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  • Transcriptome analysis of an incompatible Persea americana-Phytophthora cinnamomi interaction reveals the involvement of SA- and JA-pathways in a successful defense response 
    Van den Berg, Noelani; Mahomed, Waheed; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Swart, Velushka; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve (Public Library of Science, 2018-10-17)
    Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands (Pc) is a hemibiotrophic oomycete and the causal agent of Phytophthora root rot (PRR) of the commercially important fruit crop avocado (Persea americana Mill.). Plant defense against pathogens ...
  • Transcriptome analysis of Eucalyptus grandis implicates brassinosteroid signaling in defense against myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) 
    Swanepoel, Shae; Oates, Caryn Nicole; Shuey, Louise S.; Pegg, Geoff S.; Naidoo, Sanushka (Frontiers Media, 2021-12-08)
    Eucalyptus grandis, in its native Australian range, varies in resistance to Austropuccinia psidii (syn. Puccinia psidii). The biotrophic rust fungus, A. psidii is the causal agent of myrtle rust and poses a serious threat ...
  • Transcriptome and comparative genomics analyses reveal new functional insights on key determinants of pathogenesis and interbacterial competition in Pectobacterium and Dickeya spp. 
    Bellieny-Rabelo, Daniel; Tanui, Collins Kipngetich; Miguel, Nikki; Kwenda, Stanford; Shyntum, Divine Yufetar; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo (American Society for Microbiology, 2019-01)
    Soft-rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE), typified by Pectobacterium and Dickeya genera, are phytopathogenic bacteria inflicting soft-rot disease in crops worldwide. By combining genomic information from 100 SRE with whole-transcriptome ...
  • Transcriptome and hormone profiling reveals Eucalyptus grandis defence responses against Chrysoporthe austroafricana 
    Mangwanda, Ronishree; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Naidoo, Sanushka (BioMed Central, 2015-04-18)
    BACKGROUND : Eucalyptus species and interspecific hybrids exhibit valuable growth and wood properties that make them a highly desirable commodity. However, these trees are challenged by a wide array of biotic stresses ...
  • The transcriptome of Pinus pinaster under Fusarium circinatum challenge 
    Hernandez-Escribano, Laura; Visser, Erik A.; Iturritxa, Eugenia; Raposo, Rosa; Naidoo, Sanushka (BioMed Central, 2020-01-08)
    BACKGROUND : Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker disease, poses a serious threat to several Pinus species affecting plantations and nurseries. Although Pinus pinaster has shown moderate resistance to F. ...
  • Transcriptome profiling of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) responses to root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) infestation during a compatible interaction 
    Macharia, Teresia Nyambura; Bellieny-Rabelo, Daniel; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo (MDPI, 2020-09)
    Root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne javanica presents a great challenge to Solanaceae crops, including potato. In this study, we investigated transcriptional responses of potato roots during a compatible interaction ...
  • Transcriptome profiling of potato plant stems challenged with Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense and elucidation of the role of small RNAs in Pectobacterium survival mechanisms 
    Kwenda, Stanford (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense, a necrotrophic phytopathogen belonging to the soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) family is responsible for causing tuber soft rot and blackleg diseases of stems in potato plants. ...
  • Transcriptome profiling Reveals the EanI/R quorum sensing regulon in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665(T) 
    Sibanda, Siphathele; Kwenda, Stanford; Tanui, Collins Kipngetich; Shyntum, Divine Yufetar; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo (Elsevier, 2018-03)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Transcriptome responses of an ungrafted Phytophthora root rot tolerant avocado (Persea americana) rootstock to flooding and Phytophthora cinnamomi 
    Reeksting, Bianca J.; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Van den Berg, Noelani (BioMed Central, 2016-09-22)
    BACKGROUND : Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is a commercially important fruit crop worldwide. A major limitation to production is the oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi, which causes root rot leading to branch-dieback and ...
  • Transcriptome- and proteome-wide responses to putrescine depletion in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum 
    Clark, Katherine (University of Pretoria, 2013)
    Please read the abstract in the document attached.
