Identification and Candidate Gene Analysis of qCTS11-TK9, a Novel Major Quantitative Trait Locus Associated with Chilling Tolerance in Rice Seedlings by Sheng-Shan Wang, Yu-Ting Liu, Pei-Hua Tsai, Shu-Fang Cheng, Kai-Yi Chen, Rong-Kuen Chen

“…High-resolution linkage analysis delimited qCTS11-TK9 to a 191-kb genomic region containing 16 annotated putative genes in the rice reference genome. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Putative Polyketide Synthase Gene Involved in Hispidin Biosynthesis in Sanghuangporus sanghuang by Jiansheng Wei, Liangyan Liu, Xiaolong Yuan, Dong Wang, Xinyue Wang, Wei Bi, Yan Yang, Yi Wang

“…Five PKSs were identified using genome annotation. Comparative analysis with the reference transcriptome showed that two PKSs (ShPKS3 and ShPKS4) had low expression levels in four types of media. …”
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Genetic determinants of pOXA-48 plasmid maintenance and propagation in Escherichia coli by Yannick Baffert, Nathan Fraikin, Yasmine Makhloufi, Julie Baltenneck, Marie-Eve Val, Annick Dedieu-Berne, Jonathan Degosserie, Bogdan I. Iorga, Pierre Bogaerts, Erwan Gueguen, Christian Lesterlin, Sarah Bigot

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Causal Associations of Iron Status With the Renal Function and Diabetic Nephropathy in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Ying Zhang, Wujian Peng, Jianrong Huang, Wenchang Zhang, Peishan Jiang, Yuqin He, Meiyun Wang

“…The findings might provide a reference for using TIBC levels as a biomarker for prevention and treatment of diabetic nephropathy in the future. …”
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A multiplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of classical swine fever virus, African swine fever virus, and atypical porcine pestivirus by Xiang-peng SONG, Ying-ju XIA, Lu XU, Jun-jie ZHAO, Zhen WANG, Qi-zu ZHAO, Ye-bing LIU, Qian-yi ZHANG, Qin WANG

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Causal relationships between immune-related adverse events, immune cell characteristics, and plasma metabolites: insights from Mendelian randomization study by Zhiyuan Shi, Zhao Sun, Dingding Zhang, Lin Zhao

“…This discovery serves as a valuable reference for the judicious application of immunotherapy in future endeavors.…”
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Targeting a pathogenic cryptic exon that drives HLRCC to induce exon skipping by Siddhardha S. Maligireddy, Mariana D. Mandler, Judith C. Lunger, Madeline Yuen, Sneha Kulkarni, Alexendar R. Perez, Christina M. Fitzsimmons, Daniel R. Crooks, Raj Chari, W. Marston Linehan, Pedro J. Batista

“…Furthermore, we were able to show that ASOs can be used to shift the balance between the FH mRNA isoforms originated from the reference and the variant allele in patient-derived fibroblasts using ASOs. …”
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Meropenem/vaborbactam activity against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from catheter-related bloodstream infections by Francesca Sivori, Massimo Francalancia, Mauro Truglio, Ilaria Cavallo, Carmelina Pronesti, Giorgia Fabrizio, Ilaria Celesti, Andrea Cazzani, Lorenzo Furzi, Fulvia Pimpinelli, Enea Gino Di Domenico

“…Phenotypic assays revealed enhanced biofilm formation and metabolic activity compared to the reference strain Kp ATCC 13883 in the absence of hypervirulence-associated genes. …”
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Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Genetic Basis of Muscle Development and Meat Quality Traits in Chinese Congjiang Xiang and Landrace Pigs by Jiada Yang, Qiaowen Tang, Chunying Sun, Qiuyue Li, Xiaoyu Li, Lu Hou, Yi Yang, Kang Yang

“…RNA sequencing was performed on muscle tissues from ten individuals of each breed, generating 874.5 million raw reads with an average mapping rate of 89.3% to the pig reference genome. (3) Results: Transcriptional profiling revealed distinct expression patterns with 785 genes exclusively expressed in CX pigs and 457 genes unique to LAN pigs, while 7099 co-expressed genes were shared by both breeds. …”
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Whole RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals Longitudinal Proteostasis Network Responses to Photoreceptor Outer Segment Trafficking and Degradation in RPE Cells by Rebecca D. Miller, Isaac Mondon, Charles Ellis, Anna-Marie Muir, Stephanie Turner, Eloise Keeling, Htoo A. Wai, David S. Chatelet, David A. Johnson, David A. Tumbarello, Andrew J. Lotery, Diana Baralle, J. Arjuna Ratnayaka

