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  1. Female moths synthesize species-specific sex pheromone components and release them to attract male moths, which depend on precise sex pheromone chemosensory system to locate females. Two types of genes involve...

    Authors: Peng He, Yun-Fei Zhang, Duan-Yang Hong, Jun Wang, Xing-Liang Wang, Ling-Hua Zuo, Xian-Fu Tang, Wei-Ming Xu and Ming He
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:219
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  2. 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 mos...

    Authors: Nuohan Wang, Jianjiang Ma, Wenfeng Pei, Man Wu, Haijing Li, Xingli Li, Shuxun Yu, Jinfa Zhang and Jiwen Yu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:218
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  3. While NGS allows rapid global detection of transcripts, it remains difficult to distinguish ncRNAs from short mRNAs. To detect potentially translated RNAs, we developed an improved protocol for bacterial ribos...

    Authors: Klaus Neuhaus, Richard Landstorfer, Svenja Simon, Steffen Schober, Patrick R. Wright, Cameron Smith, Rolf Backofen, Romy Wecko, Daniel A. Keim and Siegfried Scherer
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:216
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  4. The transcriptional corepressor Groucho (Gro) is required for the function of many developmentally regulated DNA binding repressors, thus helping to define the gene expression profile of each cell during devel...

    Authors: Michael Chambers, Wiam Turki-Judeh, Min Woo Kim, Kenny Chen, Sean D. Gallaher and Albert J. Courey
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:215
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  5. A significant portion of expressed non-coding RNAs in human cells is derived from transposable elements (TEs). Moreover, it has been shown that various long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), which come from the human...

    Authors: LeeAnn Ramsay, Maria C. Marchetto, Maxime Caron, Shu-Huang Chen, Stephan Busche, Tony Kwan, Tomi Pastinen, Fred H. Gage and Guillaume Bourque
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:214
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  6. Intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) and fetal overgrowth increase risks to postnatal health. Maternal nutrition is the major intrauterine environmental factor that alters fetal weight. However, the mechani...

    Authors: Long Che, ZhenGuo Yang, MengMeng Xu, ShengYu Xu, LianQiang Che, Yan Lin, ZhengFeng Fang, Bin Feng, Jian Li, DaiWen Chen and De Wu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:213
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  7. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that play important roles in biotic and abiotic stresses by regulating their target genes. For common wheat, spring frost damage frequently occurs, espec...

    Authors: Guoqi Song, Rongzhi Zhang, Shujuan Zhang, Yulian Li, Jie Gao, Xiaodong Han, Mingli Chen, Jiao Wang, Wei Li and Genying Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:212
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  8. 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 ...

    Authors: Jiaming Chen, Xiaoqiang Yang, Xiaomao Huang, Shihua Duan, Chuan Long, Jiakuan Chen and Jun Rong
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:211
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  9. Drought stress is one of the most harmful abiotic stresses in crop plants. As a moderately drought tolerant crop, lentil is a major crop in rainfed areas and a suitable candidate for drought stress tolerance r...

    Authors: Dharmendra Singh, Chandan Kumar Singh, Jyoti Taunk, Ram Sewak Singh Tomar, Ashish Kumar Chaturvedi, Kishor Gaikwad and Madan Pal
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:206
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  10. The persistent and growing gap between the availability of sequenced genomes and the ability to assign functions to sequenced genes led us to explore ways to maximize the information content of automated annot...

    Authors: Sara J. Oppenheim, Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld and Rob DeSalle
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:205
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  11. The parasite Echinococcus canadensis (G7) (phylum Platyhelminthes, class Cestoda) is one of the causative agents of echinococcosis. Echinococcosis is a worldwide chronic zoonosis affecting humans as well as domes...

    Authors: Lucas L. Maldonado, Juliana Assis, Flávio M. Gomes Araújo, Anna C. M. Salim, Natalia Macchiaroli, Marcela Cucher, Federico Camicia, Adolfo Fox, Mara Rosenzvit, Guilherme Oliveira and Laura Kamenetzky
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:204
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  13. Accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is clearly associated with an increased risk of obesity-related diseases and all-cause mortality, whereas gluteal subcutaneous fat accumulation (g-SAT) is associat...

