Pivotal role of Helicobacter pylori virulence genes in pathogenicity and vaccine development by Ayman Elbehiry, Eman Marzouk, Adil Abalkhail, Wael Sindi, Yasir Alzahrani, Salem Alhifani, Turki Alshehri, Nuha Abdulaziz Anajirih, Turki ALMutairi, Ahmad Alsaedi, Feras Alzaben, Abdullah Alqrni, Abdelmaged Draz, Abdulaziz M. Almuzaini, Sahar N. Aljarallah, Abdulrahman Almujaidel, Akram Abu-Okail

“…Different types of vaccines, including vector-based vaccines, inactivated whole cells, genetically modified protein-based subunits, and multiepitope nucleic acid (DNA) vaccines, have been explored. While some vaccines have demonstrated promising results in murine models, only a limited number have been successfully tested in humans. …”
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Preliminary clinical performance of a Cas13a-based lateral flow assay for detecting Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urine specimens by Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz, Gordon Adams, Gabriela Sanders, Palak Shah, Krithik Ramesh, Jana Jarolimova, Kevin L. Ard, John A. Branda, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Pardis C. Sabeti, Jacob E. Lemieux

“…ABSTRACT Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) for N. gonorrhoeae is unavailable in resource-limited settings. …”
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First report of serological, molecular detection, and characterization of human parvovirus B19 infections among sickle cell anaemia patients in Khartoum State, Sudan by Khalid Salman, Sittna Hayder El Nagar, Abdel Rahim M. El Hussein, Mohammed A. El Hussein, Hadi M. Yassine, Hebah A. Al Khatib, Mashael Ali Al- Badr, Ibrahim Farah, Khalid A. Enan

“…Children under 5 years of age exhibited a higher nucleic acid detection rate compared to older age groups, suggesting the importance of molecular testing in younger patients particularly in the early detection of Parvovirus B19 during the acute phase of infection, before the body has developed detectable antibodies and also in immunocompromised children, who may not mount an antibody response detectable by serological methods. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of antimicrobial resistance dynamics among broiler and duck intensive production systems by Zsombor Szoke, Peter Fauszt, Maja Mikolas, Peter David, Emese Szilagyi-Tolnai, Georgina Pesti-Asboth, Judit Rita Homoki, Ildiko Kovacs-Forgacs, Ferenc Gal, Laszlo Stundl, Levente Czegledi, Aniko Stagel, Sandor Biro, Judit Remenyik, Melinda Paholcsek

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Substrate transport and drug interaction of human thiamine transporters SLC19A2/A3 by Peipei Li, Zhini Zhu, Yong Wang, Xuyuan Zhang, Chuanhui Yang, Yalan Zhu, Zixuan Zhou, Yulin Chao, Yonghui Long, Yina Gao, Songqing Liu, Liguo Zhang, Pu Gao, Qianhui Qu

“…Abstract Thiamine and pyridoxine are essential B vitamins that serve as enzymatic cofactors in energy metabolism, protein and nucleic acid biosynthesis, and neurotransmitter production. …”
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Analysis of stomatal characteristics of maize hybrids and their parental inbred lines during critical reproductive periods by Changyu Zhang, Changyu Zhang, Yu Jin, Yu Jin, Jinglu Wang, Jinglu Wang, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yanxin Zhao, Xianju Lu, Xianju Lu, Wei Song, Xinyu Guo, Xinyu Guo

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African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest by Fritz, Matthieu, Reggiardo, Bérénice, Filloux, Denis, Claude, Lisa, Fernandez, Emmanuel, Mahé, Frédéric, Kraberger, Simona, Custer, Joy M., Becquart, Pierre, Mebaley, Telstar Ndong, Kombila, Linda Bohou, Lenguiya, Léadisaelle H., Boundenga, Larson, Mombo, Illich M., Maganga, Gael D., Niama, Fabien R., Koumba, Jean-Sylvain, Ogliastro, Mylène, Yvon, Michel, Martin, Darren P., Blanc, Stéphane, Varsani, Arvind, Leroy, Eric, Roumagnac, Philippe

“…Using 209 army ant samples collected from 29 colonies and the virion-associated nucleic acid-based metagenomics approach, we showed that a broad diversity of bacterial, plant, invertebrate and vertebrate viral sequences were accumulated by army ants: including sequences from 157 different viral genera in 56 viral families. …”
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Structural basis of RNA polymerase complexes in African swine fever virus by Guoliang Zhu, Fei Xi, Wuxia Zeng, Yifei Zhao, Weijun Cao, Chen Liu, Fan Yang, Yi Ru, Shuqi Xiao, Shilei Zhang, Huanan Liu, Hong Tian, Fayu Yang, Biao Lu, Shukai Sun, Haiyang Song, Bozhang Sun, Xiaoyi Zhao, Lijie Tang, Kangli Li, Jijun He, Jianhong Guo, Yun Zhu, Zixiang Zhu, Fei Sun, Haixue Zheng

“…Here, we determine the structures of endogenous African swine fever virus RNA polymerase in both nucleic acid-free and elongation states. The African swine fever virus RNA polymerase shares similarities with the core of typical RNA polymerases, but possesses a distinct subunit M1249L. …”
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Integrated single-cell and bulk transcriptome analysis of R-loop score-based signature with regard to immune microenvironment, lipid metabolism and prognosis in HCC by Long Chen, Houzhi Yang, Xianfu Wei, Xianfu Wei, Jianchao Liu, Xiuxin Han, Chao Zhang, Yongheng Liu, Yan Zhang, Yao Xu, Yiqin Li, Guowen Wang, Jinyan Feng

