Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 16, 2021

Struo2: efficient metagenome profiling database construction for ever-expanding microbial genome datasets

Nicholas D. Youngblut, Ruth E. Ley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12198 PubMed 34616633

September 23, 2021

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns in chloroplast genomes of five Miscanthus species and related species

Jiajing Sheng, Xuan She, Xiaoyu Liu, Jia Wang, Zhongli Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12173 PubMed 34631315

September 30, 2021

Highly comparable metabarcoding results from MGI-Tech and Illumina sequencing platforms

Sten Anslan, Vladimir Mikryukov, Kęstutis Armolaitis, Jelena Ankuda, Dagnija Lazdina, Kristaps Makovskis, Lars Vesterdal, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Leho Tedersoo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12254 PubMed 34703674

September 30, 2021

Blockchain for genomics and healthcare: a literature review, current status, classification and open issues

Beyhan Adanur Dedeturk, Ahmet Soran, Burcu Bakir-Gungor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12130 PubMed 34703661

September 13, 2021

Phylogenetic relationships of sucrose transporters (SUTs) in plants and genome-wide characterization of SUT genes in Orchidaceae reveal roles in floral organ development

Yunzhu Wang, Yue Chen, Qingzhen Wei, Hongjian Wan, Chongbo Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11961 PubMed 34603845

September 22, 2021

Transcriptome and structure analysis in root of Casuarina equisetifolia under NaCl treatment

Yujiao Wang, Jin Zhang, Zhenfei Qiu, Bingshan Zeng, Yong Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Jun Chen, Chonglu Zhong, Rufang Deng, Chunjie Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12133 PubMed 34616610

September 6, 2021

Detection of spreader nodes in human-SARS-CoV protein-protein interaction network

Sovan Saha, Piyali Chatterjee, Mita Nasipuri, Subhadip Basu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12117 PubMed 34567845

September 8, 2021

Whole-genome comparative analysis at the lineage/sublineage level discloses relationships between Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype and clinical phenotype

Andrea Monserrat Negrete-Paz, Gerardo Vázquez-Marrufo, Ma. Soledad Vázquez-Garcidueñas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12128 PubMed 34589306

September 21, 2021

Multiomics-based analyses of KPNA2 highlight its multiple potentials in hepatocellular carcinoma

Jinzhong Zhang, Xiuzhi Zhang, Lingxiao Wang, Chunyan Kang, Ningning Li, Zhefeng Xiao, Liping Dai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12197 PubMed 34616632

September 15, 2021

Novel ACE2 protein interactions relevant to COVID-19 predicted by evolutionary rate correlations

Austin A. Varela, Sammy Cheng, John H. Werren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12159 PubMed 34616619

September 6, 2021

VGEA: an RNA viral assembly toolkit

Paul E. Oluniyi, Fehintola Ajogbasile, Judith Oguzie, Jessica Uwanibe, Adeyemi Kayode, Anise Happi, Alphonsus Ugwu, Testimony Olumade, Olusola Ogunsanya, Philomena Ehiaghe Eromon, Onikepe Folarin, Simon D.W. Frost, Jonathan Heeney, Christian T. Happi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12129 PubMed 34567846

September 13, 2021

Sex- and stage-dependent expression patterns of odorant-binding and chemosensory protein genes in Spodoptera exempta

Yonghao Dong, Tong Li, Jin Liu, Meixue Sun, Xingyu Chen, Yongjie Liu, Pengjun Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12132 PubMed 34603852

September 21, 2021

LncRNAs specifically overexpressed in endocervical adenocarcinoma are associated with an unfavorable recurrence prognosis and the immune response

Yong Song, Long Nie, Yu-Ting Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12116 PubMed 34616607

September 6, 2021

Investigation of multiple sclerosis-related pathways through the integration of genomic and proteomic data

Elif Everest, Ege Ülgen, Ugur Uygunoglu, Melih Tutuncu, Sabahattin Saip, Osman Uğur Sezerman, Aksel Siva, Eda Tahir Turanli