    Authors: Angelina Passaro, Maria Agata Miselli, Juana Maria Sanz, Edoardo Dalla Nora, Mario Luca Morieri, Rossella Colonna, Rado Pišot and Giovanni Zuliani
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:202
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  14. A transposable element (TE) is a DNA fragment that can change its position within a genome. Transposable elements play important roles in maintaining the stability and diversity of organisms by transposition. ...

    Authors: Hongqiang Si, Yunjie Cao, Honglin Zhu, Dan Li, Zhengbing Lv, Qing Sheng and Zuoming Nie
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:201
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  16. 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 ‘Ol...

    Authors: Xuelian Guo, Chao Yu, Le Luo, Huihua Wan, Ni Zhen, Tingliang Xu, Jiongrui Tan, Huitang Pan and Qixiang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:199
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  17. The oomycete Phytophthora infestans causes the devastating late blight diseases of potato and tomato. P. infestans uses spores for dissemination and infection, like many other filamentous eukaryotic plant pathoge...

    Authors: Audrey M. V. Ah-Fong, Kyoung Su Kim and Howard S. Judelson
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:198
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  18. Sugarcane is an important sugar crop contributing up to about 80% of the world sugar production. Efforts to characterize the genes involved in sugar metabolism at the molecular level are growing since increasi...

    Authors: Yihong Chen, Qing Zhang, Weichang Hu, Xingtan Zhang, Liming Wang, Xiuting Hua, Qingyi Yu, Ray Ming and Jisen Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:197
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  19. The grass carp hemorrhagic disease caused by the grass carp reovirus (GCRV) is a major disease that hampers the development of grass carp aquaculture. The mechanism underlying GCRV pathogenesis and hemorrhagic...

    Authors: Libo He, Aidi Zhang, Pengfei Chu, Yongming Li, Rong Huang, Lanjie Liao, Zuoyan Zhu and Yaping Wang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:195
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  20. Nicotine is known to differentially regulate cortical interneuron and pyramidal neuron activities in the neocortex, while the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been well studied. In this study, RNA-sequ...

    Authors: Jie Yang, Ai-Yi Liu, Bo Tang, Dong Luo, Yu-Jie Lai, Bing-Lin Zhu, Xue-Feng Wang, Zhen Yan and Guo-Jun Chen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:194
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  21. The Ashanti Dwarf Pig (ADP) of Ghana is an endangered pig breed with hardy and disease resistant traits. Characterisation of animal genetic resources provides relevant data for their conservation and sustainab...

    Authors: Richard Osei-Amponsah, Benjamin M. Skinner, Dennis O. Adjei, Julien Bauer, Greger Larson, Nabeel A. Affara and Carole A. Sargent
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:193
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  22. Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L) Verdc.] is an indigenous legume crop grown mainly in subsistence and small-scale agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa for its nutritious seeds and its tolerance to drought an...

    Authors: Wai Kuan Ho, Hui Hui Chai, Presidor Kendabie, Nariman Salih Ahmad, Jaeyres Jani, Festo Massawe, Andrzej Kilian and Sean Mayes
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:192
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  23. Advancing the production efficiency and profitability of aquaculture is dependent upon the ability to utilize a diverse array of genetic resources. The ultimate goals of aquaculture genomics, genetics and bree...

    Authors: Hisham Abdelrahman, Mohamed ElHady, Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Standish Allen, Rafet Al-Tobasei, Lisui Bao, Ben Beck, Harvey Blackburn, Brian Bosworth, John Buchanan, Jesse Chappell, William Daniels, Sheng Dong, Rex Dunham, Evan Durland, Ahmed Elaswad…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:191
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Genomics 2017 18:235

  24. Genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT, Oreochromis niloticus) are susceptible to infection by Streptococcus iniae when maintained in modern intensive culture systems. GIFT are commercially important fishes th...

