Category Archives: Citation

Generation of Full-Length Class I Human Leukocyte Antigen Gene Consensus Sequences for Novel Allele Characterization

December 2016 Authors: Peter M. Clark, Jamie L. Duke, Deborah Ferriola, Valia Bravo-Egana, Tunde Vago, Aniqa Hassan, Anna Papazoglou, and Dimitri Monos Info: Scientists from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia evaluated an NGS-based HLA typing kit from Omixon. They analyzed … more »

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Plasmids from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains with Rare Enterohemolysin Gene (ehxA) Subtypes Reveal Pathogenicity Potential and Display a Novel Evolutionary Path

November 2016 Authors: Sandra C. Lorenz, Steven R. Monday, Maria Hoffmann, Markus Fischer and Julie A. Kase Info: Scientists from the US FDA and the University of Hamburg used PacBio sequencing to characterize plasmids associated with heightened virulence in Shiga … more »

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Very Short Mitochondrial DNA Fragments and Heteroplasmy in Human Plasma

November 2016 Authors: Ruoyu Zhang, Kiichi Nakahira, Xiaoxian Guo, Augustine M.K. Choi & Zhenglong Gu Info: Scientists at Cornell University studied cell-free mitochondrial DNA found in plasma samples collected from sepsis patients. Along the way, they optimized sample prep protocols … more »

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Depletion of tRNA-halves enables effective small RNA sequencing of low-input murine serum samples

November 2016 Authors: Alan Van Goethem, Nurten Yigit, Celine Everaert, Myrthala Moreno-Smith, et al. Info: Scientists at Ghent University and Baylor College of Medicine evaluated protocols for depleting abundant RNAs from blood and serum samples to improve the ability to … more »

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Structure of the germline genome of Tetrahymena thermophila and relationship to the massively rearranged somatic genome

November 2016 Authors: Eileen P Hamilton, Aurélie Kapusta, Piroska E Huvos, Shelby L Bidwell, et al. Info: A large team of scientists in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. collaborated for this study of Tetrahymena thermophile, for which they produced a complete sequence assembly. They … more »

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Building two indica rice reference genomes with PacBio long-read and Illumina paired-end sequencing data

September 2016 Authors: Jianwei Zhang, Ling-Ling Chen, Shuai Sun, et al. Info: In this paper, researchers report generating two reference-quality genome assemblies for Oryza sativa subspecies. They publicly released both assemblies, which were built using PacBio and Illumina sequencing technology. … more »

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Production of the Bioactive Compounds Violacein and Indolmycin Is Conditional in a maeA Mutant of Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolaceaS4054 Lacking the Malic Enzyme

September 2016 Authors: Mariane S. Thøgersen, Marina W. Delpin, Jette Melchiorsen, Mogens Kilstrup, Maria Månsson, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Jörg Overmann, Kristian F. Nielsen, and Lone Gram Info: A team of scientists analyzed biological compounds produced by Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea, a … more »

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The two chromosomes of the mitochondrial genome of a sugarcane cultivar: assembly and recombination analysis using long PacBio reads

August 2016 Authors: Jeremy R. Shearman, Chutima Sonthirod, Chaiwat Naktang, Wirulda Pootakham, Thippawan Yoocha, Duangjai Sangsrakru, Nukoon Jomchai, Somvong Tragoonrung, and Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang Info: Scientists in Thailand used long-read sequencing to assemble the mitochondrial genome of a sugarcane cultivar from … more »

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A draft genome of the brown alga, Cladosiphon okamuranus, S-strain: a platform for future studies of ‘mozuku’ biology

August 2016 Authors: Koki Nishitsuji, Asuka Arimoto, Kenji Iwai, Yusuke Sudo, Kanako Hisata, Manabu Fujie, Nana Arakaki, Tetsuo Kushiro, Teruko Konishi, Chuya Shinzato, Noriyuki Satoh and Eiichi Shoguchi Info: Scientists from Japan sequenced the genome of Cladosiphon okamuranus, an edible … more »

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DSBCapture: in situ capture and sequencing of DNA breaks

August 2016 Authors: Stefanie V Lensing, Giovanni Marsico, Robert Hänsel-Hertsch, Enid Y Lam, David Tannahill & Shankar Balasubramanian Info: Scientists at Cancer Research UK developed and validated a new sequencing-based protocol to spot double-stranded DNA breaks in situ; these regions … more »

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