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  1. Bats have aroused great interests of researchers for the sake of their advanced echolocation system. However, this highly specialized trait is not characteristic of Old World fruit bats.

    Authors: Dong Dong, Ming Lei, Yang Liu and Shuyi Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:916
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  2. Transcription factors (TFs) are vital elements that regulate transcription and the spatio-temporal expression of genes, thereby ensuring the accurate development and functioning of an organism. The identificat...

    Authors: Niharika Sharma, Prem L Bhalla and Mohan B Singh
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:915
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  3. Divergent transcription is a wide-spread phenomenon in mammals. For instance, short bidirectional transcripts are a hallmark of active promoters, while longer transcripts can be detected antisense from active ...

    Authors: Cyrille Lepoivre, Mohamed Belhocine, Aurélie Bergon, Aurélien Griffon, Miriam Yammine, Laurent Vanhille, Joaquin Zacarias-Cabeza, Marc-Antoine Garibal, Frederic Koch, Muhammad Ahmad Maqbool, Romain Fenouil, Beatrice Loriod, Hélène Holota, Marta Gut, Ivo Gut, Jean Imbert…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:914
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  4. A need for a genomic species definition is emerging from several independent studies worldwide. In this commentary paper, we discuss recent studies on the genomic taxonomy of diverse microbial groups and a uni...

    Authors: Cristiane C Thompson, Luciane Chimetto, Robert A Edwards, Jean Swings, Erko Stackebrandt and Fabiano L Thompson
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:913
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  6. Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a food grade bacterium consumed both in cheeses and in probiotic preparations. Its promising probiotic potential, relying largely on the active release of beneficial metabolite...

    Authors: Taous Saraoui, Sandrine Parayre, Grégory Guernec, Valentin Loux, Jérôme Montfort, Aurélie Le Cam, Gaëlle Boudry, Gwenaël Jan and Hélène Falentin
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:911
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  7. Determination of the minimum gene set for cellular life is one of the central goals in biology. Genome-wide essential gene identification has progressed rapidly in certain bacterial species; however, it remain...

    Authors: Jian Cheng, Wenwu Wu, Yinwen Zhang, Xiangchen Li, Xiaoqian Jiang, Gehong Wei and Shiheng Tao
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:910
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  8. The phenomenon of sexual reproduction characterizes nearly all eukaryotes, with anisogamy being the most prevalent form of gamete discrimination. Since dimorphic gametes most likely descend from equal-sized sp...

    Authors: Agnieszka P Lipinska, Sofie D’hondt, Els JM Van Damme and Olivier De Clerck
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:909
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  9. Since the times of domestication, cattle have been continually shaped by the influence of humans. Relatively recent history, including breed formation and the still enduring enormous improvement of economicall...

    Authors: Sophie Rothammer, Doris Seichter, Martin Förster and Ivica Medugorac
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:908
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  11. The marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii is emerging as a powerful lophotrochozoan experimental model for evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) and neurobiology. Recent studies revealed the presence of co...

    Authors: Markus Conzelmann, Elizabeth A Williams, Karsten Krug, Mirita Franz-Wachtel, Boris Macek and Gáspár Jékely
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:906
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  12. Wheat gluten is important for the industrial quality of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and durum wheat (T. turgidum L.). Gluten proteins are also the source of immunogenic peptides that can trigger a T cell r...

    Authors: Elma MJ Salentijn, Danny G Esselink, Svetlana V Goryunova, Ingrid M van der Meer, Luud JWJ Gilissen and Marinus JM Smulders
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:905
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  13. Successful early folliculogenesis is crucial for female reproductive function. It requires appropriate gene specific expression of the different types of ovarian cells at different developmental stages. To dat...

    Authors: Agnes Bonnet, Cedric Cabau, Olivier Bouchez, Julien Sarry, Nathalie Marsaud, Sylvain Foissac, Florent Woloszyn, Philippe Mulsant and Beatrice Mandon-Pepin
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:904
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  14. Female larvae of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) develop into either queens or workers depending on nutrition. This nutritional stimulus triggers different developmental trajectories, resulting in adults that diffe...

