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  1. The Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway has been well-characterized as a crucial signal transduction cascade that regulates vital biological responses including dev...

    Authors: Amy Tsurumi, Connie Zhao and Willis X. Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:718
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  2. Expansions of gene families are predictive for ongoing genetic adaptation to environmental cues. We describe such an expansion of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) gene family in certain bat families. Members of...

    Authors: Robert Kammerer, Martin Mansfeld, Jana Hänske, Sophie Mißbach, Xiaocui He, Bernd Köllner, Susan Mouchantat and Wolfgang Zimmermann
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:717
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  4. The current chassis organisms or various types of cell factories have considerable advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is necessary to develop various chassis for an efficient production of different b...

    Authors: Xuemei Shen, Zheng Wang, Xianqing Huang, Hongbo Hu, Wei Wang and Xuehong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:715
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  5. The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is an important marine fishery resource, which contains high levels of glycogen that contributes to the flavor and the quality of the oyster. However, little is known about th...

    Authors: Busu Li, Kai Song, Jie Meng, Li Li and Guofan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:713
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  6. Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is a method that models gene expression data as an action of a set of statistically independent hidden factors. The output of ICA depends on a fundamental parameter: the nu...

    Authors: Ulykbek Kairov, Laura Cantini, Alessandro Greco, Askhat Molkenov, Urszula Czerwinska, Emmanuel Barillot and Andrei Zinovyev
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:712
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  7. Severe equine asthma is a naturally occurring lung inflammatory disease of mature animals characterized by neutrophilic inflammation, bronchoconstriction, mucus hypersecretion and airway remodeling. Exacerbati...

    Authors: Laurence Tessier, Olivier Côté, Mary Ellen Clark, Laurent Viel, Andrés Diaz-Méndez, Simon Anders and Dorothee Bienzle
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:708
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  8. Landrace farmers are the keepers of crops locally adapted to the environments where they are cultivated. Patterns of diversity across the genome can provide signals of past evolution in the face of abiotic and...

    Authors: Matthew A. Kost, Hugo R. Perales, Saranga Wijeratne, Asela J. Wijeratne, Eric Stockinger and Kristin L. Mercer
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:707
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  9. Due to the limited availability and high cost of fish oil in the face of increasing aquaculture production, there is a need to reduce usage of fish oil in aquafeeds without compromising farm fish health. There...

    Authors: Khalil Eslamloo, Xi Xue, Jennifer R. Hall, Nicole C. Smith, Albert Caballero-Solares, Christopher C. Parrish, Richard G. Taylor and Matthew L. Rise
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:706
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  10. How to develop new cotton varieties possessing high yield traits of Upland cotton and superior fiber quality traits of Sea Island cotton remains a key task for cotton breeders and researchers. While multiple a...

    Authors: Peng-tao Li, Mi Wang, Quan-wei Lu, Qun Ge, Md. Harun or Rashid, Ai-ying Liu, Ju-wu Gong, Hai-hong Shang, Wan-kui Gong, Jun-wen Li, Wei-wu Song, Li-xue Guo, Wei Su, Shao-qi Li, Xiao-ping Guo, Yu-zhen Shi…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:705
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  12. Maize was originally domesticated in a tropical environment but is now widely cultivated at temperate latitudes. Temperate and tropical maize populations have diverged both genotypically and phenotypically. Tr...

    Authors: Xianjun Lai, James C. Schnable, Zhengqiao Liao, Jie Xu, Gengyun Zhang, Chuan Li, Erliang Hu, Tingzhao Rong, Yunbi Xu and Yanli Lu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:702
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  13. Ion homeostasis is an essential property of living organisms. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an ideal model organism to investigate ion homeostasis at all levels. In this yeast genes involved in high-affin...

    Authors: Janneke H.M. Teunissen, Marjolein E. Crooijmans, Pepijn P.P. Teunisse and G. Paul H. van Heusden
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:701
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  15. Efficient use of feed resources for farm animals is a critical concern in animal husbandry. Numerous genetic and nutritional studies have been conducted to investigate feed efficiency during the regular laying...

    Authors: Jingwei Yuan, Sirui Chen, Fengying Shi, Guiqin Wu, Aiqiao Liu, Ning Yang and Congjiao Sun
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:699
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  16. Insect mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) exhibit high diversity in some lineages. The gene rearrangement and large intergenic spacer (IGS) have been reported in several Coleopteran species, although very lit...

