Category Archives: Citation

Comprehensive evaluation of extracellular small RNA isolation methods from serum in high throughput sequencing

January 2017 Authors: Yan Guo, Kasey Vickers, Yanhua Xiong, Shilin Zhao, Quanhu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Wanding Zhou and Charles R. Flynn Info: Scientists from Vanderbilt University and Van Andel Research Institute compared methods for isolating circulating extracellular small non-coding RNAs. … more »

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Whole Genome Amplification and Reduced-Representation Genome Sequencing of Schistosoma japonicum Miracidia

January 2017 Authors: Jonathan A. Shortt, Daren C. Card, Drew R. Schield, Yang Liu, Bo Zhong, Todd A. Castoe, Elizabeth J. Carlton, and David D. Pollock Info: Researchers used ddRAD-seq to study the schistosome species S. japonicum miracidia, finding that … more »

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MicroRNA biomarkers of pancreatic injury in a canine model

January 2017 Authors: Rodney Rouse, Barry Rosenzweig, Katie Shea, Alan Knapton, Sharron Stewart, Lin Xu, Ashok Chockalingam, Leah Zadrozny, and Karol Thompson Info: FDA scientists report results of studying five pancreas-enriched microRNAs as potential biomarkers for pancreatic injury. They used … more »

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QseC inhibition as an antivirulence approach for colitis-associated bacteria

January 2017 Authors: Michelle G. Rooks, Patrick Veiga, Analise Z. Reeves, Sydney Lavoie, et al. Info: In this paper, scientists from Harvard and other institutions describe a study of quorum-sensing regulators in E. coli as a possible means of reducing … more »

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Targeted capture and sequencing of gene-sized DNA molecules

December 2016 Authors: Michael Giolai, Pirita Paajanen, Walter Verweij, Lawrence Percival-Alwyn, et al. Info: Scientists adapted the RenSeq capture method for long-read PacBio sequencing, optimizing the method through improved shearing, size selection, and PCR amplification. They used SageELF extensively to … more »

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Defining an olfactory receptor function in airway smooth muscle cells

December 2016 Authors: William H. Aisenberg, Jessie Huang, Wanqu Zhu, Premraj Rajkumar, et al. Info: Scientists at Johns Hopkins University, Rutgers, and other institutions teamed up to study receptors in airway smooth muscle cells that appear to play a role … more »

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The mammalian LINC complex regulates genome transcriptional responses to substrate rigidity

December 2016 Authors: Samer G. Alam, Qiao Zhang, Nripesh Prasad, Yuan Li, Srikar Chamala, et al. Info: Researchers from the HudsonAlpha Institute, the University of Florida, and other institutions studied the role of rigidity in the extracellular matrix, finding that … more »

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Selective Y centromere inactivation triggers chromosome shattering in micronuclei and repair by non-homologous end joining

December 2016 Authors: Peter Ly, Levi S. Teitz, Dong H. Kim, Ofer Shoshani, Helen Skaletsky, Daniele Fachinetti, David C. Page, and Don W. Cleveland Info: Scientists report developing a strategy to examine what happens when chromosomes do not segregate properly. … more »

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Susceptibility to Aminoglycosides and Distribution of aph and aac(3)-XI Genes among Corynebacterium striatum Clinical Isolates

December 2016 Authors: Jesús Navas, Marta Fernández-Martínez, Carlos Salas, María Eliecer Cano, Luis Martínez-Martínez Info: Scientists in Spain analyzed several strains of the pathogen Corynebacterium striatum and found that many were resistant to drugs most commonly used to treat these … more »

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Single-Molecule Sequencing (PacBio) of the Staphylococcuscapitis NRCS-A Clone Reveals the Basis of Multidrug Resistance and Adaptation to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Environment

December 2016 Authors: Patrícia MartinsSimões, HajarLemriss, YannDumont, SanâaLemriss, et al. Info: Scientists in France and Morocco fully sequenced the genome and accessory genome of a Staphylococcus capitis clone that has proven resistant to many drugs and is particularly detrimental to … more »

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