Characterization of Two Satellite DNA Families in the Genome of the Oomycete Plant Pathogen Phytophthora parasitica.

abstract：:The megadiversity of the neotropical ichthyofauna has been associated to recent diversification processes, reflecting in subtle or lacking morphological differentiation between species, challenging the classical taxonomic identification. Leporinus friderici occurs in several river basins of South America, and its nomi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Silva-Santos R,Ramirez JL,Galetti PM Jr,Freitas PD

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensively raised village chickens are considered a valuable source of biodiversity, with genetic variability developed over thousands of years that ought to be characterized and utilized. Surveys that can reveal a population's genetic structure and provide an insight into its demographic history will give valuable i...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Khanyile KS,Dzomba EF,Muchadeyi FC

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a severe neurological disease. The brain of the AE patient is attacked by a dysregulated immune system, which is caused by the excessive production of autoantibodies against neuronal receptors and synaptic proteins. AE is also characterized by the uncontrolled B lymphocyte infiltration ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tsai MH,Lin CH,Tsai KW,Lin MH,Ho CJ,Lu YT,Weng KP,Lin Y,Lin PH,Li SC

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study aimed to investigate the genetic causes of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) in two families and elucidate the molecular pathogenesis of HED in Chinese Han patients. Methods:Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was used to screen HED-related genes in two family members, followed by confirmatory San...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Han Y,Wang X,Zheng L,Zhu T,Li Y,Hong J,Xu C,Wang P,Gao M

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews research results and ideas presented at a special symposium at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) Congress held in July 2017 in San Francisco. Five researchers presented their results related to infection and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Prof. Itzhaki presented her wor...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Fülöp T,Itzhaki RF,Balin BJ,Miklossy J,Barron AE

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Undergraduate students in the biomedical sciences are often interested in future health-focused careers. This presents opportunities for instructors in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer biology to capture their attention using lab experiences built around clinically relevant data. As biomedical science in genera...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hankey W,Zanghi N,Crow MM,Dow WH,Kratz A,Robinson AM,Robinson MR,Segarra VA

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirical evidence is limited on whether allopolyploid species combine or merge parental adaptations to broaden habitats. The allopolyploid Arabidopsis kamchatica is a hybrid of the two diploid parents Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis lyrata. A. halleri is a facultative heavy metal hyperaccumulator, and may be foun...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Paape T,Akiyama R,Cereghetti T,Onda Y,Hirao AS,Kenta T,Shimizu KK

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing non-timber forest plants. Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) is the most economically valuable bamboo in Asia, especially in China. With the release of the whole-genome sequence of moso bamboo, there are increasing demands for refined annotation of bamboo genes. Recently, large amo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ma X,Zhao H,Xu W,You Q,Yan H,Gao Z,Su Z

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the relationships among wild species of section Moutan in the plant genus Paeonia has traditionally been problematic. Interspecies relationships cannot be effectively determined using phenotypic traits alone or through analysis of nuclear or chloroplast DNA fragments. Elucidation of complete chloroplast ge...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu L,Nie L,Xu Z,Li P,Wang Y,He C,Song J,Yao H

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is the most representative wild ungulate of the high Andes of South America with two recognized morphological subspecies, V. v. mensalis in the north and V. v. vicugna in the south of its distribution. Current vicuña population size (460,000-520,000 animals) is the result of population rec...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： González BA,Vásquez JP,Gómez-Uchida D,Cortés J,Rivera R,Aravena N,Chero AM,Agapito AM,Varas V,Wheleer JC,Orozco-terWengel P,Marín JC

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Type 2 (FHL2) associated central nervous system (CNS) involvement is less understood in children, especially when considering neurologic manifestations as part of the initial presentation. We conducted a retrospective review of the clinical manifestations and genetic abnorma...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Feng WX,Yang XY,Li JW,Gong S,Wu Y,Zhang WH,Han TL,Zhuo XW,Ding CH,Fang F

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic predisposition to chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been widely evaluated especially using the genome-wide association studies, which highlighted some novel genetic susceptibility variants in many genes, and estimated glomerular filtration rate to diagnose and stage CKD. Of these variants, rs7805747 in PRKA...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang E,Zhao H,Zhao D,Li L,Du L

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) has become a global public health emergency. G-quadruplex, one of the non-canonical secondary structures, has shown potential antiviral values. However, little is known about the G-quadruplexes of th...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang R,Xiao K,Gu Y,Liu H,Sun X

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic protein kinases are well conserved through evolution. The genome of Schistosoma mansoni, which causes intestinal schistosomiasis, encodes over 250 putative protein kinases with all of the main eukaryotic groups represented. However, unraveling functional roles for these kinases is a considerable endeavor, p...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Walker AJ,Ressurreição M,Rothermel R