    Authors: Jun Qiang, Fanyi Tao, Jie He, Lanyi Sun, Pao Xu and Wenjin Bao
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:190
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  25. Among twenty amino acids, methionine has a special role as it is coded by the translation initiation codon and methionyl-tRNAi (Met-tRNAi) is required for the assembly of the translation initiation complex. Th...

    Authors: Ke Zou, Qi Ouyang, Hao Li and Jiashun Zheng
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:189
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  26. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) has been known to function as a signalling molecule involved in the modulation of various physiological processes in plants. H2O2 has been shown to act as a promoter during adventitious r...

    Authors: Shi-Weng Li, Yan Leng and Rui-Fang Shi
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:188
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  27. Endurance exercise in horses requires adaptive processes involving physiological, biochemical, and cognitive-behavioral responses in an attempt to regain homeostasis. We hypothesized that the identification of...

    Authors: Núria Mach, Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas, Allison Clark, Marco Moroldo, Céline Robert, Eric Barrey, Jesús Maria López and Laurence Le Moyec
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:187
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  28. Glutamate is an active amino acid. In addition to protein synthesis and metabolism, increasing evidence indicates that glutamate may also function as a signaling molecule in plants. Still, little is known abou...

    Authors: Chia-Cheng Kan, Tsui-Yun Chung, Hsin-Yu Wu, Yan-An Juo and Ming-Hsiun Hsieh
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:186
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  29. Malignant breast cancer with complex molecular mechanisms of progression and metastasis remains a leading cause of death in women. To improve diagnosis and drug development, it is critical to identify panels o...

    Authors: Ying Cai, Ruben Nogales-Cadenas, Quanwei Zhang, Jhih-Rong Lin, Wen Zhang, Kelly O’Brien, Cristina Montagna and Zhengdong D. Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:185
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  30. The Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) HBx regulatory protein is required for HBV replication and involved in HBV-related carcinogenesis. HBx interacts with chromatin modifying enzymes and transcription factors to modula...

    Authors: Francesca Guerrieri, Laura Belloni, Daniel D’Andrea, Natalia Pediconi, Loredana Le Pera, Barbara Testoni, Cecilia Scisciani, Oceane Floriot, Fabien Zoulim, Anna Tramontano and Massimo Levrero
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:184
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  31. Cynara cardunculus L. offers a natural source of phenolic compounds with the predominant molecule being chlorogenic acid. Chlorogenic acid is gaining interest due to its involvement in...

    Authors: Ana Margarida Ferro, Patrícia Ramos, Olinda Guerreiro, Eliana Jerónimo, Inês Pires, Carmen Capel, Juan Capel, Rafael Lozano, Maria F. Duarte, M. Margarida Oliveira and Sónia Gonçalves
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:183
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  33. Skeletal muscle is a major regulator of systemic metabolism as it serves as the major site for glucose disposal and the main reservoir for amino acids. With aging, cachexia, starvation, and myositis, there is ...

    Authors: Chia-Ling Wu, Yoshinori Satomi and Kenneth Walsh
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:181
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  34. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is an important livestock disease raising public health and economic concerns around the world. In New Zealand, a number of wildlife species are implicate...

    Authors: Joseph Crispell, Ruth N. Zadoks, Simon R. Harris, Brent Paterson, Desmond M. Collins, Geoffrey W. de-Lisle, Paul Livingstone, Mark A. Neill, Roman Biek, Samantha J. Lycett, Rowland R. Kao and Marian Price-Carter
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:180
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  35. Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) is applied to the cuttings of various plant species to induce formation of adventitious roots (ARs) in commercial settings. Tetraploid black locust is an attractive ornamental tree ...

    Authors: Jine Quan, Seng Meng, Erhui Guo, Sheng Zhang, Zhong Zhao and Xitian Yang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:179
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  36. Black widow spiders are infamous for their neurotoxic venom, which can cause extreme and long-lasting pain. This unusual venom is dominated by latrotoxins and latrodectins, two protein families virtually unkno...

