We report the design, synthesis, and assembly of the 1.08–mega–base pair Mycoplasma
mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 genome starting from digitized genome sequence information and its …

With an increasing emphasis on security, automated personal identification based on
biometrics has been receiving extensive attention over the past decade. Iris recognition, as an …

Fusarium species are among the most important phytopathogenic and toxigenic fungi. To
understand the molecular underpinnings of pathogenicity in the genus Fusarium, we …

We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
in a Chinese Han population by genotyping 1,047 cases and 1,205 controls using …

Neurospora crassa is a central organism in the history of twentieth-century genetics, biochemistry
and molecular biology. Here, we report a high-quality draft sequence of the N. crassa …

Magnaporthe grisea is the most destructive pathogen of rice worldwide and the principal
model organism for elucidating the molecular basis of fungal disease of plants. Here, we report …

MicroRNAs have been implicated in regulating diverse cellular pathways. Although there is
emerging evidence that some microRNAs can function as oncogenes or tumour suppressors…

Ustilago maydis is a ubiquitous pathogen of maize and a well-established model organism
for the study of plant–microbe interactions 1 . This basidiomycete fungus does not use …

T cell functional differentiation is mediated by lineage-specific transcription factors. T helper
17 (Th17) has been recently identified as a distinct Th lineage mediating tissue inflammation…

The aspergilli comprise a diverse group of filamentous fungi spanning over 200 million
years of evolution. Here we report the genome sequence of the model organism Aspergillus …