    Authors: Chao Du, Lifang Zhang, Ting Lu, Jingnan Ma, Chenjuan Zeng, Bisong Yue and Xiuyue Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:698
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  17. Harboring foregut microbial communities is considered a key innovation that allows herbivorous mammals to colonize new ecological niches. However, the functions of these chambers have only been well studied at...

    Authors: Kevin D. Kohl, Kelly F. Oakeson, Diane Dunn, David K. Meyerholz, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss and M. Denise Dearing
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:697
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  18. Neutrophils are traditionally considered transcriptionally inactive. Compared to other immune cells, little is known about their transcriptional profile during interaction with pathogens.

    Authors: Maria J. Niemiec, Christian Grumaz, David Ermert, Christiane Desel, Madhu Shankar, José Pedro Lopes, Ian G. Mills, Philip Stevens, Kai Sohn and Constantin F. Urban
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:696
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Genomics 2017 18:863

  19. Zinc finger homeodomain proteins (ZHD) constitute a plant-specific transcription factor family with a conserved DNA binding homeodomain and a zinc finger motif. Members of the ZHD protein family play important...

    Authors: Khadiza Khatun, Ujjal Kumar Nath, Arif Hasan Khan Robin, Jong-In Park, Do-Jin Lee, Min-Bae Kim, Chang Kil Kim, Ki-Byung Lim, Ill Sup Nou and Mi-Young Chung
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:695
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  20. The information content of genomes plays a crucial role in the existence and proper development of living organisms. Thus, tremendous effort has been dedicated to developing DNA sequencing technologies that pr...

    Authors: Jordi Abante, Noushin Ghaffari, Charles D. Johnson and Aniruddha Datta
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:694
    Content type: Methodology Article Published on:

  21. The short-lived fish Nothobranchius furzeri is the shortest-lived vertebrate that can be cultured in captivity and was recently established as a model organism for aging research. Small non-coding RNAs, especiall...

    Authors: Mario Baumgart, Emanuel Barth, Aurora Savino, Marco Groth, Philipp Koch, Andreas Petzold, Ivan Arisi, Matthias Platzer, Manja Marz and Alessandro Cellerino
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:693
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Genomics 2019 20:898

  22. Phomopsis longicolla T. W. Hobbs (syn. Diaporthe longicolla) is a seed-borne fungus causing Phomopsis seed decay in soybean. This disease is one of the most devastating diseases reduci...

    Authors: Shuxian Li, Omar Darwish, Nadim W. Alkharouf, Bryan Musungu and Benjamin F. Matthews
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:688
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. The transition from embryonic to posthatch development in the chicken represents a massive metabolic switch from primarily lipolytic to primarily lipogenic metabolism. This metabolic switch is essential for th...

    Authors: Julie A. Hicks, Tom E. Porter and Hsiao-Ching Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:687
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  24. Parasites can either respond to differences in immune defenses that exist between individual hosts plastically or, alternatively, follow a genetically canalized (“hard wired”) program of infection. Assuming th...

    Authors: Totta Ehret, Simone Spork, Christoph Dieterich, Richard Lucius and Emanuel Heitlinger
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:686
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  25. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a balanced nutritional crop, but its breeding improvement has been limited by the lack of information on its genetics and genomics. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain knowl...

    Authors: Tifu Zhang, Minfeng Gu, Yuhe Liu, Yuanda Lv, Ling Zhou, Haiyan Lu, Shuaiqiang Liang, Huabin Bao and Han Zhao
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:685
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Horizontal transfer of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) that carry virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes mediates the evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and the emergence of new MRSA c...

    Authors: Dorota Jamrozy, Francesc Coll, Alison E. Mather, Simon R. Harris, Ewan M. Harrison, Alasdair MacGowan, Andreas Karas, Tony Elston, M. Estée Török, Julian Parkhill and Sharon J. Peacock
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:684
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  27. Chrysanthemum morifolium is one of the most economically valuable ornamental plants worldwide. Chrysanthemum is an allohexaploid plant with a large genome that is commercially propagat...