“…RNA-seq analysis of the highly differentiated human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell-line ARPE-19, cultured on transwells for ≥4 months, yielded 44,909 genes showing 83.35% alignment with the human reference genome. These included mRNA transcripts of RPE-specific genes and those involved in retinopathies. …”
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Integrated metagenomics and transcriptomics analysis reveals pathways associated with oral periapical lesions formation and progression by Alaa Muayad Altaie, Thenmozhi Venkatachalam, Kiran Patil, Farah Al-Marzooq, Surendra Singh Rawat, Ali Al Qabbani, Mohammed Amjed Alsaegh, Lakshman P. Samaranayake, Sameh S.M. Soliman, Rifat Hamoudi

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Identification of genetic locus with resistance to take-all in the wheat-Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng introgression line H148 by Sheng-sheng BAI, Han-bing ZHANG, Jing HAN, Jian-hui WU, Jia-chuang LI, Xing-xia GENG, Bo-ya LÜ, Song-feng XIE, De-jun HAN, Ji-xin ZHAO, Qun-hui YANG, Jun WU, Xin-hong CHEN

“…Sixty-two genes were found in the target interval of the Chinese Spring reference genome sequence. According to the functional annotation of genes, two protein genes that can improve the systematic resistance of plant roots were predicted as candidate genes. …”
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Heredity and gene mapping of a novel white stripe leaf mutant in wheat by Hui-juan LI, Zhi-xin JIAO, Yong-jing NI, Yu-mei JIANG, Jun-chang LI, Chao PAN, Jing ZHANG, Yu-long SUN, Jun-hang AN, Hong-jie LIU, Qiao-yun LI, Ji-shan NIU

“…In comparison to the reference genome sequence of Chinese Spring (CS), wsl is located in a 91-Mb region from 88 Mb (Xgwm518) to 179 Mb (Xgpw7651) on chromosome 6BS. …”
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Gene expression dynamics in Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis treated with Thymus vulgaris and Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum essential oils by Fabrizio Anniballi, Chiara Purgatorio, Annalisa Serio, Concetta Scalfaro, Silvia Taglieri, Antonello Paparella

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Spatio-temporal diversity and genetic architecture of pyrantel resistance in Cylicocyclus nassatus, the most abundant horse parasite by Sallé, Guillaume, Courtot, Élise, Cabau, Cédric, Parrinello, Hugues, Serreau, Delphine, Reigner, Fabrice, Gesbert, Amandine, Jacquinot, Lauriane, Lenhof, Océane, Aimé, Annabelle, Picandet, Valérie, Kuzmina, Tetiana, Holovachov, Oleksandr, Bellaw, Jennifer, Nielsen, Martin K., von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg, Valière, Sophie, Gislard, Marie, Lluch, Jérôme, Kuchly, Claire, Klopp, Christophe

“…Here we have leveraged ultra-low input sequencing protocols to build a reference genome for the most prevalent horse strongyle species. …”
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Asynchronous replication in oncological patients by G. F. Mikhailova, V. V. Tsepenko, T. G. Shkavrova, E. V. Goloub

“…One of the most important marks of epigenetic misbalance of cell genome is an replication asynchrony of genes with biallelic expression. …”
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The impact of Schistosoma haematobium hybridization on molecular diagnosis of schistosomiasis: A review with emphasis on female genital schistosomiasis. by Ombeni Ally, Bernard N Kanoi, Gideon S Mmbando, Steven Ger Nyanjom, Ladslaus L Mnyone, Jesse Gitaka, Gerald Misinzo, Lucy Ochola

“…These hybrids not only affect livestock and humans but also have their genomes modified, and in some cases, abnormal egg morphology due to Schistosoma hybridization might affect the actual prevalence estimation. …”
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Taxonomic assessment of the Oxytropis species from South-East of Kazakhstan by S. Almerekova, S. Abugalieva, N. Mukhitdinov

“…The nucleotide sequences of ITS of O. almaatensis and O. glabra were aligned with sequences of 29 Oxytropis references found in the NCBI database. Out of the 601 aligned positions of ITS 33 (5.6 %) sites were found to be polymorphic nucleotides and used in evaluation of the genetic relationship of species. …”
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Deciphering codon usage patterns and evolutionary forces in chloroplast genes of Camellia sinensis var. assamica and Camellia sinensis var. sinensis in comparison to Camellia pubic... by Sophiarani Yengkhom, Arif Uddin, Supriyo Chakraborty

“…Codon usage bias (CUB) is a unique property of genome which refers to non-random usage of synonymous codons in coding sequences. …”
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Plasticity of the gut microbiome of golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in response to seasonal variation in diet by Mingyi Zhang, Xiaochen Wang, Hui Yao, Ying Shen, Yang Teng, Paul A. Garber, Huijuan Pan, Ming Li

“…We reconstructed 578 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), 76.5% of which did not have exact matches in reference databases, highlighting the novelty of their gut microbiota. …”
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