abstract：BACKGROUND:Intellectual Disability (ID) is among the most common global disorders, yet etiology is unknown in ~30% of patients despite clinical assessment. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is able to interrogate the entire genome, providing potential to diagnose idiopathic patients. METHODS:We conducted WGS on eight chil...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zahir FR,Mwenifumbo JC,Chun HE,Lim EL,Van Karnebeek CDM,Couse M,Mungall KL,Lee L,Makela N,Armstrong L,Boerkoel CF,Langlois SL,McGillivray BM,Jones SJM,Friedman JM,Marra MA

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As crucial markers in identifying biological elements and processes in mammalian genomes, CpG islands (CGI) play important roles in DNA methylation, gene regulation, epigenetic inheritance, gene mutation, chromosome inactivation and nuclesome retention. The generally accepted criteria of CGI rely on: (a) %G+...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Yu N,Guo X,Zelikovsky A,Pan Y

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:RNA-Seq is now widely used as a research tool. Choices must be made whether to use paired-end (PE) or single-end (SE) sequencing, and whether to use strand-specific or non-specific (NS) library preparation kits. To date there has been no analysis of the effect of these choices on identifying differentially e...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Corley SM,MacKenzie KL,Beverdam A,Roddam LF,Wilkins MR

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest genome structure is largely conserved between Eucalyptus species. However, it is unknown if this conservation extends to more divergent eucalypt taxa. We performed comparative genomics between the eucalypt genera Eucalyptus and Corymbia. Our results will facilitate transfer of genomi...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Butler JB,Vaillancourt RE,Potts BM,Lee DJ,King GJ,Baten A,Shepherd M,Freeman JS

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transversions (Tv's) are more likely to alter the amino acid sequence of proteins than transitions (Ts's), and local deviations in the Ts:Tv ratio are indicative of evolutionary selection on genes. Whether the two different types of mutations have different effects in non-protein-coding sequences remains unk...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Guo C,McDowell IC,Nodzenski M,Scholtens DM,Allen AS,Lowe WL,Reddy TE

更新日期：2017-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have suggested that combinations of multiple epigenetic modifications are essential for controlling gene expression. Despite numerous computational approaches have been developed to decipher the combinatorial epigenetic patterns or "epigenetic code", none of them has explicitly addressed the r...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Liu Q,Bonneville R,Li T,Jin VX

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) is an economically important evergreen fruit tree widely cultivated in subtropical areas. Low temperature is absolutely required for floral induction of litchi, but its molecular mechanism is not fully understood. Leaves of litchi played a key role during floral induction and ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhang H,Shen J,Wei Y,Chen H

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rumen epithelial tissue plays an important role in nutrient absorption and rumen health. However, whether forage quality and particle size impact the rumen epithelial morphology is unclear. The current study was conducted to elucidate the effects of forage quality and forage particle size on rumen epithelial...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang B,Wang D,Wu X,Cai J,Liu M,Huang X,Wu J,Liu J,Guan L

更新日期：2017-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among viruses, bacteriophages are a group of special interest due to their capacity of infecting bacteria that are important for biotechnology and human health. Composting is a microbial-driven process in which complex organic matter is converted into humus-like substances. In thermophilic composting, the de...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Amgarten D,Martins LF,Lombardi KC,Antunes LP,de Souza APS,Nicastro GG,Kitajima EW,Quaggio RB,Upton C,Setubal JC,da Silva AM

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal plant pathogens belonging to the genus Venturia cause damaging scab diseases of members of the Rosaceae. In terms of economic impact, the most important of these are V. inaequalis, which infects apple, and V. pirina, which is a pathogen of European pear. Given that Venturia fungi colonise the sub-cuti...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Deng CH,Plummer KM,Jones DAB,Mesarich CH,Shiller J,Taranto AP,Robinson AJ,Kastner P,Hall NE,Templeton MD,Bowen JK

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic characterization of rotavirus (RoV) has not been adopted at large-scale due to the complexity of obtaining sequences for all 11 segments, particularly when feces are used as starting material. METHODS:To overcome these limitations, we developed a novel RoV capture and genome sequencing method combin...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Dung TTN,Duy PT,Sessions OM,Sangumathi UK,Phat VV,Tam PTT,To NTN,Phuc TM,Hong Chau TT,Chau NNM,Minh NN,Thwaites GE,Rabaa MA,Baker S

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Winter-ulcer Moritella viscosa infections continue to be a significant burden in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) farming. M. viscosa comprises two main clusters that differ in genetic variation and phenotypes including virulence. Horizontal gene transfer through acquisition and loss of mobile genetic elemen...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Karlsen C,Hjerde E,Klemetsen T,Willassen NP