    Authors: Katsutomo Sasaki, Nobutaka Mitsuda, Kenji Nashima, Kyutaro Kishimoto, Yuichi Katayose, Hiroyuki Kanamori and Akemi Ohmiya
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:683
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Genomics 2017 18:954

  28. Fluoroquinolones are broad-spectrum antibiotics used to prevent and treat a wide range of bacterial infections. Plasmid-mediated qnr genes provide resistance to fluoroquinolones in many bacterial species and are ...

    Authors: Fredrik Boulund, Fanny Berglund, Carl-Fredrik Flach, Johan Bengtsson-Palme, Nachiket P. Marathe, DG Joakim Larsson and Erik Kristiansson
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:682
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  29. Thanks to specific adaptations developed over millions of years, the efficiency of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose decomposition of higher termite symbiotic system exceeds that of many other lignocellulose...

    Authors: Martyna Marynowska, Xavier Goux, David Sillam-Dussès, Corinne Rouland-Lefèvre, Yves Roisin, Philippe Delfosse and Magdalena Calusinska
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:681
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  30. Cotton fibre is a single cell and it is one of the best platforms for unraveling the genes express during various stages of fibre development. There are reports devoted to comparative transcriptome study on fi...

    Authors: Atul S. Hande, Ishwarappa S. Katageri, Mangesh P. Jadhav, Sateesh Adiger, Savita Gamanagatti, Kethireddy Venkata Padmalatha, Gurusamy Dhandapani, Mogilicherla Kanakachari, Polumetla Ananda Kumar and Vanga Siva Reddy
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:675
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  31. The biological control agent Aspergillus aculeatus Asp-4 colonizes and degrades sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resulting in reduced germination and disease caused by this important plant pathogen. Molecula...

    Authors: Xiaojia Hu, Lu Qin, Daniel P. Roberts, Dilip K. Lakshman, Yangmin Gong, Jude E. Maul, Lihua Xie, Changbing Yu, Yinshui Li, Lei Hu, Xiangsheng Liao and Xing Liao
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:674
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  32. Distinguishing orthologous and paralogous relationships between genes across multiple species is essential for comparative genomic analyses. Various computational approaches have been developed to resolve thes...

    Authors: Rahul V. Rane, John G. Oakeshott, Thu Nguyen, Ary A. Hoffmann and Siu F. Lee
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:673
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  34. Since papaya is a typical climacteric fruit, exogenous ethylene (ETH) applications can induce premature and quicker ripening, while 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) slows down the ripening processes. Differential ...

    Authors: Yan Hong Shen, Bing Guo Lu, Li Feng, Fei Ying Yang, Jiao Jiao Geng, Ray Ming and Xiao Jing Chen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:671
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  35. Common bacterial blight is a devastating bacterial disease of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) caused by Xanthomonas citri pv. fuscans and Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. phaseoli. These phylogenetically distant strains...

    Authors: Mylène Ruh, Martial Briand, Sophie Bonneau, Marie-Agnès Jacques and Nicolas W.G. Chen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:670
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  36. Malaria control in Africa is dependent upon the use insecticides but intensive use of a limited number of chemicals has led to resistance in mosquito populations. Increased production of enzymes that detoxify ...

    Authors: Victoria A. Ingham, Patricia Pignatelli, Jonathan D. Moore, Simon Wagstaff and Hilary Ranson
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:669
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  37. Ascomycete Cordyceps species have been using as valued traditional Chinese medicines. Particularly, the fruiting bodies of Cordyceps cicadae (syn. Isaria cicadae) have long been utilized for the treatment of chro...

    Authors: Yuzhen Lu, Feifei Luo, Kai Cen, Guohua Xiao, Ying Yin, Chunru Li, Zengzhi Li, Shuai Zhan, Huizhan Zhang and Chengshu Wang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:668
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  38. The ascomycete fungus Colletotrichum higginsianum causes anthracnose disease of brassica crops and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Previous versions of the genome sequence were highly fragmented, causing er...

