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    • Analysis of expressed sequence tags generated from full-length enriched cDNA libraries of melon 

      Clepet, Christian; Joobeur, Tarek; Zheng, Yi; Jublot, Delphine; Huang, Mingyun; Truniger, Veronica; Boualem, Adnane; Hernandez-Gonzalez, Maria Elena; Dolcet-Sanjuan, Ramon; Portnoy, Vitaly; Mascarell-Creus, Albert; Caño-Delgado, Ana I.; Katzir, Nurit; Bendahmane, Abdelhafid; Giovannoni, James J.; Aranda, Miguel A.; Garcia-Mas, Jordi; Fei, Zhangjun (BMC Genomics, 2011-05-20) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Background: Melon (Cucumis melo), an economically important vegetable crop, belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family which includes several other important crops such as watermelon, cucumber, and pumpkin. ...

    • Characterization of porcine dendritic cell response to Streptococcus suis 

      Lecours, Marie-Pier; Segura, Mariela; Lachance, Claude; Mussa, Tufaria; Surprenant, Charles; Montoya, Maria; Gottschalk, Marcelo (Veterinary Research, 2011-06-02) Sanitat Animal
      Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen and important zoonotic agent causing mainly septicemia and meningitis. However, the mechanisms involved in host innate and adaptive immune responses toward ...

    • Melon Transcriptome Characterization: Simple Sequence Repeats and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Discovery for High Throughput Genotyping across the Species 

      Blanca, José Miguel; Cañizares, Joaquín; Ziarsolo, Pello; Esteras, Cristina; Mir Arnau, Gisela; Nuez, Fernando; Garcia-Mas, Jordi; Picó, María Belén (The Plant Genome, 2011-07-01) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Melon (Cucumis melo L.) ranks among the highest-valued fruit crops worldwide. Some genomic tools are available for this crop, including a Sanger transcriptome. We report the generation of 689,054 C. ...

    • Mass Spectrometric Detection of Cholesterol Oxidation in Bovine Sperm 

      Brouwers, Jos F.; Boerke, Arjan; Silva, Patrícia F.N.; Garcia-Gil, Nuria; van Gestel, Renske A.; Helms, J. Bernd; van de Lest, Chris H.A.; Gadella, Bart M. (Biology of Reproduction, 2011-07-01) Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      We report on the presence and formation of cholesterol oxidation products (oxysterols) in bovine sperm. Although cholesterol is the most abundant molecule in the membrane of mammalian cells and is ...

    • Role of wild ruminants in the epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotypes 1, 4 and 8 in Spain 

      García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Arenas-Montes, Antonio; Lorca-Oró, Cristina; Pujols, Joan; González, Miguel Ángel; Napp, Sebastián; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; Zorrilla, Irene; San Miguel, Elena; Arenas, Antonio (Veterinary Research, 2011-07-23) Sanitat Animal
      Although the importance of wild ruminants as potential reservoirs of bluetongue virus (BTV) has been suggested, the role played by these species in the epidemiology of BT in Europe is still unclear. ...

    • Aquaporin evolution in fishes 

      Finn, Roderick Nigel; Cerdà, Joan (Frontiers in Physiology, 2011-07-26) Aqüicultura
      Aquaporins represent a primordial group of transmembrane solvent channels that have been documented throughout the living biota. This facet alone emphasizes the positive selection pressure for proteins ...

    • A consensus linkage map for molecular markers and Quantitative Trait Loci associated with economically important traits in melon (Cucumis melo L.) 

      Diaz, Aurora; Fergany, Mohamed; Formisano, Gelsomina; Ziarsolo, Peio; Blanca, José; Fei, Zhanjun; Staub, Jack E.; Zalapa, Juan E.; Cuevas, Hugo E.; Dace, Gayle; Oliver, Marc; Boissot, Nathalie; Dogimont, Catherine; Pitrat, Michel; Hofstede, René; van Koert, Paul; Harel-Beja, Rotem; Tzuri, Galil; Portnoy, Vitaly; Cohen, Shahar; Schaffer, Arthur; Katzir, Nurit; Xu, Yong; Zhang, Haiying; Fukino, Nobuko; Matsumoto, Satoru; Garcia-Mas, Jordi; Monforte, Antonio J. (BMC Plant Biology, 2011-07-28) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Background: A number of molecular marker linkage maps have been developed for melon (Cucumis melo L.) over the last two decades. However, these maps were constructed using different marker sets, thus, ...

    • Analysis of the melon (Cucumis melo) small RNAome by high-throughput pyrosequencing 

      Gonzalez-Ibeas, Daniel; Blanca, José; Donaire, Livia; Saladié, Montserrat; Mascarell-Creus, Albert; Cano-Delgado, Ana; Garcia-Mas, Jordi; Llave, Cesar; Aranda, Miguel A. (BMC Genomics, 2011-08-03) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Background: Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a commercially important fruit crop that is cultivated worldwide. The melon research community has recently benefited from the determination of a complete draft ...

    • Syntenic relationships between cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and melon (C. melo L.) chromosomes as revealed by comparative genetic mapping 

      Li, Dawei; Cuevas, Hugo E.; Yang, Luming; Li, Yuhong; Garcia-Mas, Jordi; Zalapa, Juan; Staub, Jack E.; Luan, Feishi; Reddy, Umesh; He, Xiaoming; Gong, Zhenhui; Weng, Yiqun (BMC Genomics, 2011-08-05) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Background: Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. (2n = 2 × = 14) and melon, C. melo L. (2n = 2 × = 24) are two important vegetable species in the genus Cucumis (family Cucurbitaceae). Both species have an Asian ...

