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  2. Maize is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Roots play important role in maize productivity through water and nutrient uptake from the soil. Improving maize root traits for efficient water uptake ...

    Authors: Junqiao Song, Daowen Lu, Yongfeng Niu, Haichao Sun, Pan Zhang, Wenheng Dong, Yongjiang Li, Yingying Zhang, Lianyong Lu, Qi Men, Xiaohui Zhang, Pengxun Ren and Chuankui Chen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2022 23:184
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  3. Spiroplasma citri comprises a bacterial complex that cause diseases in citrus, horseradish, carrot, sesame, and also infects a wide array of ornamental and weed species. S. citri is transmitted in a persistent pr...

    Authors: Rachel Rattner, Shree Prasad Thapa, Tyler Dang, Fatima Osman, Vijayanandraj Selvaraj, Yogita Maheshwari, Deborah Pagliaccia, Andres S. Espindola, Subhas Hajeri, Jianchi Chen, Gitta Coaker, Georgios Vidalakis and Raymond Yokomi
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2021 22:373
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  5. About 45% of the human genome is comprised of mobile transposable elements or "junk DNA". The exaptation or co-option of these elements to provide important cellular functions is hypothesized to have played a ...

    Authors: Adrian F Gombart, Tsuyako Saito and H Phillip Koeffler
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2009 10:321
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Although bivalves are among the most-studied marine organisms because of their ecological role and economic importance, very little information is available on the genome sequences of oyster species. This repo...

    Authors: Elodie Fleury, Arnaud Huvet, Christophe Lelong, Julien de Lorgeril, Viviane Boulo, Yannick Gueguen, Evelyne Bachère, Arnaud Tanguy, Dario Moraga, Caroline Fabioux, Penelope Lindeque, Jenny Shaw, Richard Reinhardt, Patrick Prunet, Grace Davey, Sylvie Lapègue…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2009 10:341
    Content type: Database Published on:

  9. Aging human skin undergoes significant morphological and functional changes such as wrinkle formation, reduced wound healing capacity, and altered epidermal barrier function. Besides known age-related alterati...

    Authors: Andreas Kuehne, Janosch Hildebrand, Joern Soehle, Horst Wenck, Lara Terstegen, Stefan Gallinat, Anja Knott, Marc Winnefeld and Nicola Zamboni
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:169
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Genome-wide computational analysis of alternative splicing (AS) in several flowering plants has revealed that pre-mRNAs from about 30% of genes undergo AS. Chlamydomonas, a simple unicellular green alga, is part ...

    Authors: Adam Labadorf, Alicia Link, Mark F Rogers, Julie Thomas, Anireddy SN Reddy and Asa Ben-Hur
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2010 11:114
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Preterm birth (PTB), birth at <37 weeks of gestation, is a significant global public health problem. World-wide, about 15 million babies are born preterm each year resulting in more than a million deaths of ch...

    Authors: Ishfaq A. Sheikh, Ejaz Ahmad, Mohammad S. Jamal, Mohd Rehan, Mourad Assidi, Iftikhar A. Tayubi, Samera F. AlBasri, Osama S. Bajouh, Rola F. Turki, Adel M. Abuzenadah, Ghazi A. Damanhouri, Mohd A. Beg and Mohammed Al-Qahtani
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2016 17(Suppl 9):759
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 9

  12. In insect societies, queens monopolize reproduction while workers perform tasks such as brood care or foraging. Queen loss leads to ovary development and lifespan extension in workers of many ant species. Howe...

    Authors: Marina Choppin, Barbara Feldmeyer and Susanne Foitzik
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2021 22:871
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  13. Peridinin-containing dinoflagellates have a highly reduced chloroplast genome, which is unlike that found in other chloroplast containing organisms. Genome reduction appears to be the result of extensive trans...

    Authors: Adrian C Barbrook, Nicole Santucci, Lindsey J Plenderleith, Roger G Hiller and Christopher J Howe
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2006 7:297
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Shotgun proteomics utilizes a database search strategy to compare detected mass spectra to a library of theoretical spectra derived from reference genome information. As such, the robustness of proteomics resu...

