An Open‐Label Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab, an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Alone or in Combination With Oral Azacitidine as Second‐Line Therapy for Advanced Head and Neck Squamo... by Vinod K. Ramani, Srimonta Gayen, Radheshyam Naik

“…Epigenetics are heritable reversible changes in gene expression that occur without any changes in the nuclear DNA sequence or DNA copy number. Primary Objective i. …”
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Molecular Assessment of Domain I of Apical Membrane Antigen I Gene in Plasmodium falciparum: Implications in Plasmodium Invasion, Taxonomy, Vaccine Development, and Drug Discovery by Che Roland Achungu, Damian Nota Anong, Robert Adamu Shey, Cevie Jesenta Tabe

“…Domain I of the Plasmodium falciparum AMA1 gene was amplified using nested polymerase chain reactions, and the amplified products were removed, purified, and sequenced. The DNA sequence generated was converted into the matching amino acid sequence using bioinformatic techniques. …”
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<i>Bacillus anthracis</i> strain differentiation based on SNP and VNTR loci by E. A. Anisimova, N. A. Fakhrutdinov, D. A. Mirgazov, E. A. Dodonova, I. A. Elizarova, M. E. Gorbunova, N. I. Khammadov, L. I. Zainullin, K. A. Osyanin

“…Modern methods of molecular biology make it possible to detect a number of genetic markers suitable for indicating and differentiating the strains of B. anthracis, including the loci arranged as variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) and SNPs, one nucleotide-sized differences in the DNA sequence of the loci being compared. The objective of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of SNP analysis and PCR amplif ication of VNTR loci combined with the high-resolution amplicon melting analysis for identif ication and differentiation of the anthrax agent strains. …”
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Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) From Coastal Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: Species Descriptions and DNA Barcodes by Carl L. Thurman, John C. McNamara, Hsi‐Te Shih, Mariana V. Capparelli

“…A neighbor‐joining tree was constructed using the Kimura 2‐parameter model with a partial DNA sequence of the cytochrome oxidase‐subunit 1 gene (COI) for a barcoding study. …”
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Gene Polymorphism of Antigen B Subunit 2 and Pathogenesis of Cystic Echinococcosis in Murine Model by Hadi M. Alsakee, Hussein M. Abdulla, Reshna K. Albarzanji

“…Minor sequence polymorphisms, 1.67%, are observed in one of the isolates, whereas remarkable DNA sequence polymorphisms are noticed in three of the isolates. …”
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Intermediate MCAD Deficiency Associated with a Novel Mutation of the ACADM Gene: c.1052C>T by Holli M. Drendel, Jason E. Pike, Katherine Schumacher, Karen Ouyang, Jing Wang, Mary Stuy, Stephen Dlouhy, Shaochun Bai

“…In this study, we report a Caucasian family with multiple MCADD individuals. DNA sequence analysis of the ACADM gene performed in this family revealed that two family members showing mild MCADD symptoms share the same novel change in exon 11, c.1052C>T, resulting in a threonine-to-isoleucine change. …”
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The SEPALLATA-like gene HrSEP1 in Hippophae rhamnoides regulates flower development by interacting with other MADS-box subfamily genes by Di Cong, Xue Zhao, Xue Zhao, Chang Ni, Mengru Li, Luwen Han, Jianlin Cheng, Hongzhang Liu, Huijing Liu, Dan Yao, Shuying Liu, Guoshuang Chen

“…In this study, the cDNA sequence of the HrSEP1 gene was cloned by RT-PCR and confirmed that this gene belongs to the MADS-box gene family. …”
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Multi-Host of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Dipterocarpaceae in Tropical Rain Forests by Maliyana Ulfa, Eny Faridah, Su See Lee, Sumardi Sumardi, Christine le Roux, Antoine Galiana, Patahayah Mansor, Marc Ducousso

“…The identity of the ectomycorrhizal fungi was obtained by matching the samples’DNA sequence to the Genbank database. Based on the identification results, ectomycorrhizal fungi that associate with dipterocarpaceae on tree and seedling levels have genetic relationship with Dothideomycetes class and Sordariales, Sebacinales, Cantharellales, Russulales, Agaricales, Boletales, and Thelephorales orders. …”
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Phage display as a tool for identifying HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies by A. N. Chikaev, A. P. Rudometov, Yu. A. Merkulyeva, L. I. Karpenko

“…Each phage particle in a library displays peptides or proteins fused to its coat protein and simultaneously carries the DNA sequence encoding the displayed peptide/protein in its genome. …”
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Genome-wide development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers at 2-Mb intervals in lotus (Nelumbo Adans.) by Fengluan Liu, Lin Xi, Naifeng Fu

“…., Chr.1-2.5, 4.5, 6.5 Mb) through four steps: online primer design, primer pair evaluation, agarose gel electrophoresis testing using six Asian lotus, one American lotus, and two their hybrids, and DNA sequence alignment. Finally, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) efficiency of several SSR markers was validated in 20 Asian temperate lotus, eight Asian tropical lotus, and one American lotus. …”
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A survey of the Sli gene in wild and cultivated potato by Mercedes Ames, Andy Hamernik, William Behling, David S. Douches, Dennis A. Halterman, Paul C. Bethke