  • A transcriptome-wide association study among 97,898 women to identify candidate susceptibility genes for epithelial ovarian cancer risk 
    Lu, Yingchang; Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia; Wu, Lang; Guo, Xingyi; Li, Bingshan; Schildkraut, Joellen M.; Im, HaeKyung; Chen, Yian A.; Permuth, Jennifer B.; Reid, Brett M.; Teer, Jamie K.; Moysich, Kirsten B.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Arun, Banu K.; Bandera, Elisa V.; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barnes, Daniel R.; Benitez, Javier; Bjorge, Line; Brenton, James; Butzow, Ralf; Caldes, Trinidad; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cramer, Daniel W.; Daly, Mary B.; DeFazio, Anna; Dennis, Joe; Diez, Orland; Domchek, Susan M.; Dörk, Thilo; Easton, Douglas F.; Eccles, Diana M.; Fasching, Peter A.; Fortner, Renée T.; Fountzilas, George; Friedman, Eitan; Ganz, Patricia A.; Garber Judy; Giles, Graham G.; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goldgar, David E.; Goodman, Marc T.; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; Hamann, Ute; Heitz, Florian; Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T.; Høgdall, Claus K.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Hulick, Peter J.; Huntsman, David G.; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jakubowska, Anna; James, Paul; Karlan, Beth Y.; Kelemen, Linda E.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Kjaer, Susanne K.; Kwong, Ava; Le, Nhu D.; Leslie, Goska; Lesueur, Fabienne; Levine, Douglas A.; Mattiello, Amalia; May, Taymaa; McGuffog, Lesley; McNeish, Iain A.; Merritt, Melissa A.; Modugno, Francesmary; Montagna, Marco; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nielsen, Finn C.; Nikitina-Zake, Liene; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olson, Sara H.; Olsson, Håkan K.; Osorio, Ana; Park, Sue K.; Parsons, Michael T.; Peeters, Petra H.M.; Pejovic, Tanja; Peterlongo, Paolo; Phelan, Catherine M.; Pujana, Miquel Angel; Ramus, Susan J.; Rennert, Gad; Risch, Harvey; Rodriguez, Gustavo C.; Rodríguez-Antona, Cristina; Romieu, Isabelle; Rookus, Matti A.; Rossing, Mary Anne; Rzepecka, Iwona K.; Sandler, Dale P.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Setiawan, Veronica W.; Sharma, Priyanka; Sieh, Weiva; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Song, Honglin; Southey, Melissa C.; Spurdle, Amanada B.; Sutphen, Rebecca; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Teo, Soo H.; Thomassen, Mads; Tischkowitz, Marc; Toland, Amanda E.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Tung, Nadine; Tworoger, Shelley S.; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Vanderstichele, Adriaan; Vega, Ana; Edwards, Digna Velez; Webb, Penelope M.; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; White, Emily; Wolk, Alicja; Wu, Anna H.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Zorn, Kristin K.; Gayther, Simon A.; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Berchuck, Andrew; Goode, Ellen L.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Sellers, Thomas A.; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Zheng, Wei; Long, Jirong (American Association for Cancer Research, 2018-09)
    Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified approximately 35 loci associated with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk. The majority of GWAS-identified disease susceptibility variants are located in ...
  • Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status 
    Feng, Helian; Gusev, Alexander; Pasaniuc, Bogdan; Wu, Lang; Long, Jirong; Abu-full, Zomoroda; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Arason, Adalgeir; Arndt, Volker; Aronson, Kristan J.; Arun, Banu K.; Asseryanis, Ella; Auer, Paul L.; Azzollini, Jacopo; Balmana, Judith; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barnes, Daniel R.; Barrowdale, Daniel; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Behrens, Sabine; Benitez, Javier; Bermisheva, Marina; Białkowska, Katarzyna; Blanco, Ana; Blomqvist, Carl; Boeckx, Bram; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Bonanni, Bernardo; Borg, Ake; Brauch, Hiltrud; Brenner, Hermann; Briceno, Ignacio; Broeks, Annegien; Bruning, Thomas; Burwinkel, Barbara; Cai, Qiuyin; Caldés, Trinidad.; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian; Canisius, Sander; Campa, Daniele; Carter, Brian D.; Carter, Jonathan; Castelao, Jose E.