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Andean cultivar Paloma is resistant to Mesoamerican and Andean races of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum, the fungal pathogen that causes the destructive anthracnose disease in common bean. Remarkably, Paloma is resistant to Mesoamerican races 2047 and 3481, which are among the most virulent races of the an...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： de Lima Castro SA,Gonçalves-Vidigal MC,Gilio TAS,Lacanallo GF,Valentini G,da Silva Ramos Martins V,Song Q,Galván MZ,Hurtado-Gonzales OP,Pastor-Corrales MA

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins is central to many cellular processes across all domains of life, but despite decades of study and a wealth of genomic and proteomic data the biological function of many PTMs remains unknown. This is especially true for prokaryotic PTM systems, many of which ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Brown CW,Sridhara V,Boutz DR,Person MD,Marcotte EM,Barrick JE,Wilke CO

更新日期：2017-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endogenous small interfering (esi)RNAs repress mRNA levels and retrotransposon mobility in Drosophila somatic cells by poorly understood mechanisms. 21 nucleotide esiRNAs are primarily generated from retrotransposons and two inverted repeat (hairpin) loci in Drosophila culture cells in a Dicer2 dependent man...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Harrington AW,McKain MR,Michalski D,Bauer KM,Daugherty JM,Steiniger M

更新日期：2017-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Segmental duplications (SDs) commonly exist in plant and animal genomes, playing crucial roles in genomic rearrangement, gene innovation and the formation of copy number variants. However, they have received little attention in most livestock species. RESULTS:Aiming at characterizing SDs across the genomes ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Feng X,Jiang J,Padhi A,Ning C,Fu J,Wang A,Mrode R,Liu JF

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), is known to vary genetically across the North Atlantic, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This genetic variation occurs both spatially and temporally through decades of heavy fishing, and is concentrated in three linkage disequilibrium blocks, previously defined by pedigreed linkage m...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Barney BT,Munkholm C,Walt DR,Palumbi SR

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) of multicellular animals (Metazoa) with bilateral symmetry (Bilateria) are compact and usually carry 13 protein-coding genes for subunits of three respiratory complexes and ATP synthase. However, occasionally reported exceptions to this typical mtDNA organization prompted specul...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Szafranski P

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome rearrangement describes gross changes of chromosomal regions, plays an important role in evolutionary biology and has profound impacts on phenotype in organisms ranging from microbes to humans. With more and more complete genomes accomplished, lots of genomic comparisons have been conducted in order t...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Wang D,Li S,Guo F,Ning K,Wang L

更新日期：2017-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inferring the microbial interaction networks (MINs) and modeling their dynamics are critical in understanding the mechanisms of the bacterial ecosystem and designing antibiotic and/or probiotic therapies. Recently, several approaches were proposed to infer MINs using the generalized Lotka-Volterra (gLV) mode...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Alshawaqfeh M,Serpedin E,Younes AB

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DNA methylation is a key modulator of gene expression in mammalian development and cellular differentiation, including neurons. To date, the role of DNA modifications in long-term potentiation (LTP) has not been explored. RESULTS:To investigate the occurrence of DNA methylation changes in LTP, we undertook ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Maag JL,Kaczorowski DC,Panja D,Peters TJ,Bramham CR,Wibrand K,Dinger ME

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer is a complex disease driven by somatic genomic alterations (SGAs) that perturb signaling pathways and consequently cellular function. Identifying patterns of pathway perturbations would provide insights into common disease mechanisms shared among tumors, which is important for guiding treatment and pr...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Chen V,Paisley J,Lu X

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emerging evidence indicates that plant miRNAs can present within human circulating system through dietary intake and regulate human gene expression. Hence we deduced that comestible plants miRNAs can be identified in the public available small RNA sequencing data sets. RESULTS:In this study, we identified a...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Liu YC,Chen WL,Kung WH,Huang HD

更新日期：2017-03-14 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:Cold tolerance is a key determinant of the geographical distribution range of a plant species and crop production. Cold acclimation can enhance freezing-tolerance of plant species through a period of exposure to low nonfreezing temperatures. As a subtropical evergreen broadleaf plant, oil-tea camellia demons...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Chen J,Yang X,Huang X,Duan S,Long C,Chen J,Rong J

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The floral transition plays a vital role in the life of ornamental plants. Despite progress in model plants, the molecular mechanisms of flowering regulation remain unknown in perennial plants. Rosa chinensis 'Old Blush' is a unique plant that can flower continuously year-round. In this study, gene expressio...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Guo X,Yu C,Luo L,Wan H,Zhen N,Xu T,Tan J,Pan H,Zhang Q