“…DNA sequences in one group contain the 533 bp insertion upstream of the start codon identified previously in self‐compatible potato. …”
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Nisin Z Production by Wild Strains of Lactococcus lactis Isolated from Brazilian (Italian Type) Fermented Sausage by Margarete Alice Fontes Saraiva, Dagim Jirata Birri, Dag Anders Brede, Maria Cristina Baracat-Pereira, Marisa Vieira de Queiroz, Ingolf F Nes, Célia Alencar de Moraes

“…The five isolates produced different amounts of the bacteriocin, L. lactis ID1.5 and ID8.5 isolates being the best nisin Z producers. DNA sequence analysis did not reveal any sequence differences in the nisZ and nisF promoter regions that could explain the differences in nisin Z production, suggesting that there should be other factors responsible for differential nisin Z production by the isolates.…”
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High and Low Taxa Specificity of Rhizosphere Bacteria Communities of Mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) from Kuala Langsa and Telaga Tujuh Island, East Aceh by Siti Maysaroh, Meutia Samira Ismet, Rita Andini, Nurlita Anggraini, Beginer Subhan

“…This research examines sediment from rehabilitated and natural areas to understand how human and natural factors shape bacterial communities.The DNA sequence was analyzed using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), which targeted the 16S bacterial region in the V3-V4 rDNA. …”
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Structural Characterization of B-DNA d(CGTGAATTCACG)₂ in Complex with the Specific Minor Groove Binding Fluorescent Marker Hoechst 33342 by Hristina Sbirkova-Dimitrova, Rusi Rusew, Hristo Gerginov, Annie Heroux, Boris L. Shivachev

“…This work focuses on the binding interactions of Hoechst 33342 with the specific DNA sequence d(CGTGAATTCACG)₂. The structure of the complex was determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction at a resolution of 1.9 Å in the space group <i>P</i>2₁2₁2₁. …”
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Analysis of Nucleotide Variations in Genes of Iron Management in Patients of Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders by Emanuela Castiglioni, Dario Finazzi, Stefano Goldwurm, Gianni Pezzoli, Gianluca Forni, Domenico Girelli, Federica Maccarinelli, Maura Poli, Maurizio Ferrari, Laura Cremonesi, Paolo Arosio

“…In the brain, an accumulation of iron or an increase in its availability has been associated with the development and/or progression of different degenerative processes, including Parkinson's disease, while iron paucity seems to be associated with cognitive deficits, motor dysfunction, and restless legs syndrome. In the search of DNA sequence variations affecting the individual predisposition to develop movement disorders, we scanned by DHPLC the exons and intronic boundary regions of ceruloplasmin, iron regulatory protein 2, hemopexin, hepcidin and hemojuvelin genes in cohorts of subjects affected by Parkinson's disease and idiopathic neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). …”
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Novel primers improve species delimitation in Cercospora by Mounes Bakhshi, Mahdi Arzanlou, Asadollah Babai-ahari, Johannes Z. Groenewald, Pedro W. Crous

“…Recent studies have revealed multi-gene DNA sequence data to be highly informative for species identification in Cercospora, especially when used in a concatenated alignment. …”
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Detection and classification of long terminal repeat sequences in plant LTR-retrotransposons and their analysis using explainable machine learning by Jakub Horvath, Pavel Jedlicka, Marie Kratka, Zdenek Kubat, Eduard Kejnovsky, Matej Lexa

“…Results We used machine learning methods suitable for DNA sequence classification and applied them to a large dataset of plant LTR retrotransposon sequences. …”
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Wood-Inhabiting Nematode, <i>Bursaphelenchus ussuriensis</i> sp. n. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from David Elm, with Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Based on Partial Mitochondria... by Alexander Yu. Ryss, Sergio Álvarez-Ortega, Boris D. Efeykin, Ivan A. Kerchev, Kristina S. Polyanina, Anna I. Solovyeva, Sergei A. Subbotin

“…Phylogenetic relationships among eighteen <i>Bursaphelenchus</i> species based on the analysis of the mtDNA sequence dataset are provided and discussed. A modified diagnosis of the <i>Hofmanni</i> group is proposed.…”
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Human-genome single nucleotide polymorphisms affecting transcription factor binding and their role in pathogenesis by E. V. Antontseva, A. O. Degtyareva, E. E. Korbolina, I. S. Damarov, T. I. Merkulova

“…It should be noted that the presence of an association does not allow one to identify a functional, truly disease-associated DNA sequence variant among multiple marker SNPs that are detected due to linkage disequilibrium. …”
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Epigenetic regulation in coronary artery disease: from mechanisms to emerging therapies by Rui Gao, Rui Gao, Rui Gao, Meilin Liu, Meilin Liu, Meilin Liu, Haoyi Yang, Haoyi Yang, Haoyi Yang, Yuhan Shen, Yuhan Shen, Yuhan Shen, Ni Xia, Ni Xia, Ni Xia

“…Epigenetics is a field investigating heritable alterations in gene expression without DNA sequence changes, such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding RNAs. …”
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