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chanock, Stephen J.; Christiansen, Hans; Chung, Wendy K.; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Clarke, Christine L.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cox, Angela; Cross, Simon S.; Cybulski, Cezary; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; De la Hoya, Miguel; De Leeneer, Kim; Dennis, Joe; Devilee, Peter; Diez, Orland; Domchek, Susan M.; Dork, Thilo; Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel; Dunning, Alison M.; Dwek, Miriam; Eccles, Diana M.; Ejlertsen, Bent; Ellberg, Carolina; Engel, Christoph; Eriksson, Mikael; Fasching, Peter A.; Fletcher, Olivia; Flyger, Henrik; Fostira, Florentia; Friedman, Eitan; Fritschi, Lin; Frost, Debra; Gabrielson, Marike; Ganz, Patricia A.; Gapstur, Susan M.; Garber, Judy; Garcia-Closas, Montserrat; Garcia-Saenz, Jose A.; Gaudet, Mia M.; Giles, Graham G.; Glendon, Gord; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goldberg, Mark S.; Goldgar, David E.; Gonzalez-Neira, Anna; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; Guénel, Pascal; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hall, Per; Hamann, Ute; Hake, Christopher; He, Wei; Heyworth, Jane; Hogervorst, Frans B.L.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Hooning, Maartje J.; Hoover, Robert N.; Hopper, John L.; Huang, Guanmengqian; Humphreys, Keith; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jakimovska, Milena; Jakubowska, Anna; James, Paul; Janavicius, Ramunas; Jankowitz, Rachel C.; John, Esther M.; Johnson, Nichola; Joseph, Vijai; Jung, Audrey; Karlan, Beth Y.; Khusnutdinova, Elza; Kiiski, Johanna I.; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Kristensen, Vessela; Laitman, Yael; Lambrechts, Diether; Lazaro, Conxi; Leroux, Dominique; Leslie, Goska; Lester, Jenny; Lesueur, Fabienne; Lindor, Noralane; Lindstrom, Sara; Lo, Wing-Yee; Loud, Jennifer T.; Lubinski, Jan; Makalic, Enes; Mannermaa, Arto; Manoochehri, Mehdi; Manoukian, Siranoush; Margolin, Sara; Martens, John W.M.; Martinez, Maria E.; Matricardi, Laura; Maurer, Tabea; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; McGuffog, Lesley; Meindl, Alfons; Menon, Usha; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Kapoor, Pooja M.; Miller, Austin; Montagna, Marco; Moreno, Fernando; Moserle, Lidia; Mulligan, Anna M.; Muranen, Taru A.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nevelsteen, Ines; Nielsen, Finn C.; Nikitina-Zake, Liene; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olsson, Hakan; Osorio, Ana; Papp, Janos; Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won; Parsons, Michael T.; Pedersen, Inge S.; Peixoto, Ana; Peterlongo, Paolo; Peto, Julian; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Phillips, Kelly-Anne; Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana; Poppe, Bruce; Pradhan, Nisha; Prajzendanc, Karolina; Presneau, Nadege; Punie, Kevin; Pylkäs, Katri; Radice, Paolo; Rantala, Johanna; Rashid, Muhammad Usman; Rennert, Gad; Risch, Harvey A.; Robson, Mark; Romero, Atocha; Saloustros, Emmanouil; Sandler, Dale P.; Santos, Catarina; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Schmidt, Daniel F.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Scott, Rodney J.; Sharma, Priyanka; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Skytte, Anne-Bine; Soucy, Penny; Southey, Melissa C.; Spinelli, John J.; Spurdle, Amanda B.; Stone, Jennifer; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Tapper, William J.; Taylor, Jack A.; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Terry, Mary Beth; Teule, Alex; Thomassen, Mads; Thöne, Kathrin; Thull, Darcy L.; Tischkowitz, Marc; Toland, Amanda E.; Tollenaar, Rob A.E.M.; Torres, Diana; Truong, Therese; Tung, Nadine; Vachon, Celine M.; Van den Ouweland, Ans M.W.; Van Asperen, Christi J.; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Vega, Ana; Viel, Alessandra; Vieiro-Balo, Paula; Wang, Qin; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Weinberg, Clarice R.; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wendt, Camilla; Winqvist, Robert; Yang, Xiaohong R.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Ziogas, Argyrios; Milne, Roger L.; Easton., Douglas F.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Zheng, Wei; Kraft, Peter; Jiang, Xia (Wiley, 2020-07)
    Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast ...
