@misc{LisdatBeissenhirtzSchelleretal.2006, author = {Lisdat, Fred and Beissenhirtz, Moritz K. and Scheller, Frieder W. and Viezzoli, Maria S.}, title = {Cystein-Mutanten der Cu,Zn-Superoxiddismutase und ihre Anwendung in Proteinelektroden f{\"u}r die Detektion von freien Sauerstoffradikalen}, series = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2006}, volume = {11}, journal = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2006}, issn = {0949-8214}, doi = {10.15771/0949-8214_2006_1_1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus-216}, pages = {7 -- 11}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Das Enzym Superoxiddismutase (SOD) bietet wegen seiner hohen Reaktionsrate und seiner extrem hohen Substratspezifi t{\"a}t große Vorteile f{\"u}r eine Anwendung als Superoxidbiosensor. In dieser Arbeit wurden durch molekularbiologische Methoden Mutanten der humanen Cu,Zn-SOD gewonnen, welche ein oder zwei zus{\"a}tzliche Cystein-Reste enthielten, die eine einfache Immobilisierung des Proteins durch Bindung des Cystein-Schwefels auf Goldelektroden erm{\"o}glichten. Sechs solcher Mutanten wurden entworfen, exprimiert, aufgereinigt und elektrochemisch charakterisiert. Alle Mutanten konnten durch einen einfachen Inkubationsschritt auf Goldelektroden gebunden werden und zeigten ein quasi-reversibles elektrochemisches Ansprechen. F{\"u}r eine Mutante wurde die Anwendung als Superoxidsensor genauer untersucht und f{\"u}r beide Teilreaktionen der Dismutation ein Ansprechen des Sensors auf das Radikal gefunden. Bei Verwendung einer Teilreaktion konnte die Empfindlichkeit herk{\"o}mmlicher Monoschichtsensoren um etwa eine Gr{\"o}ßenordnung {\"u}bertroffen werden.}, language = {de} } @misc{BalkenhohlBeutlerSchaeferetal.2007, author = {Balkenhohl, Thomas and Beutler, Falko and Sch{\"a}fer, Daniel and Lisdat, Fred}, title = {Entwicklung eines impedimetrischen Biosensors f{\"u}r den Nachweis von Antigliadin Autoantik{\"o}rpern}, series = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2007}, volume = {12}, journal = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2007}, issn = {0949-8214}, doi = {10.15771/0949-8214_2007_1_8}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus-522}, pages = {48 -- 57}, year = {2007}, abstract = {In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde ein Biosensor f{\"u}r den Nachweis von Antik{\"o}rpern gegen Gliadin entwickelt. Gliadine sind Bestandteile der Getreideglutene und verantwortlich f{\"u}r die Manifestation der Z{\"o}liakie (Gluten-Unvertr{\"a}glichkeit). Der Biosensor basiert auf der Immobilisierung von Gliadin auf Goldelektroden, die zuvor mit Polystyrensulfons{\"a}ure beschichtet worden waren. Die erfolgreiche Immobilisierung wurde mit Hilfe der Quarzmikrowaage dokumentiert. Die Antigen-Antik{\"o}rper-Bindung konnte durch die Inkubation mit einem Peroxidase-markierten Zweitantik{\"o}rper und der enzymatischen Oxidation von 3-Amino-9- Ethylcarbazol (AEC) verst{\"a}rkt werden. Die Zunahme in der Elektrodenisolierung durch die Bindungs- und Ablagerungsreaktion konnte durch elektrochemische Impedanzspektroskopie (EIS) in Anwesenheit des Hexacyanoferrat- Redoxsystems gemessen werden. Die Spektren wurden mit Hilfe eines Randles-Ersatzschaltbildes ausgewertet. Hierbei konnte eine Zunahme im Ladungstransferwiderstand festgestellt werden, die pro portional zur Antigliadin-Antik{\"o}rperkonzentration, im Bereich von 10-8 M bis 10-6 M, war. Mit Hilfe dieses Sensors wurden schließlich humane Seren hinsichtlich ihrer Konzentration an Gliadinantik{\"o}rpern, sowohl f{\"u}r Immunglobuline vom Typ IgG als auch IgA, untersucht.}, language = {de} } @misc{HellmannOffermannWildenauer2007, author = {Hellmann, Mich{\´e}l and Offermann, Judith and Wildenauer, Franz-Xaver}, title = {Cyanobakterienkultivierung zur Extraktion toxischer Metabolite}, series = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2007}, volume = {12}, journal = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2007}, issn = {0949-8214}, doi = {10.15771/0949-8214_2007_1_7}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus-518}, pages = {41 -- 47}, year = {2007}, abstract = {Im Rahmen des Projektes »CyToTest« soll, in Kooperation mit der Firma BioTeZ Berlin-Buch GmbH, ein System entwickelt werden, mit dem direkt am Gew{\"a}sser auf einfache Art und Weise die Cyanobakterientoxinkonzentration ermittelt werden kann. Dazu ist es n{\"o}tig Cyanobakterien zu kultivieren und die Toxine zu isolieren. Beides wird gebraucht, um einerseits das Messsystem entwickeln zu k{\"o}nnen und andererseits an der TFH Wildau ein Verfahren zu entwickeln, mit dem die Cyanobakterien direkt am Gew{\"a}sser aufgeschlossen und die Toxine extrahiert werden k{\"o}nnen. Im Rahmen dessen wurden sechs Gattungen Cyanobakterien kultiviert und ein Verfahren etabliert, um die Biomasse kalkulieren zu k{\"o}nnen. Weiterhin wurde mit der Kalibration der HPLC mit Toxinen begonnen, um die Extrakte sp{\"a}ter pr{\"u}fen zu k{\"o}nnen.