Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the bHLH Transcription Factor Family in Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.).

abstract：:Assortative mating is a universal feature of human societies, and individuals from ethnically diverse populations are known to mate assortatively based on similarities in genetic ancestry. However, little is currently known regarding the exact phenotypic cues, or their underlying genetic architecture, which inform anc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Norris ET,Rishishwar L,Wang L,Conley AB,Chande AT,Dabrowski AM,Valderrama-Aguirre A,Jordan IK

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its emergence, CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base editors (BEs) with cytosine deaminase activity have been used to precisely and efficiently introduce single-base mutations in genomes, including those of human cells, mice, and crop species. Most production traits in livestock are induced by point mutations, and genome ed...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhou S,Cai B,He C,Wang Y,Ding Q,Liu J,Liu Y,Ding Y,Zhao X,Li G,Li C,Yu H,Kou Q,Niu W,Petersen B,Sonstegard T,Ma B,Chen Y,Wang X

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune response is triggered by pathogen components, like lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of gram-negative bacteria. LPS initiates Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling, which involves mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) and nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) in different pathway branches and ultimately induces infla...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ostareck DH,Ostareck-Lederer A

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the target genes that interact with drugs-drug-target interactions-plays an important role in drug discovery. Identification of drug-target interactions through biological experiments is time consuming, laborious, and costly. Therefore, using computational approaches to predict candidate targets is a good ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xuan P,Sun C,Zhang T,Ye Y,Shen T,Dong Y

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The switch to a modern lifestyle in recent decades has coincided with a rapid increase in prevalence of obesity and other diseases. These shifts in prevalence could be explained by the release of genetic susceptibility for disease in the form of gene-by-environment (GxE) interactions. Yet, the detection of interaction...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Marigorta UM,Gibson G

更新日期：2014-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE) is a very rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that primarily affects children. Less than one hundred EE patients have been diagnosed worldwide. The clinical manifestations include chronic diarrhea, petechiae, orthostatic acrocyanosis, psychomotor delay and regression, seizures,...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen X,Han L,Yao H

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesopelagic fish are largely abundant poorly studied fish that are still intact, but which, due to their potentially great added value, will be imminently exploited by humans. Therefore, studies that provide information to anticipate the anthropogenic impact on this important resource are urgently needed. In particula...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Rodriguez-Ezpeleta N,Álvarez P,Irigoien X

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case report, we characterize a novel inherited frameshift mutation c.4700_4701del (p.Phe1567Cysfs*221) in a single copy of the SCN5A gene and its association with Brugada syndrome (BrS). The proband experienced a life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia successfully treated with DC-shock and he also suffered fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Micaglio E,Monasky MM,Ciconte G,Vicedomini G,Conti M,Mecarocci V,Giannelli L,Giordano F,Pollina A,Saviano M,Pozzi PR,Di Resta C,Benedetti S,Ferrari M,Santinelli V,Pappone C

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Flavivirus genus comprises many viruses (including dengue, Zika, West Nile and yellow fever viruses) which constitute important public health concerns worldwide. For several of these pathogens, neither antivirals nor vaccines are currently available. In addition to this unmet medical need, flaviviruses are of part...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mazeaud C,Freppel W,Chatel-Chaix L

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cyanobacterial species are dominant primary producers in hot spring microbial mats. To date, hot spring cyanobacterial taxonomy, as well as the evolution of their genomic adaptations to high temperatures, are poorly understood, with genomic information currently available for only a few dominant genera, includ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Alcorta J,Alarcón-Schumacher T,Salgado O,Díez B

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex traits are manifestations of intricate gene interaction networks. Evolution of complex traits revolves around the genetic variation in such networks. Genomics has increased our ability to investigate the complex gene interaction networks, and characterize the extent of genetic variation in these networks. Immu...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wertheim B

更新日期：2015-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on earth because of their ability to transmit a wide range of human pathogens. Traditional mosquito control methods use chemical insecticides, but with dwindling long-term effectiveness and negative effects on the environment, microbial forms of control have become common al...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Dacey DP,Chain FJJ

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian genome is packed tightly in the nucleus of the cell. This packing is primarily facilitated by histone proteins and results in an ordered organization of the genome in chromosome territories that can be roughly divided in heterochromatic and euchromatic domains. On top of this organization several distinc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Palstra RJ,Grosveld F

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cell functions are carried out by interacting factors, thus underlying the functional importance of genetic interactions between genes, termed epistasis. Epistasis could be under strong selective pressures especially in conditions where the mutation rate of one of the interacting partners notably differs from the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Levin L,Blumberg A,Barshad G,Mishmar D

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracting inherent valuable knowledge from omics big data remains as a daunting problem in bioinformatics and computational biology. Deep learning, as an emerging branch from machine learning, has exhibited unprecedented performance in quite a few applications from academia and industry. We highlight the difference a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tang B,Pan Z,Yin K,Khateeb A