    Authors: Rosannah C Cameron, Elizabeth J Duncan and Peter K Dearden
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:903
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  15. Hybridization is a major driver of evolution in plants. In a number of plant species, the process of hybridization has been revealed to be accompanied by wide-ranging genetic and epigenetic alterations, some o...

    Authors: Haibin Wang, Jiafu Jiang, Sumei Chen, Weimin Fang, Zhiyong Guan, Yuan Liao and Fadi Chen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:902
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  16. 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
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  17. The surface of the human eye is covered by corneal epithelial cells (CECs) which regenerate from a small population of limbal epithelial stem cells (LESCs). Cell therapy with LESCs is a non-penetrating treatme...

    Authors: Zoltán Veréb, Réka Albert, Szilárd Póliska, Ole Kristoffer Olstad, Saeed Akhtar, Morten C Moe and Goran Petrovski
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:900
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  18. Scant genomic information from non-avian reptile sex chromosomes is available, and for only a few lizards, several snakes and one turtle species, and it represents only a small fraction of the total sex chromo...

    Authors: Tariq Ezaz, Bhumika Azad, Denis O’Meally, Matthew J Young, Kazumi Matsubara, Melanie J Edwards, Xiuwen Zhang, Clare E Holleley, Janine E Deakin, Jennifer A Marshall Graves, Arthur Georges, Scott V Edwards and Stephen D Sarre
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:899
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  19. Multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) gene encodes for an ATP binding cassette transporter - P-glycoprotein (P-gp) - involved in chemoresistance to taxanes. MDR1 promoter methylation is frequent in prostate carcinoma (PC...

    Authors: Rui Henrique, Ana Isabel Oliveira, Vera L Costa, Tiago Baptista, Ana Teresa Martins, António Morais, Jorge Oliveira and Carmen Jerónimo
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:898
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  20. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a powerful tool for revealing the genetic basis of quantitative traits. However, studies using GWAS for conformation traits of cattle is comparatively less. This study a...

    Authors: Xiaoping Wu, Ming Fang, Lin Liu, Sheng Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Xiangdong Ding, Shengli Zhang, Qin Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Lv Qiao, Mogens Sandø Lund, Guosheng Su and Dongxiao Sun
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:897
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  21. Diamond–Blackfan anemia is a rare congenital red blood cell dysplasia that develops soon after birth. RPL11 mutations account for approximately 4.8% of human DBA cases with defective hematopoietic phenotypes. ...

    Authors: Zhaojun Zhang, Haibo Jia, Qian Zhang, Yang Wan, Yang Zhou, Qiong Jia, Wanguang Zhang, Weiping Yuan, Tao Cheng, Xiaofan Zhu and Xiangdong Fang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:896
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  22. The Streptococcus Anginosus Group (SAG) represents three closely related species of the viridans group streptococci recognized as commensal bacteria of the oral, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. The SAG...

    Authors: Adam B Olson, Heather Kent, Christopher D Sibley, Margot E Grinwis, Philip Mabon, Claude Ouellette, Shari Tyson, Morag Graham, Shaun D Tyler, Gary Van Domselaar, Michael G Surette and Cindi R Corbett
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:895
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  23. Immune traits (ITs) are potentially relevant criteria to characterize an individual’s immune response. Our aim was to investigate whether the peripheral blood transcriptome can provide a significant and compre...

    Authors: Núria Mach, Yu Gao, Gaëtan Lemonnier, Jérôme Lecardonnel, Isabelle P Oswald, Jordi Estellé and Claire Rogel-Gaillard
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:894
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  24. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the regulation of diverse physiological processes in plants, including various biotic and abiotic stress responses. Thus, oxidative stress tolerance mechanisms in ...

    Authors: Vaibhav Srivastava, Ogonna Obudulu, Joakim Bygdell, Tommy Löfstedt, Patrik Rydén, Robert Nilsson, Maria Ahnlund, Annika Johansson, Pär Jonsson, Eva Freyhult, Johanna Qvarnström, Jan Karlsson, Michael Melzer, Thomas Moritz, Johan Trygg, Torgeir R Hvidsten…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:893
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  25. RNA-Sequencing (RNA-Seq) experiments have been optimized for library preparation, mapping, and gene expression estimation. These methods, however, have revealed weaknesses in the next stages of analysis of dif...

