Cytogenetics in Arctica islandica (Bivalvia, Arctidae): the Longest Lived Non-Colonial Metazoan.

abstract：:Deinococcus species display a high degree of resistance to radiation and desiccation due to their ability to protect critical proteome from oxidatively generated damage; however, the underlying mechanisms are not understood. Comparative analysis of DNA repair proteins reported here has identified 22 conserved signatur...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Hassan FMN,Gupta RS

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Exophiala dermatitidis exhibits high resistance to γ-radiation in comparison to many other fungi. Several aspects of this phenotype have been characterized, including its dependence on homologous recombination for the repair of radiation-induced DNA damage, and the transcriptomic response invoked by acute γ-...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Schultzhaus ZS,Schultzhaus JN,Romsdahl J,Chen A,Hervey Iv WJ,Leary DH,Wang Z

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent genetic advances and numerous ongoing therapeutic trials, malignant melanoma remains fatal, and prognostic factors as well as more efficient treatments are needed. The development of such research strongly depends on the availability of appropriate models recapitulating all the features of human melanom...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Prouteau A,André C

更新日期：2019-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:There are major differences between Yorkshire (lean-type) and Wannanhua pig (fat-type) in terms of growth performance and meat quality. Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) are a class of regulators that are involved in numerous biological processes and widely identified in many species. However, the role of linc...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Zou C,Li S,Deng L,Guan Y,Chen D,Yuan X,Xia T,He X,Shan Y,Li C

更新日期：2017-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited monogenic disorder, amenable to gene-based therapies. Because CF lung disease is currently the major cause of mortality and morbidity, and the lung airway is readily accessible to gene delivery, the major CF gene therapy effort at present is directed to the lung. Although airway ep...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Xia E,Zhang Y,Cao H,Li J,Duan R,Hu J

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In genome analysis, k-mer-based comparison methods have become standard tools. However, even though they are able to deliver reliable results, other algorithms seem to work better in some cases. To improve k-mer-based DNA sequence analysis and comparison, we successfully checked whether adding positional resolution is...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Sievers A,Bosiek K,Bisch M,Dreessen C,Riedel J,Froß P,Hausmann M,Hildenbrand G

更新日期：2017-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed nine microsatellite markers for 626 individuals representing the geographic range of eight closely related endemic New Zealand species of Sophora. Structure analysis identified the optimal K value as seven, with samples identified as Sophorachathamica, Sophorafulvida, Sophoralongicarinata, and Sophoraprost...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Heenan P,Mitchell C,Houliston G

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple organellar RNA editing factors (MORF) gene family plays a key role in organelle RNA editing in flowering plants. MORF genes expressions are also affected by abiotic stress. Although seven OsMORF genes have been identified in rice, few reports have been published on their expression patterns in different t...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Zhang Q,Shen L,Ren D,Hu J,Chen G,Zhu L,Gao Z,Zhang G,Guo L,Zeng D,Qian Q

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The endometrium undergoes a series of complex changes to form a receptive endometrium (RE) that allows the embryo to be implanted. The inability to establish endometrial receptivity of livestock causes embryo implantation failure and considerable losses to animal husbandry. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of noncoding ...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Cui J,Liu X,Yang L,Che S,Guo H,Han J,Zhu Z,Cao B,An X,Zhang L,Song Y

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The SLC6A4 gene has been implicated in psychiatric disorder susceptibility and antidepressant response variability. The SLC6A4 promoter is defined by a variable number of homologous 20-24 bp repeats (5-HTTLPR), and long (L) and short (S) alleles are associated with higher and lower expression, respectively. However, t...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Botton MR,Yang Y,Scott ER,Desnick RJ,Scott SA

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid accumulation of ancient human genomes from various areas and time periods potentially enables the expansion of studies of biodiversity, biogeography, forensics, population history, and epidemiology into past populations. However, most ancient DNA (aDNA) data were generated through microarrays designed for mo...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Esposito U,Das R,Syed S,Pirooznia M,Elhaik E

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi is the causal agent of Olive knot disease, relying on the Type Three Secretion System (TTSS) for its pathogenicity. In this regard, nothing was known about the two other pathovars belonging to this species, pv. nerii and pv. fraxini, characterized by a different host range. Here w...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Tegli S,Gori A,Cerboneschi M,Cipriani MG,Sisto A

更新日期：2011-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The conserved Notch pathway is reported to be involved in progesterone synthesis and secretion; however, the exact effects remain controversial. To determine the role and potential mechanisms of the Notch signaling pathway in progesterone biosynthesis in porcine granulosa cells (pGCs), we first used a pharmacological ...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Guo R,Chen F,Shi Z

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) mediated Ca+2 signaling is essential in determining the cell fate by regulating numerous cellular processes, including cell division and cell death. Despite extensive studies about the characterization of IP3R in cancer, the underlying molecular mechanism initiating the cell prol...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Ismatullah H,Jabeen I,Saeed MT

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina is the largest phocid seal and one of the two species of elephant seals. They are listed as 'least concern' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species 2015. Here, we have assembled the reference genome for M. leonina using the...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Kim BM,Lee YJ,Kim JH,Kim JH,Kang S,Jo E,Lee SJ,Lee JH,Chi YM,Park H

