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Deng Q, Du P, Gangurde SS, Hong Y, Xiao Y, Hu D, Li H, Lu Q, Li S, Liu H, Wang R, Huang L, Wang W, Garg V, Liang X, Varshney RK, Chen X, Liu H. ScRNA-seq reveals dark- and light-induced differentially expressed gene atlases of seedling leaves in Arachis hypogaea L. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2024; 22:1848-1866. [PMID: 38391124 PMCID: PMC11182584 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Although the regulatory mechanisms of dark and light-induced plant morphogenesis have been broadly investigated, the biological process in peanuts has not been systematically explored on single-cell resolution. Herein, 10 cell clusters were characterized using scRNA-seq-identified marker genes, based on 13 409 and 11 296 single cells from 1-week-old peanut seedling leaves grown under dark and light conditions. 6104 genes and 50 transcription factors (TFs) displayed significant expression patterns in distinct cell clusters, which provided gene resources for profiling dark/light-induced candidate genes. Further pseudo-time trajectory and cell cycle evidence supported that dark repressed the cell division and perturbed normal cell cycle, especially the PORA abundances correlated with 11 TFs highly enriched in mesophyll to restrict the chlorophyllide synthesis. Additionally, light repressed the epidermis cell developmental trajectory extending by inhibiting the growth hormone pathway, and 21 TFs probably contributed to the different genes transcriptional dynamic. Eventually, peanut AHL17 was identified from the profile of differentially expressed TFs, which encoded protein located in the nucleus promoted leaf epidermal cell enlargement when ectopically overexpressed in Arabidopsis through the regulatory phytohormone pathway. Overall, our study presents the different gene atlases in peanut etiolated and green seedlings, providing novel biological insights to elucidate light-induced leaf cell development at the single-cell level.
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- Quanqing Deng
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid TropicHyderabadIndia
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- School of Public HealthWannan Medical CollegeWuhuAnhui ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- College of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- College of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, South China Peanut Sub‐Center of National Center of Oilseed Crops Improvement, Crops Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdong ProvinceChina
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Bhat RS, Shirasawa K, Chavadi SD. Genome-wide structural and functional features of single nucleotide polymorphisms revealed from the whole genome resequencing of 179 accessions of Arachis. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13623. [PMID: 35018642 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Peanut being an important food, oilseed and fodder crop worldwide, its genetic improvement currently relies on genomics-assisted breeding (GAB). Since the level of marker polymorphism is limited in peanut, the availability of a large number of DNA markers is the prerequisite for GAB. Therefore, we detected 4,309,724 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the whole genome re-sequencing (WGRS) data of 178 peanut accessions along with the reference genome sequence of Tifrunner. SNPs were analyzed for their structural and functional features to conclude on their utility and employability in genetic and genomic studies. ISATGR278-18, a synthetic amphidiploid, showed the highest number of SNPs (2,505,266), while PI_628538 recorded the lowest number (19,058) of SNPs. A03 showed the highest number of SNPs, while B08 recorded the lowest number of SNPs. The number of accessions required to record 50% of the total SNPs varied from 11 to 13 across the chromosomes. The rate of transitions was more than that of transversions. Among the various chromosomal contexts, intergenic and intronic regions carried more SNPs than the exonic regions. SNP impact analysis indicated 2488 SNPs with high impact due to gain of stop codons, variations in splice acceptors and splice donors, and loss of start codons. Of the 4,309,723 SNPs, 46,087 had the highest polymorphic information content (PIC) of 0.375. As an illustration of application, the drought-tolerant accession C76-16 was compared with A72 (an accession with high-stress rating) to identify 637,833 SNPs, of which 418 had high impact substitutions. Overall, these structural and functional features of the SNPs will be of immense importance for their utility in genetic and genomic studies in peanut.
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- Ramesh S Bhat
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India
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- Department of Frontier Research and Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India
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Manimekalai R, Suresh G, Govinda Kurup H, Athiappan S, Kandalam M. Role of NGS and SNP genotyping methods in sugarcane improvement programs. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2020; 40:865-880. [PMID: 32508157 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2020.1765730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is one of the most economically significant crops because of its high sucrose content and it is a promising biomass feedstock for biofuel production. Sugarcane genome sequencing and analysis is a difficult task due to its heterozygosity and polyploidy. Long sequence read technologies, PacBio Single-Molecule Real-Time (SMRT) sequencing, the Illumina TruSeq, and the Oxford Nanopore sequencing could solve the problem of genome assembly. On the applications side, next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies played a major role in the discovery of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and the development of low to high throughput genotyping platforms. The two mainstream high throughput genotyping platforms are the SNP microarray and genotyping by sequencing (GBS). This paper reviews the NGS in sugarcane genomics, genotyping methodologies, and the choice of these methods. Array-based SNP genotyping is robust, provides consistent SNPs, and relatively easier downstream data analysis. The GBS method identifies large scale SNPs across the germplasm. A combination of targeted GBS and array-based genotyping methods should be used to increase the accuracy of genomic selection and marker-assisted breeding.
