Multifunctional roles of the mammalian CCR4-NOT complex in physiological phenomena.

abstract：:Among people of European descent, the ability to digest lactose into adulthood arose via strong positive selection of a highly advantageous allele encompassing the lactase gene. Lactose-tolerant and intolerant individuals may have different disease risks due to the shared genetics of their haplotype block. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Joslin SEK,Durbin-Johnson BP,Britton M,Settles ML,Korf I,Lemay DG

更新日期：2020-10-29 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：:Quantitative traits are usually controlled by numerous genomic variants with small individual effects, and variances associated with those traits are explained in a continuous manner. However, the relative contributions of genomic regions to observed genetic variations have not been well explored using sequence level ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bhuiyan MSA,Lim D,Park M,Lee S,Kim Y,Gondro C,Park B,Lee S

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional annotation of the genome is important to understand the phenotypic complexity of various species. The road toward functional annotation involves several challenges ranging from experiments on individual molecules to large-scale analysis of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data. HTS data is typically a resul...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pundhir S,Poirazi P,Gorodkin J

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

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：:The study of microorganisms that pervade each and every part of this planet has encountered many challenges through time such as the discovery of unknown organisms and the understanding of how they interact with their environment. The aim of this review is to take the reader along the timeline and major milestones tha...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Escobar-Zepeda A,Vera-Ponce de León A,Sanchez-Flores A

更新日期：2015-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Inference of absolute copy numbers in tumor genomes is one of the key points in the study of tumor genesis. However, the mixture of tumor and normal cells poses a big challenge to this task. Accurate estimation of tumor purity (i.e., the fraction of tumor cells) is a necessary step to solve this problem. In this paper...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yuan X,Li Z,Zhao H,Bai J,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-04-30 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：:Binge drinking is a widespread problem linked to increased risk for alcohol-related complications, including development of alcohol use disorders. In the last decade, binge drinking has increased significantly, specifically in women. Clinically, sexually dimorphic effects of alcohol are well-characterized, however, th...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Rhinehart EM,Nentwig TB,Wilson DE,Leonard KT,Chaney BN,Grisel JE

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease for which it is difficult to find exact disease-related genes. Effectively identifying disease-related genes would contribute to improving the treatment and diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Current methods for identifying disease-related genes mainly focus on the hypoth...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liu H,Guan J,Li H,Bao Z,Wang Q,Luo X,Xue H

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is characterized by rapid and lethal infiltration of brain tissue, which is the primary cause of treatment failure and deaths for GBM. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms of tumor cell invasion is crucial for the treatment of GBM. In this study, we dissected the single-cell RNA-seq dat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pang B,Quan F,Ping Y,Hu J,Lan Y,Pang L

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an emerging class of RNA species that may play a critical regulatory role in gene expression. However, the association between lncRNAs and atrial fibrillation (AF) is still not fully understood. In this study, we used RNA sequencing data to identify and quantify the both protein codi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu DM,Zhou ZK,Fan SH,Zheng ZH,Wen X,Han XR,Wang S,Wang YJ,Zhang ZF,Shan Q,Li MQ,Hu B,Lu J,Chen GQ,Hong XW,Zheng YL

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:As one of the hotspot regions for sympatric speciation studies, Evolution Canyon (EC) became an ideal place for its high level of microclimatic divergence interslopes. In this study, to highlight the genetic mechanisms of sympatric speciation, phenotypic variation on flowering time and transcriptomic divergence were i...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Qian C,Yan X,Yin H,Fan X,Yin X,Sun P,Li Z,Nevo E,Ma XF

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare congenital erythroid aplasia with a highly heterogeneous genetic background; it usually occurs in infancy. Approximately 30-40% of patients have other associated congenital anomalies; in particular, facial anomalies, such as cleft palate, are part of about 10% of the DBA clinica...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Roberti D,Conforti R,Giugliano T,Brogna B,Tartaglione I,Casale M,Piluso G,Perrotta S

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Over millions of years, vertebrate species populated vast environments spanning the globe. Among the most challenging habitats encountered were those with limited availability of oxygen, yet many animal and human populations inhabit and perform life cycle functions and/or daily activities in varying degrees of hypoxia...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pamenter ME,Hall JE,Tanabe Y,Simonson TS

