Systems genomics evaluation of the SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line as a model for Parkinson's disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oligonucleotide microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) offers an attractive possible route for the rapid and cost-effective genome-wide discovery of deletion mutations. CGH typically involves comparison of the hybridization intensities of genomic DNA samples with microarray chip representat...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Belfield EJ,Brown C,Gan X,Jiang C,Baban D,Mithani A,Mott R,Ragoussis J,Harberd NP

更新日期：2014-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though microsatellite loci frequently have been isolated using recently developed next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques, this task is still difficult because of the subsequent polymorphism screening requires a substantial amount of time. Selecting appropriate polymorphic microsatellites is a criti...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Xia Y,Luo W,Yuan S,Zheng Y,Zeng X

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gene expression variation is a key underlying factor influencing phenotypic variation, and can occur via cis- or trans-regulation. To understand the role of cis- and trans-regulatory variation on population divergence in chicken, we developed reciprocal crosses of two chicken breeds, White Leghorn and Cornis...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang Q,Jia Y,Wang Y,Jiang Z,Zhou X,Zhang Z,Nie C,Li J,Yang N,Qu L

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the expression of target genes by mediating gene silencing in both plants and animals. The miRNA targets have been extensively investigated in Arabidopsis and rice using computational prediction, experimental validation by overexpression in transgenic plants, and by degradome or P...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Shamimuzzaman M,Vodkin L

更新日期：2012-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) in plants are encoded by a multigene family. ADHs participate in growth, development, and adaptation in many plant species, but the evolution and function of the ADH gene family in sugarcane is still unclear. RESULTS:In the present study, 151 ADH genes from 17 species including...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Su W,Ren Y,Wang D,Su Y,Feng J,Zhang C,Tang H,Xu L,Muhammad K,Que Y

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reading disability (RD) is a common syndrome with a large genetic component. Chromosome 6 has been identified in several linkage studies as playing a significant role. A more recent study identified a peak of transmission disequilibrium to marker JA04 (G72384) on chromosome 6p22.3, suggesting that a gene is ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Londin ER,Meng H,Gruen JR

更新日期：2003-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Lundehund is a highly specialized breed characterized by a unique flexibility of the joints and polydactyly in all four limbs. The extremely small population size and high inbreeding has promoted a high frequency of diseased dogs affected by the Lundehund syndrome (LS), a severe gastro-enteropathic disea...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Metzger J,Pfahler S,Distl O

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the association of Cronobacter spp. to several publicized fatal outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units of meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2004 requested the establishment of a molecular typing scheme to enable the international control of the org...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Forsythe SJ,Dickins B,Jolley KA

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The common marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus), a small non-endangered New World primate native to eastern Brazil, is becoming increasingly used as a non-human primate model in biomedical research, drug development and safety assessment. In contrast to the growing interest for the marmoset as an animal mode...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Datson NA,Morsink MC,Atanasova S,Armstrong VW,Zischler H,Schlumbohm C,Dutilh BE,Huynen MA,Waegele B,Ruepp A,de Kloet ER,Fuchs E

更新日期：2007-06-25 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:Natural contamination and anthropogenic pollution of soils are likely to be major determinants of functioning and survival of keystone invertebrate taxa. Soil animals will have both evolutionary adaptation and genetically programmed responses to these toxic chemicals, but mechanistic understanding of such is...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Owen J,Hedley BA,Svendsen C,Wren J,Jonker MJ,Hankard PK,Lister LJ,Stürzenbaum SR,Morgan AJ,Spurgeon DJ,Blaxter ML,Kille P

更新日期：2008-06-03 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: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:Currently, diabetes has become one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels that are higher than optimal, even if below the diagnostic threshold of diabetes, can also lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Here we intend to study the magnitude of the genetic influence...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang W,Zhang C,Liu H,Xu C,Duan H,Tian X,Zhang D

更新日期：2020-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The out of Africa hypothesis has gained generalized consensus. However, many specific questions remain unsettled. To know whether the two M and N macrohaplogroups that colonized Eurasia were already present in Africa before the exit is puzzling. It has been proposed that the east African clade M1 supports a ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： González AM,Larruga JM,Abu-Amero KK,Shi Y,Pestano J,Cabrera VM

更新日期：2007-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arsenic (As) exposure is a significant worldwide environmental health concern. Low dose, chronic arsenic exposure has been associated with a higher than normal risk of skin, lung, and bladder cancer, as well as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. While arsenic-induced biological changes play a role in disea...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Riedmann C,Ma Y,Melikishvili M,Godfrey SG,Zhang Z,Chen KC,Rouchka EC,Fondufe-Mittendorf YN