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity, the excessive accumulation of body fat, is a highly heritable and genetically heterogeneous disorder. The complex, polygenic basis for the disease consisting of a network of different gene variants is still not completely known. RESULTS:In the current study we generated a BAC library of the obese-p...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Vogel H,Jähnert M,Stadion M,Matzke D,Scherneck S,Schürmann A

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alternative splicing (AS) regulation is extensive and shapes the functional complexity of higher organisms. However, the contribution of alternative splicing to fungal biology is not well studied. RESULTS:This study provides sequences of the transcriptomes of the plant wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae, us...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Jin L,Li G,Yu D,Huang W,Cheng C,Liao S,Wu Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In plants carotenoids play an important role in the photosynthetic process and photo-oxidative protection, and are the substrate for the synthesis of abscisic acid and strigolactones. In addition to their protective role as antioxidants and precursors of vitamin A, in wheat carotenoids are important as they ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Colasuonno P,Lozito ML,Marcotuli I,Nigro D,Giancaspro A,Mangini G,De Vita P,Mastrangelo AM,Pecchioni N,Houston K,Simeone R,Gadaleta A,Blanco A

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deciphering taxonomical structures based on high dimensional sequencing data is still challenging in metagenomics study. Moreover, the common workflow processed in this field fails to identify microbial communities and their effect on a specific disease status. Even the relationships and interactions between...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Yan J,Chuai G,Qi T,Shao F,Zhou C,Zhu C,Yang J,Yu Y,Shi C,Kang N,He Y,Liu Q

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The expanding number and global distributions of herbicide resistant weedy species threaten food, fuel, fiber and bioproduct sustainability and agroecosystem longevity. Amongst the most competitive weeds, Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats has rapidly evolved resistance to glyphosate primarily through massive amplif...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Molin WT,Wright AA,Lawton-Rauh A,Saski CA

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression by targeting specific mRNA species for degradation or interfering with translation. Specific miRNAs are key regulators of adipogenesis, and are expressed at different levels in adipose tissue from lean and obese mice. The deg...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Link JC,Hasin-Brumshtein Y,Cantor RM,Chen X,Arnold AP,Lusis AJ,Reue K

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The food spoilage yeast species Zygosaccharomyces bailii exhibits an extraordinary capacity to tolerate weak acids, in particular acetic acid. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the transcription factor Haa1 (ScHaa1) is considered the main player in genomic expression reprogramming in response to acetic acid stres...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Palma M,Dias PJ,Roque FC,Luzia L,Guerreiro JF,Sá-Correia I

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modern broiler chickens exhibit very rapid growth and high feed efficiency compared to unselected chicken breeds. The improved production efficiency in modern broiler chickens was achieved by the intensive genetic selection for meat production. This study was designed to investigate the genetic alterations a...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Kong BW,Hudson N,Seo D,Lee S,Khatri B,Lassiter K,Cook D,Piekarski A,Dridi S,Anthony N,Bottje W

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nicotiana attenuata (coyote tobacco) is an ecological model for studying plant-environment interactions and plant gene function under real-world conditions. During the last decade, large amounts of genomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic data have been generated with this plant which has provided new insight...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Brockmöller T,Ling Z,Li D,Gaquerel E,Baldwin IT,Xu S

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is predominantly an autopolyploid plant with a variable ploidy level, frequent aneuploidy and a large genome that hampers investigation of its organization. Genetic architecture studies are important for identifying genomic regions associated with traits of interest. However, due t...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Balsalobre TW,da Silva Pereira G,Margarido GR,Gazaffi R,Barreto FZ,Anoni CO,Cardoso-Silva CB,Costa EA,Mancini MC,Hoffmann HP,de Souza AP,Garcia AA,Carneiro MS

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fistular leaves frequently appear in Allium species, and previous developmental studies have proposed that the process of fistular leaf formation involves programmed cell death. However, molecular evidence for the role of programmed cell death in the formation of fistular leaf cavities has yet to be reported...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Zhu S,Tang S,Tan Z,Yu Y,Dai Q,Liu T

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colletotrichum graminicola and C. sublineola cause anthracnose leaf and stalk diseases of maize and sorghum, respectively. In spite of their close evolutionary relationship, the two species are completely host-specific. Host specificity is often attributed to pathogen virulence factors, including specialized...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： Buiate EAS,Xavier KV,Moore N,Torres MF,Farman ML,Schardl CL,Vaillancourt LJ

更新日期：2017-01-10 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:To develop evolutionary models for the free living bacterium Alteromonas the genome sequences of isolates of the genus have been extensively analyzed. However, the main genetic exchange drivers in these microbes, conjugative elements (CEs), have not been considered in detail thus far. In this work, CEs have ...

journal_title：BMC genomics

authors： López-Pérez M,Ramon-Marco N,Rodriguez-Valera F

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00