    Authors: Jean-Félix Dallery, Nicolas Lapalu, Antonios Zampounis, Sandrine Pigné, Isabelle Luyten, Joëlle Amselem, Alexander H. J. Wittenberg, Shiguo Zhou, Marisa V. de Queiroz, Guillaume P. Robin, Annie Auger, Matthieu Hainaut, Bernard Henrissat, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hwan Lee, Olivier Lespinet…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:667
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  39. TEs pervade mammalian genomes. However, compared with mice, fewer studies have focused on the TE expression patterns in rat, particularly the comparisons across different organs, developmental stages and sexes...

    Authors: Yongcheng Dong, Ziyan Huang, Qifan Kuang, Zhining Wen, Zhibin Liu, Yizhou Li, Yi Yang and Menglong Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:666
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  40. Genes encoded in vertebrate mitochondrial DNAs are transcribed as a polycistronic transcript for both strands, which is later processed into individual mRNAs, rRNAs and tRNAs, followed by modifications, such a...

    Authors: Yao Sun, Masaki Kurisaki, Yasuyuki Hashiguchi and Yoshinori Kumazawa
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:665
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  41. Sphingosine- 1-Phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid and an intracellular as well as an extracellular signaling molecule. S1P ligand specifically binds to five related cell surface G-protein-coupled receptors (S1P

    Authors: Viswanathan Natarajan, Alison W. Ha, Yangbasai Dong, Narsa M. Reddy, David L. Ebenezer, Prasad Kanteti, Sekhar P. Reddy, J. Usha Raj, Zhengdeng Lei, Mark Maienschein-Cline, Zarema Arbieva and Anantha Harijith
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:664
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  43. Many inherited polyneuropathies (PN) observed in dogs have clinical similarities to the genetically heterogeneous group of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) peripheral neuropathies in humans. The canine disorders coll...

    Authors: Doreen Becker, Katie M. Minor, Anna Letko, Kari J. Ekenstedt, Vidhya Jagannathan, Tosso Leeb, G. Diane Shelton, James R. Mickelson and Cord Drögemüller
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:662
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  44. Verticillium wilt is one of the most destructive diseases affecting global cotton production. The most effective way to control wilt disease has been the development of new cotton varieties that are resistant ...

    Authors: Yunlei Zhao, Hongmei Wang, Wei Chen, Pei Zhao, Haiyan Gong, Xiaohui Sang and Yanli Cui
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:661
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  45. Coliform mastitis is a symptom of postpartum dysgalactia syndrome (PDS), a multifactorial infectious disease of sows. Our previous study showed gene expression profile change after bacterial challenge of porci...

    Authors: A. Jaeger, F. Hadlich, N. Kemper, A. Lübke-Becker, E. Muráni, K. Wimmers and S. Ponsuksili
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:660
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  46. The human oral microbiome is formed early in development. Its composition is influenced by environmental factors including diet, substance use, oral health, and overall health and disease. The influence of hum...

    Authors: Brittany A. Demmitt, Robin P. Corley, Brooke M. Huibregtse, Matthew C. Keller, John K. Hewitt, Matthew B. McQueen, Rob Knight, Ivy McDermott and Kenneth S. Krauter
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:659
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  47. Pathogenic bacteria have evolved various strategies to counteract host defences. They are also exposed to environments that are undergoing constant changes. Hence, in order to survive, bacteria must adapt them...

    Authors: Pritha Ghosh and Ramanathan Sowdhamini
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:658
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  48. Magnesium (Mg)-deficiency occurs most frequently in strongly acidic, sandy soils. Citrus are grown mainly on acidic and strong acidic soils. Mg-deficiency causes poor fruit quality and low fruit yield in some Cit...

    Authors: Wei-Wei Liang, Jing-Hao Huang, Chun-Ping Li, Lin-Tong Yang, Xin Ye, Dan Lin and Li-Song Chen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:657
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  49. The molecular mechanisms of transcriptional regulation are poorly understood in Plasmodium falciparum. In addition, most of the genes in Plasmodium falciparum are transcriptionally poised and only a handful of ci...

    Authors: Suyog Ubhe, Mukul Rawat, Srikant Verma, Krishanpal Anamika and Krishanpal Karmodiya
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:656
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  50. High-throughput genotyping platforms play important roles in plant genomic studies. Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the world’s important natural textile fiber and oil crop. Upland cotton accounts for more than 90% of...

    Authors: Caiping Cai, Guozhong Zhu, Tianzhen Zhang and Wangzhen Guo
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:654
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