Genetic Basis for Variation of Metalloproteinase-Associated Biochemical Activity in Venom of the Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus) by Ruben K. Dagda, Sardar Gasanov, Ysidro De La OIII, Eppie D. Rael, Carl S. Lieb

“…To address this question, we PCR-amplified and compared the genomic DNA nucleotide sequences that code for the mature metalloproteinase domain of fourteen Mojave rattlesnakes captured from different geographical locations across the southwest region of the United States. …”
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EGFR-Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma With Li–Fraumeni Syndrome: The Imperative for Germline Testing in Patients With a Family History, a Case Report by Hiroyuki Fujii, MD, Yusuke Okuma, MD, PhD, Makoto Hirata, MD, PhD, Yuki Shinno, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Yoshida, MD, PhD, Yasushi Goto, MD, PhD, Hidehito Horinouchi, MD, PhD, Noboru Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Yuichiro Ohe, MD, PhD

“…Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) has progressed rapidly and plays an important role in advancing precision medicine in oncology. …”
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Effects of the <i>Blp1</i> locus, which controls melanin accumulation in the barley ear, on the size and weight of seeds by O. Y. Shoeva, A. Y. Glagoleva, T. V. Kukoeva

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Laboratory information systems for research management in biology by A. M. Mukhin, F. V. Kazantsev, S. A. Lashin

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New genetic resources in wheat breeding for an increased grain protein content by O. P. Mitrofanova, A. G. Khakimova

“…The genes related to Gpc-B1 from T. dicoccoides were found in the G genome of T. timopheevii and B (=S) genome of different species of Aegilops sect. sitopsis. …”
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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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Discovery of new topological insulators and semimetals using deep generative models by Tao Hong, Taikang Chen, Dalong Jin, Yu Zhu, Heng Gao, Kun Zhao, Tongyi Zhang, Wei Ren, Guixin Cao

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Analysis of color and texture characteristics of cereals on digital images by E. G. Komyshev, M. A. Genaev, D. A. Afonnikov

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Evaluation for Retinal Therapy for RPE65 Variation Assessed in hiPSC Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells by Benjamin M. Nash, To Ha Loi, Milan Fernando, Amin Sabri, James Robinson, Anson Cheng, Steven S. Eamegdool, Elizabeth Farnsworth, Bruce Bennetts, John R. Grigg, Seo-Kyung Chung, Anai Gonzalez-Cordero, Robyn V. Jamieson

“…In our cohort of patients, we identified siblings with early-onset severe retinal degeneration where genomic studies revealed compound heterozygous variants in RPE65, one a known pathogenic missense variant and the other a novel synonymous variant of uncertain significance. …”
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Chronic wounds and adaptive Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A phenotypic and genotypic characterization by Kasandra Buchholtz, Rie Jønsson, Rasmus L. Marvig, Biljana Mojsoska, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt

“…This was performed using genomic and phenotypic approaches to understand the survival and persistence of Pseudomonas strains. …”
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Decompensation of β-Cells in Diabetes: When Pancreatic β-Cells Are on ICE(R) by Roberto Salvi, Amar Abderrahmani

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Cellular and Molecular Characteristics of Scarless versus Fibrotic Wound Healing by Latha Satish, Sandeep Kathju

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Engineering a live-attenuated porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine to prevent RNA recombination by rewiring transcriptional regulatory sequences by Liwei Li, Jinxia Chen, Zhengda Cao, Ziqiang Guo, Jiachen Liu, Yanjun Zhou, Guangzhi Tong, Fei Gao

“…Reverse genetic manipulation to engineer a different transcriptional regulatory sequence (TRS) circuit introduces genetic traps into the viral genome that are lethal to recombinant RNA progeny viruses. …”
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MsDpo4—a DinB Homolog from Mycobacterium smegmatis—Is an Error-Prone DNA Polymerase That Can Promote G:T and T:G Mismatches by Amit Sharma, Deepak T. Nair

“…Error-prone DNA synthesis in prokaryotes imparts plasticity to the genome to allow for evolution in unfavorable environmental conditions, and this phenomenon is termed adaptive mutagenesis. …”
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Current status of recombinant duck enteritis virus vector vaccine research by Wen-Feng Jia, An-Ping Wang, Zhi Wu, Xin-Nuo Lei, Yu-Ting Cheng, Shan-Yuan Zhu

“…Like other herpesviruses, it has a large genome with multiple non-coding and non-essential regions for viral replication. …”
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Physiological Roles of DNA Double-Strand Breaks by Farhaan A. Khan, Syed O. Ali

“…Genomic integrity is constantly threatened by sources of DNA damage, internal and external alike. …”
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Direct Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts to Neural Stem Cells by Small Molecules by Yan-Chuang Han, Yoon Lim, Michael D. Duffieldl, Hua Li, Jia Liu, Nimshitha Pavathuparambil Abdul Manaph, Miao Yang, Damien J. Keating, Xin-Fu Zhou

“…The risk hurdles are associated with viral transduction vectors induced mutagenesis, tumor formation from undifferentiated stem cells, and transcription factors-induced genomic instability. Here we describe a viral vector-free and more efficient method to induce mouse fibroblasts into NSC using small molecules. …”
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Interspecific hybridization and cell engineering of lettuce (<i>Lactuca</i> L.) by N. A. Zagnukhina, A. B. Kurina

“…This technique faces problems associated with complicated protoplast regeneration and the loss of reproductive ability in hybrids. Genome-editing methods are more effective and better controllable, but society is still wary of any interference with the plant genome and legally regulates the sale of GM products as food. …”
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A comparative study of replicative properties of antitumor recombinant vaccinia viruses on human glioblastoma cell culture U87 and monkey kidney cell culture CV-1 by R. A. Maksyutov, I. V. Kolosova, T. V. Tregubchak, I. A. Razumov, S. N. Shchelkunov

“…A promising basis for the creation of oncolytic drugs is orthopoxviruses, which have a number of advantages over other viral vectors, and one of these advantages is a large capacity of the genome, which allows genes encoding proteins with antitumor properties to be cloned into their genome. …”
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GENES DETERMINING COLORATION OF DIFFERENT ORGANS IN WHEAT by E. K. Khlestkina

“…These genes are represented mainly by homoeologous loci in the A, B and D genomes, and most of them are located in the 1S0.8 and 7S0.4 gene-rich regions of wheat genome. …”
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