Moving “Forward” in Plasmodium Genetics through a Transposon-Based Approach by Bharath Balu

“…The genome sequence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, was released almost a decade ago. …”
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Replication timing in Drosophila and its peculiarities in polytene chromosomes by T. D. Kolesnikova, O. V. Antonenko, I. V. Makunin

“…High-throughput methods allowed analysis of DNA replication on a genome scale, as well as its correlation with chromatin structure and gene activi ty. …”
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Prospects for mineral biofortification of wheat: classical breeding and agronomy by I. N. Leonova, E. V. Ageeva, V. K. Shumny

“…Despite the promise of transgenesis and genome editing, these labor-intensive methods require significant investments, so these technologies, when applied to wheat, are still at the development stage and cannot be applied routinely. …”
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Human microbiome, applied to clinical practice by V. T. Ivashkin, K. V. Ivashkin

“…The Human microbiome project was designed for identification and characterization of set of human microorganisms as well as for studying the changes in the human health due to microbiome changes. The Human Genome Project assumes: development of the human genome variations database (HapMap; Human Variome Project), interpretation of human phenotype differences (Encyclopedia Of DNA Elements), modeling of human phenomenon (RECON), interpretation of epigenetic variants and hereditary changes in phenotypical manifestations. …”
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Evaluation of Recombinant Antibody Production Efficiency in CHO Cells with Sleeping Beauty Transposon Vector System by Pelin Kolçak Yaşlı, Seda Kulabaş, Evren Doruk Engin

“…Different transfection systems are employed for the integration of the target gene cassette into the cell genome and have limitations, such as (i) the integration region in the genome, (ii) the size of the target cassette, and (iii) long selection periods for stable expression. …”
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Chromosome distribution of four LTR retrotransposons and 18 S rDNA in coffea eugenioides by Mariana Cansian Sattler, Jéssica Coutinho Silva, Stéfanie Cristina Oliveira, Wellington Ronildo Clarindo

“…Understanding the genomic organization and dynamics of the repeatome is fundamental to enlighten their role in plant genome evolution. …”
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Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita by Zhaolu Zhu, Dexin Bo, Chuanshuai Xie, Dadong Dai, Donghai Peng, Ming Sun, Jinshui Zheng

“…Our findings revealed numerous previously unannotated translation events and refined the genome annotation. By investigating the genome-wide translational dynamics of M. incognita during parasitism, we revealed that the genes of M. incognita undergo parasitic stage-specific regulation at the translational level. …”
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Phoenix dactylifera L. (date palm) fruit extracts and fractions exhibit anti-proliferative activity against human pancreatic cancer cell lines by Reem A. Al Alawi, Jörg D. Hoheisel, Mohamed Saiel Saeed Alhamdani, Younis Baqi

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The landscape of nucleotide diversity in Drosophila melanogaster is shaped by mutation rate variation by Barroso, Gustavo V, Dutheil, Julien Y

“…What shapes the distribution of nucleotide diversity along the genome? Attempts to answer this question have sparked debate about the roles of neutral stochastic processes and natural selection in molecular evolution. …”
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Innovations in intestinal organoid technology featuring an open apical surface by Ye Chen, Yi Wang

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Pea (Pisum sativum L.): the uneasy fate of the first genetical object by O. E. Kosterin

“…Meanwhile, we await the completion of pea nuclear genome sequencing in 2016. For working out new molecular markers in pea, the synteny of its genome to the sequenced genome of Medicago truncatula is extensively used. …”
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TopoQual polishes circular consensus sequencing data and accurately predicts quality scores by Minindu Weerakoon, Sangjin Lee, Emily Mitchell, Haynes Heaton

“…Abstract Background Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) circular consensus sequencing (CCS), also known as high fidelity (HiFi) technology, has revolutionized modern genomics by producing long (10 + kb) and highly accurate reads. …”
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Understanding the clinical and molecular epidemiological characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections within intensive care units of three teaching ho... by Pengyu Zhang, Jingchen Hao, Yafen Zhang, Junfeng Su, Guozhuang Sun, Jun Xie, Jian Hu, Guocai Li

“…We identified bacterial isolates, collected clinical data, and performed antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Genome characteristics of isolates were investigated by whole genome sequencing. …”
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Network-assisted target identification for haploinsufficiency and homozygous profiling screens. by Sheng Wang, Jian Peng

“…Chemical genomic screens have recently emerged as a systematic approach to drug discovery on a genome-wide scale. …”
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Alternative Splicing in Self-Renewal of Embryonic Stem Cells by Clara Y. Cheong, Thomas Lufkin

“…Progressing beyond the limitations of a fixed genomic sequence, alternative splicing offers an additional layer of complexity to produce protein variants that may differ in function and localization that can direct embryonic stem cells to specific differentiation pathways. …”
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Determination of the copy numbers of type A porcine endogenous retroviruses in domestic pigs and wild boars by R. B. Aitnazarov, N. S. Yudin, R. S. Kiril’chuk, N. N. Kochnev, S. P. Knyazev, M. I. Voevoda

“…Thus, the Siberian minipig genome has a considerable number of type A PERVs, conceivably pathogenic to humans. …”
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FishPi: a bioinformatic prediction tool to link piRNA and transposable elements by Alice M. Godden, Benjamin Rix, Simone Immler

“…Through complementary seed region binding with transposable elements (TEs), piRNAs protect the genome from transposition. A tool to link piRNAs with complementary TE targets will improve our understanding of the role of piRNAs in genome maintenance and gene regulation. …”
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A Survey of SNP Data Analysis by Xiaojun Ding, Xuan Guo

“…Finally, we discuss the future directions of SNP data analysis for genome-wide association.…”
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Synergistic effects of heterostructure and pre-deformation on precipitation and corrosion behaviors of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys by Jinming Zhi, Mingxing Guo, Tongbo Wang, Wen Meng, Wei Zhou, Linzhong Zhuang, Huafen Lou

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Assessment of drought resistance in sorghum CMS lines based on various sterility sources by O. P. Kibalnik, T. V. Larina, O. B. Kameneva, D. S. Semin

“…In isonuclear CMS lines, the greatest effect on drought resistance was shown by cytoplasm A3 versus A4 (with the Zheltozernoe 10 genome), cytoplasm A5 versus A1 (with the Karlik 4v genome), and M35-1A versus the analog on cytoplasm 9E (with the Pischevoe 614 genome).Conclusion. …”
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