  • Transcriptomic analysis of a Sorghum bicolor landrace identifies a role for beta-alanine betaine biosynthesis in drought tolerance 
    Devnarain, Natrisha; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Van der Westhuyzen, Chris; Becker, John V.W.; O'Kennedy, Martha Magaretha (Elsevier, 2019-12)
    Sorghum is indigenous to Africa and a remarkably drought tolerant cereal crop. In this study, the genetic response mechanisms involved in sorghum's tolerance to progressive water deficit and re-watering were investigated ...
  • Transcriptomic analysis of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, across all stages of the lifecycle 
    Bartley, Kathryn; Chen, Wan; Mills, Richard I. Lloyd; Nunn, Francesca; Price, Daniel R.G.; Rombauts, Stephane; Van de Peer, Yves; Roy, Lise; Nisbet, Alasdair J.; Burgess, Stewart T.G. (BMC, 2021-04)
    BACKGROUND: The blood feeding poultry red mite (PRM), Dermanyssus gallinae, causes substantial economic damage to the egg laying industry worldwide, and is a serious welfare concern for laying hens and poultry house workers. ...
  • The transcriptomic changes associated with the development of social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis 
    Aumer, Denise; Mumoki, F.N. (Fiona); Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Moritz, Robin F.A. (Springer, 2018-04)
    Social insects are characterized by the division of labor. Queens usually dominate reproduction, whereas workers fulfill non-reproductive age-dependent tasks to maintain the colony. Although workers are typically sterile, ...
  • Transcriptomic responses of a simplified soil microcosm to a plant pathogen and its biocontrol agent reveal a complex reaction to harsh habitat 
    Perazzolli, Michele; Herrero, Noemí; Sterck, Lieven; Lenzi, Luisa; Pellegrini, Alberto; Puopolo, Gerardo; Van de Peer, Yves; Pertot, Ilaria (BioMed Central, 2016-10-27)
    BACKGROUND : Soil microorganisms are key determinants of soil fertility and plant health. Soil phytopathogenic fungi are one of the most important causes of crop losses worldwide. Microbial biocontrol agents have been ...
  • A transdisciplinary approach to address climate change adaptation for human health and well-being in Africa 
    Wright, Caradee Yael; Moore, Candice Eleanor; Chersich, Matthew; Hester, Rebecca; Schwerdtle, Patricia Nayna; Mbayo, Guy Kakumbi; Akong, Charles Ndika; Butler, Colin D. (MDPI Publishing, 2021-04-17)
    The health sector response to dealing with the impacts of climate change on human health, whether mitigative or adaptive, is influenced by multiple factors and necessitates creative approaches drawing on resources across ...
  • Transfer of genetic material between the chloroplast and nucleus : how is it related to stress in plants? 
    Cullis, C.A. (Christoper Ashley); Vorster, Barend Juan; Van der Vyver, Christell; Kunert, Karl J. (Oxford University Press, 2008)
    BACKGROUND: The presence of chloroplast-related DNA sequences in the nuclear genome is generally regarded as a relic of the process by which genes have been transferred from the chloroplast to the nucleus. The remaining ...
  • Transfer of three species of Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden to Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz or to Namaphilus gen. nov., with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae) 
    Deschodt, Christian M.; Davis, Adrian L.V. (Transvaal Museum, 2017)
    Taxonomic changes are made in the Byrrhidium group of Canthonini dung beetles. The genera Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011 and Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden, 1987 currently comprise one and four species, respectively. ...
  • Transfer of Xanthomonas campestris pv. arecae and X. campestris pv. musacearum to X. vasicola (Vauterin) as X. vasicola pv. arecae comb. nov. and X. vasicola pv. musacearum comb. nov. and description of X. vasicola pv. vasculorum pv. nov. 
    Studholme, David J.; Wicker, Emmanuel; Abrare, Sadik Muzemil; Aspin, Andrew; Bogdanove, Adam; Broders, Kirk; Dubrow, Zoe; Grant, Murray; Jones, Jeffrey B.; Karamura, Georgina; Lang, Jillian; Leach, Jan; Mahuku, George; Nakato, Gloria Valentine; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Smith, Julian; Bull, Carolee T. (American Phytopathological Society, 2020-06)
    We present an amended description of the bacterial species Xanthomonas vasicola to include the causative agent of banana Xanthomonas wilt, as well as strains that cause disease on Areca palm, Tripsacum grass, sugarcane, ...