Identification and population genetic analyses of copy number variations in six domestic goat breeds and Bezoar ibexes using next-generation sequencing.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paenibacillus larvae is a Firmicute bacterium that causes American Foulbrood, a lethal disease in honeybees and is a major source of global agricultural losses. Although P. larvae phages were isolated prior to 2013, no full genome sequences of P. larvae bacteriophages were published or analyzed. This report ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Merrill BD,Grose JH,Breakwell DP,Burnett SH

更新日期：2014-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bloodstream malaria parasites require Ca++ for their development, but the sites and mechanisms of Ca++ utilization are not well understood. We hypothesized that there may be differences in Ca++ uptake or utilization by genetically distinct lines of P. falciparum. These differences, if identified, may provide...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Apolis L,Olivas J,Srinivasan P,Kushwaha AK,Desai SA

更新日期：2019-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secondary structure in the target is a property not usually considered in software applications for design of optimal custom oligonucleotide probes. It is frequently assumed that eliminating self-complementarity, or screening for secondary structure in the probe, is sufficient to avoid interference with hybr...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ratushna VG,Weller JW,Gibas CJ

更新日期：2005-03-08 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:As an important nosocomial pathogen, Enterococcus faecium has received increasing attention in recent years. However, a large number of studies have focused on the hospital-associated isolates and ignored isolates originated from the natural environments. RESULTS:In this study, comparative genomic analysis ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhong Z,Kwok LY,Hou Q,Sun Y,Li W,Zhang H,Sun Z

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our previous study had proved that nigericin could reduce colorectal cancer cell proliferation in dose- and time-dependent manners by targeting Wnt/β-catenin signaling. To better elucidate its potential anti-cancer mechanism, two pancreatic cancer (PC) cell lines were exposed to increasing concentrations of ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Xu Z,Shen J,Hua S,Wan D,Chen Q,Han Y,Ren R,Liu F,Du Z,Guo X,Shi J,Zhi Q

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volvox carteri (V. carteri) is a multicellular green alga used as model system for the evolution of multicellularity. So far, the contribution of small RNA pathways to these phenomena is not understood. Thus, we have sequenced V. carteri Argonaute 3 (VcAGO3)-associated small RNAs from different developmental...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Dueck A,Evers M,Henz SR,Unger K,Eichner N,Merkl R,Berezikov E,Engelmann JC,Weigel D,Wenzl S,Meister G

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein phosphorylation by kinases plays crucial roles in various biological processes including signal transduction and tumorigenesis, thus a better understanding of protein phosphorylation events in cells is fundamental for studying protein functions and designing drugs to treat diseases caused by the malf...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ma H,Li G,Su Z

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O157 can cause severe bloody diarrhea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Phage typing of E. coli O157 facilitates public health surveillance and outbreak investigations, certain phage types are more likely to occupy specific niches and are associated with specific age gro...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Cowley LA,Beckett SJ,Chase-Topping M,Perry N,Dallman TJ,Gally DL,Jenkins C

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several resistance traits, including the I2 resistance against tomato fusarium wilt, were mapped to the long arm of chromosome 11 of Solanum. However, the structure and evolution of this locus remain poorly understood. RESULTS:Comparative analysis showed that the structure and evolutionary patterns of the I...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wei C,Kuang H,Li F,Chen J

更新日期：2014-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nucleosomes facilitate the packaging of the eukaryotic genome and modulate the access of regulators to DNA. A detailed description of the nucleosomal organization under different transcriptional programmes is essential to understand their contribution to genomic regulation. RESULTS:To visualize the dynamics...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Soriano I,Quintales L,Antequera F

更新日期：2013-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacillus pumilus is a Gram-positive and endospore-forming bacterium broadly existing in a variety of environmental niches. Because it produces and secrets many industrially useful enzymes, a lot of studies have been done to understand the underlying mechanisms. Among them, scoC was originally identified as a...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Han LL,Liu YC,Miao CC,Feng H

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The golden birdwing butterfly (Troides aeacus formosanus) is a rarely observed species in Taiwan. Recently, a typical symptom of nuclear polyhedrosis was found in reared T. aeacus larvae. From the previous Kimura-2 parameter (K-2-P) analysis based on the nucleotide sequence of three genes in this isolate, po...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Huang YF,Chen TH,Chang ZT,Wang TC,Lee SJ,Kim JC,Kim JS,Chiu KP,Nai YS

更新日期：2019-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gene expression profiling studies of mastitis in ruminants have provided key but fragmented knowledge for the understanding of the disease. A systematic combination of different expression profiling studies via meta-analysis techniques has the potential to test the extensibility of conclusions based on singl...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Genini S,Badaoui B,Sclep G,Bishop SC,Waddington D,Pinard van der Laan MH,Klopp C,Cabau C,Seyfert HM,Petzl W,Jensen K,Glass EJ,de Greeff A,Smith HE,Smits MA,Olsaker I,Boman GM,Pisoni G,Moroni P,Castiglioni B,Cremon