“…Dysregulated R-loops, three-stranded nucleic acid structures associated with genome instability, play a key role in the malignant characteristics of various tumors. …”
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Jet Injection of Naked mRNA Encoding the RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Induces a High Level of a Specific Immune Response in Mice by Denis N. Kisakov, Larisa I. Karpenko, Lyubov A. Kisakova, Sergey V. Sharabrin, Mariya B. Borgoyakova, Ekaterina V. Starostina, Oleg S. Taranov, Elena K. Ivleva, Oleg V. Pyankov, Anna V. Zaykovskaya, Elena V. Dmitrienko, Vladimir A. Yakovlev, Elena V. Tigeeva, Irina Alekseevna Bauer, Svetlana I. Krasnikova, Nadezhda B. Rudometova, Andrey P. Rudometov, Artemiy A. Sergeev, Alexander A. Ilyichev

“…The development of naked mRNA vaccines could improve vaccine tolerability. Naked nucleic acid delivery using the jet injection method may be a solution. …”
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Selective suppression of influenza A/H5N1 virus replication <i>in vitro</i> using nanocomplexes consisting of siRNA and aminopropylsilanol nanoparticles by Marina N. Repkova, Asya S. Levina, Oleg Yu. Mazurkov, Elena V. Makarevich, Ekaterina I. Filippova, Natalya A. Mazurkova, Valentina F. Zarytova

“…The development of effective preparations capable of acting on target nucleic acids in cells is an urgent task. The aim of the study is to create nanocomplexes consisting of aminopropylsilanol nanoparticles and short interfering RNA (siRNA) to study their effect on target nucleic acids by the example of inhibition of influenza A virus replication in vitro. …”
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Radical Reactions in the Gas Phase: Recent Development and Application in Biomolecules by Yang Gao, Jiexun Bu, Zhou Peng, Biwei Yang

“…Due to the extensively studied peptide fragmentation, this review focuses only on nonpeptide biomolecules such as nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and phospholipids.…”
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Advances in RNA-Based Therapeutics: Challenges and Innovations in RNA Delivery Systems by Yuxuan Liu, Yaohui Ou, Linlin Hou

“…Nucleic acids, as carriers of genetic information, have found wide applications in both medical and research fields, including gene editing, disease diagnostics, and drug development. …”
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Oligonucleotides as a Novel Therapeutic Approach: An Innovative Area for Drug Delivery in Neurological Disorders by Yasir Qasim Almajidi, Rana Kadum Muslim, Yaseen T. khalf

“…However, the delivery of nucleic acids to the central nervous system (CNS) by the systemic route, remains a major hurdle. …”
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CRISPR/Cas Enzyme Catalysis in Liquid–Liquid Phase‐Separated Systems by Yaqin Zhang, Jianai Chen, Zhina Wu, Chenfei Zhao, Rui Wang, Zhiping Li, Jiasi Wang, Di Wang

“…The findings revealed that nucleic acids and proteins tended to be distributed in the dextran‐rich phase. …”
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Phosphoryl guanidine oligonucleotides as primers for RNA-dependent DNA synthesis using murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase by E. S. Dyudeeva, I. A. Pyshnaya

“…The best-known completely uncharged analogs of oligonucleotides – morpholine oligonucleotides and peptide nucleic acids – cannot be substrates for enzymes that process nucleic acids. …”
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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

“…Results: The NeoPlex assay successfully detected nucleic acids in 87 of the 91 isolates (95.6%). Notably, it identified additional mycobacterial nucleic acids not detected by the LPA in eight isolates. …”
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Development of a droplet digital PCR method for the detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum by Yong-Zhuo Zhou, Yun-Hu Zhao, Yan-Lan Chen, Hua Luo, Yu-lin Zhou, Bing Gu, Wei-Zhen Fang, Chao-Hui Duan, Xu-Guang Guo

“…Methods: Primers were designed for the ParC gene of UU. Nucleic acids from a standard strain of UU were extracted. …”
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DNA-loaded targeted nanoparticles as a safe platform to produce exogenous proteins in tumor B cells by Maria Cristina Grimaldi, Sara Bozzer, Dick J. Sjöström, Dick J. Sjöström, Linnea I. Andersson, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Per H. Nilsson, Per H. Nilsson, Luca De Maso, Federico Riccardi, Michele Dal Bo, Daniele Sblattero, Paolo Macor

“…IntroductionThe functionalization of nanoparticles (NPs) with an antiCD19 targeting mechanism represents a promising approach for the selective delivery of drugs and nucleic acids into normal and tumor B cells. This strategy has the advantage of minimizing off-target effects by restricting gene delivery to the desired cell population. …”
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Viruses Seen by Our Cells: The Role of Viral RNA Sensors by Elias A. Said, Nicolas Tremblay, Mohammed S. Al-Balushi, Ali A. Al-Jabri, Daniel Lamarre

“…These receptors have the capacity to sense the presence of viral nucleic acids as pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). …”
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