20 December 2019

Toward insights on determining factors for high activity in antimicrobial peptides via machine learning

"Peptides are part of the natural defense of humans against pathogenic microbes and relatively easy to synthesize chemically in a huge diversity. The presented computational strategy facilitates the rational design of antimicrobial drugs."

Robert Winkler, Handling Editor

19 December 2019

The complete mitochondrial genome of stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and phylogenetic analysis

"This study reported the mitochondrial genome of the stag beetle Lucanus cervus."

Jia-Yong Zhang, Handling Editor

30 May 2019

Identification of microRNA signatures in umbilical cord blood associated with maternal characteristics

"UCB miRNAs should be studied also as biomarkers for screening and diagnosis of 213 pregnancy-associated complications and pathologies."

Cheng-Chia Yu, Handling Editor

9 April 2019

Salivary LDOC1 is a gender-difference biomarker of oral squamous cell carcinoma

"Salivary LDOC1 is a gender-difference biomarker of oral cancer patients"

Cheng-Chia Yu, Handling Editor

7 December 2018

RIP-MD: a tool to study residue interaction networks in protein molecular dynamics

"Network theory applied to protein structural ensembles is a powerful paradigm to understand structure-function relationship. This work offers a new solid plugin to explore structures from simulations with graph analysis."

Elena Papaleo, Handling Editor

19 September 2018

Application of EST-SSR markers developed from the transcriptome of Torreya grandis (Taxaceae), a threatened nut-yielding conifer tree

"This article on Torreya grandis (Taxaceae) an ancient conifer species that is endemic to southeast China provides an important insight into the population structure and distribution of the species. It also generated the genomic resources necessary to move forward the research on Torreya grandis."

Pankaj Jaiswal, Handling Editor

17 July 2018

Integrated analysis of differentially expressed profiles and construction of a competing endogenous long non-coding RNA network in renal cell carcinoma

"This is a good example to integrate data for lncRNAs in a specific cancer type."

Min Zhao, Handling Editor

23 May 2018

Finding novel relationships with integrated gene-gene association network analysis of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using species-independent text-mining

"Litterature text-mining to discover gene-gene interaction."

Hugo Sarmento, Handling Editor