A Gaijin-like miniature inverted repeat transposable element is mobilized in rice during cell differentiation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even before having its genome sequence published in 2004, Kluyveromyces lactis had long been considered a model organism for studies in genetics and physiology. Research on Kluyveromyces lactis is quite advanced and this yeast species is one of the few with which it is possible to perform formal genetic anal...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Dias O,Gombert AK,Ferreira EC,Rocha I

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Salmonella Typhimurium is frequently isolated from foodborne infection cases in Hong Kong, but the lack of genome sequences has hindered in-depth epidemiological and phylogenetic studies. In this study, we sought to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationship and investigate the distribution and mutation patte...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cheng CK,Cheung MK,Nong W,Law PT,Qin J,Ling JM,Kam KM,Cheung WM,Kwan HS

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis is a common and debilitating bone disease that is characterised by a low bone mineral density (BMD), a highly heritable trait. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have proven to be very successful in identifying common genetic variants associated with BMD adjusted for age, gender and weight, ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Mullin BH,Walsh JP,Zheng HF,Brown SJ,Surdulescu GL,Curtis C,Breen G,Dudbridge F,Richards JB,Spector TD,Wilson SG

更新日期：2016-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome-wide expression profiles are altered during biological aging and can describe molecular regulation of tissue degeneration. Age-regulated mRNA expression trends from cross-sectional studies could describe how aging progresses. We developed a novel statistical methodology to identify age-regulated expre...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Gheorghe M,Snoeck M,Emmerich M,Bäck T,Goeman JJ,Raz V

更新日期：2014-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing numbers of 3D compounds and protein complexes stored in databases contribute greatly to current advances in biotechnology, being employed in several pharmaceutical and industrial applications. However, screening and retrieving appropriate candidates as well as handling false positives presents...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Clinciu DL,Chen YF,Ko CN,Lo CC,Yang JM

更新日期：2010-12-02 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initial interest in Dechloromonas aromatica strain RCB arose from its ability to anaerobically degrade benzene. It is also able to reduce perchlorate and oxidize chlorobenzoate, toluene, and xylene, creating interest in using this organism for bioremediation. Little physiological data has been published for ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Salinero KK,Keller K,Feil WS,Feil H,Trong S,Di Bartolo G,Lapidus A

更新日期：2009-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:AB BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding 21-25 nt RNA molecules that play an important role in regulating gene expression. Little is known about the expression profiles and functions of miRNAs in skin and their role in pigmentation. Alpacas have more than 22 natural coat colors, more than any ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Tian X,Jiang J,Fan R,Wang H,Meng X,He X,He J,Li H,Geng J,Yu X,Song Y,Zhang D,Yao J,Smith GW,Dong C

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV; gallid herpesvirus 1) infection causes high mortality and huge economic losses in the poultry industry. To protect chickens against ILTV infection, chicken-embryo origin (CEO) and tissue-culture origin (TCO) vaccines have been used. However, the transmission of vacci...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Lee J,Bottje WG,Kong BW

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aphid (Macrosiphoniella sanbourni) stress drastically influences the yield and quality of chrysanthemum, and grafting has been widely used to improve tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the effect of grafting on the resistance of chrysanthemum to aphids remains unclear. Therefore, we used the ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhang XY,Sun XZ,Zhang S,Yang JH,Liu FF,Fan J

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus emerged in swine and quickly became a major global health threat. In mouse, non human primate, and swine infection models, the pH1N1 virus efficiently replicates in the lung and induces pro-inflammatory host responses; however, whether similar or different cellular path...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Go JT,Belisle SE,Tchitchek N,Tumpey TM,Ma W,Richt JA,Safronetz D,Feldmann H,Katze MG

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic resistance in cattle is considered a suitable way to control tick burden and its consequent losses for livestock production. Exploring tick-resistant (R) and tick-susceptible (S) hosts, we investigated the genetic mechanisms underlying the variation of Braford resistance to tick infestation. Skin bio...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Moré DD,Cardoso FF,Mudadu MA,Malagó-Jr W,Gulias-Gomes CC,Sollero BP,Ibelli AMG,Coutinho LL,Regitano LCA

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have reported that doxycycline-induced over-expression of wild type prion protein (PrP) in skeletal muscles of Tg(HQK) mice is sufficient to cause a primary myopathy with no signs of peripheral neuropathy. The preferential accumulation of the truncated PrP C1 fragment was closely correlated with these myo...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Liang J,Parchaliuk D,Medina S,Sorensen G,Landry L,Huang S,Wang M,Kong Q,Booth SA

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an emerging initiative - the 'Functional Annotation of All Salmonid Genomes' (FAASG), which will leverage the extensive trait diversity that has evolved since a whole genome duplication event in the salmonid ancestor, to develop an integrative understanding of the functional genomic basis of phenotypic var...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Macqueen DJ,Primmer CR,Houston RD,Nowak BF,Bernatchez L,Bergseth S,Davidson WS,Gallardo-Escárate C,Goldammer T,Guiguen Y,Iturra P,Kijas JW,Koop BF,Lien S,Maass A,Martin SAM,McGinnity P,Montecino M,Naish KA,Nichols K

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Gram-negative bacterium Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) is the leading intracellular human pathogen responsible for respiratory infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis. Basic and applied research in pathogen biology, especially the elaboration of new mechanism-based anti-pathogen strategies, target discov...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Maier CJ,Maier RH,Virok DP,Maass M,Hintner H,Bauer JW,Onder K