    Authors: J. Michael Proffitt, Jeremy Glenn, Anthony J. Cesnik, Avinash Jadhav, Michael R. Shortreed, Lloyd M. Smith, Kylie Kavanagh, Laura A. Cox and Michael Olivier
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:877
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. The increasing prevalence and expanding geographical range of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) panzootic in cervids is threatening human, animal, environmental and economic health. The pathogenesis of CWD in ...

    Authors: Eóin O’Hara, Allen Herbst, Arun Kommadath, Judd M. Aiken, Debbie McKenzie, Negin Goodarzi, Pamela Skinner and Paul Stothard
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2022 23:69
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  16. Soybean (Glycine max) is an important oil provider and ecosystem participant. The protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) plays important roles in key biological processes. Molecular evolution and functional analysis of th...

    Authors: Kai Fan, Yunrui Chen, Zhijun Mao, Yao Fang, Zhaowei Li, Weiwei Lin, Yongqiang Zhang, Jianping Liu, Jinwen Huang and Wenxiong Lin
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:465
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. We have previously reported on paucity of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups J and K among Finnish endurance athletes. Here we aimed to further explore differences in mtDNA variants between elite endurance ...

    Authors: Jukka Kiiskilä, Jukka S. Moilanen, Laura Kytövuori, Anna-Kaisa Niemi and Kari Majamaa
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:784
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Scallops possess striated and catch adductor muscles, which have different structure and contractile properties. The striated muscle contracts very quickly for swimming, whereas the smooth catch muscle can kee...

    Authors: Xiujun Sun, Zhihong Liu, Biao Wu, Liqing Zhou, Qi Wang, Wei Wu and Aiguo Yang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2018 19:377
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. With numerous endemic subspecies representing four of its five evolutionary lineages, Europe holds a large fraction of Apis mellifera genetic diversity. This diversity and the natural distribution range have been...

    Authors: Jamal Momeni, Melanie Parejo, Rasmus O. Nielsen, Jorge Langa, Iratxe Montes, Laetitia Papoutsis, Leila Farajzadeh, Christian Bendixen, Eliza Căuia, Jean-Daniel Charrière, Mary F. Coffey, Cecilia Costa, Raffaele Dall’Olio, Pilar De la Rúa, M. Maja Drazic, Janja Filipi…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2021 22:101
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  21. Autophagy is a conserved catabolic process in eukaryotes that contributes to cell survival in response to multiple stresses and is important for organism fitness. Extensive research has shown that autophagy pl...

    Authors: Chenhui Guan, Yalun Li, Qiong Wang, Jiajia Wang, Caijuan Tian, Yuying He and Zhaoxia Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2024 25:625
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  22. In the life cycle of Leishmania within the alimentary canal of sand flies the parasites have to survive the hostile environment of blood meal digestion, escape the blood bolus and attach to the midgut epitheli...

    Authors: Ryan C Jochim, Clarissa R Teixeira, Andre Laughinghouse, Jianbing Mu, Fabiano Oliveira, Regis B Gomes, Dia-Eldin Elnaiem and Jesus G Valenzuela
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2008 9:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is one of a major freshwater prawn species cultured in Southeast Asia. White tail disease (WTD), caused by Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (MrNV), is a serious problem in farm culti...

    Authors: Phongthana Pasookhush, Charles Hindmarch, Paisarn Sithigorngul, Siwaporn Longyant, William G. Bendena and Parin Chaivisuthangkura
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:762
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Boar taint is observed in a high proportion of uncastrated male pigs and is characterized by an unpleasant odor/flavor in cooked meat, primarily caused by elevated levels of androstenone and skatole. Androsten...

    Authors: Eli Grindflek, Sigbjørn Lien, Hanne Hamland, Marianne HS Hansen, Matthew Kent, Maren van Son and Theo HE Meuwissen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2011 12:362
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Whereas an increasing number of pathogenic and mutualistic ascomycetous species were sequenced in the past decade, species showing a seemingly neutral association such as root endophytes received less attentio...

    Authors: Markus Schlegel, Martin Münsterkötter, Ulrich Güldener, Rémy Bruggmann, Angelo Duò, Matthieu Hainaut, Bernard Henrissat, Christian M. K. Sieber, Dirk Hoffmeister and Christoph R. Grünig
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2016 17:1015
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Inherited hearing impairment is a remarkably heterogeneous monogenic condition, involving hundreds of genes, most of them with very small (< 1%) epidemiological contributions. The exception is GJB2, the gene enco...