更新日期：2011-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic inversion is one type of structural variations (SVs) and is known to play an important biological role. An established problem in sequence data analysis is calling inversions from high-throughput sequence data. It is more difficult to detect inversions because they are surrounded by duplication or ot...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wu Z,Wu Y,Gao J

更新日期：2020-03-05 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:Aspergillus arachidicola is an aflatoxigenic fungal species, first isolated from the leaves of a wild peanut species native to Argentina. It has since been reported in maize, Brazil nut and human sputum samples. This aflatoxigenic species is capable of secreting both B and G aflatoxins, similar to A. parasit...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Moore GG,Mack BM,Beltz SB,Puel O

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using the piggyBac-mediated GAL4/UAS transgenic system established in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, we have previously reported that overexpression of the Ras1(CA) oncogene specifically in the posterior silk gland (PSG) improved cell growth, fibroin synthesis, and thus silk yield. However, the detailed molecula...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ma L,Ma Q,Li X,Cheng L,Li K,Li S

更新日期：2014-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most common and recurrent vaginal infections is bacterial vaginosis (BV). The diagnosis is based on changes to the "normal" vaginal microbiome; however, the normal microbiome appears to differ according to reproductive status and ethnicity, and even among individuals within these groups. The Amsel...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Chen HM,Chang TH,Lin FM,Liang C,Chiu CM,Yang TL,Yang T,Huang CY,Cheng YN,Chang YA,Chang PY,Weng SL

更新日期：2018-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repetitive DNA is a major component of plant genomes and is thought to be a driver of evolutionary novelty. Describing variation in repeat content among individuals and between populations is key to elucidating the evolutionary significance of repetitive DNA. However, the cost of producing references genomes...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Renny-Byfield S,Baumgarten A

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dermal papilla cells (DPCs), the "signaling center" of hair follicle (HF), delicately master continual growth of hair in mammals including cashmere, the fine fiber annually produced by secondary HF embedded in cashmere goat skins. Such unparalleled capacity bases on their exquisite character in instructing t...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Ma S,Wang Y,Zhou G,Ding Y,Yang Y,Wang X,Zhang E,Chen Y

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is an important cereal crop for dryland areas in the United States and for small-holder farmers in Africa. Natural variation of sorghum grain composition (protein, fat, and starch) between accessions can be used for crop improvement, but the genetic controls are still un...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Rhodes DH,Hoffmann L Jr,Rooney WL,Herald TJ,Bean S,Boyles R,Brenton ZW,Kresovich S

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genes, RNAs, and proteins play important roles during germline development. However, the functions of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) on germline development remain unclear in avian species. Recent high-throughput techniques have identified several classes of ncRNAs, including micro RNAs (miRNAs), small-interfering...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Rengaraj D,Lee SI,Park TS,Lee HJ,Kim YM,Sohn YA,Jung M,Noh SJ,Jung H,Han JY

更新日期：2014-09-04 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:Evolution of novel protein-coding genes is the bedrock of adaptive evolution. Recently, we identified six protein-coding genes with similar signal sequence from Schistosoma japonicum egg stage mRNA using signal sequence trap (SST). To find the mechanism underlying the origination of these genes with similar ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Mbanefo EC,Chuanxin Y,Kikuchi M,Shuaibu MN,Boamah D,Kirinoki M,Hayashi N,Chigusa Y,Osada Y,Hamano S,Hirayama K

更新日期：2012-06-20 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:Little is known about the genome sequences of Euphausiacea (krill) although these crustaceans are abundant components of the pelagic ecosystems in all oceans and used for aquaculture and pharmaceutical industry. This study reports the results of an expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing project from differe...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： De Pittà C,Bertolucci C,Mazzotta GM,Bernante F,Rizzo G,De Nardi B,Pallavicini A,Lanfranchi G,Costa R

更新日期：2008-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain represents a ubiquitous structural fold that is involved in bacterial sensing and adaptation systems, including several virulence related functions. Although PAS domains and the subclass of PhoQ-DcuS-CitA (PDC) domains have a common structure, there is limited amino acid sequenc...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Shah N,Gaupp R,Moriyama H,Eskridge KM,Moriyama EN,Somerville GA

更新日期：2013-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) is an economically important plant forming organogenic nodules which can be used for genetic transformation and micropropagation. We are interested in the mechanisms underlying reprogramming of cells through stress and hormone treatments. RESULTS:An integrated molecular and metabolo...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Fortes AM,Santos F,Choi YH,Silva MS,Figueiredo A,Sousa L,Pessoa F,Santos BA,Sebastiana M,Palme K,Malhó R,Verpoorte R,Pais MS

更新日期：2008-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcineurin B-like protein (CBL)-interacting protein kinases (CIPKs) are the primary components of calcium sensors, and play crucial roles in plant developmental processes, hormone signaling transduction, and in the response to exogenous stresses. RESULTS:In this study, 48 CIPK genes (SsCIPKs) were identifi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Su W,Ren Y,Wang D,Huang L,Fu X,Ling H,Su Y,Huang N,Tang H,Xu L,Que Y

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00