    • Determination of the melon chloroplast and mitochondrial genome sequences reveals that the largest reported mitochondrial genome in plants contains a significant amount of DNA having a nuclear origin 

      Rodríguez-Moreno, Luis; González, Víctor M.; Benjak, Andrej; Martí, M. Carmen; Puigdomènech, Pere; Aranda, Miguel A.; Garcia-Mas, Jordi (BMC Genomics, 2011-08-20) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Background: The melon belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, whose economic importance among vegetable crops is second only to Solanaceae. The melon has a small genome size (454 Mb), which makes it ...

    • Effects of meloxicam (Metacam® ) on post-farrowing sow behaviour and piglet performance 

      Mainau, E.; Ruiz-de-la-Torre, J. L.; Dalmau, A.; Salleras, J. M.; Manteca, X. (Animal, 2011-09-26) Benestar Animal
      Farrowing is an intrinsically risky process for both the sow and the piglets that can cause welfare and economic problems. The effects of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug meloxicam on post-farrowing ...

    • Community structure of benthic macroinvertebrates inhabiting a highly stratified Mediterranean estuary 

      Nebra, Alfonso; Caiola, Nuno; Ibañez, Carles (Scientia Marina, 2011-09-30) Aigües Marines i Continentals
      The community composition and spatial distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates were studied along the Ebro estuary, a highly stratified estuary located in the NE Iberian Peninsula. During the last ...

    • Role of aquaporins during teleost gametogenesis and early embryogenesis 

      Chauvigné, François; Zapater, Cinta; Cerdà, Joan (Frontiers in Physiology, 2011-09-30) Aqüicultura
      Aquaporins are believed to be involved in homeosmotic mechanisms of marine teleosts. Increasing data suggest that these molecular water channels play critical roles associated with the adaptation of ...

    • Neuropathogenesis of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H7N1) in experimentally infected chickens 

      Chaves, Aida J.; Busquets, Núria; Valle, Rosa; Rivas, Raquel; Vergara-Alert, Júlia; Dolz, Roser; Ramis, Antonio; Darji, Ayub; Majó, Natàlia (Veterinary Research, 2011-10-07) Sanitat Animal
      In order to understand the mechanism of neuroinvasion of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) into the central nervous system (CNS) of chickens, specific pathogen free chickens were ...

    • The welfare of growing pigs in five different production systems: assessment of feeding and housing 

      Temple, D.; Courboulay, V.; Manteca, X.; Velarde, Antonio; Dalmau, A. (Animal, 2011-10-10) Benestar Animal
      Ninety-one farms were visited over a 2-year period to assess the welfare of growing pigs in five different production systems found either in France or in Spain using the Welfare Quality R protocol. ...

    • Stunning pigs with nitrogen and carbon dioxide mixtures: effects on animal welfare and meat quality 

      Llonch, P.; Rodríguez, P.; Gispert, Marina; Dalmau, A.; Manteca, X.; Velarde, Antonio (Animal, 2011-10-10) Benestar Animal; Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      The aim of this study was to assess the effect of exposure to the gas mixtures of 70% nitrogen (N2) and 30% carbon dioxide (CO2; 70N30C), 80% N2 and 20% CO2 (80N20C) and 85% N2 and 15% CO2 (85N15C) on ...

    • Analysis of porcine MUC4 gene as a candidate gene for prolificacy QTL on SSC13 in an Iberian × Meishan F2 population 

      Balcells, Ingrid; Castelló, Anna; Mercadé, Anna; Noguera, José Luis; Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda; Sànchez, Armand; Tomàs, Anna (BMC Genetics, 2011-10-31) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background: Reproductive traits, such as prolificacy, are of great interest to the pig industry. Better understanding of their genetic architecture should help to increase the efficiency of pig ...

    • Evolutionary history of barley cultivation in Europe revealed by genetic analysis of extant landraces 

      Jones, Huw; Civáñ, Peter; Cockram, James; Leigh, Fiona J; Smith, Lydia MJ; Jones, Martin K; Charles, Michael P; Molina-Cano, José-Luis; Powell, Wayne; Jones, Glynis; Brown, Terence A (BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011-11-02) Cultius Extensius Sostenibles
      Background: Understanding the evolution of cultivated barley is important for two reasons. First, the evolutionary relationships between different landraces might provide information on the spread and ...

    • Increase in Th17 and T-reg Lymphocytes and Decrease of IL22 Correlate with the Recovery Phase of Acute EAE IN Rat 

      Almolda, Beatriz; Costa, Manuela; Montoya, Maria; González, Berta; Castellano, Bernardo (PLoS ONE, 2011-11-07) Sanitat Animal
      Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a well-established model of multiple sclerosis, is characterised by microglial activation and lymphocyte infiltration. Induction of EAE in Lewis rats ...

    • Phytotoxins Produced by Fungi Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases 

      Andolfi, Anna; Mugnai, Laura; Luque, Jordi; Surico, Giuseppe; Cimmino, Alessio; Evidente, Antonio (Toxins, 2011-12-20) Protecció Vegetal Sostenible
      Up to 60 species of fungi in the Botryosphaeriaceae family, genera Cadophora, Cryptovalsa, Cylindrocarpon, Diatrype, Diatrypella, Eutypa, Eutypella, Fomitiporella, Fomitiporia, Inocutis, Phaeoacremonium ...