Endogenous DNA Double-Strand Breaks during DNA Transactions: Emerging Insights and Methods for Genome-Wide Profiling.

abstract：:Genome wide association studies (GWAS) are a well established methodology to identify genomic variants and genes that are responsible for traits of interest in all branches of the life sciences. Despite the long time this methodology has had to mature the reliable detection of genotype-phenotype associations is still ...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Ramzan F,Gültas M,Bertram H,Cavero D,Schmitt AO

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus, Phasianidae, Galliformes) is distributed in south-west China, and classified as endangered grade. To examine the evolution and genomic features of Sichuan partridge, we de novo assembled the Sichuan partridge reference genome. The final draft assembly consisted of approxi...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Zhou C,Tu H,Yu H,Zheng S,Dai B,Price M,Wu Y,Yang N,Yue B,Meng Y

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:GOLDEN2-LIKE (GLK) is a member of the myeloblastosis (MYB) family transcription factor and it plays an important role in the regulation of plastid development and stress tolerance. In this study, a gene named AhGLK1b was identified from a cultivated peanut showing down-regulation in response to low calcium with a comp...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Ali N,Chen H,Zhang C,Khan SA,Gandeka M,Xie D,Zhuang W

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The TDP1 (tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1) enzyme removes the non-specific covalent intermediates between topoisomerase I and DNA, thus playing a crucial role in preventing DNA damage. While mammals possess only one TDP1 gene, in plants two genes (TDP1α and TDP1β) are present constituting a small gene subfamily. These...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Mutti G,Raveane A,Pagano A,Bertolini F,Semino O,Balestrazzi A,Macovei A

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt is a complex signaling pathway involved in the regulation of crucial biological functions such as development, proliferation, differentiation and migration of cells, mainly stem cells, which are virtually present in all embryonic and adult tissues. Conversely, dysregulation of Wnt signal is implicated in developme...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Zuccarini M,Giuliani P,Ziberi S,Carluccio M,Iorio PD,Caciagli F,Ciccarelli R

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The central goal of medical genomics is to understand the inherited basis of sequence variation that underlies human physiology, evolution, and disease. Functional association studies currently ignore millions of bases that span each centromeric region and acrocentric short arm. These regions are enriched in long arra...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Miga KH

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atopic dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disorder that affects up to 15-20% of the population and is characterized by recurrent eczematous lesions with intense itching. As a heterogeneous disease, multiple factors have been suggested to explain the nature of atopic dermatitis (AD), and its high preval...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Martin MJ,Estravís M,García-Sánchez A,Dávila I,Isidoro-García M,Sanz C

更新日期：2020-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this contribution, the aspects of reptile and amphibian speciation that emerged from research performed over the past decade are reviewed. First, this study assesses how patterns and processes of speciation depend on knowing the taxonomy of the group in question, and discuss how integrative taxonomy has contributed...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Wollenberg Valero KC,Marshall JC,Bastiaans E,Caccone A,Camargo A,Morando M,Niemiller ML,Pabijan M,Russello MA,Sinervo B,Werneck FP,Sites JW,Jr.,Wiens JJ,Steinfartz S

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:While the number of mammalian genome assemblies has proliferated, Y-chromosome assemblies have lagged behind. This discrepancy is caused by biological features of the Y-chromosome, such as its high repeat content, that present challenges to assembly with short-read, next-generation sequencing technologies. Partial Y-c...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Rando HM,Wadlington WH,Johnson JL,Stutchman JT,Trut LN,Farré M,Kukekova AV

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:MYO6 is known as a genetic cause of autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inherited hearing loss. In this study, to clarify the frequency and clinical characteristics of hearing loss caused by MYO6 gene mutations, a large-scale genetic analysis of Japanese patients with hearing loss was performed. By means of mas...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Oka SI,Day TF,Nishio SY,Moteki H,Miyagawa M,Morita S,Izumi S,Ikezono T,Abe S,Nakayama J,Hyogo M,Okamoto N,Uehara N,Oshikawa C,Kitajiri SI,Usami SI

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses a set of experimental results that support the existence of extended strand displacement events during budding yeast lagging strand DNA synthesis. Starting from introducing the mechanisms and factors involved in leading and lagging strand DNA synthesis and some aspects of the architecture of the ...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Giannattasio M,Branzei D

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of the genome sequence of the unisexual (male-female) Caenorhabditis nigoni offers an opportunity to compare its non-coding features with the related hermaphroditic species Caenorhabditis briggsae; to understand the evolutionary dynamics of their tandem repeat sequences (satellites), as a result of ev...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Subirana JA,Messeguer X

