studies have been done to understand the underlying mechanisms. Among them, scoC was originally identified as a...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Han LL,Liu YC,Miao CC,Feng H

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Little is known, either experimentally or computationally, about the genomic sequence features that regulate malaria genes. A sequence conservation analysis of the malaria species P. falciparum, P. berghei, P. yoelii, and P. chabaudi could significantly advance knowledge of malaria gene regulation. RESULTS:...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Imamura H,Persampieri JH,Chuang JH

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate identification of synteny blocks is an important step in comparative genomics towards the understanding of genome architecture and expression. Most computer programs developed in the last decade for identifying synteny blocks have limitations. To address these limitations, we recently developed a ro...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Vergara IA,Chen N

更新日期：2010-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary genome editing technique that allows for efficient and directed alterations of the eukaryotic genome. This relatively new technology has already been used in a large number of 'loss of function' experiments in cultured cells. Despite its simplicity and efficiency, screening for...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Bell CC,Magor GW,Gillinder KR,Perkins AC

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cadmium (Cd) is a serious heavy metal (HM) soil pollutant. To alleviate or even eliminate HM pollution in soil, environmental-friendly methods are applied. One is that special plants are cultivated to absorb the HM in the contaminated soil. As an excellent economical plant with ornamental value and sound ada...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang MQ,Bai ZY,Xiao YF,Li Y,Liu QL,Zhang L,Pan YZ,Jiang BB,Zhang F

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genomic organisation of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) varies greatly between different vertebrates. In mammals, the classical MHC consists of a large number of linked genes (e.g. greater than 200 in humans) with predominantly immune function. In some birds, it consists of only a small number...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Sambrook JG,Figueroa F,Beck S

更新日期：2005-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the key characters of social insects is the division of labor, in which different tasks are allocated to various castes. In termites, one of the representative groups of social insects, morphological differences as well as behavioral differences can be recognized among castes. However, very little is ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ishikawa Y,Okada Y,Ishikawa A,Miyakawa H,Koshikawa S,Miura T

更新日期：2010-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A composite biological structure, such as an insect head or abdomen, contains many internal structures with distinct functions. Composite structures are often used in RNA-seq studies, though it is unclear how expression of the same gene in different tissues and structures within the same structure affects th...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Johnson BR,Atallah J,Plachetzki DC

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) in animals fall into two categories: those that synthesize or metabolize endogenous molecules and those that interact with exogenous chemicals from the diet or the environment. The latter form a critical component of detoxification systems. RESULTS:Data mining and manual curation of ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Baldwin WS,Marko PB,Nelson DR

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein-protein interaction (PPI) maps are useful tools for investigating the cellular functions of genes. Thus far, large-scale PPI mapping projects have not been implemented for the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea, which is responsible for the most severe rice disease. Inspired by recent advances in P...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： He F,Zhang Y,Chen H,Zhang Z,Peng YL

更新日期：2008-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bombyx mori was domesticated from the Chinese wild silkworm, Bombyx mandarina. Wild and domestic silkworms are good models in which to investigate genes related to silk protein synthesis that may be differentially expressed in silk glands, because their silk productions are very different. Here we used the m...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Fang SM,Hu BL,Zhou QZ,Yu QY,Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) can be used as genetic markers for applications such as genetic diversity studies or genetic mapping. New technologies now allow genotyping hundreds to thousands of SNPs in a single reaction.In order to evaluate the potential of these technologies in pea, we selected a ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Deulvot C,Charrel H,Marty A,Jacquin F,Donnadieu C,Lejeune-Hénaut I,Burstin J,Aubert G

更新日期：2010-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ralstonia solanacearum is an important plant pathogen. The genome of R. solananearum GMI1000 is organised into two replicons (a 3.7-Mb chromosome and a 2.1-Mb megaplasmid) and this bipartite genome structure is characteristic for most R. solanacearum strains. To determine whether the megaplasmid was acquired...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Coenye T,Vandamme P

更新日期：2003-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wood-feeding beetles harbor an ecologically rich and taxonomically diverse assemblage of gut microbes that appear to promote survival in woody tissue, which is devoid of nitrogen and essential nutrients. Nevertheless, the contributions of these apparent symbionts to digestive physiology and nutritional ecolo...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Scully ED,Geib SM,Carlson JE,Tien M,McKenna D,Hoover K