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Jats represent a large ethnic community that has inhabited the northwest region of India and Pakistan for several thousand years. It is estimated the community has a population of over 123 million people. Many historians and academics have asserted that the Jats are descendants of Aryans, Scythians, or other ancie...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mahal DG,Matsoukas IG

更新日期：2017-09-20 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：:Colitis-associated cancer (CAC) has been linked to microRNA (miRNA) aberrant expression elicited by inflammation. In this study, we used the AOM/DSS-induced CAC mice model to explore the ectopic expression of miRNAs in the precancerous stage of CAC. As a result, we found that miR-31-5p, miR-223-3p, and let-7f-5p were ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen G,Feng Y,Li X,Jiang Z,Bei B,Zhang L,Han Y,Li Y,Li N

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Phomopsis longicolla T. W. Hobbs (syn. Diaporthe longicolla) is the primary cause of Phomopsis seed decay (PSD) in soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill. This disease results in poor seed quality and is one of the most economically important seed diseases in soybean. The objectives of this study were to infer protein-prot...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li S,Musungu B,Lightfoot D,Ji P

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to sense and respond to stressful conditions is essential to maintain organismal homeostasis. It has long been recognized that stress response factors that improve survival in changing conditions can also influence longevity. In this review, we discuss different strategies used by animals in response to de...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Iranon NN,Miller DL

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) describes a reversible switch from an epithelial-like to a mesenchymal-like phenotype. It is essential for the development of the normal epithelium and also contributes to the invasive properties of carcinomas. At the molecular level, the EMT transition is characterized by a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kim JE,Leung E,Baguley BC,Finlay GJ

更新日期：2013-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging of the population represents one of the largest healthcare challenges facing the world today. The available scientific evidence shows that interventions are available now that can target fundamental "aging" processes or pathways. Sufficient economic evidence is available to argue convincingly that this appro...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Faragher RG

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular commitment and differentiation involve highly coordinated mechanisms by which tissue-specific genes are activated while others are repressed. These mechanisms rely on the activity of specific transcription factors, chromatin remodeling enzymes, and higher-order chromatin organization in order to modulate tran...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hernández-Hernández O,Ávila-Avilés RD,Hernández-Hernández JM

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative phylogeography has its roots in classical biogeography and, historically, relies on a pattern-based approach. Here, we present a model-based framework for comparative phylogeography. Our framework was initially developed for statistical phylogeography based on a multi-model inference approach, by coupling ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Collevatti RG,Terribile LC,Diniz-Filho JA,Lima-Ribeiro MS

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate inference of causal gene regulatory networks from gene expression data is an open bioinformatics challenge. Gene interactions are dynamical processes and consequently we can expect that the effect of any regulation action occurs after a certain temporal lag. However such lag is unknown a priori and temporal a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lopes M,Bontempi G

更新日期：2013-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) is a heterotrimeric transcription factor with the ability to bind to a CCAAT box in nearly all eukaryotes. However, the function of NF-Y in the life-history traits of insects is unclear. Here, we identified three NF-Y subunits, NlNF-YA, NlNF-YB, and NlNF-YC, in the wing-dimorphic brown planthop...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen HH,Liu YL,Liu XY,Zhang JL,Xu HJ

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Filet quality traits determine consumer satisfaction and affect profitability of the aquaculture industry. Soft flesh is a criterion for fish filet downgrades, resulting in loss of value. Filet firmness is influenced by many factors, including rate of protein turnover. A 50K transcribed gene SNP chip was used to genot...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ali A,Al-Tobasei R,Lourenco D,Leeds T,Kenney B,Salem M

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Satellite DNA is a class of repetitive sequences that are organized in long arrays of tandemly repeated units in most eukaryotes. Long considered as selfish DNA, satellite sequences are now proposed to contribute to genome integrity. Despite their potential impact on the architecture and evolution of the genome, satel...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Panabières F,Rancurel C,da Rocha M,Kuhn ML

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA binding proteins (RBPs) play a key role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. They have been shown to be dysfunctional in a variety of cancers and are closely related to the occurrence and progression of cancers. However, the biological function and clinical significance of RBPs in clear cell renal carcinoma (c...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu Y,Wei X,Feng H,Hu B,Liu B,Luan Y,Ruan Y,Liu X,Liu Z,Wang S,Liu J,Wang T

更新日期：2021-01-07 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