Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 17, 2020

Comparison of the performance of ITS1 and ITS2 as barcodes in amplicon-based sequencing of bioaerosols

7 citations

680 downloads

1,228 views

Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Guillaume Bilodeau, Caroline Duchaine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8523 PubMed 32110484

February 6, 2020

Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes for five Dicliptera species (Acanthaceae): molecular structure, phylogenetic relationships, and adaptive evolution

2 citations

455 downloads

983 views

Sunan Huang, Xuejun Ge, Asunción Cano, Betty Gaby Millán Salazar, Yunfei Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8450 PubMed 32071806

February 21, 2020

Transcriptome analysis of flavonoid biosynthesis in safflower flowers grown under different light intensities

2 citations

396 downloads

994 views

Chaoxiang Ren, Jie Wang, Bin Xian, Xiaohui Tang, Xuyun Liu, Xueli Hu, Zunhong Hu, Yiyun Wu, Cuiping Chen, Qinghua Wu, Jiang Chen, Jin Pei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8671 PubMed 32117646

February 21, 2020

Transcriptomic and proteomic profiles of II YOU 838 (Oryza sativa) provide insights into heat stress tolerance in hybrid rice

3 citations

363 downloads

1,103 views

Yan Wang, Yang Yu, Min Huang, Peng Gao, Hao Chen, Mianxue Liu, Qian Chen, Zhirong Yang, Qun Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8306 PubMed 32117601

February 17, 2020

The R2R3-MYB transcription factor family in Taxus chinensis: identification, characterization, expression profiling and posttranscriptional regulation analysis

355 downloads

888 views

Xinling Hu, Lisha Zhang, Iain Wilson, Fenjuan Shao, Deyou Qiu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8473 PubMed 32110480

February 4, 2020

Influence of host phylogeny, geographical location and seed harvesting diet on the bacterial community of globally distributed Pheidole ants

2 citations

322 downloads

1,582 views

Cíntia Martins, Corrie S. Moreau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8492 PubMed 32117618

February 25, 2020

Transcriptome analysis and transcription factors responsive to drought stress in Hibiscus cannabinus

315 downloads

790 views

Xia An, Guanrong Jin, Xiahong Luo, Changli Chen, Wenlue Li, Guanlin Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8470 PubMed 32140299

February 6, 2020

Unexpectedly high genetic diversity in a rare and endangered seabird in the Hawaiian Archipelago

1 citation

301 downloads

1,470 views

Carmen C. Antaky, Emily E. Conklin, Robert J. Toonen, Ingrid S.S. Knapp, Melissa R. Price

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8463 PubMed 32071808

February 27, 2020

Comprehensive phenotyping and transcriptome profiling to study nanotoxicity in C. elegans

1 citation

299 downloads

987 views

Charles Viau, Orçun Haçariz, Farial Karimian, Jianguo Xia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8684 PubMed 32149031

February 5, 2020

Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of the heat shock transcription factor gene family in Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.)

2 citations

295 downloads

706 views

Lin Zhang, Wei Chen, Ben Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8467 PubMed 32071809

February 13, 2020

Homeoprotein OTX1 and OTX2 involvement in rat myenteric neuron adaptation after DNBS-induced colitis

2 citations

280 downloads

1,284 views

Michela Bistoletti, Giovanni Micheloni, Nicolò Baranzini, Annalisa Bosi, Andrea Conti, Viviana Filpa, Cristina Pirrone, Giorgia Millefanti, Elisabetta Moro, Annalisa Grimaldi, Roberto Valli, Andreina Baj, Francesca Crema, Cristina Giaroni, Giovanni Porta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8442 PubMed 32095330

February 11, 2020

Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of reference genes for fruit development of Euscaphis konishii

275 downloads

597 views

Cheng-Long Yang, Xue-Yan Yuan, Jie Zhang, Wei-Hong Sun, Zhong-Jian Liu, Shuang-Quan Zou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8474 PubMed 32095336

February 24, 2020

SERPINA1 gene identified in RNA-Seq showed strong association with milk protein concentration in Chinese Holstein cows

272 downloads

499 views

Cong Li, Wentao Cai, Shuli Liu, Chenghao Zhou, Hongwei Yin, Dongxiao Sun, Shengli Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8460 PubMed 32140298

February 3, 2020

Glycyrrhizin suppresses epithelial-mesenchymal transition by inhibiting high-mobility group box1 via the TGF-β1/Smad2/3 pathway in lung epithelial cells

2 citations

256 downloads

843 views

Yanni Gui, Jian Sun, Wenjie You, Yuanhui Wei, Han Tian, Shujuan Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8514 PubMed 32117622

February 20, 2020

Engrailed-2 promotes a malignant phenotype of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through upregulating the expression of pro-oncogenic genes

256 downloads

629 views

Yong Cao, Xiaoyan Wang, Li Tang, Yan Li, Xueqin Song, Xu Liu, Mingying Li, Feng Chen, Haisu Wan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8662 PubMed 32117645

February 13, 2020

2 citations

253 downloads

836 views

Arina L. Maltseva, Marina A. Varfolomeeva, Arseniy A. Lobov, Polina Tikanova, Marina Panova, Natalia A. Mikhailova, Andrei I. Granovitch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8546 PubMed 32095363

February 17, 2020

Molecular cloning and expression analysis of tyrosinases (tyr) in four shell-color strains of Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum

3 citations

251 downloads

549 views

Kunyin Jiang, Liwen Jiang, Hongtao Nie, Zhongming Huo, Xiwu Yan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8641 PubMed 32110498

February 25, 2020

The detection of trans gene fragments of hEPO in gene doping model mice by Taqman qPCR assay

3 citations

250 downloads

973 views

Kai Aoki, Takehito Sugasawa, Kouki Yanazawa, Koichi Watanabe, Tohru Takemasa, Yoshinori Takeuchi, Yuichi Aita, Naoya Yahagi, Yasuko Yoshida, Tomoaki Kuji, Nanami Sekine, Kaoru Takeuchi, Haruna Ueda, Yasushi Kawakami, Kazuhiro Takekoshi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8595 PubMed 32140302

February 3, 2020

Comparison of Symbiodiniaceae diversities in different members of a Palythoa species complex (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zoantharia)—implications for ecological adaptations to different microhabitats

249 downloads

1,145 views

Masaru Mizuyama, Akira Iguchi, Mariko Iijima, Kodai Gibu, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8449 PubMed 32117611

February 27, 2020

Gene expression patterns of novel visual and non-visual opsin families in immature and mature Japanese eel males

245 downloads

703 views

Jun-Hwan Byun, Ji-Yeon Hyeon, Eun-Su Kim, Byeong-Hoon Kim, Hiroshi Miyanishi, Hirohiko Kagawa, Yuki Takeuchi, Se-Jae Kim, Akihiro Takemura, Sung-Pyo Hur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8326 PubMed 32149019

February 20, 2020

Single nucleotide polymorphism of MTHFR rs1801133 associated with elevated Hcy levels affects susceptibility to cerebral small vessel disease

242 downloads

688 views

Hongyu Yuan, Man Fu, Xianzhang Yang, Kun Huang, Xiaoyan Ren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8627 PubMed 32117640

February 13, 2020

The newly developed genomic-SSR markers uncover the genetic characteristics and relationships of olive accessions

1 citation

232 downloads

603 views