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Guo-**ng **ang
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Open AccessEffect of Time of Nitrogen Application on the Growth and Yield of Two Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Cultivars
A field experiment was conducted in China during winter season of 2001–2002 to study the response of time of nitrogen application on two cultivars (**umei 3 and 92-11) of barley. Apart from basal dose of 40 kg...
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Open AccessGenotypic Variation in Some Quality Traits of Malt Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Caused by Time of Nitrogen Application and Kernel Position within Spike
The effect of time of nitrogen application and position of kernels in spike on kernel weight, protein content, β-amylase activity and β-glucan content were examined in two cultivars of barley. Cultivar 92-11 p...
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Open AccessIn silico and microarray-based genomic approaches to identifying potential vaccine candidates against Leptospira interrogans
Currently available vaccines against leptospirosis are of low efficacy, have an unacceptable side-effect profile, do not induce long-term protection, and provide no cross-protection against the different serov...
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Open AccessDeep and comparative analysis of the mycelium and appressorium transcriptomes of Magnaporthe grisea using MPSS, RL-SAGE, and oligoarray methods
Rice blast, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe grisea, is a devastating disease causing tremendous yield loss in rice production. The public availability of the complete genome sequence of M. grisea provid...
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Open AccessGenetic diversity among major endemic strains of Leptospira interrogans in China
Leptospirosis is a world-widely distributed zoonosis. Humans become infected via exposure to pathogenic Leptospira spp. from contaminated water or soil. The availability of genomic sequences of Leptospira interro...
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Open AccessDiverse genome structures of Salmonella paratyphi C
Salmonella paratyphi C, like S. typhi, is adapted to humans and causes typhoid fever. Previously we reported different genome structures between two strains of S. paratyphi C, which suggests that S. paratyphi C m...
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Open AccessImproving prediction accuracy of tumor classification by reusing genes discarded during gene selection
Since the high dimensionality of gene expression microarray data sets degrades the generalization performance of classifiers, feature selection, which selects relevant features and discards irrelevant and redu...
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Open AccessSelecting subsets of newly extracted features from PCA and PLS in microarray data analysis
Dimension reduction is a critical issue in the analysis of microarray data, because the high dimensionality of gene expression microarray data set hurts generalization performance of classifiers. It consists o...
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Open AccessDetection of genomic deletions in rice using oligonucleotide microarrays
The induction of genomic deletions by physical- or chemical- agents is an easy and inexpensive means to generate a genome-saturating collection of mutations. Different mutagens can be selected to ensure a muta...
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Open AccessDeep and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Plants Infested by the Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) and Water Weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus)
The beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) and the rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus) are two important insect pests in rice production. To identify insect-responsive genes in rice, we performed a deep tran...
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Open Access2K09 and thereafter : the coming era of integrative bioinformatics, systems biology and intelligent computing for functional genomics and personalized medicine research
Significant interest exists in establishing synergistic research in bioinformatics, systems biology and intelligent computing. Supported by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF), International So...
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Open AccessDeep sequencing reveals the complex and coordinated transcriptional regulation of genes related to grain quality in rice cultivars
Milling yield and eating quality are two important grain quality traits in rice. To identify the genes involved in these two traits, we performed a deep transcriptional analysis of develo** seeds using both ...
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Open AccessHorizontal gene transfer in silkworm, Bombyx mori
The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, is the model insect for the order Lepidoptera, has economically important values, and has gained some representative behavioral characteristics compared to its wild ancesto...
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Open AccessGenome sequence of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris, a valued traditional chinese medicine
Species in the ascomycete fungal genus Cordyceps have been proposed to be the teleomorphs of Metarhizium species. The latter have been widely used as insect biocontrol agents. Cordyceps species are highly prized ...
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Open AccessMAnorm: a robust model for quantitative comparison of ChIP-Seq data sets
ChIP-Seq is widely used to characterize genome-wide binding patterns of transcription factors and other chromatin-associated proteins. Although comparison of ChIP-Seq data sets is critical for understanding ce...
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Open AccessDeciphering neo-sex and B chromosome evolution by the draft genome of Drosophila albomicans
Drosophila albomicans is a unique model organism for studying both sex chromosome and B chromosome evolution. A pair of its autosomes comprising roughly 40% of the whole genome has fused to the ancient X and Y ch...
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Open AccessDevelopment of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from a genome survey of Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra)
Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc.) is a subtropical evergreen tree originating in China. It has been cultivated in southern China for several thousand years, and annual production has reached 1.1 mil...
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Open AccessMolecular map** of the Pi2/9 allelic gene Pi2-2 conferring broad-spectrum resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae in the rice cultivar Jefferson
Utilization of broad-spectrum resistance (R) genes is an effective and economical strategy to control the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal agent of the rice blast disease. Among the cloned blast res...
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Open AccessTreeline dynamics in response to climate change in the Min Mountains, southwestern China
Abies faxoniana is the dominant plant species of the forest ecosystem on the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the treeline is strongly defined by climate. The tree-ring chronologies and age structure ...
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Open AccessThe sodium channel gene family is specifically expressed in hen uterus and associated with eggshell quality traits
Eggshell quality is important for the poultry industry. During eggshell formation a mass of inorganic minerals is deposited. The Sodium Channel (SCNN1) gene family plays an essential role in cation transportat...
