Simplified MS2 phage-like particle production including a novel maturation protein internal fusion affinity tag by Enos C. Kline, Rose Duong, Qin Wang, Barry R. Lutz

“…These particles have biotechnological utility because of the ability to easily modify surface chemistry and compartmentalize nucleic acids or other materials. A consequential implementation of PLPs in diagnostics is as process controls in nucleic acid amplification tests, where control RNAs are packaged within the protein capsid and protected from degradation by RNases in the sample matrix. …”
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In Silico Design of a Trans-Amplifying RNA-Based Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 Structural Proteins by Fatemeh Nafian, Ghazal Soleymani, Zahra Pourmanouchehri, Mahnaz Kiyanjam, Simin Nafian, Sayed Mohammad Mohammadi, Hanie Jeyroudi, Sharareh Berenji Jalaei, Fatemeh Sabzpoushan

“…Nucleic acid-based vaccines allow scalable, rapid, and cell-free vaccine production in response to an emerging disease such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The First Record of an Aggressive Form of Ocular Tumour Enhanced by Marek’s Disease Virus Infection in Layer Flock in Al-Najaf, Iraq by Aoula Al-Zebeeby, Ali Hadi Abbas, Haider Abas Alsaegh, Furkan Sabbar Alaraji

“…The diagnosis MD infection was confirmed by a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification of a specific region of the target gene meq of the causative agent, followed by Sanger sequencing and BLASTn search of the sequence against the NCBI nucleic acid database, resulted in Gallid alpha herpes virus 2 strain, and according to the phylogenetic analysis, the sequence from this study was uniquely clustered in its own branch in the tree. …”
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Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine against laboratory-confirmed influenza in elderly Chinese patients with diabetes: A test-negative design case-control study by Zhengyan Chen, Tianchi Yang

“…A total of 2,204 elderly patients were tested for influenza virus nucleic acid or antigen during the study period. After applying exclusion criteria, 199 influenza-positive cases and 199 matched influenza-negative controls were included in the final analysis. …”
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Study of some virulence genes from uropathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in Wasit Province, Iraq by Rana H. Raheema, Sabaa Hilal Hadi, Zainab Adil Ghani Chabuck

“…When DNA was recovered from the isolates, the nucleic acid purity was diverse from 1.8 to 2.0, and the concentration fluctuated from 50 to 360 mg/µL. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease (review) by A. V. Scherbakov

“…These tests are based on constantly progressing technologies of nucleic acid sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The use of these technologies made it possible to assess the genetic diversity of the FMD virus, to analyze the evolution of the virus in the enzootic regions, and track the pathways of FMD epizootic and panzootic spread. …”
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Repurposing of Drugs for Antibacterial Activities on Selected ESKAPE Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Bridget Kamurai, Molly Mombeshora, Stanley Mukanganyama

“…Curcumin caused protein and nucleic acid leakage from the bacterial cell membrane in both bacterial species. …”
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Comparison of Procleix Ultrio Elite and Procleix Ultrio NAT Assays for Screening of Transfusion Transmitted Infections among Blood Donors in India by Rahul Chaurasia, Diptiranjan Rout, Shamsuz Zaman, Kabita Chatterjee, Hem Chandra Pandey, Abhishek Kumar Maurya

“…Background. Introduction of nucleic acid testing (NAT) has helped in decreasing window period donations, resulting in increased safety of blood supplies. …”
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CRISPR-Cas9 in basic and translational aspects of cancer therapy by Maryam Samareh Salavatipour, Zahra Poursalehi, Negin Hosseini Rouzbahani, Sohaib Mohammadyar, Mohammad Vasei

“…Introduction: The discovery of gene editing techniques has opened a new era within the field of biology and enabled scientists to manipulate nucleic acid molecules. CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering has revolutionized this achievement by successful targeting the DNA molecule and editing its sequence. …”
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Research Progress in Small-Molecule Detection Using Aptamer-Based SERS Techniques by Li Zheng, Qingdan Ye, Mengmeng Wang, Fan Sun, Qiang Chen, Xiaoping Yu, Yufeng Wang, Pei Liang

“…Nucleic acid aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides that are selected through exponential enrichment (SELEX) technology from synthetic DNA/RNA libraries. …”
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Optimization of the DNA isolation procedure for assessing the genetic diversity of essential oil roses (<i>Rosa</i> L.) by S. B. Seitadzhieva, S. Z. Guchetl, S. V. Didovich, E. V. Gorodnyaya

