Abstract Background The ascomycete fungus Colletotrichum higginsianum causes
anthracnose disease of brassica crops and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Previous …

Copy number variation (CNV), which is characterized by large-scale losses or gains of DNA
fragments, contributes significantly to genetic and phenotypic variation. Assessing CNV …

Homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) gene family plays important roles in various abiotic
stresses and hormone signaling in plants. However, no information is currently available …

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is a crucial metal-containing enzyme that plays a vital role in
catalyzing the dismutation of superoxide anions, converting them into molecular oxygen and …

Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSDs) is an oil-body sterol protein (steroleosin) with an
NADP (H) binding domain that belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) …

The establishment of symbiosis between legume and rhizobium results in the formation of
nodule. Phytocyanins (PCs) are a class of plant-specific blue copper proteins, playing critical …

Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is an important tropical plant that produces natural rubber;
however, the hub genes and regulatory networks associated with rubber synthesis remain …

Background Understanding variation in genome structure is essential to understand
phenotypic differences within populations and the evolutionary history of species. A …

Despite having growing evidence discussing the role of steroleosins in crop plants, their
systemic analysis has not been wor ed extensively. Therefore, bioinformatics tools were …

Therapeutic applications of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing have spurred innovation in Cas9
enzyme engineering and single guide RNA (sgRNA) design algorithms to minimize potential …