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disease in which T cells have a predominant role in initiating and perpetuating the chronic inflammation in skin. However, the mechanisms that regulate T cell activation in psoriasis are still incompletely understood. The objective of the present study was to characterize th...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Palau N,Julià A,Ferrándiz C,Puig L,Fonseca E,Fernández E,López-Lasanta M,Tortosa R,Marsal S

更新日期：2013-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The trypanosomatids Leishmania major, Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi cause some of the most debilitating diseases of humankind: cutaneous leishmaniasis, African sleeping sickness, and Chagas disease. These protozoa possess complex life cycles that involve development in mammalian and insect hosts, ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Parsons M,Worthey EA,Ward PN,Mottram JC

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) of multicellular animals (Metazoa) with bilateral symmetry (Bilateria) are compact and usually carry 13 protein-coding genes for subunits of three respiratory complexes and ATP synthase. However, occasionally reported exceptions to this typical mtDNA organization prompted specul...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Szafranski P

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), is known to vary genetically across the North Atlantic, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This genetic variation occurs both spatially and temporally through decades of heavy fishing, and is concentrated in three linkage disequilibrium blocks, previously defined by pedigreed linkage m...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Barney BT,Munkholm C,Walt DR,Palumbi SR

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.], a crop of historical importance in China, has been adopted as a model crop for studying C-4 photosynthesis, stress biology and biofuel traits. Construction of a high density genetic map and identification of stable quantitative trait loci (QTL) lay the foundat...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Fang X,Dong K,Wang X,Liu T,He J,Ren R,Zhang L,Liu R,Liu X,Li M,Huang M,Zhang Z,Yang T

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida is a ubiquitous psychrophilic waterborne bacterium and a fish pathogen. The numerous mobile elements, especially insertion sequences (IS), in its genome promote rearrangements that impact its phenotype. One of the main virulence factors of this bacterium, its type thr...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Tanaka KH,Vincent AT,Emond-Rheault JG,Adamczuk M,Frenette M,Charette SJ

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small bioinformatics databases, unlike institutionally funded large databases, are vulnerable to discontinuation and many reported in publications are no longer accessible. This leads to irreproducible scientific work and redundant effort, impeding the pace of scientific progress. RESULTS:We describe a Web-...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Tan TW,Xie C,De Silva M,Lim KS,Patro CP,Lim SJ,Govindarajan KR,Tong JC,Choo KH,Ranganathan S,Khan AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous genome-wide analysis of FXR binding to hepatic chromatin, we noticed that an extra nuclear receptor (NR) half-site was co-enriched close to the FXR binding IR-1 elements and we provided limited support that the monomeric LRH-1 receptor that binds to NR half-sites might function together with FX...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Chong HK,Biesinger J,Seo YK,Xie X,Osborne TF

更新日期：2012-02-01 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:The ciliate Paramecium bursaria harbors several hundred cells of the green-alga Chlorella sp. in their cytoplasm. Irrespective of the mutual relation between P. bursaria and the symbiotic algae, both cells retain the ability to grow without the partner. They can easily reestablish endosymbiosis when put in c...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kodama Y,Suzuki H,Dohra H,Sugii M,Kitazume T,Yamaguchi K,Shigenobu S,Fujishima M

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ubiquitination is an important post-translational modification involved in diverse biological processes. Therefore, genomewide representation of the ubiquitination system for a species is important. DESCRIPTION:SCUD is a web-based database for the ubiquitination system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker's y...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Lee WC,Lee M,Jung JW,Kim KP,Kim D

更新日期：2008-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fitness epistasis, the interaction effect of genes at different loci on fitness, makes an important contribution to adaptive evolution. Although fitness interaction evidence has been observed in model organisms, it is more difficult to detect and remains poorly understood in human populations as a result of ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ni X,Zhou M,Wang H,He KY,Broeckel U,Hanis C,Kardia S,Redline S,Cooper RS,Tang H,Zhu X

更新日期：2020-07-11 00:00:00