}, language = {de} } @misc{TanneGoebelLisdat2011, author = {Tanne, Christoph K. and G{\"o}bel, Gero and Lisdat, Fred}, title = {Entwicklung einer Glucosedehydrogenase-basierten Anode und deren Anwendung in einer Glucose/O2-Biobrennstoffzelle}, series = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2011}, volume = {15}, journal = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2011}, issn = {0949-8214}, doi = {10.15771/0949-8214_2011_1_2}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus-1039}, pages = {13 -- 21}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Unter Verwendung von mehrwandigen Kohlenstoffnanor{\"o}hren wurde in dieser Studie eine neuartige Anode zum Einsatz in Biobrennstoffzellen entwickelt. Dazu wurde das rekombinante Enzym Pyrrolochinolinchinon(PQQ)- abh{\"a}ngige Glucosedehydrogenase kovalent an eine aus PQQ bestehenden Zwischenschicht gekoppelt, welche zuvor an die Kohlenstoffnanor{\"o}hren adsorbiert war. Die Nanor{\"o}hren wurden aufgrund ihrer Thiolmodifikation chemisorptiv auf einer Goldelektrode gebunden. In glucosehaltiger L{\"o}sung konnte der Start eines katalytischen Stroms bei einem Potential von -80 mV vs. Ag/AgCl (1 MKCl) beobachtet werden. Unter Substrats{\"a}ttigung wurden Stromdichten im Bereich von 170 bis 200 μA/cm2 gemessen. Dieses System basiert auf einem mediatorvermittelten Elektronentransfer. Die entwickelte (PQQ)-GDH-MWCNT-Elektrode wurde mit einer MWCNT-modifizierten Elektrode kombiniert, bei der Bilirubinoxidase (BOD) als Biokatalysator fungiert. Daraus resultierte eine membranfreie Biobrennstoffzelle mit einem leichgewichtspotential von 600 mV und Leistungsdichten im Bereich von 20-25 μW/cm2.}, language = {de} } @article{EndrullatGloeklerFrankeetal.2016, author = {Endrullat, Christoph and Gl{\"o}kler, J{\"o}rn and Franke, Philipp and Frohme, Marcus}, title = {Standardization and quality management in next-generation sequencing}, series = {Applied \& Translational Genomics}, volume = {10}, journal = {Applied \& Translational Genomics}, issn = {2212-0661}, doi = {10.1016/j.atg.2016.06.001}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6637}, pages = {2 -- 9}, year = {2016}, abstract = {DNA sequencing continues to evolve quickly even after > 30 years. Many new platforms suddenly appeared and former established systems have vanished in almost the same manner. Since establishment of next-generation sequencing devices, this progress gains momentum due to the continually growing demand for higher throughput, lower costs and better quality of data. In consequence of this rapid development, standardized procedures and data formats as well as comprehensive quality management considerations are still scarce. Here, we listed and summarized current standardization efforts and quality management initiatives from companies, organizations and societies in form of published studies and ongoing projects. These comprise on the one hand quality documentation issues like technical notes, accreditation checklists and guidelines for validation of sequencing workflows. On the other hand, general standard proposals and quality metrics are developed and applied to the sequencing workflow steps with the main focus on upstream processes. Finally, certain standard developments for downstream pipeline data handling, processing and storage are discussed in brief. These standardization approaches represent a first basis for continuing work in order to prospectively implement next-generation sequencing in important areas such as clinical diagnostics, where reliable results and fast processing is crucial. Additionally, these efforts will exert a decisive influence on traceability and reproducibility of sequence data.