“…High content of organic compounds that worsen nucleic acid purification in aromatic plants, as well as the use of such toxic substances as phenol and mercaptoethanol in many protocols for plant DNA isolation, make it advisable to take the above disadvantages into account when optimizing the DNA extraction technique for the work with essential oil rose plants. …”
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Anionic liposomes prepared without organic solvents for effective siRNA delivery by Xiu Han, Yan Lu, Zhaoluo Xu, Yanan Chu, Xueping Ma, Haiping Wu, Bingjie Zou, Guohua Zhou

“…Therefore, anionic liposomes prepared with glycerol will be a safe and effective delivery platform for siRNA and even other nucleic acid drugs.…”
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Generation of Recombinant Porcine Parvovirus Virus-Like Particles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Development of Virus-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies by Paulius Lukas Tamošiūnas, Rasa Petraitytė-Burneikienė, Rita Lasickienė, Artiomas Akatov, Gabrielis Kundrotas, Vilimas Sereika, Raimundas Lelešius, Aurelija Žvirblienė, Kęstutis Sasnauskas

“…The gene coding for the major capsid protein VP2 of PPV was amplified using viral nucleic acid extract from swine serum and inserted into yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae expression plasmid. …”
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Evaluation of extracts from Phyllostachys makinoi for their antibacterial and accelerated wound healing potential by Te-Hua Liu, Ju-Yun Wu, Meng-Chun Cheng, Bang-Yuan Chen, Tsung-Yu Tsai

“…The extracts disrupted the cell membranes, causing electrolyte, protein, and nucleic acid leakage, leading to cell death. Additionally, P. makinoi extracts reduced lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-6 levels in RAW264.7 cells, and promoted wound healing by enhancing CCD-1112Sk cell proliferation. …”
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DNA-mediated self-assembly oxidative damage amplifier combined with copper and MTH1 inhibitor for cancer therapy by Cui Ren, Zhiyong Shi, Xiaowen Zhang, Xueer Yu, Yang Gao, Zhi Qi, Yu Chen, Yong Wang

“…Meanwhile, the released functional nucleic acid G3139 downregulated the expression of Bcl-2, and accelerated the apoptosis of tumor cells. …”
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Diabetic Polyneuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Mitochondrial Function by Luis Miguel Román-Pintos, Geannyne Villegas-Rivera, Adolfo Daniel Rodríguez-Carrizalez, Alejandra Guillermina Miranda-Díaz, Ernesto Germán Cardona-Muñoz

“…These free radicals cause lipid peroxidation, protein modification, and nucleic acid damage, to finally induce axonal degeneration and segmental demyelination. …”
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Immunoinformatics Approach to Design a Chimeric CD70-Peptide Vaccine against Renal Cell Carcinoma by Haideh Namdari, Farhad Rezaei, Fatemeh Heidarnejad, Mohammad Yaghoubzad-Maleki, Maryam Karamigolbaghi

“…In silico codon optimization and cloning of the vaccine nucleic acid sequence were accomplished using the pET28a plasmid. …”
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A Simple and Sensitive RT-qPCR Technology for Rapid Detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus by Hongri Zhao, Xingyu Xiao, Yajuan Sun, Yang Chen, Yongzhe Zhang, Peng Li, Hui Jin, Ying Li, Rui Yin

“…A simple and rapid RT-qPCR detection method for PRRSV was developed by optimizing nucleic acid amplification conditions. The results showed that the method was able to specifically detect PRRSV without cross-reactivity with the other 11 porcine susceptible viruses. …”
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Epidemiological monitoring of avian influenza in the Republic of Crimea in 2019–2020 by D. V. Gadzevich, S. I. Danylchenko, N. V. Vorotilova, M. A. Pasunkina, V. A. Uppe, V. N. Irza, M. S. Volkov, N. G. Zinyakov

“…The comparative genetic analysis of 258 bp nucleic acid sequences of the AIV H gene fragment showed that the identified isolate belongs to the Asian genetic lineage of highly pathogenic AIV subtype H5 (clade 2.3.4.4) associated with the epidemic spread in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2016–2020.…”
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The effectiveness of community-wide screening for pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review by Susanna S. van Wyk, Ntombifuthi Blose, Lester Kapanda-Phiri, Mareli Claassens, Taryn Young

“…We found that sputum smear microscopy screening may result in little to no difference in the prevalence of culture-confirmed TB (n = 962,655, RR 1.09; 95% CI: 0.86–1.38, 1 RCT, low certainty evidence). Community-wide nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) screening probably reduces the prevalence of NAAT-positive TB (n = 105,108, RR 0.56; 95% CI: 0.40–0.78, 1 RCT, moderate certainty evidence). …”
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