Genetics

Overexpression of alfalfa SIMK promotes root hair growth, nodule clustering and shoot biomass production

1 day ago | Wiley

Summary Nitrogen‐fixing rhizobia and legumes have developed complex mutualistic mechanism that allows to convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia. Signalling by...
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Identification of citrus immune regulators involved in defence against Huanglongbing using a new functional screening system

1 day ago | Wiley

Summary Huanglongbing is the most devastating citrus disease in the world. Almost all commercial citrus varieties are susceptible to the causal bacterium, Candidatus...
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Imaging of multiple fluorescent proteins in canopies enables synthetic biology in plants

1 day ago | Wiley

Summary Reverse genetics approaches have revolutionized plant biology and agriculture. Phenomics has the prospect of bridging plant phenotypes with genes, including transgenes...
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A chromosome‐level genome assembly provides insights into ascorbic acid accumulation and fruit softening in guava

1 day ago | Wiley | 2 articles

Summary Guava is an important fleshy‐fruited tree of the Myrtaceae family that is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas of the world and has attracted...
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Publisher Correction: MTSplice predicts effects of genetic variants on tissue-specific splicing

1 day ago | Genome Biology

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Scientists are on a path to sequencing 1 million human genomes and use big data to unlock genetic secrets

2 days ago | Phys

The first draft of the human genome was published 20 years ago in 2001, took nearly three years and cost between US$500 million and $1 billion. The Human Genome Project has...
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New method of artificially creating genetic switches for yeast

2 days ago | ScienceDaily

A group of researchers has successfully developed a flexible and simple method of artificially producing genetic switches for yeast, a model eukaryotic organism. Genetic...
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RET compound inheritance in Chinese patients with Hirschsprung disease: lack of penetrance from insufficient gene dysfunction

2 days ago | Springer

Abstract Hirschsprung disease is a neurocristopathy characterized by the absence of enteric ganglia along variable lengths of the intestine. Genetic defects play a major role...
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MIT and UCSF Researchers Create On and Off Switch for CRISPR

2 days ago | ISAAA

CRISPR has just got better with the latest gene editing technology called CRISPRoff. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of...
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A novel, quick, and easy system for genetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2

2 days ago | ScienceDaily

Researchers established a novel PCR-based, bacterium-free reverse genetics system for SARS-CoV-2 using the CPER method, which is simpler and faster than previous methods. Large...
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World Biotechnology Congress 2019

Hilaris Conferences is going to host its premier World Biotechnology Congress 2019 during October 01-02, 2019, Valencia, Spain. Biotechnology 2019 Congress aim to create a... Read more ...

World Biotechnology Congress 2019

Hilaris Conferences is going to host its premier World Biotechnology Congress 2019 during October 01-02, 2019, Valencia, Spain. Biotechnology 2019 Congress aim to create a... Read more ...

2nd International Conference on Tissue Science and Regenerative Medicine

This conference is designed for experts in academia and industries working in the tissue science and regenerative field, this conference will examine cutting-edge research in... Read more ...

Power of light and oxygen clears Alzheimer's disease protein in live mice

A small, light-activated molecule recently tested in mice represents a new approach to eliminating clumps of amyloid protein found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease... Read more ...

Inferring Metal Binding Sites in Flexible Regions of Proteins

ABSTRACT Metal ions are central to the molecular function of many proteins. Thus their knowledge in experimentally determined structure is important; however, such structures... Read more ...

Molecular basis for higher affinity of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike RBD for human ACE2...

Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 has caused substantially more infections, deaths, and economic disruptions than the 2002‐2003 SARS‐CoV. The key to... Read more ...

The vaccine rollout is in full swing. What does that mean for COVID testing?

Public health experts say testing remains an important tool in tracking and controlling the spread of the pandemic Read more ...

Glycol chitosan-based tacrolimus-loaded nanomicelle therapy ameliorates...

Recently, we developed hydrophobically modified glycol chitosan nanomicelles loaded with tacrolimus for the targeted renal delivery of TAC. Herein, we determined whether the... Read more ...

Nanoparticle-mediated synergistic chemoimmunotherapy for tailoring cancer...

Nowadays, a potent challenge in cancer treatment is considered the lack of efficacious strategy, which has not been able to significantly reduce mortality. Chemoimmunotherapy... Read more ...

Alginate-chitosan core-shell microcapsule cultures of hepatic cells in a...

A small scale stirred bioreactor was designed and the effect of different agitation rates was investigated on HepG2 cells cultured in alginate-chitosan core-shell microcapsule... Read more ...

Aliphatic extractive effects on acetic acid catalysis of typical...

Xylo-oligosaccharide is the spotlight of functional sugar that improves the economic benefits of lignocellulose biorefinery. Acetic acid acidolysis technology provides a... Read more ...

Multi-omics analysis provides insights into lignocellulosic biomass...

Wood-decay basidiomycetes are effective for the degradation of highly lignified and recalcitrant plant substrates. The degradation of lignocellulosic materials by brown-rot... Read more ...

Lyophilized alginate-based microspheres containing Lactobacillus fermentum...

Lactobacillus fermentum D12 is an exopolysaccharide producing strain whose genome contains a putative eps operon. Whole-genome analysis of D12 was performed to disclose the... Read more ...