    Authors: María Domínguez-Ruiz, Silvia Murillo-Cuesta, Julio Contreras, Marta Cantero, Gema Garrido, Belén Martín-Bernardo, Elena Gómez-Rosas, Almudena Fernández, Francisco J. del Castillo, Lluís Montoliu, Isabel Varela-Nieto and Ignacio del Castillo
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2024 25:359
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  27. The family Brassicaceae encompasses diverse species, many of which have high scientific and economic importance. Early diversifications and phylogenetic relationships between major lineages or clades remain un...

    Authors: Xinyi Guo, Jianquan Liu, Guoqian Hao, Lei Zhang, Kangshan Mao, Xiaojuan Wang, Dan Zhang, Tao Ma, Quanjun Hu, Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz and Marcus A. Koch
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:176
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Seminal fluid proteins control many aspects of fertilization and in turn, they play a key role in post-mating sexual selection and possibly reproductive isolation. Because effective proteome profiling relies o...

    Authors: Martha L. Bonilla, Christopher Todd, Martin Erlandson and Jose Andres
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2015 16:1096
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. The wide use of organophosphorus (OP) pesticides makes them an important public health concern. Persistent effects of exposure and the mechanism of neuronal degeneration are continuing issues in OP toxicology....

    Authors: John A Lewis, Maria Szilagyi, Elizabeth Gehman, William E Dennis and David A Jackson
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2009 10:202
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Sugar Will Eventually be Exported Transporter (SWEET) proteins are highly conserved in various organisms and play crucial roles in sugar transport processes. However, SWEET proteins in peanuts, an essential le...

    Authors: Yang Li, Mengjia Fu, Jiaming Li, Jie Wu, Zhenyang Shua, Tiantian Chen, Wen Yao and Dongxin Huai
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2024 25:259
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  32. Hormesis is a biphasic biological response characterized by the stimulatory effect at relatively low amounts of chemical compounds which are otherwise detrimental at higher concentrations. A hormetic response ...

    Authors: Maria de la Paz Celorio-Mancera, Seung-Joon Ahn, Heiko Vogel and David G Heckel
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2011 12:575
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. There are no commercially available vaccines against human protozoan parasitic diseases, despite the success of vaccination-induced long-term protection against infectious diseases. East Coast fever, caused by...

    Authors: Martin Norling, Richard P. Bishop, Roger Pelle, Weihong Qi, Sonal Henson, Elliott F. Drábek, Kyle Tretina, David Odongo, Stephen Mwaura, Thomas Njoroge, Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, Claudia A. Daubenberger and Joana C. Silva
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2015 16:729
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) is a food-borne pathogen and of great threat to human health through consuming the contaminated poultry products. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a...

    Authors: Guixian Wu, Yukai Qi, Xiaoyi Liu, Ning Yang, Guiyun Xu, Liying Liu and Xianyao Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:77
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  35. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae 14-spanner Drug:H+ Antiporter family 2 (DHA2) are transporters of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) involved in multidrug resistance (MDR). Although poorly characterized, DHA2 f...

    Authors: Paulo Jorge Dias and Isabel Sá-Correia
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:901
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) are contact-dependent antagonistic systems employed by Gram negative bacteria to intoxicate other bacteria or eukaryotic cells. T6SSs were recently discovered in a few Bactero...

    Authors: Michael J. Coyne, Kevin G. Roelofs and Laurie E. Comstock
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2016 17:58
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Mitochondrial genomes comprise a small but critical component of the total DNA in eukaryotic organisms. They encode several key proteins for the cell’s major energy producing apparatus, the mitochondrial respi...

    Authors: Rhiannon E Lloyd, Peter G Foster, Matthew Guille and D Timothy J Littlewood
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2012 13:496
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Drug repurposing plays a significant role in providing effective treatments for certain diseases faster and more cost-effectively. Successful repurposing cases are mostly supported by a classical paradigm that...

