Cronobacter, the emergent bacterial pathogen Enterobacter sakazakii comes of age; MLST and whole genome sequence analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zoysia matrella, widely used in lawns and sports fields, is of great economic and ecological value. Z. matrella is an allotetraploid species (2n = 4x = 40) in the genus zoysia under the subfamily Chloridoideae. Despite its ecological impacts and economic importance, the subfamily Chloridoideae has received l...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Huang X,Wang F,Singh R,Reinert JA,Engelke MC,Genovesi AD,Chandra A,Yu Q

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sweet sorghum is an annual C4 crop considered to be one of the most promising bio-energy crops due to its high sugar content in stem, yet it is poorly understood how this plant increases its sugar content in response to salt stress. In response to high NaCl, many of its major processes, such as photosynthesi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Sui N,Yang Z,Liu M,Wang B

更新日期：2015-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The problem of supervised DNA sequence classification arises in several fields of computational molecular biology. Although this problem has been extensively studied, it is still computationally challenging due to size of the datasets that modern sequencing technologies can produce. RESULTS:We introduce CLA...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ounit R,Wanamaker S,Close TJ,Lonardi S

更新日期：2015-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thousands of intragenic long interspersed element 1 sequences (LINE-1 elements or L1s) reside within genes. These intragenic L1 sequences are conserved and regulate the expression of their host genes. When L1 methylation is decreased, either through chemical induction or in cancer, the intragenic L1 transcri...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wanichnopparat W,Suwanwongse K,Pin-On P,Aporntewan C,Mutirangura A

更新日期：2013-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The unisexual Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) originated from a hybridization between two sexual species, the sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) and the Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana). The Amazon molly reproduces clonally via sperm-dependent parthenogenesis (gynogenesis), in which the sperm of closely re...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Schedina IM,Groth D,Schlupp I,Tiedemann R

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhizobial symbionts belong to the classes Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria (called "alpha" and "beta"-rhizobia). Most knowledge on the genetic basis of symbiosis is based on model strains belonging to alpha-rhizobia. Mimosa pudica is a legume that offers an excellent opportunity to study the adapta...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Klonowska A,Melkonian R,Miché L,Tisseyre P,Moulin L

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria in the genus Ruminococcus are ubiquitous members of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract. In particular, they are important in ruminants where they digest a wide range of plant cell wall polysaccharides. For example, Ruminococcus albus 7 is a primary cellulose degrader that produces acetate usable b...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Christopherson MR,Dawson JA,Stevenson DM,Cunningham AC,Bramhacharya S,Weimer PJ,Kendziorski C,Suen G

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Domestic broiler chickens rapidly accumulate adipose tissue due to intensive genetic selection for rapid growth and are naturally hyperglycemic and insulin resistant, making them an attractive addition to the suite of rodent models used for studies of obesity and type 2 diabetes in humans. Furthermore, chick...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ji B,Ernest B,Gooding JR,Das S,Saxton AM,Simon J,Dupont J,Métayer-Coustard S,Campagna SR,Voy BH

更新日期：2012-08-31 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:A-to-I RNA editing is a co-/post-transcriptional modification catalyzed by ADAR enzymes, that deaminates Adenosines (A) into Inosines (I). Most of known editing events are located within inverted ALU repeats, but they also occur in coding sequences and may alter the function of encoded proteins. RNA editing ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Giacopuzzi E,Gennarelli M,Sacco C,Filippini A,Mingardi J,Magri C,Barbon A

更新日期：2018-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The capsular polysaccharide is the principal virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae and a target for current pneumococcal vaccines. However, some pathogenic pneumococci are serologically nontypeable [nontypeable pneumococci (NTPn)]. Due to their relative rarity, NTPn are poorly characterized, and, as s...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Mohale T,Wolter N,Allam M,Ndlangisa K,Crowther-Gibson P,du Plessis M,von Gottberg A

更新日期：2016-06-22 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:Understanding how and why genetic variation is partitioned across geographic space is of fundamental importance to understanding the nature of biological species. How geographical isolation and local adaptation contribute to the formation of ecotypically differentiated groups of plants is just beginning to b...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Gould BA,Palacio-Mejia JD,Jenkins J,Mamidi S,Barry K,Schmutz J,Juenger TE,Lowry DB

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:V(D)J recombinations in lymphocytes are essential for immunological diversity. They are also useful markers of pathologies. In leukemia, they are used to quantify the minimal residual disease during patient follow-up. However, the full breadth of lymphocyte diversity is not fully understood. RESULTS:We prop...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Giraud M,Salson M,Duez M,Villenet C,Quief S,Caillault A,Grardel N,Roumier C,Preudhomme C,Figeac M