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- Ramaswamy Manimekalai
- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Business Development, Asia Pacific Japan region, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA
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Desmae H, Janila P, Okori P, Pandey MK, Motagi BN, Monyo E, Mponda O, Okello D, Sako D, Echeckwu C, Oteng‐Frimpong R, Miningou A, Ojiewo C, Varshney RK. Genetics, genomics and breeding of groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.). PLANT BREEDING = ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PFLANZENZUCHTUNG 2019; 138:425-444. [PMID: 31598026 PMCID: PMC6774334 DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Groundnut is an important food and oil crop in the semiarid tropics, contributing to household food consumption and cash income. In Asia and Africa, yields are low attributed to various production constraints. This review paper highlights advances in genetics, genomics and breeding to improve the productivity of groundnut. Genetic studies concerning inheritance, genetic variability and heritability, combining ability and trait correlations have provided a better understanding of the crop's genetics to develop appropriate breeding strategies for target traits. Several improved lines and sources of variability have been identified or developed for various economically important traits through conventional breeding. Significant advances have also been made in groundnut genomics including genome sequencing, marker development and genetic and trait mapping. These advances have led to a better understanding of the groundnut genome, discovery of genes/variants for traits of interest and integration of marker-assisted breeding for selected traits. The integration of genomic tools into the breeding process accompanied with increased precision of yield trialing and phenotyping will increase the efficiency and enhance the genetic gain for release of improved groundnut varieties.
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- Haile Desmae
- International Crop Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)BamakoMali
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- Division of Research and Development (DRD)Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) ‐ NaliendeleMtwaraTanzania
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- National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)EntebbeUganda
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- Institut National d'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA)OuagadougouBurkina Faso
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Worasilchai N, Permpalung N, Chindamporn A. High-resolution melting analysis: A novel approach for clade differentiation in Pythium insidiosum and pythiosis. Med Mycol 2018; 56:868-876. [PMID: 29228389 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myx123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Pythium insidiosum causes life-threatening human pythiosis. Based on phylogenetic analysis using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase II (COX2) gene, intergenic spacer (IGS) region and exo-1,3-β-glucanase gene (exo1), P. insidiosum is classified into clade ATH, BTH, and CTH related to geographic distribution. At present, polymerase chain reaction in any of these specific regions with DNA sequencing is the only technique to provide clade diagnosis. In this study, P. insidiosum-specific primers targeting COX2 gene were designed and used in real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) with subsequent high-resolution melting (HRM) to provide rapid identification as well as clade classification for P. insidiosum. Based on the qPCR-HRM method, 15 P. insidiosum isolates could be differentiated from 28 related organisms with 100% specificity and 1 pg limit of detection. This technique was, in addition, directly tested on clinical samples from proved human pythiosis cases: nine corneal scrapes and six arterial clots. The qPCR-HRM results of all nine corneal samples were a 100% match with the results from the conventional PCR at clade level. However, the qPCR-HRM results of arterial clot samples were only matched with the nucleotide sequencing results from the conventional PCR at species level. In conclusion, the qPCR-HRM is a simple one closed tube, inexpensive and user-friendly method to identify P. insidiosum into clade level.
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- Navaporn Worasilchai
- Interdisciplinary Program, Medical Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Zhang D, Xia T, Dang S, Fan G, Wang Z. Investigation of Chinese Wolfberry (Lycium spp.) Germplasm by Restriction Site-Associated DNA Sequencing (RAD-seq). Biochem Genet 2018; 56:575-585. [PMID: 29876687 PMCID: PMC6223726 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-018-9861-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Chinese wolfberry (Lycium spp.) is an important edible and medicinal plant, with a long cultivation history. The genetic relationships among wild Lycium species and landraces have been unclear for a number of reasons, which has hindered the breeding of modern Chinese wolfberry cultivars. In this study, we collected 19 accessions of Chinese wolfberry germplasm, and constructed the genetic relationship based on RAD-seq markers. We obtained 30.32 Gb of clean data, with the average value of each sample being 1.596 Gb. The average mapping rate was 85.7%, and the average coverage depth was 6.76 X. The phylogeny results distinguished all accessions clearly. All the studied landraces shared their most recent common ancestor with L. barbarum, which indicated that L. barbarum may be involved in cultivation of these landraces. The relationship of some landraces, namely the ‘Ningqi’ series, ‘Qingqi-1’ and ‘Mengqi-1,’ has been supported by the phylogeny results, while the triploid wolfberry was shown to be based on a hybrid between ‘Ningqi-1’ and a tetraploid wolfberry. This study uncovered the genetic background of Chinese wolfberry, and developed the foundation for species classification, accession identification and protection, and the production of hybrid cultivars of wolfberry.
