Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 17, 2020

Identification of key biomarkers and immune infiltration in the synovial tissue of osteoarthritis by bioinformatics analysis

Weisong Cai, Haohuan Li, Yubiao Zhang, Guangtao Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8390 PubMed 31988808

January 21, 2020

Clinical characteristics and prognostic value of MEX3A mRNA in liver cancer

Dingquan Yang, Yan Jiao, Yanqing Li, Xuedong Fang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8252 PubMed 31998552

January 6, 2020

The Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation activities and genome analysis of a novel strain Stenotrophomonas sp. Pemsol isolated from Mexico

Temidayo O. Elufisan, Isabel C. Rodríguez-Luna, Omotayo Opemipo Oyedara, Alejandro Sánchez-Varela, Armando Hernández-Mendoza, Edgar Dantán Gonzalez, Alma D. Paz-González, Kashif Muhammad, Gildardo Rivera, Miguel Angel Villalobos-Lopez, Xianwu Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8102 PubMed 31934497

January 28, 2020

Light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding protein-coding genes in jatropha and the comparison with castor, cassava and arabidopsis

Yongguo Zhao, Hua Kong, Yunling Guo, Zhi Zou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8465 PubMed 32025382

January 3, 2020

The inflated mitochondrial genomes of siphonous green algae reflect processes driving expansion of noncoding DNA and proliferation of introns

Sonja I. Repetti, Christopher J. Jackson, Louise M. Judd, Ryan R. Wick, Kathryn E. Holt, Heroen Verbruggen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8273 PubMed 31915577

January 16, 2020

Comparative transcriptome analysis revealed genes involved in the fruiting body development of Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Xinxin Tong, Han Zhang, Fang Wang, Zhengyao Xue, Jing Cao, Cheng Peng, Jinlin Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8379 PubMed 31988806

January 29, 2020

A simple and efficient cloning system for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in rice

Xiaoli Liu, Xiujuan Zhou, Kang Li, Dehong Wang, Yuanhao Ding, Xianqing Liu, Jie Luo, Chuanying Fang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8491 PubMed 32030327

January 17, 2020

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of NADPH oxidase genes in response to ABA and abiotic stresses, and in fibre formation in Gossypium

Gaofeng Zhang, Caimeng Yue, Tingting Lu, Lirong Sun, Fushun Hao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8404 PubMed 31988810

January 30, 2020

Potential use of human hair shaft keratin peptide signatures to distinguish gender and ethnicity

Nurdiena Mohamed Nasir, Jumriah Hiji, Jaime Jacqueline Jayapalan, Onn Haji Hashim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8248 PubMed 32030317

January 22, 2020

Prehaustorial local resistance to coffee leaf rust in a Mexican cultivar involves expression of salicylic acid-responsive genes

Edgar Couttolenc-Brenis, Gloria L. Carrión, Luc Villain, Fernando Ortega-Escalona, Daniel Ramírez-Martínez, Martín Mata-Rosas, Alfonso Méndez-Bravo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8345 PubMed 32002327

January 21, 2020

Inhibiting SLC26A4 reverses cardiac hypertrophy in H9C2 cells and in rats

Liqun Tang, Xiaoqin Yu, Yangyang Zheng, Ning Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8253 PubMed 31998553

January 14, 2020

New insights into human hair: SAXS, SEM, TEM and EDX for Alopecia Areata investigations

Adina Coroaba, Anca E. Chiriac, Liviu Sacarescu, Tudor Pinteala, Bogdan Minea, Sorin-Alexandru Ibanescu, Mihaela Pertea, Aurelian Moraru, Irina Esanu, Stelian S. Maier, Anca Chiriac, Mariana Pinteala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8376 PubMed 31976181

January 21, 2020

Population genetics of swamp eel in the Yangtze River: comparative analyses between mitochondrial and microsatellite data provide novel insights

Huaxing Zhou, Yuting Hu, He Jiang, Guoqing Duan, Jun Ling, Tingshuang Pan, Xiaolei Chen, Huan Wang, Ye Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8415 PubMed 31998563

January 7, 2020

DNA methylation profiling in recurrent miscarriage

Li Pi, Zhaofeng Zhang, Yan Gu, Xinyue Wang, Jianmei Wang, Jianhua Xu, Junwei Liu, Xuan Zhang, Jing Du

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8196 PubMed 31938574

January 13, 2020

The complete chloroplast genome of Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A. DC. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) and evolution in Cycadales

Aimee Caye G. Chang, Qiang Lai, Tao Chen, Tieyao Tu, Yunhua Wang, Esperanza Maribel G. Agoo, Jun Duan, Nan Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8305 PubMed 31976174

January 22, 2020

The effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the transcriptome of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) knock-down porcine granulosa cells

Monika Ruszkowska, Agnieszka Sadowska, Anna Nynca, Karina Orlowska, Sylwia Swigonska, Tomasz Molcan, Lukasz Paukszto, Jan P. Jastrzebski, Renata E. Ciereszko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8371 PubMed 32002328

January 20, 2020

Appetite regulating genes may contribute to herbivory versus carnivory trophic divergence in haplochromine cichlids

Ehsan P. Ahi, Anna Duenser, Pooja Singh, Wolfgang Gessl, Christian Sturmbauer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8375 PubMed 31998557

January 3, 2020

Obesity in the Balinese is associated with FTO rs9939609 and rs1421085 single nucleotide polymorphisms

Lidwina Priliani, Sukma Oktavianthi, Ria Hasnita, Hazrina T. Nussa, Rut C. Inggriani, Clarissa A. Febinia, Anom Bowolaksono, Rini Puspitaningrum, Rully A. Nugroho, Ketut Suastika, Safarina G. Malik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8327 PubMed 31915589

January 20, 2020

A comprehensive analysis for associations between multiple microRNAs and prognosis of osteosarcoma patients

Wen Yang, Yu-bin Qi, Meng Si, Yong Hou, Lin Nie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8389 PubMed 31998559

January 9, 2020

Genetic structure of Australian glass shrimp, Paratya australiensis, in relation to altitude

Sharmeen Rahman, Daniel Schmidt, Jane M. Hughes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8139 PubMed 31942250