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The eyes and skin are obvious retinoid target organs. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness and retinoids are widely used to treat acne and psoriasis. However, more than 90% of total body retinol is stored in liver stellate cells. In addition, hepatocytes produce the largest amount of retinol binding p...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： He Y,Gong L,Fang Y,Zhan Q,Liu HX,Lu Y,Guo GL,Lehman-McKeeman L,Fang J,Wan YJ

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repeat masking is an important step in the EST analysis pipeline. For new species, genomic knowledge is scarce and good repeat libraries are typically unavailable. In these cases it is common practice to mask against known repeats from other species (i.e., model organisms). There are few studies that investi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Malde K,Jonassen I

更新日期：2008-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With advances in next generation sequencing technology and analysis methods, single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and indels can be detected with high sensitivity and specificity in exome sequencing data. Recent studies have demonstrated the ability to detect disease-causing copy number variants (CNVs) in exome...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Samarakoon PS,Sorte HS,Stray-Pedersen A,Rødningen OK,Rognes T,Lyle R

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burkholderia cenocepacia is an opportunistic pathogen causing life-threatening infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. The bacterium survives within macrophages by interfering with endocytic trafficking and delaying the maturation of the B. cenocepacia-containing phagosome. We hypothesize that B. cenoce...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Tolman JS,Valvano MA

更新日期：2012-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We present here the assembly of the bovine genome. The assembly method combines the BAC plus WGS local assembly used for the rat and sea urchin with the whole genome shotgun (WGS) only assembly used for many other animal genomes including the rhesus macaque. RESULTS:The assembly process consisted of multipl...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Liu Y,Qin X,Song XZ,Jiang H,Shen Y,Durbin KJ,Lien S,Kent MP,Sodeland M,Ren Y,Zhang L,Sodergren E,Havlak P,Worley KC,Weinstock GM,Gibbs RA

更新日期：2009-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The MYB gene family comprises one of the richest groups of transcription factors in plants. Plant MYB proteins are characterized by a highly conserved MYB DNA-binding domain. MYB proteins are classified into four major groups namely, 1R-MYB, 2R-MYB, 3R-MYB and 4R-MYB based on the number and position of MYB r...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Katiyar A,Smita S,Lenka SK,Rajwanshi R,Chinnusamy V,Bansal KC

更新日期：2012-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing resistance of Plasmodium, the malaria parasites, to multiple commonly used drugs has underscored the urgent need to develop effective antimalarial drugs and vaccines. The new direction of genomics-driven target discovery has become possible with the completion of parasite genome sequencing, wh...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cai H,Gu J,Wang Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 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:Whole-genome sequencing is an important method to understand the genetic information, gene function, biological characteristics and survival mechanisms of organisms. Sequencing large genomes is very simple at present. However, we encountered a hard-to-sequence genome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage PaP1. Sho...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Lu S,Le S,Tan Y,Li M,Liu C,Zhang K,Huang J,Chen H,Rao X,Zhu J,Zou L,Ni Q,Li S,Wang J,Jin X,Hu Q,Yao X,Zhao X,Zhang L,Huang G,Hu F

更新日期：2014-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the diversity of repair outcomes after introducing a genomic cut is essential for realizing the therapeutic potential of genomic editing technologies. Targeted PCR amplification combined with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) or enzymatic digestion, while broadly used in the genome editing field...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Giannoukos G,Ciulla DM,Marco E,Abdulkerim HS,Barrera LA,Bothmer A,Dhanapal V,Gloskowski SW,Jayaram H,Maeder ML,Skor MN,Wang T,Myer VE,Wilson CJ

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Hafnia genus is an opportunistic pathogen that has been implicated in both nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Although Hafnia is fairly often isolated from clinical material, its taxonomy has remained an unsolved riddle, and the involvement and importance of Hafnia in human disease is also unc...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Yin Z,Yuan C,Du Y,Yang P,Qian C,Wei Y,Zhang S,Huang D,Liu B

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Copy number variation is an important component of genetic variation in higher eukaryotes. The extent of natural copy number variation in C. elegans is unknown outside of 2 highly divergent wild isolates and the canonical N2 Bristol strain. RESULTS:We have used array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH)...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Maydan JS,Lorch A,Edgley ML,Flibotte S,Moerman DG

更新日期：2010-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of lower respiratory tract infection in young children. The degree of disease severity is determined by the host response to infection. Lung macrophages play an important early role in the host response to infection and we have used a systems-based appr...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ravi LI,Li L,Sutejo R,Chen H,Wong PS,Tan BH,Sugrue RJ

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HSP90 proteins are essential molecular chaperones involved in signal transduction, cell cycle control, stress management, and folding, degradation, and transport of proteins. HSP90 proteins have been found in a variety of organisms suggesting that they are ancient and conserved. In this study we investigate ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Chen B,Zhong D,Monteiro A

更新日期：2006-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complete mitochondrial genomes are much better suited for the taxonomic identification and phylogenetic studies of nematodes than morphology or traditionally-used molecular markers, but they remain unavailable for the entire Camallanidae family (Chromadorea). As the only published mitogenome in the Camallani...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zou H,Jakovlić I,Chen R,Zhang D,Zhang J,Li WX,Wang GT

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00