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Naishka E. Caldero-Rodríguez; Enrique M. Arpa; Diego J. Cárdenas; Lara Martínez-Fernández; Steffen Jockusch; Sourav Kanti Seth; Inés Corral; Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández
... There is significant interest in developing suitable nucleoside analogs exhibiting high fluorescence and triplet yields to investigate the structure, dynamics, and binding properties of nucleic acids and promote selective photosensitized damage to DNA/RNA, respectively. In this study, steady-state, laser flash photolysis, time-resolved IR luminescence, and femtosecond broad-band transient absorpti ...
... Fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTS) is a tick-borne infection now known to spread among humans as an aerosol, which has resulted in several outbreaks across Asia over the past decade. As mortality is substantial, it is vital to establish a rapid, on-site nucleic acid detection method for diagnosis. Here we describe such a method for SFTSV (Dabie bandavirus) based on CRISPR-Cas13a. Sp ...
... Nannochloropsis is one of the most important microalgae utilized as the feedstuff in aquaculture and is emerging model oleaginous microalgae. Recently, different genetic tools such as RNA interference, gene overexpression and gene editing have been developed in Nannochloropsis. However, the available genetic modification methods based on CRISPR technology are rather limited for modulating gene exp ...
... Elucidation of the complex regulation of porcine muscle development is key to increasing pork output and improving pork quality. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in early porcine embryonic muscle development in different pig breeds remain largely unknown. Here, GC–MS based metabolomics and metabolomic profiling was used to examine the longissimus lumborum (LL) of the Lantang (LT) and the ...
RNA; S-adenosylmethionine; arginine; carcinogenesis; genes; histones; liquid chromatography; methylation; peptides; protein arginine methyltransferases; tandem mass spectrometry; therapeutics
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... Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) is a member of the family of protein arginine methyltransferases. CARM1 catalyzes methyl group transfer from the cofactor S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet) to both histone and nonhistone protein substrates. CARM1 is involved in a range of cellular processes, mainly involving RNA transcription and gene regulation. As the aberrant expression ...
... Alfalfa is an important perennial forage crop in Idaho supporting dairy and cattle industries that is typically grown in the same field for as many as 4 years. Alfalfa stands of different ages were subjected to screening for viruses using high-throughput sequencing and RT-PCR. The two most common viruses found were alfalfa mosaic virus and bean leafroll virus, along with Medicago sativa amalgaviru ...
... The diagnosis of virus infection can facilitate the effective control of plant viral diseases. To date, serological and molecular methods for the detection of virus infection have been widely used, but these methods have disadvantages if applied for broad-range and large-scale detection. Here, we investigated the effect of infection of several different plant RNA and DNA viruses such as cucumber m ...
... Replication factor C (RFC) is a heteropentameric ATPase associated with the diverse cellular activities (AAA+ATPase) protein complex, which is composed of one large subunit, known as RFC1, and four small subunits, RFC2/3/4/5. Among them, RFC1 and RFC3 were previously reported to mediate genomic stability and resistance to pathogens in Arabidopsis. Here, we generated a viable rfc4e (rfc4−1/RFC4ᴳ⁵⁴ᴱ ...
... RNA folding free energy change parameters are widely used to predict RNA secondary structure and to design RNA sequences. These parameters include terms for the folding free energies of helices and loops. Although the full set of parameters has only been traditionally available for the four common bases and backbone, it is well known that covalent modifications of nucleotides are widespread in nat ...
... To date, over 150 different RNA modifications have been identified, playing crucial roles in biological processes and disease pathogenesis. Thanks to the advancement of high-throughput sequencing technologies employed for transcriptome-wide mapping, a bunch of RNA modification databases have emerged as an exciting area, which promotes further investigation of the mechanisms and functions of these ...
Seth R. Smith; Eric Normandeau; Haig Djambazian; Pubudu M. Nawarathna; Pierre Berube; Andrew M. Muir; Jiannis Ragoussis; Chantelle M. Penney; Kim T. Scribner; Gordon Luikart; Chris C. Wilson; Louis Bernatchez
... Here, we present an annotated, chromosome‐anchored, genome assembly for Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) – a highly diverse salmonid species of notable conservation concern and an excellent model for research on adaptation and speciation. We leveraged Pacific Biosciences long‐read sequencing, paired‐end Illumina sequencing, proximity ligation (Hi‐C) sequencing, and a previously published linkage ...
