Abstract Background Human pathogenic coronavirus NL63 (hCoV-NL63) is a group 1 (alpha) coronavirus commonly associated with respiratory tract infections. In addition to known non-structural and structural proteins all coronaviruses have one or more…
Journal of the Selva Andina Research Society (JSARS), is an official Journal of the Society for Researching Selva Andina (Selva Andina Research Society “SARS”) of the Department of Education and Research in Biochemistry & Microbiology (in Spanish DEI…
O estudo foi conduzido em duas propriedades de exploração leiteira, ambas criadoras de bovinos da Raça Holstein pura origem (PO), localizadas no Município de Bragança Paulista – SP. A Fazenda 1 possui um plantel de 273 animais e a Fazenda 2 possui…
Abstract Background During the acute phase of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), mononuclear cells infiltration, alveolar cell desquamation and hyaline membrane formation have been described, together with dysregulation of plasma cytokine…
Abstract False-positive identifications are a significant problem in metagenomics classification. We present KrakenUniq, a novel metagenomics classifier that combines the fast k-mer-based classification of Kraken with an efficient algorithm for…
This paper describes the change of the coastline in the southern part of the province of Alicante for the last 15,000 years. It is obtained by integrating data from different sources and especially high-resolution seismic profiles of the nearby…
Abstract Background The major structural protein of coronaviruses, the membrane (M) protein, can elicit the formation of protective antibodies, but little information is available about the M protein of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).…
Abstract Background The public health workforce (PHW) is a key component of a country’s public health system. Since the outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in 2003, the scale of PHW in China has been continuously expanding, but…
Abstract Background In the post-genomic era several methods of computational genomics are emerging to understand how the whole information is structured within genomes. Literature of last five years accounts for several alignment-free methods, arisen…
Abstract Cyclooxygenases (COXs) play a significant role in many different viral infections with respect to replication and pathogenesis. Here we investigated the role of COXs in the mouse hepatitis coronavirus (MHV) infection cycle. Blocking COX…