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct RNA sequencing platform offered by Oxford Nanopore Technologies allows for direct measurement of RNA molecules without the need of conversion to complementary DNA, fragmentation or amplification. As such, it is virtually capable of detecting any given RNA modification present in the molecule that is being s...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cozzuto L,Liu H,Pryszcz LP,Pulido TH,Delgado-Tejedor A,Ponomarenko J,Novoa EM

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication disorders have complex genetic origins, with constellations of relevant gene markers that vary across individuals. Some genetic variants are present in healthy individuals as well as those affected by developmental disorders. Growing evidence suggests that some variants may increase susceptibility to the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Centanni TM,Green JR,Iuzzini-Seigel J,Bartlett CW,Hogan TP

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of differentially expressed genes is a common task in single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) studies. Various methods based on both bulk-cell and single-cell approaches are in current use. Due to the unique distributional characteristics of single-cell data, it is important to compare these methods with rigorous st...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mou T,Deng W,Gu F,Pawitan Y,Vu TN

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the leading cause of cancer-related death among skin tumors, with an increasing incidence worldwide. Few studies have effectively investigated the significance of an immune-related gene (IRG) signature for melanoma prognosis. Here, we constructed an IRGs prognostic signature using bioinformatics methods an...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liu N,Liu Z,Liu X,Duan X,Huang Y,Jin Z,Niu Y,Zhang L,Chen H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Various patterns of multi-phenotype associations (MPAs) exist in the results of Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) involving different topologies of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-phenotype associations. These can provide interesting information about the different impacts of a gene on closely related phenot...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Weighill D,Jones P,Bleker C,Ranjan P,Shah M,Zhao N,Martin M,DiFazio S,Macaya-Sanz D,Schmutz J,Sreedasyam A,Tschaplinski T,Tuskan G,Jacobson D

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western societies. It is now well established that microRNAs (miRNAs) are determinant regulators in various medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases. The recent discovery that miRNAs, while associated with different carriers, can be ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kinet V,Halkein J,Dirkx E,Windt LJ

更新日期：2013-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a novel class of RNA molecules defined as transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides that lack protein coding potential. They constitute a major, but still poorly characterized part of human transcriptome, however, evidence is growing that they are important regulatory molecules involved...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yarmishyn AA,Kurochkin IV

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:From a biological perspective aging (senescence) appears to be a form of complex disease syndrome, though this is not the traditional view. This essay aims to foster a realistic understanding of aging by scrutinizing ideas old and new. The conceptual division between aging-related diseases and an underlying, non-patho...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gems D

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decades, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered tens of thousands of associations between common genetic variants and complex diseases. However, these statistical associations can rarely be interpreted functionally and mechanistically. As the majority of the disease-associated variants are l...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mariella E,Marotta F,Grassi E,Gilotto S,Provero P

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of eusociality ("true sociality") in several insect lineages represents one of the most successful evolutionary adaptations in the animal kingdom in terms of species richness and global biomass. In contrast to solitary insects, eusocial insects evolved a set of unique behavioral and physiological traits ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Søvik E,Bloch G,Ben-Shahar Y

更新日期：2015-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the processes that cause speciation is a key aim of evolutionary biology. Lineages or biomes that exhibit recent and rapid diversification are ideal model systems for determining these processes. Species rich biomes reported to be of relatively recent origin, i.e., since the beginning of the Miocene, inc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Madriñán S,Cortés AJ,Richardson JE

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:It is time to review all the available data and find the distinctive characteristics of actin that make it such an important cell molecule. The presented double-stranded organization of filamentous actin cannot explain the strong polymorphism of actin fibrils. In this work, we performed bioinformatics analysis of a se...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Glyakina AV,Galzitskaya OV

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant Glycine-rich proteins (GRP), a superfamily with a glycine-rich domain, play an important role in various stresses such as high or low temperature stress and drought stress. GRP genes have been studied in many plants, but seldom in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis). In this study, a total of 64 G...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lu X,Cheng Y,Gao M,Li M,Xu X

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Silversides are fish that inhabit marine coastal waters, coastal lagoons, and estuarine regions in southern South America. The freshwater (FW) silversides have the ability to tolerate salinity variations. Odontesthes humensis have similar habitats and biological characteristics of congeneric O. bonariensis, the most s...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Silveira TLR,Martins GB,Domingues WB,Remião MH,Barreto BF,Lessa IM,Santos L,Pinhal D,Dellagostin OA,Seixas FK,Collares T,Robaldo RB,Campos VF

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt), is one of the most devastating diseases of wheat, affecting production in nearly all wheat-growing regions worldwide. Despite its economic importance, genomic resources for Pt are very limited. In the present study, we have used long-read sequencing (LRS) and the pipeline ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu JQ,Dong C,Song L,Park RF

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic alterations in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) result in aberrant activation of kinase signaling and occur in ∼15% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Patients diagnosed with EGFR-mutant NSCLC have good initial clinical response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs), yet tumor rec...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shaurova T,Zhang L,Goodrich DW,Hershberger PA

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00