}, language = {en} } @article{ThiemannFuSeifertetal.2014, author = {Thiemann, Alexander and Fu, Junjie and Seifert, Felix and Grant-Downton, Robert T and Schrag, Tobias A and Pospisil, Heike and Frisch, Matthias and Melchinger, Albrecht E and Scholten, Stefan}, title = {Genome-wide meta-analysis of maize heterosis reveals the potential role of additive gene expression at pericentromeric loci}, series = {BMC Plant Biology}, volume = {14}, journal = {BMC Plant Biology}, number = {88}, issn = {1471-2229}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2229-14-88}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-5999}, pages = {14}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The identification of QTL involved in heterosis formation is one approach to unravel the not yet fully understood genetic basis of heterosis - the improved agronomic performance of hybrid F1 plants compared to their inbred parents. The identification of candidate genes underlying a QTL is important both for developing markers and determining the molecular genetic basis of a trait, but remains difficult owing to the large number of genes often contained within individual QTL. To address this problem in heterosis analysis, we applied a meta-analysis strategy for grain yield (GY) of Zea mays L. as example, incorporating QTL-, hybrid field-, and parental gene expression data.}, language = {en} } @article{TillichWolterSchulzeetal.2014, author = {Tillich, Ulrich M. and Wolter, Nick and Schulze, Katja and Kramer, Dan and Br{\"o}del, Oliver and Frohme, Marcus}, title = {High-throughput cultivation and screening platform for unicellular phototrophs}, series = {BMC Microbiology}, volume = {14}, journal = {BMC Microbiology}, number = {239}, issn = {1471-2180}, doi = {10.1186/s12866-014-0239-x}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6007}, pages = {13}, year = {2014}, abstract = {In this work we describe and test high-throughput methods with the model organism Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. The required technical automation for these processes was achieved with a Tecan Freedom Evo 200 pipetting robot. The cultivation was performed in 2.2 ml deepwell microtiter plates within a cultivation chamber outfitted with programmable shaking conditions, variable illumination, variable temperature, and an adjustable CO2 atmosphere. Each microtiter-well within the chamber functions as a separate cultivation vessel with reproducible conditions. The automated measurement of various parameters such as growth, full absorption spectrum, chlorophyll concentration, MALDI-TOF-MS, as well as a novel vitality measurement protocol, have already been established and can be monitored during cultivation. Measurement of growth parameters can be used as inputs for the system to allow for periodic automatic dilutions and therefore a semi-continuous cultivation of hundreds of cultures in parallel. The system also allows the automatic generation of mid and long term backups of cultures to repeat experiments or to retrieve strains of interest.}, language = {en} } @article{WangGrohmeMalietal.2014, author = {Wang, Chong and Grohme, Markus and Mali, Brahim and Schill, Ralph O. and Frohme, Marcus}, title = {Towards Decrypting Cryptobiosis—Analyzing Anhydrobiosis in the Tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum Using Transcriptome Sequencing}, series = {PLoS ONE}, volume = {9}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, number = {3}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0092663}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6029}, pages = {15}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Many tardigrade species are capable of anhydrobiosis; however, mechanisms underlying their extreme desiccation resistance remain elusive. This study attempts to quantify the anhydrobiotic transcriptome of the limno-terrestrial tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum.