• K-mer counting and curated libraries drive efficient annotation of repeats in plant genomes 

      Contreras-Moreira, Bruno; Filippi, Carla Valeria; Naamati, Guy; García Girón, Carlos; Allen, James E.; Flicek, Paul (Wiley, 2021-09)
      The annotation of repetitive sequences within plant genomes can help in the interpretation of observed phenotypes. Moreover, repeat masking is required for tasks such as whole-genome alignment, promoter analysis, or pangenome ...
    • The key role of the largest extant Neotropical frugivore (Tapirus terrestris) in promoting admixture of plant genotypes across the landscape 

      Giombini, Mariano Ignacio; Bravo, Susana Patricia; Tosto, Daniela Sandra (2016)
      The historical and contemporary loss of large-bodied frugivores has disrupted many plant-disperser mutualisms, with potentially profound consequences for plants. Although several aspects of seed dispersal by megafrugivores ...
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 negatively regulates the oxidative burst in human neutrophils 

      Castillo, Luis A.; Birnberg-Weiss, Federico; Rodriguez-Rodrigues, Nahuel; Martire-Greco, Daiana; Bigi, Fabiana; Landoni, Veronica I.; Gomez, Sonia A.; Fernandez, Gabriela C. (Frontiers Media, 2019-04)
      The epidemic clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn), sequence type 258 (ST258), carbapenamase producer (KPC), commonly infects hospitalized patients that are left with scarce therapeutic option since carbapenems are last ...
    • L-cysteine transporter-PCR to detect hydrogen sulfide-producing Campylobacter fetus 

      Farace, Pablo Daniel; Morsella, Claudia Graciela; Cravero, Silvio Lorenzo Pedro; Sioya, Bernardo Arturo; Amadio, Ariel; Paolicchi, Fernando; Gioffre, Andrea (2019-11)
      Phenotypic differences between Campylobacter fetus fetus and C. fetus venerealis subspecies allow the differential diagnosis of bovine genital campylobacteriosis. The hydrogensulfide production,for example,is atrait exclusive ...
    • LAMP technology: Rapid identification of Brucella and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis 

      Trangoni, Marcos David; Gioffre, Andrea; Ceron Cucchi, Maria Esperanza; Caimi, Karina Cynthia; Ruybal, Paula; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Cravero, Silvio Lorenzo Pedro (Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, 2015-06)
      In this study, we developed new sets of primers to detect Brucella spp. and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) through isothermal amplification. We selected a previously well-characterized target gene, bscp31, specific ...
    • Lechuga 

      Lopez Bilbao, Marisa Gisela (compiladora); Frezza, Diana (compiladora) (Ediciones INTA, 2022)
      La Asociación Argentina de Horticultura (ASAHO), principal institución responsable de la promoción del conocimiento de las hortalizas se ha propuesto elaborar una serie de fascículos bajo la denominación Colección Horticultura ...
    • Leptospira species molecular epidemiology in the genomic era 

      Caimi, Karina Cynthia; Repetto, Silvia A.; Varni, Vanina Delia; Ruybal, Paula (Elsevier, 2017-10)
      Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease which global burden is increasing often related to climatic change. Hundreds of whole genome sequences from worldwide isolates of Leptospira spp. are available nowadays, together with ...
    • Lipoxygenase activation in peanut seed cultivars resistant and susceptible to Aspergillus parasiticus colonization 

      Muller, Virginia; Amé, María Valeria; Carrari, Fernando; Gieco, Jorge Omar; Asis, Ramón (American Phytopathological Society, 2014-12)
      Accumulative evidence indicates that the lipoxygenase (LOX) pathway plays a significant role in the Aspergillus–seed interaction, such as interfering with activities of endogenous fungal oxylipins or producing antimicrobial ...
    • The localization of a heterologous displayed antigen in the baculovirus-budded virion determines the type and strength of induced adaptive immune response 

      Tavarone, Maria Eugenia; Molina, Guido Nicolas; Amalfi, Sabrina; Peralta, Andrea Veronica; Molinari, Maria Paula; Taboga, Oscar Alberto; Diaz, Silvio Ricardo; Gravisaco, Marí­a José (2017-05)
      In the search of strategies of presentation of heterologous antigens to elicit humoral or cellular immune responses that modulate and properly potentiate each type of response, researchers have been studying baculovirus ...
    • Main and epistatic QTL analyses for Sclerotinia Head Rot resistance in sunflower 

      Zubrzycki, Jeremias Enrique; Maringolo, Carla Andrea; Filippi, Carla Valeria; Quiroz, Facundo Jose; Nishinakamasu, Veronica; Puebla, Andrea Fabiana; Di Rienzo, Julio Alejandro; Escande, Alberto; Lia, Veronica Viviana; Heinz, Ruth Amelia; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Cervigni, Gerardo Domingo Lucio; Paniego, Norma Beatriz (PLOS, 2017-12)
      Sclerotinia Head Rot (SHR), a disease caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is one of the most limiting factors in sunflower production. In this study, we identified genomic loci associated with resistance to SHR to support ...
    • Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV) genomic segment S3 codes for the major core capsid protein 

      Distefano, Ana Julia; Maldonado, Sara Beatriz; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Del Vas, Mariana (Springer, 2009-06)
      Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV) is a newly described species of the genus Fijivirus, family Reoviridae. Compared with other plant-infecting genus of the family, the function and localization of MRCV and other Fijivirus ...
    • Mal de Río Cuarto virus infection causes hormone imbalance and sugar accumulation in wheat leaves 

