abstract：:Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acids that specifically recognize and bind tightly to their cognate targets due to their stable three-dimensional structure. Nucleic acid aptamers have been developed for various applications, including diagnostics, molecular imaging, biomarker discovery, target validation, therape...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhou J,Bobbin ML,Burnett JC,Rossi JJ

更新日期：2012-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection for improved host response to infectious disease offers a desirable alternative to chemical treatment but has proven difficult in practice, due to low heritability estimates of disease traits. Disease data from field studies is often binary, indicating whether an individual has become infected or not followi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lipschutz-Powell D,Woolliams JA,Bijma P,Pong-Wong R,Bermingham ML,Doeschl-Wilson AB

更新日期：2012-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological developments and intense research over the last years have led to a better understanding of the 3D structure of the genome and its influence on genome function inside the cell nucleus. We will summarize topological studies performed on four model gene loci: the α- and β-globin gene loci, the antigen rece...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Holwerda S,de Laat W

更新日期：2012-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using a novel candidate SNP approach, we aimed to identify a possible genetic basis for the higher glioma incidence in Whites relative to East Asians and African-Americans. METHODS:  We hypothesized that genetic regions containing SNPs with extreme differences in allele frequencies across ethnicities are mo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Jacobs DI,Walsh KM,Wrensch M,Wiencke J,Jenkins R,Houlston RS,Bondy M,Simon M,Sanson M,Gousias K,Schramm J,Labussière M,Di Stefano AL,Wichmann HE,Müller-Nurasyid M,Schreiber S,Franke A,Moebus S,Eisele L,Dewan AT,Du

更新日期：2012-10-12 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：:The multi-subunit protein complex, cohesin, is responsible for sister chromatid cohesion during cell division. The interaction of cohesin with DNA is controlled by a number of additional regulatory proteins. Mutations in cohesin, or its regulators, cause a spectrum of human developmental syndromes known as the "cohesi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Horsfield JA,Print CG,Mönnich M

更新日期：2012-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous associations between genetic loci and individual phenotypes; however, relatively few GWAS have attempted to detect pleiotropic associations, in which loci are simultaneously associated with multiple distinct phenotypes. We show that pleiotropic associatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hartley SW,Monti S,Liu CT,Steinberg MH,Sebastiani P

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective breeding programs aiming to increase the productivity and profitability of the sheep meat industry use elite, progeny tested sires. The broad genetic traits of primary interest in the progeny of these sires include skeletal muscle yield, fat content, eating quality, and reproductive efficiency. Natural mutat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tellam RL,Cockett NE,Vuocolo T,Bidwell CA

更新日期：2012-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged drug use causes long-lasting neuroadaptations in reward-related brain areas that contribute to addiction. Despite significant amount of research dedicated to understanding the underlying mechanisms of addiction, the molecular underpinnings remain unclear. At the same time, much of the pervasive transcription...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Sartor GC,St Laurent G 3rd,Wahlestedt C

更新日期：2012-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The prophase of meiosis I ensures the correct segregation of chromosomes to each daughter cell. This includes the pairing, synapsis, and recombination of homologous chromosomes. A subset of chromosomal abnormalities, including translocation and inversion, disturbs these processes, resulting in the failure to complete ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kurahashi H,Kogo H,Tsutsumi M,Inagaki H,Ohye T

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory receptors (ORs) are a type of GTP-binding protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). These receptors are responsible for mediating the sense of smell through their interaction with odor ligands. OR-odorant interactions marks the first step in the process that leads to olfaction. Computational studies on model OR struc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lai PC,Crasto CJ

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The effect of weight loss by diet alone or diet in conjunction with exercise on low-grade inflammation in non-obese (overweight) individuals is not known. OBJECTIVE:Test the hypothesis that 24 weeks of moderate calorie restriction (CR; 25%) by diet only or with aerobic exercise would reduce markers of systemic...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tam CS,Covington JD,Ravussin E,Redman LM,Pennington CALERIE Team.

更新日期：2012-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental exposures vary by timing, severity, and frequency and may have a number of deleterious effects throughout the life course. The period of in utero development, for example, is one of the most crucial stages of development during which adverse environmental exposures can both alter the growth and developme...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Maccani MA,Knopik VS

更新日期：2012-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibians are important vertebrates in toxicology often representing both aquatic and terrestrial forms within the life history of the same species. Of the thousands of species, only two have substantial genomics resources: the recently published genome of the Pipid, Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis, and transcript info...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Helbing CC

更新日期：2012-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Imprinted loci play a critical role in fetal development. Their expression is often regulated by CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) protein binding at imprinting control regions (ICRs). Prenatal alcohol exposure has been shown to reduce global DNA methylation in the developing mouse fetus. This study explored the effect of p...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Knezovich JG,Ramsay M

更新日期：2012-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Indy encodes the fly homolog of a mammalian transporter of di and tricarboxylate components of the Krebs cycle. Reduced expression of fly Indy or two of the C. elegans Indy homologs leads to an increase in life span. Fly and worm tissues that play key roles in intermediary metabolism are also the places where Indy gen...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Frankel S,Rogina B

更新日期：2012-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tests in a genetically informative design whether exercise behavior causally influences subjective wellbeing (SWB) and internalizing problems (INT). If exercise causally influences SWB and INT, genetic and environmental factors influencing exercise behavior will also influence SWB and INT. Furthermore, with...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bartels M,de Moor MH,van der Aa N,Boomsma DI,de Geus EJ

更新日期：2012-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:ncRNAs are key genes in many human diseases including cancer and viral infection, as well as providing critical functions in pathogenic organisms such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, and protists. Until now the identification and characterization of ncRNAs associated with disease has been slow or inaccurate requiring man...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Collins LJ

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxicity assays of immortalized lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) represent a promising new in vitro approach in pharmacogenomics research. However, previous studies employing LCLs in gene mapping have used simple association methods, which may not adequately capture the true differences in non-linear response prof...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Brown C,Havener TM,Everitt L,McLeod H,Motsinger-Reif AA

更新日期：2011-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have acknowledged that testing mediational hypotheses between treatments, genes, physiological measures, and behaviors may substantially advance our understanding of how these associations operate. In psychiatric research, the costs of measuring the putative mediator or the outcome can be prohibitive. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Makowsky R,Beasley TM,Gadbury GL,Albert JM,Kennedy RE,Allison DB

更新日期：2011-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A biochemical activity, that is, enzymatic reaction or molecular interaction, frequently involves a molecule, for example, an enzyme, capable of interacting with numerous substrates or partners. Specificity is a fundamental property of biochemical activities, and relative specificity refers to the situation whereby a ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zeng Y

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of non-protein-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in genomes is a crucial task for not only molecular cell biology but also bioinformatics. Secondary structures of ncRNAs are employed as a key feature of ncRNA analysis since biological functions of ncRNAs are deeply related to their secondary structures. Although the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Okada Y,Saito Y,Sato K,Sakakibara Y

更新日期：2011-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Parent-of-origin effects (POE) such as genomic imprinting influence growth and body composition in livestock, rodents, and humans. Here, we report the results of a genome scan to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) with POE on growth and carcass traits in Angus × Brahman cattle crossbreds. We identified 24 POE-QTL on...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Imumorin IG,Kim EH,Lee YM,De Koning DJ,van Arendonk JA,De Donato M,Taylor JF,Kim JJ

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity continues to increase particularly in developed countries. To establish the primary mechanisms involved, relevant animal models which track the developmental pathway to obesity are required. This need is emphasized by the substantial rise in the number of overweight and obese children, of whi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Symonds ME,Sebert S,Budge H

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00