}, language = {en} } @article{BalzerMaldeGrohmeetal.2013, author = {Balzer, Susanne and Malde, Ketil and Grohme, Markus and Jonassen, Inge}, title = {Filtering duplicate reads from 454 pyrosequencing data}, series = {Bioinformatics}, volume = {29}, journal = {Bioinformatics}, number = {7}, issn = {1367-4811}, doi = {10.1093/bioinformatics/btt047}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6080}, pages = {830 -- 836}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Throughout the recent years, 454 pyrosequencing has emerged as an efficient alternative to traditional Sanger sequencing and is widely used in both de novo whole-genome sequencing and metagenomics. Especially the latter application is extremely sensitive to sequencing errors and artificially duplicated reads. Both are common in 454 pyrosequencing and can create a strong bias in the estimation of diversity and composition of a sample. To date, there are several tools that aim to remove both sequencing noise and duplicates. Nevertheless, duplicate removal is often based on nucleotide sequences rather than on the underlying flow values, which contain additional information.}, language = {en} } @article{GrohmeMaliWełniczetal.2013, author = {Grohme, Markus and Mali, Brahim and Wełnicz, Weronika and Michel, Stephanie and Schill, Ralph O. and Frohme, Marcus}, title = {The Aquaporin Channel Repertoire of the Tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum}, series = {Bioinformatics and Biology Insights}, volume = {2013}, journal = {Bioinformatics and Biology Insights}, number = {7}, issn = {1177-9322}, doi = {10.4137/BBI.S11497}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6092}, pages = {153 -- 165}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Limno-terrestrial tardigrades are small invertebrates that are subjected to periodic drought of their micro-environment. They have evolved to cope with these unfavorable conditions by anhydrobiosis, an ametabolic state of low cellular water. During drying and rehydration, tardigrades go through drastic changes in cellular water content. By our transcriptome sequencing effort of the limno-terrestrial tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum and by a combination of cloning and targeted sequence assembly, we identified transcripts encoding eleven putative aquaporins. Analysis of these sequences proposed 2 classical aquaporins, 8 aquaglyceroporins and a single potentially intracellular unorthodox aquaporin. Using quantitative real-time PCR we analyzed aquaporin transcript expression in the anhydrobiotic context. We have identified additional unorthodox aquaporins in various insect genomes and have identified a novel common conserved structural feature in these proteins. Analysis of the genomic organization of insect aquaporin genes revealed several conserved gene clusters.}, language = {en} } @article{SchokraieWarnkenHotzWagenblattetal.2012, author = {Schokraie, Elham and Warnken, Uwe and Hotz-Wagenblatt, Agnes and Grohme, Markus and Hengherr, Steffen and F{\"o}rster, Frank and Schill, Ralph O. and Frohme, Marcus and Dandekar, Thomas and Schn{\"o}lzer, Martina}, title = {Comparative proteome analysis of Milnesium tardigradum in early embryonic state versus adults in active and anhydrobiotic state}, series = {PLoS ONE}, volume = {7}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, number = {9}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0045682}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6392}, pages = {25}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Tardigrades have fascinated researchers for more than 300 years because of their extraordinary capability to undergo cryptobiosis and survive extreme environmental conditions. However, the survival mechanisms of tardigrades are still poorly understood mainly due to the absence of detailed knowledge about the proteome and genome of these organisms. Our study was intended to provide a basis for the functional characterization of expressed proteins in different states of tardigrades. High-throughput, high-accuracy proteomics in combination with a newly developed tardigrade specific protein database resulted in the identification of more than 3000 proteins in three different states: early embryonic state and adult animals in active and anhydrobiotic state. This comprehensive proteome resource includes protein families such as chaperones, antioxidants, ribosomal proteins, cytoskeletal proteins, transporters, protein channels, nutrient reservoirs, and developmental proteins. A comparative analysis of protein families in the different states was performed by calculating the exponentially modified protein abundance index which classifies proteins in major and minor components. This is the first step to analyzing the proteins involved in early embryonic development, and furthermore proteins which might play an important role in the transition into the anhydrobiotic state.