Publications by authors named "L L Savinkova"

The mainstream of the post-genome target-assisted breeding in crop plant species includes biofortification such as high-throughput phenotyping along with genome-based selection. Therefore, in this work, we used the Web-service Plant_SNP_TATA_Z-tester, which we have previously developed, to run a uniform in silico analysis of the transcriptional alterations of 54,013 protein-coding transcripts from 32,833 L. genes caused by 871,707 SNPs located in the proximal promoter region.

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Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease in which focal lesions in arteries promote the build-up of lipoproteins and cholesterol they are transporting. The development of atheroma (atherogenesis) narrows blood vessels, reduces the blood supply and leads to cardiovascular diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death, which has been especially boosted since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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For transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II (Pol II), all eukaryotes require assembly of basal transcription machinery on the core promoter, a region located approximately in the locus spanning a transcription start site (-50; +50 bp). Although Pol II is a complex multi-subunit enzyme conserved among all eukaryotes, it cannot initiate transcription without the participation of many other proteins. Transcription initiation on TATA-containing promoters requires the assembly of the preinitiation complex; this process is triggered by an interaction of TATA-binding protein (TBP, a component of the general transcription factor TFIID (transcription factor II D)) with a TATA box.

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  • The study investigates how gene expressions linked to age-related diseases (ARDs) vary among different genders, ages, and disease types to improve personalized medicine approaches.
  • Researchers sequenced the transcriptome of two types of rats—tame and aggressive—to find behavior-related gene expressions and compared them to known ARD-linked genes.
  • The analysis revealed a significant correlation between the gene expressions related to behavior and ARD susceptibility, identifying a key molecular marker: an excess of Fcγ receptor IIb, which suppresses immune hyperactivation.
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It is generally accepted that during the domestication of food plants, selection was focused on their productivity, the ease of their technological processing into food, and resistance to pathogens and environmental stressors. Besides, the palatability of plant foods and their health benefits could also be subjected to selection by humans in the past. Nonetheless, it is unclear whether in antiquity, aside from positive selection for beneficial properties of plants, humans simultaneously selected against such detrimental properties as allergenicity.

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