    Authors: Kerry L. Gendreau, Robert A. Haney, Evelyn E. Schwager, Torsten Wierschin, Mario Stanke, Stephen Richards and Jessica E. Garb
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:178
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  37. Vertebrate mitochondrial genomes are optimized for fast replication and low cost of RNA expression. Accordingly, they are devoid of introns, are transcribed as polycistrons and contain very little intergenic s...

    Authors: Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser, Ola Svensson, Verena E. Kutschera, Magnus Alm Rosenblad, Martin Pippel, Sylke Winkler, Siegfried Schloissnig, Anders Blomberg and Patricia Burkhardt-Holm
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:177
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  38. 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
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  40. East Asian dog breeds are one of the most ancient groups of dogs that radiated after the domestication of the dog and represent the most basal lineages of dog evolution. Among these, the Chow Chow is an ancien...

    Authors: Hechuan Yang, Guodong Wang, Meng Wang, Yaping Ma, Tingting Yin, Ruoxi Fan, Hong Wu, Li Zhong, David M. Irwin, Weiwei Zhai and Yaping Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:174
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  41. Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in fatal damage and currently has no effective treatment. The pathological mechanisms of SCI remain unclear. In this study, genome-wide transcriptional profiling of spinal cord...

    Authors: Ling-Ling Shi, Nan Zhang, Xiu-Mei Xie, Yue-Juan Chen, Rui Wang, Lin Shen, Jian-Sheng Zhou, Jian-Guo Hu and He-Zuo Lü
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:173
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  42. 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...

    Authors: Heike Vogel, Markus Jähnert, Mandy Stadion, Daniela Matzke, Stephan Scherneck and Annette Schürmann
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:172
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  43. The fungal species complex Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu lato contains over 20 plant-interacting species. These species exhibit different life styles (e.g., endophytes, foliar and fruit pathogens) and show...

    Authors: Xiaofei Liang, Xianglin Tian, Wenkui Liu, Tingyu Wei, Wei Wang, Qiuyue Dong, Bo Wang, Yanan Meng, Rong Zhang, Mark L. Gleason and Guangyu Sun
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:171
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  44. The identification of genetic variation underlying desired phenotypes is one of the main challenges of current livestock genetic research. High-throughput transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) offers new opportun...

    Authors: Aroa Suárez-Vega, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil, Christophe Klopp, Gwenola Tosser-Klopp and Juan José Arranz
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:170
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  45. 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
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  46. CRISPR and CRISPR-flanking genomic regions are important for molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains, and potentially for adaptive immunity to phage and plasmid DNA, and endoge...

    Authors: Paul Jeffrey Freidlin, Israel Nissan, Anna Luria, Drora Goldblatt, Lana Schaffer, Hasia Kaidar-Shwartz, Daniel Chemtob, Zeev Dveyrin, Steven Robert Head and Efrat Rorman
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:168
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  47. Haynaldia villosa (L.) Schur (syn. Dasypyrum villosum L. Candargy, 2n = 14, genome VV) is the tertiary gene pool of wheat, and thus a potential resource of genes for wheat improvement....

    Authors: Haiyan Wang, Keli Dai, Jin Xiao, Chunxia Yuan, Renhui Zhao, Jaroslav Doležel, Yufeng Wu, Aizhong Cao, Peidu Chen, Shouzhong Zhang and Xiue Wang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:167
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  48. As the fastest growing plant, duckweed can thrive on anthropogenic wastewater. The purple-backed duckweed, Landoltia punctata, is rich in starch and flavonoids. However, the molecular biological basis of high fla...

    Authors: Xiang Tao, Yang Fang, Meng-Jun Huang, Yao Xiao, Yang Liu, Xin-Rong Ma and Hai Zhao
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:166
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  49. Bacteria from the genus Borrelia are known to harbor numerous linear and circular plasmids. We report here a comparative analysis of the nucleotide sequences of 236 plasmids present in fourteen independent isolat...

    Authors: Sherwood R. Casjens, Eddie B. Gilcrease, Marija Vujadinovic, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Benjamin J. Luft, Steven E. Schutzer, Claire M. Fraser and Wei-Gang Qiu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18:165
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