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Repetitive DNA including tandem repeats (TRs) is a significant part of most eukaryotic genomes. TRs include rapidly evolving satellite DNA (satDNA) that can be shared by closely related species, their abundance may be associated with evolutionary divergence, and they have been widely used for chromosome karyotyping us...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Kroupin P,Kuznetsova V,Romanov D,Kocheshkova A,Karlov G,Dang TX,Khuat TML,Kirov I,Alexandrov O,Polkhovskiy A,Razumova O,Divashuk M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex multisystemic condition caused by a lack of paternal expression of imprinted genes from the 15q11.2-q13 region. Limited literature exists on the association between molecular classes, growth hormone use, and the prevalence of psychiatric phenotypes in PWS. In this study, we ana...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Montes AS,Osann KE,Gold JA,Tamura RN,Driscoll DJ,Butler MG,Kimonis VE

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant tissue culture methods, such as somatic embryogenesis, are attractive alternatives to traditional breeding methods for plant propagation. However, they often suffer from limited efficiency. Somatic embryogenesis receptor kinase (SERK)1 is a marker gene of early somatic embryogenesis in several plants, including ...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Luan A,He Y,Xie T,Chen C,Mao Q,Wang X,Li C,Ding Y,Lin W,Liu C,Xia J,He J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than fifteen genetic diseases, including Huntington's disease, myotonic dystrophy 1, fragile X syndrome and Friedreich ataxia, are caused by the aberrant expansion of a trinucleotide repeat. The mutation is unstable and further expands in specific cells or tissues with time, which can accelerate disease progressi...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Goula AV,Merienne K

更新日期：2013-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe the immunoglobulin and T cell receptor (Ig/TCR) molecular rearrangements identified as a leukemic clone hallmark for minimal residual disease assessment in relation to TP53 mutational status in 171 Ph-negative Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) adult patients at diagnosis. The presence of a TP53 alte...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Salmoiraghi S,Cavagna R,Guinea Montalvo ML,Ubiali G,Tosi M,Peruta B,Intermesoli T,Oldani E,Salvi A,Pavoni C,Giussani U,Bassan R,Rambaldi A,Spinelli O

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Leafminer insects of the genus Liriomyza are small flies whose larvae feed on the internal tissue of some of the most important crop plants for the human diet. Several of these pest species are highly uniform from the morphological point of view, meaning molecular data represents the only reliable taxonomic tool usefu...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Carapelli A,Soltani A,Leo C,Vitale M,Amri M,Mediouni-Ben Jemâa J

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclocarya paliurus (Batal.) Iljinskaja, a unique species growing in southern China, is a multi-function tree species with medicinal, healthcare, material, and ornamental values. So far, sexual reproduction is the main method for extensive cultivation of C. paliurus plantations, but this is limited by low seed plumpne...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Chen X,Mao X,Huang P,Fang S

更新日期：2019-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer genome sequence data provide an invaluable resource for inferring the key mechanisms by which mutations arise in cancer cells, favoring their survival, proliferation and invasiveness. Here we examine recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible for the predominant type of genetic altera...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Bacolla A,Cooper DN,Vasquez KM

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of the so-called diseases of affluence, such as type 2 diabetes or hypertension, has increased dramatically in the last two generations. Although genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have discovered hundreds of genes involved in disease etiology, the sudden increase in disease incidence suggests a maj...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Nagpal S,Gibson G,Marigorta UM

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Elite athlete status is a partially heritable trait, as are many of the underpinning physiological, anthropometrical, and psychological traits that contribute to elite performance. In recent years, our understanding of the specific genetic variants that contribute to these traits has grown, such that there is consider...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Pickering C,Kiely J,Grgic J,Lucia A,Del Coso J

更新日期：2019-11-26 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：: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：:Network medicine relies on different types of networks: from the molecular level of protein⁻protein interactions to gene regulatory network and correlation studies of gene expression. Among network approaches based on the analysis of the topological properties of protein⁻protein interaction (PPI) networks, we discuss ...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Fiscon G,Conte F,Farina L,Paci P

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The heavy impact of obesity on both the population general health and the economy makes clarifying the underlying mechanisms, identifying pharmacological targets, and developing efficient therapies for obesity of high importance. The main struggle facing obesity research is that the underlying mechanistic pathways are...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Ghanemi A,Melouane A,Yoshioka M,St-Amand J

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous development of new genotyping technologies requires awareness of their potential advantages and limitations concerning utility for pharmacogenomics (PGx). In this review, we provide an overview of technologies that can be applied in PGx research and clinical practice. Most commonly used are single nucle...

journal_title：Genes

authors： van der Lee M,Kriek M,Guchelaar HJ,Swen JJ

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus ruminis is a commensal motile lactic acid bacterium living in the intestinal tract of humans and animals. Although a few genomes of L. ruminis were published, most of them were animal derived. To explore the genetic diversity and potential niche-specific adaptation changes of L. ruminis, in the current w...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Wang S,Yang B,Ross RP,Stanton C,Zhao J,Zhang H,Chen W

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy Number Variations (CNVs) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) have been the major focus of most large-scale comparative genomics studies to date. Here, we discuss a third, largely ignored, type of genetic variation, namely changes in tandem repeat number. Historically, tandem repeats have been designated as...

journal_title：Genes

authors： Gemayel R,Cho J,Boeynaems S,Verstrepen KJ

更新日期：2012-07-26 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