    Authors: Shannon E Ellis, Simone Gupta, Foram N Ashar, Joel S Bader, Andrew B West and Dan E Arking
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:892
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  26. In the mammary gland, local recruitment and action of macrophages is a key immunological defence mechanism against infection. Macrophages are members of the innate immune system, serve as the first line of the...

    Authors: Anna Monika Lewandowska-Sabat, Guro Margrethe Boman, Alison Downing, Richard Talbot, Anne Kristine Storset and Ingrid Olsaker
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:891
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  27. Recently, we introduced the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium massiliense clinical isolates, Asan 50594 belonging to Type II genotype with rough colony morphology. Here, to address the issue of whether th...

    Authors: Byoung-Jun Kim, Bo-Ram Kim, So-Young Lee, Yoon-Hoh Kook and Bum-Joon Kim
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:890
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  28. Cotton fiber maturity is an important factor for determining the commercial value of cotton. How fiber cell wall development affects fiber maturity is not well understood. A comparison of fiber cross-sections ...

    Authors: Hee Jin Kim, Yuhong Tang, Hong S Moon, Christopher D Delhom and David D Fang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:889
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  29. The use of RNAseq to resolve the transcriptional organization of an organism was established in recent years and also showed the complexity and dynamics of bacterial transcriptomes. The aim of this study was t...

    Authors: Katharina Pfeifer-Sancar, Almut Mentz, Christian Rückert and Jörn Kalinowski
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:888
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  30. Rice blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is an important disease in virtually every rice growing region of the world, which leads to significant annual decreases of grain quality and yield. To prevent d...

    Authors: Chenxi Chen, Bi Lian, Jinnan Hu, Huanchen Zhai, Xingxing Wang, RC Venu, Erming Liu, Zhilong Wang, Meilian Chen, Baohua Wang, Guo-Liang Wang, Zonghua Wang and Thomas K Mitchell
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:887
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  31. Microsatellites are ubiquitous in genomes of various organisms. With the realization that they play roles in developmental and physiological processes, rather than exist as ‘junk’ DNA, microsatellites are rece...

    Authors: Zhimin Gao, Jie Wu, Zheng’an Liu, Liangsheng Wang, Hongxu Ren and Qingyan Shu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:886
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  32. Through the diversity of cytokinin regulated processes, this phytohormone has a profound impact on plant growth and development. Cytokinin signaling is involved in the control of apical and lateral meristem ac...

    Authors: Juha Immanen, Kaisa Nieminen, Héctor Duchens Silva, Fernanda Rodríguez Rojas, Lee A Meisel, Herman Silva, Victor A Albert, Torgeir R Hvidsten and Ykä Helariutta
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:885
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  33. Five-needle pines are important forest species that have been devastated by white pine blister rust (WPBR, caused by Cronartium ribicola) across North America. Currently little transcriptomic and genomic data are...

    Authors: Jun-Jun Liu, Rona N Sturrock and Ross Benton
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:884
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  34. Rice false smut caused by Villosiclava virens is a devastating fungal disease that spreads in major rice-growing regions throughout the world. However, the genomic information for this fungal pathogen is limited ...

    Authors: Xiaoming Wang, Qingli Liu, Hao Wang, Chao-Xi Luo, Gejiao Wang and Meizhong Luo
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:883
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  36. A population reference database of complete human mitochondrial genome (mtGenome) sequences is needed to enable the use of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) coding region data in forensic casework applications. Howeve...

    Authors: Elizabeth A Lyons, Melissa K Scheible, Kimberly Sturk-Andreaggi, Jodi A Irwin and Rebecca S Just
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:881
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  38. Despite the advances in our understanding of aging-associated behavioral decline, relatively little is known about how aging affects neural circuits that regulate specific behaviors, particularly the expressio...

    Authors: Beena M Kadakkuzha, Komolitdin Akhmedov, Tom R Capo, Anthony C Carvalloza, Mohammad Fallahi and Sathyanarayanan V Puthanveettil
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:880
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  39. Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacterium that is often associated with human infections. The taxonomy of this species has undergone several revisions and is still being debated. In this study, w...

