Distribution of the arctic variant of the CPT1A gene in indigenous populations of Siberia by B. A. Malyarchuk, M. V. Derenko, G. A. Denisova, A. N. Litvinov

“…Five polymorphic loci relevant to the haplotypic structure of CPT1A gene (rs2278908, rs2278907, rs2924699, rs7112615 and rs2229738) were revealed by high-throughput DNA sequencing in addition to locus rs80356779 studied here. …”
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Bioprospecting Saccharomyces cerevisiae in fruits from Amazonian region for beer brewing by Luan Reis Honorato da Silva, Flávia da Silva Fernandes, Jocélia Pinheiro Santos, Érica Simplício de Souza, Lívia Melo Carneiro, João Paulo Alves Silva, Jacqueline da Silva Batista, João Vicente Braga de Souza

“…Identification of the isolated strains was achieved through biochemical assays and ITS rDNA (Internal Transcribed Spacer ribosomal DNA), sequencing, with emphasis on determining their affiliation to S. cerevisiae and assessing phylogenetic ties. …”
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Heavy metal contamination and eutrophication effects on bacterial communities in the Han River basin by Fei Xiong, Cejia Yao, Dongdong Zhai, Hongyan Liu, Wang Dong, Yuanyuan Chen

“…This study analyzed microbial communities in sediment samples from 15 sites using 16S rDNA sequencing. Our findings revealed a significant decrease in α-diversity with increasing copper (Cu) concentration, with the downstream region (group L) exhibiting higher diversity compared to the upstream region (group U). …”
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Sex disparities in the association between rare earth elements exposure and genetic mutation frequencies in lung cancer patients by Mengyuan Liu, Jiali Zhang, Xiaohong Duan, Qiming Zhou, Jing Chen, Siyao Liu, Junyan Su, Li Han, Fan Yang, Niansong Qian

“…A cohort of 53 LUAD patients underwent tumor DNA sequencing (1123 cancer-related genes) and plasma REE (lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), and yttrium (Y)) quantification. …”
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LongReadSum: A fast and flexible quality control and signal summarization tool for long-read sequencing data by Jonathan Elliot Perdomo, Mian Umair Ahsan, Qian Liu, Li Fang, Kai Wang

“…We also demonstrate a few examples using LongReadSum to analyze cDNA sequencing, direct RNA sequencing, ONT reduced representation methylation sequencing (RRMS), and whole genome sequencing (WGS) data.…”
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Characterization of Integrons and Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 Isolates by Jiangqing Huang, Fangjun Lan, Yanfang Lu, Bin Li

“…The presence and characterization of class 1, 2, and 3 integrons, as well as promotor of gene cassettes and other antimicrobial resistance genes, were detected by PCR and DNA sequencing. Transfer of integrons was carried out using a broth culture mating method. …”
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Characterization of Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Sudanese Banknotes and Determination of Their Resistance Profile by Noha Ahmed Abd Alfadil, Malik Suliman Mohamed, Manal M. Ali, El Amin Ibrahim El Nima

“…Genotypic identification was carried out using PCR and 16S rDNA sequencing. Antibiotic resistance genes of some isolates were detected using PCR technique. …”
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Diversity across Seasons of Culturable Pseudomonas from a Desiccation Lagoon in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico by Alejandra Rodríguez-Verdugo, Valeria Souza, Luis E. Eguiarte, Ana E. Escalante

“…A total of 70 Pseudomonas isolates across seasons were obtained, genotyped by fingerprinting (BOX-PCR), and taxonomically characterized by 16S rDNA sequencing. We found 35 unique genotypes, and two numerically dominant lineages (16S rDNA sequences) that made up 64% of the sample: P. cuatrocienegasensis and P. otitidis. …”
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Diversity of bacterial symbionts associated with the tropical plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) revealed by high-throughput 16S-rRNA sequencing by Navarro-Escalante, Lucio, Benavides, Pablo, Acevedo, Flor E.

“…Based on PCR screening and DNA sequencing of the wsp gene, Wolbachia infection was confirmed in almost 80% of samples, and represented by two different isolates or strains within the supergroup B. …”
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The Sequence of Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthase 2 Gene in Women with Cervicitis by Maha A. Ahlial, Nazar Sh. Mohammed, Maysara S. Khalaf

“…The conventional PCR was used for gene detection and DNA sequencing. The mean± SD of Ca125, CA15.3 and CRP showed a highly significant differences between patient (30.33±1.09), (22.82±1.07), (88.06±5.88) respectively and the healthy control (19.40±0.68), (18.34±0.77), (6.73±0.12) respectively-value >0.001. …”
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Comparison of clinical metagenomics with 16S rDNA Sanger sequencing for the bacteriological diagnosis of culture-negative samples by Camille d’Humières, Skerdi Haviari, Marie Petitjean, Laurène Deconinck, Signara Gueye, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Lynda Chalal, Naima Beldjoudi, Geoffrey Rossi, Yann Nguyen, Charles Burdet, Ségolène Perrineau, Diane Le Pluart, Roza Rahli, Michael Thy, Piotr Szychowiak, Xavier Lescure, Véronique Leflon-Guibout, Victoire de Lastours, Etienne Ruppé

