Publications by authors named "E M Zdobnov"

OrthoDB (https://www.orthodb.org) offers evolutionary and functional annotations of orthologous genes in the widest sampling of eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and viruses, extending experimental gene function knowledge to newly sequenced genomes.

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Glioblastoma (GBM) is a deadly and the most common primary brain tumor in adults. Due to their regulation of a high number of mRNA transcripts, microRNAs (miRNAs) are key molecules in the control of biological processes and are thereby promising therapeutic targets for GBM patients. In this regard, we recently reported miRNAs as strong modulators of GBM aggressiveness.

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Meromictic Lake Cadagno is a permanently stratified system with a persistent microbial bloom within the oxic-anoxic boundary called the chemocline. The association between oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis within the chemocline has been known for at least two decades. Although anoxygenic purple and green sulfur bacteria have been well studied, reports on oxygenic phytoplankton have remained sparse since their discovery in the 1920s.

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OrthoDB provides evolutionary and functional annotations of genes in a diverse sampling of eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and viruses. Genomics continues to accelerate our exploration of gene diversity and orthology is the most precise way of bridging gene functional knowledge with the rapidly expanding universe of genomic sequences. OrthoDB samples the most diverse organisms with the best quality genomics data to provide the leading coverage of species diversity.

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Article Synopsis
  • The mutational patterns of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are distinct from those of nuclear DNA, and variations across different species remain poorly understood.
  • The study examines mtDNA mutations in relation to species age and generation length, discovering that species with longer generation times have a higher frequency of specific mutations (AH > GH).
  • Researchers suggest that these mutations reflect oxidative damage linked to aging and the duration of mtDNA being single-stranded during replication.
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