更新日期：2015-03-19 00:00:00

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:Alternative splicing (AS) is an important regulatory mechanism that greatly contributes to eukaryotic transcriptome diversity. A substantial amount of evidence has demonstrated that AS complexity is relevant to eukaryotic evolution, development, adaptation, and complexity. In this study, six teosinte and ten...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Huang J,Gao Y,Jia H,Liu L,Zhang D,Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histone variant H2A.Z, which has been reported to have both activating and repressive effects on gene expression, is known to occupy nucleosomes at the 5' ends of protein-coding genes. RESULTS:We now find that H2A.Z is also significantly enriched in gene coding regions and at the 3' ends of genes in bud...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Gu M,Naiyachit Y,Wood TJ,Millar CB

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulators of mRNA expression and are involved in numerous cellular processes. Consequently, miRNAs are an important component of gene regulatory networks and an improved understanding of miRNAs will further our knowledge of these networks. There is a many-to-many ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jayaswal V,Lutherborrow M,Ma DD,Yang YH

更新日期：2011-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The WRKY gene family is one of the most important families in higher plants. As transcription factors, they actively respond to biotic and abiotic stress and are also involved in plant development. Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is the largest type of dried fruit tree in China in terms of production,...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Xue C,Li H,Liu Z,Wang L,Zhao Y,Wei X,Fang H,Liu M,Zhao J

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutamine is a major amino donor for the synthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, and other nitrogen-containing compounds in all organisms. In addition to its role in nutrition and metabolism, glutamine can also function as a signaling molecule in bacteria, yeast, and humans. By contrast, the functions of glut...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kan CC,Chung TY,Juo YA,Hsieh MH

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Molecular characterization is important for efficient utilization of germplasm and development of improved varieties. In the present study, we investigated the genetic purity, relatedness and population structure of 265 maize inbred lines from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), the Inte...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ertiro BT,Semagn K,Das B,Olsen M,Labuschagne M,Worku M,Wegary D,Azmach G,Ogugo V,Keno T,Abebe B,Chibsa T,Menkir A

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leaf blight caused by Calonectria spp. is one of the most destructive diseases to affect Eucalyptus nurseries and plantations. These pathogens mainly attack Eucalyptus, a tree with a diversity of secondary metabolites employed as defense-related phytoalexins. To unravel the fungal adaptive mechanisms to vari...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ye X,Zhong Z,Liu H,Lin L,Guo M,Guo W,Wang Z,Zhang Q,Feng L,Lu G,Zhang F,Chen Q

更新日期：2018-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a predominant member of the human gut microbiota, is characterized by its ability to utilize a wide variety of polysaccharides using the extensive saccharolytic machinery that is controlled by an expanded repertoire of transcription factors (TFs). The availability of genomic seq...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ravcheev DA,Godzik A,Osterman AL,Rodionov DA

更新日期：2013-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major goal of post-genomics research is the integrated analysis of genes, regulatory elements and the chromatin architecture on a genome-wide scale. Mapping DNase I hypersensitive sites within the nuclear chromatin is a powerful and well-established method of identifying regulatory element candidates. RES...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Shi B,Guo X,Wu T,Sheng S,Wang J,Skogerbø G,Zhu X,Chen R

更新日期：2009-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nuclear receptors are hormone-regulated transcription factors whose signaling controls numerous aspects of development and physiology. Many receptors recognize DNA hormone response elements formed by direct repeats of RGKTCA motifs separated by 1 to 5 bp (DR1-DR5). Although many known such response elements ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Laperriere D,Wang TT,White JH,Mader S

更新日期：2007-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Butterflies and moths are emerging as model organisms in genetics and evolutionary studies. The family Hesperiidae (skippers) was traditionally viewed as a sister to other butterflies based on its moth-like morphology and darting flight habits with fast wing beats. However, DNA studies suggest that the famil...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cong Q,Borek D,Otwinowski Z,Grishin NV

更新日期：2015-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The t(12;21)(p13;q22) translocation is found in 20 to 25% of cases of childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). This rearrangement results in the fusion of ETV6 (TEL) and RUNX1 (AML1) genes and defines a relatively uniform category, although only some patients suffer very late relapse. TEL/AM...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Gandemer V,Rio AG,de Tayrac M,Sibut V,Mottier S,Ly Sunnaram B,Henry C,Monnier A,Berthou C,Le Gall E,Le Treut A,Schmitt C,Le Gall JY,Mosser J,Galibert MD

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urechis unicinctus, an echiuran worm inhabiting the U-shaped burrows in the coastal mud flats, is an important commercial and ecological invertebrate in Northeast Asian countries, which has potential applications in the study of animal evolution, coastal sediment improvement and marine drug development. Furt...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Liu X,Zhang L,Zhang Z,Ma X,Liu J

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00