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Shotgun metagenomics has greatly advanced our understanding of microbial communities over the last decade. Metagenomic analyses often include assembly and genome binning, computationally daunting tasks especially for big data from complex environments such as soil and sediments. In many studies, however, only a subset...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Guo J,Quensen JF,Sun Y,Wang Q,Brown CT,Cole JR,Tiedje JM

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: There is a continued debate and inconsistent findings in previous literature about the relationship of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) and Parkinson's disease (PD) susceptibility as well as cognitive dysfunction. To substantiate this existing gap, we comprehensively examine COMT genotype effects on the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tang C,Wang W,Shi M,Zhang N,Zhou X,Li X,Ma C,Chen G,Xiang J,Gao D

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres are essential nucleoprotein structures at linear chromosomes that maintain genome integrity by protecting chromosome ends from being recognized and processed as damaged DNA. In addition, they limit the cell's proliferative capacity, as progressive loss of telomeric DNA during successive rounds of cell divisi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yalçin Z,Selenz C,Jacobs JJL

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The arrangement of chromatin within interphase nuclei seems to be caused by topological constraints and related to gene expression depending on tissue and developmental stage. In yeast and animals it was found that homologous and heterologous chromatin association are required to realize faithful expression and DNA re...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Schubert V,Rudnik R,Schubert I

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and is derived from an accumulation of genetic and epigenetic changes. This study explored potential prognostic markers in CRC via the construction and in-depth analysis of a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network, which was gene...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Guo L,Yang G,Kang Y,Li S,Duan R,Shen L,Jiang W,Qian B,Yin Z,Liang T

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is one of the most common histological subtypes of renal cancer, with a poor prognosis. Our study aimed to identify a biomarker that is significantly associated with ccRCC prognosis and novel immunotherapeutic targets, as well as some novel molecular drugs for ccRCC. Based on th...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xiao GF,Yan X,Chen Z,Zhang RJ,Liu TZ,Hu WL

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenome-wide association studies (PheWAS) have demonstrated utility in validating genetic associations derived from traditional genetic studies as well as identifying novel genetic associations. Here we used an electronic health record (EHR)-based PheWAS to explore pleiotropy of genetic variants in the fat mass and ob...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cronin RM,Field JR,Bradford Y,Shaffer CM,Carroll RJ,Mosley JD,Bastarache L,Edwards TL,Hebbring SJ,Lin S,Hindorff LA,Crane PK,Pendergrass SA,Ritchie MD,Crawford DC,Pathak J,Bielinski SJ,Carrell DS,Crosslin DR,Ledbett

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In genome wide association studies (GWAS), family-based studies tend to have less power to detect genetic associations than population-based studies, such as case-control studies. This can be an issue when testing if genes in a family-based GWAS have a direct effect on the phenotype of interest over and above their po...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lutz SM,Vansteelandt S,Lange C

更新日期：2013-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder with a lifetime morbidity rate of 0.5-1.0%. The pathophysiology of schizophrenia still remains obscure. Accumulating evidence indicates that DNA methylation, which is the addition of a methyl group to the cytosine in a CpG dinucleotide, might play an important ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Numata S,Ye T,Herman M,Lipska BK

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Network propagation is a central tool in biological research. While a number of variants and normalizations have been proposed for this method, each has its own shortcomings and no large scale assessment of those variants is available. Here we propose a novel normalization method for network propagation that is based ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Biran H,Kupiec M,Sharan R

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed dormancy and germination are important agronomic traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) because they determine pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) resistance and thus affect grain production. These processes are regulated by Gibberellic Acid-Stimulated Regulator (GASR) genes. In this study, we identified 37 GASR genes in...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cheng X,Wang S,Xu D,Liu X,Li X,Xiao W,Cao J,Jiang H,Min X,Wang J,Zhang H,Chang C,Lu J,Ma C

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Software which simulates, infers, or analyzes ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs) faces the problem of communicating them. Existing formats omit information either about the location of recombinations along the chromosome or the position of recombinations relative to the branching topology. We present a specializati...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： McGill JR,Walkup EA,Kuhner MK

更新日期：2013-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) affects cattle health and productivity worldwide, causing abnormal immune function and immunosuppression. Transfer RNA fragments (tRFs) are known to be involved in inhibition of gene expression and have been associated with stress and immune response, tumor growth, and viral infection. The ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Taxis TM,Kehrli ME Jr,D'Orey-Branco R,Casas E

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Replicative senescence of cells in vitro is often considered as counterpart for aging of the organism in vivo. In fact, both processes are associated with functional decay and similar molecular modifications. On epigenetic level, replicative senescence and aging evoke characteristic modifications in the DNA methylatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wagner W

更新日期：2019-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare but aggressive malignant cancer that has been attracting growing attention over recent decades. This study aims to integrate protein interaction networks with gene expression profiles to identify potential biomarkers with prognostic value in silico. Methods: Three mi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xu WH,Wu J,Wang J,Wan FN,Wang HK,Cao DL,Qu YY,Zhang HL,Ye DW

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00