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- Defang Zhang
- Qinghai Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- Qinghai General Health Biotechnology Co., LTD, Xining, 810003, China
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Road, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Qinghai Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- Qinghai Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China.
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Liu Y, Xiang L, Zhang Y, Lai X, Xiong C, Li J, Su Y, Sun W, Chen S. DNA barcoding based identification of Hippophae species and authentication of commercial products by high resolution melting analysis. Food Chem 2018; 242:62-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sun W, Yan S, Li J, Xiong C, Shi Y, Wu L, Xiang L, Deng B, Ma W, Chen S. Study of Commercially Available Lobelia chinensis Products Using Bar-HRM Technology. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:351. [PMID: 28360920 PMCID: PMC5352710 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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There is an unmet need for herbal medicine identification using a fast, sensitive, and easy-to-use method that does not require complex infrastructure and well-trained technicians. For instance, the detection of adulterants in Lobelia chinensis herbal product has been challenging, since current detection technologies are not effective due to their own limits. High Resolution Melting (HRM) has emerged as a powerful new technology for clinical diagnosis, research in the food industry and in plant molecular biology, and this method has already highlighted the complexity of species identification. In this study, we developed a method of species specific detection of L. chinensis using HRM analysis combined with internal transcribed spacer 2. We then applied this method to commercial products purporting to contain L. chinensis. Our results demonstrated that HRM can differentiate L. chinensis from six common adulterants. HRM was proven to be a fast and accurate technique for testing the authenticity of L. chinensis in herbal products. Based on these results, a HRM approach for herbal authentication is provided.
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- Wei Sun
- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
- Pharmacy College, Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineHarbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese MedicineWuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Department of Oncology of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine, China-Japan Friendship HospitalBeijing, China
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- Pharmacy College, Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineHarbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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Muñoz N, Liu A, Kan L, Li MW, Lam HM. Potential Uses of Wild Germplasms of Grain Legumes for Crop Improvement. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:E328. [PMID: 28165413 PMCID: PMC5343864 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18020328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Challenged by population increase, climatic change, and soil deterioration, crop improvement is always a priority in securing food supplies. Although the production of grain legumes is in general lower than that of cereals, the nutritional value of grain legumes make them important components of food security. Nevertheless, limited by severe genetic bottlenecks during domestication and human selection, grain legumes, like other crops, have suffered from a loss of genetic diversity which is essential for providing genetic materials for crop improvement programs. Illustrated by whole-genome-sequencing, wild relatives of crops adapted to various environments were shown to maintain high genetic diversity. In this review, we focused on nine important grain legumes (soybean, peanut, pea, chickpea, common bean, lentil, cowpea, lupin, and pigeonpea) to discuss the potential uses of their wild relatives as genetic resources for crop breeding and improvement, and summarized the various genetic/genomic approaches adopted for these purposes.
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- Nacira Muñoz
- Centre for Soybean Research of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
- Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias-INTA, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Córdoba X5000, Argentina.
- Cátedra de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba X5000, Argentina.
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Xu JJ, Yao FR, Jiang M, Zhang YT, Guo F. High-resolution melting analysis for rapid and sensitive NOTCH1 screening in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Int J Mol Med 2017; 39:415-422. [PMID: 28075457 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.2849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a biological and clinical heterogeneous disease. Activating mutations of NOTCH1 have been implicated to be associated with adverse prognosis in CLL. The objective of the present study was to develop an effective high-resolution melting (HRM) assay for detecting NOTCH1 mutations. Genomic DNA (gDNA) extracted from 133 CLL patients was screened by HRM assay, and the results were compared with the data obtained using direct sequencing. The relative sensitivity of the HRM assay and direct sequencing was evaluated using diluted gDNA with different NOTCH1 mutational frequencies. The HRM assay was able to detect and discriminate samples with NOTCH1 mutations from the wild-type template in CLL. Eight of the 133 CLL patients (6.02%) were scored positively for NOTCH1 mutations in the HRM assay. The results of the NOTCH1 mutations detected by HRM analysis achieved 100% concordance with those determined from direct sequencing. HRM had a higher sensitivity (1%) and shorter turn-around time (TAT), compared to direct sequencing. In conclusion, the HRM assay developed by us was confirmed to be a rapid, sensitive, and promising approach for high-throughput prognostic NOTCH1 screening in CLL. It enables real-time NOTCH1 evaluation, which is of great significance in clinical practice and may facilitate the decision-making of clinicians in CLL.
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- Jing-Jing Xu
- Center for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Center for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Center for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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