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome-scale pooled CRISPR screens are powerful tools for identifying genetic dependencies across varied cellular processes. The vast majority of CRISPR screens reported to date have focused exclusively on the perturbation of protein-coding gene function. However, protein-coding genes comprise < 2% of the se...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Borys SM,Younger ST

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anthocyanins are a group of flavonoid compounds. As a group of important secondary metabolites, they perform several key biological functions in plants. Anthocyanins also play beneficial health roles as potentially protective factors against cancer and heart disease. To elucidate the anthocyanin biosynthetic...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Guo N,Cheng F,Wu J,Liu B,Zheng S,Liang J,Wang X

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In contrast to unidirectional promoters wherein antisense transcription results in short transcripts which are rapidly degraded, bidirectional promoters produce mature transcripts in both sense and antisense orientation. To understand the molecular mechanism of how productive bidirectional transcription is r...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jangid RK,Kelkar A,Muley VY,Galande S

更新日期：2018-05-02 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:It is becoming apparent that perhaps as much as half of the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni is constituted of mobile genetic element-related sequences. Non-long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons, related to the LINE elements of mammals, comprise much of this repetitive component of t...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Laha T,Kewgrai N,Loukas A,Brindley PJ

更新日期：2005-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aquaporins (AQPs), as members of the major intrinsic protein (MIP) superfamily, facilitated the permeation of water and other solutes and are involved in multiple biological processes. AQP family exists in almost all living organisms and is highly diversified in vertebrates in both classification and functio...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jia Y,Liu X

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whilst being closely related to the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), S. lividans 66 differs from it in several significant and phenotypically observable ways, including antibiotic production. Previous comparative gene hybridization studies investigating such differences have used low-density...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Lewis RA,Laing E,Allenby N,Bucca G,Brenner V,Harrison M,Kierzek AM,Smith CP

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Belonging to lineage I of Brassicaceae, Camelina sativa is formed by two hybridizations of three species (three sub-genomes). The three sub-genomes were diverged from a common ancestor, likely derived from lineage I (Ancestral Crucifer karyotype, ACK). The karyotype evolutionary trajectories of the C. sativa...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhang Z,Meng F,Sun P,Yuan J,Gong K,Liu C,Wang W,Wang X

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The orders Ascaridida, Oxyurida, and Spirurida represent major components of zooparasitic nematode diversity, including many species of veterinary and medical importance. Phylum-wide nematode phylogenetic hypotheses have mainly been based on nuclear rDNA sequences, but more recently complete mitochondrial (m...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Park JK,Sultana T,Lee SH,Kang S,Kim HK,Min GS,Eom KS,Nadler SA

更新日期：2011-08-03 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: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:Venomous animals incapacitate their prey using complex venoms that can contain hundreds of unique protein toxins. The realisation that many of these toxins may have pharmaceutical and insecticidal potential due to their remarkable potency and selectivity against target receptors has led to an explosion in th...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wood DL,Miljenović T,Cai S,Raven RJ,Kaas Q,Escoubas P,Herzig V,Wilson D,King GF

更新日期：2009-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maintaining maximum genetic diversity and preserving breed viability in conserved populations necessitates the rigorous evaluation of conservation schemes. Three chicken breeds (Baier Yellow Chicken (BEC), Beijing You Chicken (BYC) and Langshan Chicken (LSC)) are currently in conservation programs in China. ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhang M,Han W,Tang H,Li G,Zhang M,Xu R,Liu Y,Yang T,Li W,Zou J,Wu K

更新日期：2018-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effector proteins are translocated into host cells by plant-pathogens to undermine pattern-triggered immunity (PTI), the plant response to microbe-associated molecular patterns that interferes with the infection process. Individual effectors are found in variable repertoires where some constituents target th...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Worley JN,Pombo MA,Zheng Y,Dunham DM,Myers CR,Fei Z,Martin GB

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A better understanding of the genetic architecture underlying complex traits (e.g., the distribution of causal variants and their effects) may aid in the genomic prediction. Here, we hypothesized that the genomic variants of complex traits might be enriched in a subset of genomic regions defined by genes gro...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Fang L,Sahana G,Ma P,Su G,Yu Y,Zhang S,Lund MS,Sørensen P

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Duplication, followed by fixation or random loss of novel genes, contributes to genome evolution. Particular outcomes of duplication events are possibly associated with pathogenic life histories in fungi. To date, differential gene gain and loss have not been studied at genomic scales in fungal pathogens, de...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Powell AJ,Conant GC,Brown DE,Carbone I,Dean RA

更新日期：2008-03-28 00:00:00