• 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 ...
    • 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) ...
    • 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 ...
    • Modeling tobacco mosaic virus proliferation in protoplasts 

      Merchuk, Jose C.; Sánchez Mirón, Asterio; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Shacham, Mordechai (2016)
      The tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is one of the most studied viruses. It is frequently used as a model in the research of virus-host interactions. The interest in understanding the mechanism of its proliferation stems basically ...
    • Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle and buffalo in Amazon Region, Brazil 

      Carneiro, Paulo A.M.; Pasquatti, Taynara N.; Takatani, Haruo; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Barnard, Christian; Fitzgerald, Scott D.; Abramovitch, Robert B.; Araujo, Flabio Ribeiro de; Kaneene, John B. (Wiley, 2020-02)
      The aim of this study was to characterize Mycobacterium bovis from cattle and buffalo tissue samples, from two Brazilian states, and to analyse their genetic diversity by spoligotyping. Tissue samples from tuberculosis ...
    • Molecular identification of a cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase-producing microorganism and phylogenetic assessment of enzymatic activities 

      Caminata Landriel, Soledad; Castillo, Julieta D. L. M.; Taboga, Oscar Alberto; Ferrarotti, Susana Alicia; Gottlieb, Alexandra Marina; Costa, Hernán (Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2019-10)
      Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferases (CGTases) are important enzymes in the biotechnology field because they catalyze starch conversion into cyclodextrins and linear oligosaccharides, which are used in food, pharmaceutical ...
    • Molecular identification of Anaplasma marginale in two autochthonous South American wild species revealed an identical new genotype and its phylogenetic relationship with those of bovines 

      Guillemi, Eliana Carolina; De La Fourniere, Sofia Ana María; Orozco, Marcela; Peña Martínez, Jorge; Correa, Elena; Fernández, Javier; Lopez Arias, Ludmila Sol; Paoletta, Martina; Corona, Belkis; Pinarello, Valérie; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth; Farber, Marisa Diana (2016)
      Background: Anaplasma marginale is a well-known cattle pathogen of tropical and subtropical world regions. Even though, this obligate intracellular bacterium has been reported in other host species different than bovine, ...
    • Morphological and genetic diversity of maize landraces along an altitudinal gradient in the Southern Andes 

      Rivas, Juan Gabriel; Gutierrez, Ángela Verónica; Defacio, Raquel Alicia; Schimpf, Jorge; Vicario, Ana L.; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Lia, Veronica Viviana (BioRxiv, 2022-07)
      Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) is a major cereal crop worldwide and is traditionally or commercially cultivated almost all over the Americas. The northwestern region of Argentina (NWA) constitutes one of the main diversity ...