RNA; appetite; astrocytes; bioinformatics; body weight; energy balance; fluorescence; gastric inhibitory polypeptide; glucagon-like peptide 1; humans; hypothalamus; mice; neurons; oligodendroglia; pharmacology; secretin; smooth muscle; surveys; synergism; transcriptomics; weight loss
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... The hypothalamus is a key region of the brain implicated in homeostatic regulation, and is an integral centre for the control of feeding behaviour. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) are incretin hormones with potent glucoregulatory function through engagement of their respective cognate receptors, GLP-1R and GIPR. Recent evidence indicates that ...
... The genus Trichoderma is ubiquitous in various niches and is currently used for biocontrol, biofertilizer, enzyme production and bioremediation. However, molecular mechanisms underlying its diverse biological functions are yet not fully elucidated. Extraction of high-quality RNA for downstream applications such as quantitative polymerase chain reaction is a prerequisite. The current study aims to ...
... Small RNAs (sRNAs) play important roles in various biological processes by silencing their corresponding target genes in most eukaryotes. However, cross‐kingdom regulation mediated by fungal microRNA‐like RNAs (milRNAs) in plant–pathogen interactions is still largely unknown. Using molecular, genetic, histological, and biochemical approaches, we found that the apple tree Valsa canker pathogen Vals ...
... Bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) is a serious disease affecting feedlot cattle in China and likely other places worldwide. Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (BPIV3) are principally responsible for causing BRDC, and are a major strain to the industrial economy. Eradication of these viruses/disease requires swift viral identification and treatment. Hen ...
... Biodegradable and biobased surface active agents are renewable and environmentally friendly alternatives to petroleum derived or oleochemical surfactants. However, they are accompanied by relatively high production costs. In this study, the aim was to reduce the production costs for an innovative type of microbial biosurfactant: bolaform sophorolipids, produced by the yeast Starmerella bombicola Δ ...
Carcia S. Carson; Kyle W. Becker; Kyle M. Garland; Hayden M. Pagendarm; Payton T. Stone; Karan Arora; Lihong Wang-Bishop; Jessalyn J. Baljon; Lorena D. Cruz; Sebastian Joyce; John T. Wilson
... Traditional approaches to cancer vaccines elicit weak CD8⁺ T cell responses and have largely failed to meet clinical expectations. This is in part due to inefficient antigen cross-presentation, inappropriate selection of adjuvant and its formulation, poor vaccine pharmacokinetics, and/or suboptimal coordination of antigen and adjuvant delivery. Here, we describe a nanoparticle vaccine platform for ...
RNA; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; algorithms; automatic detection; complement; genome; humans; viral load; viruses; wastewater; wastewater treatment; France
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... Since many infected people experience no or few symptoms, the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic is frequently monitored through massive virus testing of the population, an approach that may be biased and may be difficult to sustain in low-income countries. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in stool samples, quantifying SARS-CoV-2 genome by RT-qPCR in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has been carried out a ...
DNA fragmentation; RNA; cost effectiveness; gel electrophoresis; gels; molecular biology; polyacrylamide; rapid methods; single-stranded DNA
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... RNA editing is a process that leads to posttranscriptional sequence alterations in RNAs. Detection and quantification of RNA editing rely mainly on Sanger sequencing and RNA sequencing techniques. However, these methods can be costly and time-consuming. In this protocol, a portable microtemperature gradient gel electrophoresis (µTGGE) system is used as a nonsequencing approach for the rapid detect ...
... A one-step colorimetric reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay was developed to target the coat protein region of genomic RNA of prune dwarf virus (PDV). WarmStart 2X Master Mix from NEB (New England Biolabs) was used for naked eye observation of positive LAMP reactions, where the changing in color from pink to yellowish indicates a positive result. The detect ...