Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 27, 2020

Comparing sediment DNA extraction methods for assessing organic enrichment associated with marine aquaculture

John K. Pearman, Nigel B. Keeley, Susanna A. Wood, Olivier Laroche, Anastasija Zaiko, Georgia Thomson-Laing, Laura Biessy, Javier Atalah, Xavier Pochon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10231 PubMed 33194417

October 20, 2020

miR-29a-3p directly targets Smad nuclear interacting protein 1 and inhibits the migration and proliferation of cervical cancer HeLa cells

Ying Chen, Weiji Zhang, Lijun Yan, Peng Zheng, Jin Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10148 PubMed 33150075

October 16, 2020

A robust semi-supervised NMF model for single cell RNA-seq data

Peng Wu, Mo An, Hai-Ren Zou, Cai-Ying Zhong, Wei Wang, Chang-Peng Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10091 PubMed 33088619

October 14, 2020

Long non-coding RNA LINC01234 regulates proliferation, migration and invasion via HIF-2α pathways in clear cell renal cell carcinoma cells

Feilong Yang, Cheng Liu, Guojiang Zhao, Liyuan Ge, Yimeng Song, Zhigang Chen, Zhuo Liu, Kai Hong, Lulin Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10149 PubMed 33088626

October 27, 2020

The Bacteria Genome Pipeline (BAGEP): an automated, scalable workflow for bacteria genomes with Snakemake

Idowu B. Olawoye, Simon D.W. Frost, Christian T. Happi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10121 PubMed 33194387

October 20, 2020

Mining the potential prognostic value of synaptosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP25) in colon cancer based on stromal-immune score

Jinyan Zou, Darong Duan, Changfa Yu, Jie Pan, Jinwei Xia, Zaixing Yang, Shasha Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10142 PubMed 33150073

October 20, 2020

Construction and analysis of macrophage infiltration related circRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks in hepatocellular carcinoma

Yuhan Chen, Yalin Li, Guanglei Zheng, Peitao Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10198 PubMed 33150086

October 30, 2020

Integrated network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches to reveal the synergistic mechanism of multiple components in Venenum Bufonis for ameliorating heart failure

Wei Ren, Zhiqiang Luo, Fulu Pan, Jiali Liu, Qin Sun, Gang Luo, Raoqiong Wang, Haiyu Zhao, Baolin Bian, Xiao Xiao, Qingrong Pu, Sijin Yang, Guohua Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10107 PubMed 33194384

October 20, 2020

Structure and expression analysis of seven salt-related ERF genes of Populus

Juanjuan Huang, Shengji Wang, Xingdou Wang, Yan Fan, Youzhi Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10206 PubMed 33150090

October 28, 2020

Transcriptome-wide identification of MAPKKK genes in bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) and their potential roles in low temperature stress responses

Wei Wang, An Shao, Erick Amombo, Shugao Fan, Xiao Xu, Jinmin Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10159 PubMed 33194398

October 23, 2020

Molecular Detection Mapping and Analysis Platform for R (MDMAPR) facilitating the standardization, analysis, visualization, and sharing of qPCR data and metadata

Jiaojia Yu, Robert G. Young, Lorna E. Deeth, Robert H. Hanner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9974 PubMed 33150057

October 21, 2020

De novo species identification using 16S rRNA gene nanopore sequencing

Inga Leena Angell, Morten Nilsen, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Gunilla Hedlin, Christine M. Jonassen, Benjamin Marsland, Björn Nordlund, Eva Maria Rehbinder, Carina Saunders, Håvard Ove Skjerven, Anne Cathrine Staff, Cilla Söderhäll, Riyas Vettukattil, Knut Rudi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10029 PubMed 33150059

October 2, 2020

The relationship between protein domains and homopeptides in the Plasmodium falciparum proteome

Yue Wang, Hsin Jou Yang, Paul M. Harrison

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9940 PubMed 33062426

October 13, 2020

Plasma miRNA profiles associated with stable warfarin dosage in Chinese patients

Li Zhao, Jin Wang, Shaoxin Shi, Yuan Wu, Jumei Liu, Shiwei He, Yue Zou, Huabin Xie, Shengxiang Ge, Huiming Ye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9995 PubMed 33083118