}, language = {en} } @article{BoettcherAmbergRuziusetal.2012, author = {B{\"o}ttcher, Ren{\´e} and Amberg, Ronny and Ruzius, F. P. and Guryev, V. and Verhaegh, Wim F. J. and Beyerlein, Peter and van der Zaag, P. J.}, title = {Using a priori knowledge to align sequencing reads to their exact genomic position}, series = {Nucleic Acids Research}, volume = {40}, journal = {Nucleic Acids Research}, number = {16}, issn = {1362-4962}, doi = {10.1093/nar/gks393}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6407}, pages = {11}, year = {2012}, abstract = {The use of a priori knowledge in the alignment of targeted sequencing data is investigated using computational experiments. Adapting a Needleman-Wunsch algorithm to incorporate the genomic position information from the targeted capture, we demonstrate that alignment can be done to just the target region of interest. When in addition use is made of direct string comparison, an improvement of up to a factor of 8 in alignment speed compared to the fastest conventional aligner (Bowtie) is obtained. This results in a total alignment time in targeted sequencing of around 7 min for aligning approximately 56 million captured reads. For conventional aligners such as Bowtie, BWA or MAQ, alignment to just the target region is not feasible as experiments show that this leads to an additional 88\% SNP calls, the vast majority of which are false positives (∼92\%).}, language = {en} } @article{HammerBanckAmbergetal.2010, author = {Hammer, Paul and Banck, Michaela S. and Amberg, Ronny and Wang, Cheng and Petznick, Gabriele and Luo, Shujun and Khrebtukova, Irina and Schroth, Gary P. and Beyerlein, Peter and Beutler, Andreas S.}, title = {mRNA-seq with agnostic splice site discovery for nervous system transcriptomics tested in chronic pain}, series = {Genome Research}, volume = {20}, journal = {Genome Research}, number = {6}, issn = {1549-5469}, doi = {10.1101/gr.101204.109}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6446}, pages = {15}, year = {2010}, abstract = {mRNA-seq is a paradigm-shifting technology because of its superior sensitivity and dynamic range and its potential to capture transcriptomes in an agnostic fashion, i.e., independently of existing genome annotations. Implementation of the agnostic approach, however, has not yet been fully achieved. In particular, agnostic mapping of pre-mRNA splice sites has not been demonstrated. The present study pursued dual goals: (1) to advance mRNA-seq bioinformatics toward unbiased transcriptome capture and (2) to demonstrate its potential for discovery in neuroscience by applying the approach to an in vivo model of neurological disease. We have performed mRNA-seq on the L4 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of rats with chronic neuropathic pain induced by spinal nerve ligation (SNL) of the neighboring (L5) spinal nerve. We found that 12.4\% of known genes were induced and 7\% were suppressed in the dysfunctional (but anatomically intact) L4 DRG 2 wk after SNL. These alterations persisted chronically (2 mo). Using a read cluster classifier with strong test characteristics (ROC area 97\%), we discovered 10,464 novel exons. A new algorithm for agnostic mapping of pre-mRNA splice junctions (SJs) achieved a precision of 97\%. Integration of information from all mRNA-seq read classes including SJs led to genome reannotations specifically relevant for the species used (rat), the anatomical site studied (DRG), and the neurological disease considered (pain); for example, a 64-exon coreceptor for the nociceptive transmitter substance P was identified, and 21.9\% of newly discovered exons were shown to be dysregulated. Thus, mRNA-seq with agnostic analysis methods appears to provide a highly productive approach for in vivo transcriptomics in the nervous system.