“…Fifty patients (73 samples) with negative culture and a 16S rDNA sequencing demand (Sanger) were recruited from two sites. …”
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Allelic differences in the key genes of betalain biosynthesis in table beet accessions with contrasting root color from the VIR collection by A. S. Mikhailova, D. V. Sokolova, N. A. Shvachko, V. S. Popov, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Allelic differences were screened in the key genes of the betalain biosynthesis pathway among table beet accessions with various root color from the VIR collection using the Sanger DNA sequencing method.Results and discussion. For the first time we identified a nonsense mutation in the CYP76AD1 gene in cv. …”
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Cecropin AD ameliorates pneumonia and intestinal injury in mice with mycoplasma pneumoniae by mediating gut microbiota by Bowen Li, Mingming Liu, Wenjing Du, Shuaidong Wang, Zekang Xu, Xiaoqian Zhang, Yang Zhang, Song Hua

“…Additionally, there was a notable upsurge in inflammatory factors within the affected tissues. 16 S rDNA sequencing revealed alterations in the colonic microbiota, including a decrease in the abundance of beneficial bacteria such as Corynebacterium_glutamicum and Candidatus_Saccharimonas, and an increase in the abundance of potential pathogens like Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group and Escherichia-Shigella. …”
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Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the taxonomy of Miscanthus by N. M. Slynko, N. V. Burmakina, O. M. Potseluyev, S. Yu. Kapustyanchik, G. Yu. Galitsin, T. N. Goryachkovskaya, L. V. Kuybida, S. V. Shekhovtsov, S. E. Peltek, V. K. Shumny

“…The results of chemotaxonomic analysis mostly matched those of DNA sequencing of a fragment of the plastid genome, which, moreover, allowed us to identify the species nature of the maternal plants used to obtain these hybrids. …”
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Study on Management of Blood Transfusion Therapy in Patients with Hereditary Spherocytosis by Shiyue Ma, Lingjian Tang, Chaoli Wu, Hui Tang, Xue Pu, Jinhong Niu

“…The fluorescence of EMA-labeled red blood cell (RBC) was decreased. DNA sequencing showed that His54Pro, Leu1858Val, and 6531-12C>T compound heterozygous mutations were present in the SPTA1 gene of patient I-1, Arg344Gln and c.609+86G>A heterozygous mutations were present in the SLC4A1 gene of patient II-1, and Leu2032Pro homozygous mutation was present in the SPTB gene of patient III-1. …”
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Evaluation of a Commercial Multiplex Real-Time PCR with Melting Curve Analysis for the Detection of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Complex and Five Nontuberculous Mycobacterial... by Keun Ju Kim, Yunhee Chang, Seung Gyu Yun, Myung-Hyun Nam, Yunjung Cho

“…These findings were confirmed via DNA sequencing. The assay had 100% sensitivity and specificity for <i>M. intracellulare</i>, <i>M. abscessus</i>, <i>M. massilense</i>, NTM, and MTBC, whereas it had 100% specificity and sensitivity of 90.9% and 75.0% for <i>M. avium</i> and <i>M. kansasii</i>, respectively. …”
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Molecular Sex Identification in the Hardy Rubber Tree (Eucommia ulmoides Oliver) via ddRAD Markers by Wencai Wang, Guoqian Yang, Xin Deng, Fengqing Shao, Yongquan Li, Wei Guo, Hong Liang, Xianzhi Zhang

“…In this study, double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq) was applied to screen sex-linked molecular markers for sex identification and investigation of the sex determination system in 20 male and female E. ulmoides individual plants, respectively. …”
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Toward an Efficient Differentiation of Two <i>Diaporthe</i> Strains Through Mass Spectrometry for Fungal Biotyping by Kathleen Hernández-Torres, Daniel Torres-Mendoza, Gesabel Navarro-Velasco, Luis Cubilla-Rios

“…Traditionally, the identification of fungi at the species level has been carried out with molecular tools such as DNA sequencing, but it still represents a huge challenge today due to the heterogeneity of the fungal kingdom, making the task of identification a complex and difficult process. …”
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Temporal transcriptional profiling of host cells infected by a veterinary alphaherpesvirus using nanopore sequencing by Dóra Tombácz, Zoltán Maróti, Péter Oláh, Ákos Dörmő, Gábor Gulyás, Tibor Kalmár, Zsolt Csabai, Zsolt Boldogkői

“…Abstract In our research, we performed temporal transcriptomic profiling of host cells infected with Equid alphaherpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) by utilizing direct cDNA sequencing based on nanopore MinION technology. The sequencing reads were harnessed for transcript quantification at various time points. …”
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Characterizations of cytokines and viral genomes in serum of patients with Dabie bandavirus infection by Zefeng Dong, Man Yuan, Yueping Xing, Hongkai Zhang, Qiang Shen

“…The genomes of Dabie bandavirus were amplified using a designated primer pool. The DNA sequencing libraries were prepared using a ligation method. …”
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