Systems genetics analysis of body weight and energy metabolism traits in Drosophila melanogaster.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cottonseed is one of the most important raw materials for plant protein, oil and alternative biofuel for diesel engines. Understanding the complex genetic basis of cottonseed traits is requisite for achieving efficient genetic improvement of the traits. However, it is not yet clear about their genetic archit...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Du X,Liu S,Sun J,Zhang G,Jia Y,Pan Z,Xiang H,He S,Xia Q,Xiao S,Shi W,Quan Z,Liu J,Ma J,Pang B,Wang L,Sun G,Gong W,Jenkins JN,Lou X,Zhu J,Xu H

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genomewide evaluation of genetic epistasis is a computationally demanding task, and a current challenge in Genetics. HFCC (Hypothesis-Free Clinical Cloning) is one of the methods that have been suggested for genomewide epistasis analysis. In order to perform an exhaustive search of epistasis, HFCC has im...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Gayán J,González-Pérez A,Ruiz A

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that plays an essential role in lactation, tissue growth, and suppressing apoptosis to increase cell survival. Prolactin serves as a key player in many life-critical processes, including immune system and reproduction. Prolactin is a...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Staley LA,Ebbert MT,Parker S,Bailey M,Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.,Ridge PG,Goate AM,Kauwe JS

更新日期：2016-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phanerochaete chrysosporium, the model white rot basidiomycetous fungus, has the extraordinary ability to mineralize (to CO2) lignin and detoxify a variety of chemical pollutants. Its cytochrome P450 monooxygenases have recently been implied in several of these biotransformations. Our initial P450 cloning ef...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Doddapaneni H,Chakraborty R,Yadav JS

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing functional description of genes are categorical, discrete, and mostly through manual process. In this work, we explore the idea of gene embedding, distributed representation of genes, in the spirit of word embedding. RESULTS:From a pure data-driven fashion, we trained a 200-dimension vector represe...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Du J,Jia P,Dai Y,Tao C,Zhao Z,Zhi D

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regulation of bacterial gene expression by small RNAs (sRNAs) have proved to be important for many biological processes. Francisella tularensis is a highly pathogenic Gram-negative bacterium that causes the disease tularaemia in humans and animals. Relatively little is known about the regulatory networks exi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Postic G,Frapy E,Dupuis M,Dubail I,Livny J,Charbit A,Meibom KL

更新日期：2010-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reliable indicators for the onset of flowering are not available for most perennial monocarpic species, representing a drawback for crops such as bamboo, agave and banana. The ability to predict and control the transition to the reproductive stage in A. tequilana would represent an advantage for field manage...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Avila de Dios E,Delaye L,Simpson J

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) has been acknowledged as the most endangered felid species in the world. An intense contraction and fragmentation during the twentieth century left less than 100 individuals split in two isolated and genetically eroded populations by 2002. Genetic monitoring and management so...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kleinman-Ruiz D,Martínez-Cruz B,Soriano L,Lucena-Perez M,Cruz F,Villanueva B,Fernández J,Godoy JA

更新日期：2017-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) is able to induce a variety of biological responses in the nervous system including inflammation and neuroprotection. Human astrocytoma cells U373 have been widely used as a model for inflammatory cytokine actions in the nervous system. Here we used cDNA microarrays to analy...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Schwamborn J,Lindecke A,Elvers M,Horejschi V,Kerick M,Rafigh M,Pfeiffer J,Prüllage M,Kaltschmidt B,Kaltschmidt C

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HPA axis plays a major role in physiological homeostasis. It is also involved in stress and adaptive response to the environment. In farm animals in general and specifically in pigs, breeding strategies have highly favored production traits such as lean growth rate, feed efficiency and prolificacy at the cos...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Sautron V,Terenina E,Gress L,Lippi Y,Billon Y,Larzul C,Liaubet L,Villa-Vialaneix N,Mormède P

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activity of the yeast activator protein 1 (Yap1p) increases under stress conditions, which leads to enhanced transcription of a number of genes encoding protective enzymes or other proteins. To obtain a global overview of changes in expression of Yap1p-targeted proteins, we compared a Yap1p-overexpressin...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jun H,Kieselbach T,Jönsson LJ

更新日期：2012-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Levin M,Scheibe M,Butter F

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), which perform diverse regulatory roles, have been found in organisms from all superkingdoms of life. However, there have been limited numbers of studies on the functions of ncRNAs, especially in nonmodel organisms such as Kluyveromyces marxianus that is widely used in the field of i...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cho YB,Lee EJ,Cho S,Kim TY,Park JH,Cho BK

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controlling and managing the breeding of bluefin tuna (Thunnus spp.) in captivity is an imperative step towards obtaining a sustainable supply of these fish in aquaculture production systems. Germ cell transplantation (GCT) is an innovative technology for the production of inter-species surrogates, by transp...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Bar I,Cummins S,Elizur A

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) perform their cellular functions in ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes, which are also essential for maintaining the stability of the ncRNAs. Depletion of individual protein components of non-coding ribonucleoprotein (ncRNP) particles by RNA interference (RNAi) may therefore aff...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Aftab MN,He H,Skogerbø G,Chen R