    Authors: Joon Liang Tan, Tsung Fei Khang, Yun Fong Ngeow and Siew Woh Choo
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:879
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  40. Data normalization is a key step in gene expression analysis by qPCR. Endogenous control genes are used to estimate variations and experimental errors occurring during sample preparation and expression measure...

    Authors: Mauricio González-Agüero, Miguel García-Rojas, Alex Di Genova, José Correa, Alejandro Maass, Ariel Orellana and Patricio Hinrichsen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:878
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  41. Maize is an increasingly important food crop in southeast Asia. The elucidation of its genetic architecture, accomplished by exploring quantitative trait loci and useful alleles in various lines across numerou...

    Authors: Nepolean Thirunavukkarasu, Firoz Hossain, Kaliyugam Shiriga, Swati Mittal, Kanika Arora, Abhishek Rathore, Sweta Mohan, Trushar Shah, Rinku Sharma, Pottekatt Mohanlal Namratha, Amitha SV Mithra, Trilochan Mohapatra and Hari Shankar Gupta
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:877
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  42. Natural selection has molded evolution across all taxa. At an arguable date of around 330,000 years ago there were already at least two different types of cattle that became ancestors of nearly all modern catt...

    Authors: Laercio R Porto-Neto, Tad S Sonstegard, George E Liu, Derek M Bickhart, Marcos VB Da Silva, Marco A Machado, Yuri T Utsunomiya, Jose F Garcia, Cedric Gondro and Curtis P Van Tassell
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:876
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  43. Psorophora mosquitoes are exclusively found in the Americas and have been associated with transmission of encephalitis and West Nile fever viruses, among other arboviruses. Mosquito salivary glands represent the ...

    Authors: Andrezza C Chagas, Eric Calvo, Claudia M Rios-Velásquez, Felipe AC Pessoa, Jansen F Medeiros and José MC Ribeiro
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:875
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  44. The Hunt bumble bee (Bombus huntii Greene, Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a holometabolous, social insect important as a pollinator in natural and agricultural ecosystems in western North America. Bumble bees spend a si...

    Authors: Junhuan Xu, James P Strange, Dennis L Welker and Rosalind R James
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:874
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  45. Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a predominant member of the human gut microbiota, is characterized by its ability to utilize a wide variety of polysaccharides using the extensive saccharolytic machinery that is con...

    Authors: Dmitry A Ravcheev, Adam Godzik, Andrei L Osterman and Dmitry A Rodionov
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:873
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  46. Studies of normal human mammary gland development and function have mostly relied on cell culture, limited surgical specimens, and rodent models. Although RNA extracted from human milk has been used to assay t...

    Authors: Danielle G Lemay, Russell C Hovey, Stella R Hartono, Katie Hinde, Jennifer T Smilowitz, Frank Ventimiglia, Kimberli A Schmidt, Joyce WS Lee, Alma Islas-Trejo, Pedro Ivo Silva, Ian Korf, Juan F Medrano, Peter A Barry and J Bruce German
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:872
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  47. Influenza A H5N1 has killed millions of birds and raises serious public health concern because of its potential to spread to humans and cause a global pandemic. While the early focus was in Asia, recent eviden...

    Authors: Matthew Scotch, Changjiang Mei, Yilma J Makonnen, Julio Pinto, AbdelHakim Ali, Sally Vegso, Michael Kane, Indra Neil Sarkar and Peter Rabinowitz
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:871
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  48. Lichens are symbiotic organisms with a fungal and an algal or a cyanobacterial partner. Lichens inhabit some of the harshest climates on earth and most lichen species are desiccation-tolerant. Lichen desiccati...

    Authors: Sini Junttila, Asta Laiho, Attila Gyenesei and Stephen Rudd
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:870
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  49. Alloplasmic lines provide a unique tool to study nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions. Three alloplasmic lines, with nuclear genomes from Triticum aestivum and harboring cytoplasm from Aegilops uniaristata, Aegilops ...

    Authors: Cristina Crosatti, Lydia Quansah, Caterina Maré, Lorenzo Giusti, Enrica Roncaglia, Sergio G Atienza, Luigi Cattivelli and Aaron Fait
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2013 14:868
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