    Authors: Belén Otero-Carrasco, Esther Ugarte Carro, Lucía Prieto-Santamaría, Marina Diaz Uzquiano, Juan Pedro Caraça-Valente Hernández and Alejandro Rodríguez-González
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2024 25:43
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  40. In avian species, liver is the main site of de novo lipogenesis, and hepatic lipid metabolism relates closely to adipose fat deposition. Using our fat and lean chicken lines of striking differences in abdomina...

    Authors: Wei Na, Yuan-Yuan Wu, Peng-Fei Gong, Chun-Yan Wu, Bo-Han Cheng, Yu-Xiang Wang, Ning Wang, Zhi-Qiang Du and Hui Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2018 19:384
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Seminal fluid plays an important role in successful fertilization, but knowledge of the full suite of proteins transferred from males to females during copulation is incomplete. The list of ejaculated proteins...

    Authors: Matthew D Dean, Geoffrey D Findlay, Michael R Hoopmann, Christine C Wu, Michael J MacCoss, Willie J Swanson and Michael W Nachman
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2011 12:306
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Sequencing-based detection and characterization of viruses in complex samples can suffer from lack of sensitivity due to a variety of factors including, but not limited to, low titer, small genome size, and co...

    Authors: Adrian C. Paskey, Kenneth G. Frey, Gary Schroth, Stephen Gross, Theron Hamilton and Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:155
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is an emerging pathogenic nematode that is responsible for a devastating epidemic of pine wilt disease across Asia and Europe. In this study, we report the f...

    Authors: Juan E. Palomares-Rius, Isheng J. Tsai, Nurul Karim, Mitsuteru Akiba, Tetsuro Kato, Haruhiko Maruyama, Yuko Takeuchi and Taisei Kikuchi
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2015 16:845
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. In mammals, hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is a genetic disorder that is characterized by sparse hair, tooth abnormalities, and defects in cutaneous glands. Only four genes, EDA, EDAR, EDARADD and WNT10A

    Authors: Clémentine Escouflaire, Emmanuelle Rebours, Mathieu Charles, Sébastien Orellana, Margarita Cano, Julie Rivière, Cécile Grohs, Hélène Hayes and Aurélien Capitan
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:715
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Identification of biomarkers associated with the prognosis of different cancer subtypes is critical to achieve better therapeutic assistance. In colorectal cancer (CRC) the discovery of stable and consistent s...

    Authors: Jorge Martinez-Romero, Santiago Bueno-Fortes, Manuel Martín-Merino, Ana Ramirez de Molina and Javier De Las Rivas
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2018 19(Suppl 8):857
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 8

  46. Sponge holobionts (i.e., the host and its associated microbiota) play a key role in the cycling of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in marine ecosystems. On coral reefs, an ecological shift from coral-dominated ...

    Authors: Sara Campana, Ana Riesgo, Evelien Jongepier, Janina Fuss, Gerard Muyzer and Jasper M. de Goeij
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2022 23:674
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. The data from high throughput genomics technologies provide unique opportunities for studies of complex biological systems, but also pose many new challenges. The shift to the genome scale in evolutionary biol...

    Authors: Francisco Prosdocimi, Benjamin Linard, Pierre Pontarotti, Olivier Poch and Julie D Thompson
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2012 13:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. The UPP (ubiquitin proteasome pathway) is the major proteolytic system in the cytosol and nucleus of all eukaryotic cells which regulates cellular events, including mitotis, differentiation, signal transductio...

    Authors: Abhinav Grover, Ashutosh Shandilya, Virendra S Bisaria and Durai Sundar
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2010 11(Suppl 4):S15
    Content type: Proceedings Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 4

  49. The naid annelids contain a number of species that vary in their ability to regenerate lost body parts, making them excellent candidates for evolution of regeneration studies. However, scant sequence data exis...

    Authors: Kevin G Nyberg, Matthew A Conte, Jamie L Kostyun, Alison Forde and Alexandra E Bely
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2012 13:287
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. So far, biocontrol agent selection has been performed mainly by time consuming in vitro confrontation tests followed by extensive trials in greenhouse and field. An alternative approach is offered by applicati...

    Authors: Francesca Fanelli, Vania Cosma Liuzzi, Antonio Francesco Logrieco and Claudio Altomare
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2018 19:662
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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