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mango fruits contain a broad spectrum of phenolic compounds which impart potential health benefits; their biosynthesis is catalysed by enzymes in the phenylpropanoid-flavonoid (PF) pathway. The aim of this study was to reveal the variability in genes involved in the PF pathway in three different mango variet...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Hoang VL,Innes DJ,Shaw PN,Monteith GR,Gidley MJ,Dietzgen RG

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the postgenome era, a prediction of response to treatment could lead to better dose selection for patients in radiotherapy. To identify a radiosensitive gene signature and elucidate related signaling pathways, four different microarray experiments were reanalyzed before radiotherapy. RESULTS:Radiosensiti...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kim HS,Kim SC,Kim SJ,Park CH,Jeung HC,Kim YB,Ahn JB,Chung HC,Rha SY

更新日期：2012-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) encoded by a multigene family is a rate-limiting enzyme in the Kennedy pathway in higher plants. Cotton is the most important natural fiber crop and one of the most important oilseed crops. However, little is known on genes coding for LPAATs involved in oil biosy...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang N,Ma J,Pei W,Wu M,Li H,Li X,Yu S,Zhang J,Yu J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fistular leaves frequently appear in Allium species, and previous developmental studies have proposed that the process of fistular leaf formation involves programmed cell death. However, molecular evidence for the role of programmed cell death in the formation of fistular leaf cavities has yet to be reported...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhu S,Tang S,Tan Z,Yu Y,Dai Q,Liu T

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucella abortus is an intracellular zoonotic pathogen which causes undulant fever, endocarditis, arthritis and osteomyelitis in human and abortion and infertility in cattle. This bacterium is able to invade and replicate in host macrophage instead of getting removed by this defense mechanism. Therefore, und...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cha SB,Lee WJ,Shin MK,Jung MH,Shin SW,Yoo AN,Kim JW,Yoo HS

更新日期：2013-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell lines are an indispensable tool in biomedical research and often used as surrogates for tissues. Although there are recognized important cellular and transcriptomic differences between cell lines and tissues, a systematic overview of the differences between the regulatory processes of a cell line and th...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Lopes-Ramos CM,Paulson JN,Chen CY,Kuijjer ML,Fagny M,Platig J,Sonawane AR,DeMeo DL,Quackenbush J,Glass K

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the evolution of the vertebrate pancreas is key to understanding its functions. The chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays) have often been suggested to possess the most ancient example of a distinct pancreas with both hormonal (endocrine) and digestive (exocrine) roles. The...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Mulley JF,Hargreaves AD,Hegarty MJ,Heller RS,Swain MT

更新日期：2014-12-06 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:Bordetella petrii is the only environmental species hitherto found among the otherwise host-restricted and pathogenic members of the genus Bordetella. Phylogenetically, it connects the pathogenic Bordetellae and environmental bacteria of the genera Achromobacter and Alcaligenes, which are opportunistic patho...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Gross R,Guzman CA,Sebaihia M,dos Santos VA,Pieper DH,Koebnik R,Lechner M,Bartels D,Buhrmester J,Choudhuri JV,Ebensen T,Gaigalat L,Herrmann S,Khachane AN,Larisch C,Link S,Linke B,Meyer F,Mormann S,Nakunst D,Rückert

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The astounding regenerative abilities of planarian flatworms prompt steadily growing interest in examining their molecular foundation. Planarian regeneration was found to require hundreds of genes and is hence a complex process. Thus, RNA interference followed by transcriptome-wide gene expression analysis b...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kim IV,Ross EJ,Dietrich S,Döring K,Sánchez Alvarado A,Kuhn CD

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron homeostasis is a key metabolism for most organisms. In many bacterial species, coordinate regulation of iron homeostasis depends on the protein product of a Fur gene. Fur also plays roles in virulence, acid tolerance, redox-stress responses, flagella chemotaxis and metabolic pathways. RESULTS:We conduc...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Yang Y,Harris DP,Luo F,Wu L,Parsons AB,Palumbo AV,Zhou J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome research in farm animals will expand our basic knowledge of the genetic control of complex traits, and the results will be applied in the livestock industry to improve meat quality and productivity, as well as to reduce the incidence of disease. A combination of quantitative trait locus mapping and mi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kim TH,Kim NS,Lim D,Lee KT,Oh JH,Park HS,Jang GW,Kim HY,Jeon M,Choi BH,Lee HY,Chung HY,Kim H

更新日期：2006-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fusarium graminearum virus 1 strain-DK21 (FgV1-DK21) is a mycovirus that confers hypovirulence to F. graminearum, which is the primary phytopathogenic fungus that causes Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease in many cereals. Understanding the interaction between mycoviruses and plant pathogenic fungi is necessa...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cho WK,Yu J,Lee KM,Son M,Min K,Lee YW,Kim KH

更新日期：2012-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skeletal muscle mass can be markedly reduced through a process called atrophy, as a consequence of many diseases or critical physiological and environmental situations. Atrophy is characterised by loss of contractile proteins and reduction of fiber volume. Although in the last decade the molecular aspects un...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Calura E,Cagnin S,Raffaello A,Laveder P,Lanfranchi G,Romualdi C

更新日期：2008-12-23 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