      De Haro, Luis Alejandro; Arellano, Sofía Maité; Novak, Ondrej; Feil, Regina; Dumon, Analia Delfina; Mattio, Maria Fernanda; Tarkowska, Danuse; Llauger, Gabriela; Strnad, Miroslav; Lunn, John Edward; Pearce, Stephen; Figueroa, Carlos María; Del Vas, Mariana (BMC, 2019-03)
      Background; Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV) infects several monocotyledonous species including maize and wheat. Infected plants show shortened internodes, partial sterility, increased tillering and reduced root length. To ...
    • Mal de Río Cuarto Virus infection triggers the production of distinctive viral-derived siRNA profiles in wheat and Its planthopper vector 

      De Haro, Luis Alejandro; Dumon, Analia Delina; Mattio, Maria Fernanda; Arguello Caro, Evangelina Beatriz; Llauger, Gabriela; Zavallo, Diego; Blanc, Hervé; Mongelli, Vanesa Claudia; Truol, Graciela Ana Maria; Saleh, María-Carla; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Del Vas, Mariana (2017)
      Plant reoviruses are able to multiply in gramineae plants and delphacid vectors encountering different defense strategies with unique features. This study aims to comparatively assess alterations of small RNA (sRNA) ...
    • Mapeo por asociación en girasol: diversidad nucleotídica, desequilibrio de ligamiento e identificación de genes involucrados en la resistencia a la podredumbre húmeda del capítulo 

      Fusari, Corina Mariana (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2012-11)
      El mapeo por asociación es una herramienta poderosa que permite la identificación de loci cuya contribución explica parte de la variación fenotípica observada. En general, los marcadores utilizados en estos estudios son ...
    • Mapping causal mutations by exome sequencing in a wheat TILLING population: a tall mutant case study 

      Mo, Youngjun; Howell, Tyson; Vasquez Gross, Hans; De Haro, Luis Alejandro; Dubcovsky, Jorge; Pearce, Stephen (Springer, 2018-04)
      Forward genetic screens of induced mutant plant populations are powerful tools to identify genes underlying phenotypes of interest. Using traditional techniques, mapping causative mutations from forward screens is a lengthy, ...
    • Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry identification of mycobacterium bovis in bovinae 

      Bacanelli, Gisele; Olarte, Larissa C.; Silva, Marcio Roberto; Rodrigues, Rudielle A.; Carneiro, Paulo A. M.; Kannene, John B.; Pasquatti, Taynara N.; Takatani, Haruo; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Etges, Rodrigo N.; Araujo, Flabio Ribeiro de; Verbisck, Newton V. (The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, 2019-10)
      In this study, Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry was used to identify Mycobacterium bovis from cattle and buffalo tissue isolates from the North and South regions of ...
    • Metabolic analyses of interspecific tomato recombinant inbred lines for fruit quality improvement 

      Lopez, Mariana Gabriela; Zanor, María Inés; Pratta, Guillermo Raúl; Stegmayer, Georgina; Boggio, Silvana Beatriz; Conte, Mariana; Bermudez Salazar, Luisa; Coluccio Leskow, Carla; Rodríguez, Gustavo Rubén; Picardi, Liliana Amelia; Zorzoli, Roxana; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Milone, Diego Humberto; Asis, Ramón; Valle, Estela Marta; Carrari, Fernando (Springer, 2015-10)
      Elucidating the determinants of tomato nutritional value and fruit quality to introduce improved varieties on the international market represents a major challenge for crop biotechnology. Different strategies can be ...
    • Metabolic and miRNA profiling of TMV infected plants reveals biphasic temporal changes 

      Bazzini, Ariel Alejandro; Manacorda, Carlos Augusto; Tohge, Takayuki; Conti, Gabriela; Rodriguez, Maria Cecilia; Nunes Nesi, Adriano; Villanueva, Sofía; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Carrari, Fernando; Asurmendi, Sebastian (2011-12-12)
      Plant viral infections induce changes including gene expression and metabolic components. Identification of metabolites and microRNAs (miRNAs) differing in abundance along infection may provide a broad view of the pathways ...
    • Metabolic profile of mycobacterium smegmatis reveals Mce4 proteins are relevant for cell wall lipid homeostasis 

      Santangelo, María De La Paz; Heuberger, Adam; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Forrellad, Marina Andrea; Taibo, Catalina Beatriz; Klepp, Laura Ines; Sabio y Garcia, Julia Veronica; Nikel, Pablo I.; Jackson, Mary; Bigi, Fabiana (2016)
      Introduction The Mce proteins are encoded in a variable number of operons (from one to eight) in all Mycobacterium species. A role in the transport of host and mycobacterial lipids has been demonstrated for some Mce proteins ...
    • MicroRNA analysis of Taenia crassiceps cysticerci under praziquantel treatment and genome-wide identification of Taenia solium miRNAs 

      Pérez, Matías; Macchiaroli, Natalia; Lichtenstein, Gabriel; Conti, Gabriela; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Milone, Diego Humberto; Stegmayer, Georgina; Kamenetzky, Laura; Cucher, Marcela; Rosenzvit, Mara Cecilia (2017-09)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that have emerged as important regulators of gene expression and perform critical functions in development and disease. In spite of the increased interest in miRNAs from helminth ...