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    Bioinformatic analysis of structures and encoding genes of Escherichia coli surface polysaccharides sheds light on the heterologous biosynthesis of glycans

    Surface polysaccharides (SPs), such as lipopolysaccharide (O antigen) and capsular polysaccharide (K antigen), play a key role in the pathogenicity of Escherichia coli (E. coli). Gene cluster for polysaccharide a...

    Ao Dong, Chengzhi Liu, **aoting Hua, Yunsong Yu, Yan Guo, Dongshu Wang in BMC Genomics (2023)

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    Transcriptomic analysis reveal the responses of dendritic cells to VDBP

    Vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) is an essential plasma carrier protein, which plays possible roles in reproductive health, disease and so on. However, the effects of VDBP on immunity have not been fully studied ...

    Biwei Cao, Tao Wen, Meng Wei, Yuan **ong, Wan Liu, Li Zhu, **g Zhou in Genes & Genomics (2022)

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    A genome wide association study for the number of animals born dead in domestic pigs

    The number of animals born dead, which includes the number of mummified (NM) and stillborn (NS) animals, is the most important trait to directly quantify the reproductive loss in domestic pigs. In this study, ...

    **xian Wu, Kai Wang, Jie Zhou, Qiang Yang, **di Yang, Anan Jiang in BMC Genetics (2019)

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    Transcriptome-wide N 6 -methyladenosine methylome profiling of porcine muscle and adipose tissues reveals a potential mechanism for transcriptional regulation and differential methylation pattern

    N 6 -methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal form of modification in messenger RNA in higher eukaryotes a...

    Xuelian Tao, Jianning Chen, Yanzhi Jiang, Yingying Wei, Yan Chen in BMC Genomics (2017)

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    Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in skeletal muscle between young and middle-aged pigs

    Age-related physiological, biochemical and functional changes in mammalian skeletal muscle have been shown to begin at the mid-point of the lifespan. However, the underlying changes in DNA methylation that occ...

    Long **, Zhi Jiang, Yudong **a, **’er Lou, Lei Chen, Hongmei Wang in BMC Genomics (2014)

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    Complete genome sequence and comparative genomic analyses of the vancomycin-producing Amycolatopsis orientalis

    Amycolatopsis orientalis is the type species of the genus and its industrial strain HCCB10007, derived from ATCC 43491, has been used for large-scale production of the vital antibiotic vancomycin. However, to dat...

    Li Xu, He Huang, Wei Wei, Yi Zhong, Biao Tang, Hua Yuan, Li Zhu in BMC Genomics (2014)

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    Breed, sex and anatomical location-specific gene expression profiling of the porcine skeletal muscles

    Skeletal muscle is one of the most important economic traits in agricultural animals, especially in pigs. In the modern pig industry, lean type pigs have undergone strong artificial selection for muscle growth...

    Jie Zhang, Chaowei Zhou, Jideng Ma, Lei Chen, Anan Jiang, Li Zhu in BMC Genetics (2013)

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    Identification and target prediction of miRNAs specifically expressed in rat neural tissue

    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a large group of RNAs that play important roles in regulating gene expression and protein translation. Several studies have indicated that some miRNAs are specifically expressed in human...

    You-Jia Hua, Zhong-Yi Tang, Kang Tu, Li Zhu, Yi-Xue Li, Lu **e in BMC Genomics (2009)