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional and folding constraints impose interdependence between interacting sites along the protein chain that are envisaged through protein sequence evolution. Studying the influence of structure in phylogenetic models requires detailed and reliable structural models. Polysaccharide deacetylases (PDAs), members of ...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Andreou A,Giastas P,Christoforides E,Eliopoulos EE

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite worldwide prevention programs, the incidence for cutaneous melanoma is continuously increasing. Mucosal melanoma (MM) represents a rare but highly aggressive phenotype of common melanoma with predilection in the sinonasal system. Far away from ultraviolet sun exposure, the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Fritsche MK,Knopf A

更新日期：2017-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:As a major infectious disease in chickens, Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes considerable economic losses in the poultry industry, especially in developing countries where there is limited access to effective vaccination. Therefore, enhancing resistance to the virus in commercial chickens through breeding is a prom...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Zhang J,Kaiser MG,Gallardo RA,Kelly TR,Dekkers JCM,Zhou H,Lamont SJ

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligately anaerobic haloalkaliphilic bacterium Alkalitalea saponilacus can use xylan as the sole carbon source and produce propionate as the main fermentation product. Using mixed carbon sources of 0.4% (w/v) sucrose and 0.1% (w/v) birch xylan, xylanase production from A. saponilacus was 3.2-fold greater than tha...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Liao Z,Holtzapple M,Yan Y,Wang H,Li J,Zhao B

更新日期：2018-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil salinity is a serious threat to plant growth and crop productivity. Tall fescue utilization in saline areas is limited by its inferior salt tolerance. Thus, a transcriptome study is a prerequisite for future research aimed at providing deeper insights into the molecular mechanisms of tall fescue salt tolerance as...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Amombo E,Li X,Wang G,An S,Wang W,Fu J

更新日期：2018-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of chromosomal DNA is initiated from multiple origins of replication in higher eukaryotes; however, little is known about these origins' structures. We isolated the origin-derived nascent DNAs from a human repair-deficient cell line by blocking the replication forks near the origins using two different origi...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Eki T,Murakami Y,Hanaoka F

更新日期：2013-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive fat deposition in the hepatocytes, associated with excess dietary fat intake, was related to the occurrence of fatty livers in fish. miR-101b plays the important roles in controlling lipid metabolism, but the underlying mechanism at the post-transcriptional level remains unclear. The purpose of this study is...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Chen GH,Zhao T,Wei XL,Zhang DG,Zhuo MQ,Luo Z

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) is quite prevalent in studying transcriptomes, but it suffers from excessive zeros, some of which are true, but others are false. False zeros, which can be seen as missing data, obstruct the downstream analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data. How to distinguish true zeros from false ones i...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Chi W,Deng M

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Segments of the genome enriched in repetitive sequences still present a challenge and are omitted in genome assemblies. For that reason, the exact composition of DNA sequences underlying the heterochromatic regions and the active centromeres are still unexplored for many organisms. The centromere is a crucial region o...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Tunjić Cvitanić M,Vojvoda Zeljko T,Pasantes JJ,García-Souto D,Gržan T,Despot-Slade E,Plohl M,Šatović E

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase (XTH) is a cell-wall-modifying enzyme participating in diverse cell morphogenetic processes and adaptation to stress. In this study, 48 XTH genes were identified from two pineapple (Ananas comosus) cultivars ('F153' and 'MD2') and designated Ac(F153)XTH1 to -24 and Ac(MD2)XTH1...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Li Q,Li H,Yin C,Wang X,Jiang Q,Zhang R,Ge F,Chen Y,Yang L

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetralin (1,2,3,4-tetrahydonaphthalene) is a recalcitrant compound that consists of an aromatic and an alicyclic ring. It is found in crude oils, produced industrially from naphthalene or anthracene, and widely used as an organic solvent. Its toxicity is due to the alteration of biological membranes by its hydrophobic...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Floriano B,Santero E,Reyes-Ramírez F

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we have shown that Novosphingobium tardaugens NBRC 16725 (strain ARI-1), a bacterial strain that was isolated due to its capacity to mineralize the estrogenic endocrine compound 17β-estradiol, is also able to mineralize testosterone, the androgenic endocrine compound. Using in silico analysis, we predict...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Ibero J,Galán B,Díaz E,García JL

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene duplication is an important evolutionary mechanism allowing to provide new genetic material and thus opportunities to acquire new gene functions for an organism, with major implications such as speciation events. Various processes are known to allow a gene to be duplicated and different models explain how duplica...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Lallemand T,Leduc M,Landès C,Rizzon C,Lerat E

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers can be categorized into two groups: those whose frequency increases with age, and those resulting from errors during mammalian development. The first group is linked to DNA replication through the accumulation of genetic mutations that occur during proliferation of developmentally acquired stem cells that give...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Vassilev A,DePamphilis ML

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) has evolved into a well-established alternative to invasive prenatal diagnosis, even though genetic testing of single or few cells is quite challenging. PGT-M is in theory available for any monogenic disorder for which the disease-causing locus has been unequivocally identified. I...

journal_title：Genes

authors： De Rycke M,Berckmoes V

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00