}, language = {en} } @article{FoersterLiangShkumatovetal.2009, author = {F{\"o}rster, Frank and Liang, Chunguang and Shkumatov, Alexander and Beisser, Daniela and Engelmann, Julia C. and Schn{\"o}lzer, Martina and Frohme, Marcus and M{\"u}ller, Tobias and Schill, Ralph O. and Dandekar, Thomas}, title = {Tardigrade workbench: comparing stress-related proteins, sequence-similar and functional protein clusters as well as RNA elements in tardigrades}, series = {BMC Genomics}, volume = {10}, journal = {BMC Genomics}, number = {469}, issn = {1471-2164}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2164-10-469}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6461}, pages = {10}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Background Tardigrades represent an animal phylum with extraordinary resistance to environmental stress. Results To gain insights into their stress-specific adaptation potential, major clusters of related and similar proteins are identified, as well as specific functional clusters delineated comparing all tardigrades and individual species (Milnesium tardigradum, Hypsibius dujardini, Echiniscus testudo, Tulinus stephaniae, Richtersius coronifer) and functional elements in tardigrade mRNAs are analysed. We find that 39.3\% of the total sequences clustered in 58 clusters of more than 20 proteins. Among these are ten tardigrade specific as well as a number of stress-specific protein clusters. Tardigrade-specific functional adaptations include strong protein, DNA- and redox protection, maintenance and protein recycling. Specific regulatory elements regulate tardigrade mRNA stability such as lox P DICE elements whereas 14 other RNA elements of higher eukaryotes are not found. Further features of tardigrade specific adaption are rapidly identified by sequence and/or pattern search on the web-tool tardigrade analyzer http://waterbear.bioapps.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de. The work-bench offers nucleotide pattern analysis for promotor and regulatory element detection (tardigrade specific; nrdb) as well as rapid COG search for function assignments including species-specific repositories of all analysed data. Conclusion Different protein clusters and regulatory elements implicated in tardigrade stress adaptations are analysed including unpublished tardigrade sequences.}, language = {en} } @article{MeinelKrauseLuzetal.2004, author = {Meinel, Thomas and Krause, Antje and Luz, Hannes and Vingron, Martin and Staub, Eike}, title = {The SYSTERS Protein Family Database in 2005}, series = {Nucleic Acids Research}, volume = {33}, journal = {Nucleic Acids Research}, issn = {1362-4962}, doi = {10.1093/nar/gki030}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6476}, pages = {D226 -- D229}, year = {2004}, abstract = {The SYSTERS project aims to provide a meaningful partitioning of the whole protein sequence space by a fully automatic procedure. A refined two-step algorithm assigns each protein to a family and a superfamily. The sequence data underlying SYSTERS release 4 now comprise several protein sequence databases derived from completely sequenced genomes (ENSEMBL, TAIR, SGD and GeneDB), in addition to the comprehensive Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL databases. The SYSTERS web server (http://systers.molgen.mpg.de) provides access to 158 153 SYSTERS protein families. To augment the automatically derived results, information from external databases like Pfam and Gene Ontology are added to the web server. Furthermore, users can retrieve pre-processed analyses of families like multiple alignments and phylogenetic trees. New query options comprise a batch retrieval tool for functional inference about families based on automatic keyword extraction from sequence annotations. A new access point, PhyloMatrix, allows the retrieval of phylogenetic profiles of SYSTERS families across organisms with completely sequenced genomes.}, language = {en} } @article{KipkorirMuhohoMuliroetal.2015, author = {Kipkorir, R. and Muhoho, S. and Muliro, P. and Mugendi, Beatrice and Frohme, Marcus and Br{\"o}del, Oliver}, title = {Effects of Coffee Processing Technologies on Aroma Profiles and Sensory Quality of Ruiru 11 and SL 28 Kenyan Coffee Varieties}, series = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences}, volume = {3}, journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences}, number = {2}, issn = {2321-1571}, doi = {10.15771/2321-1571_2015_1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6482}, pages = {178 -- 188}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The study aimed at comparing the effects of three coffee processing methods on aroma profiles and sensory quality of Ruiru 11 and SL 28 coffee varieties. The processing methods varied on stages of processing and method of mucilage removal. The green coffee beans obtained from the three processing methods were graded and roasted, ground and analyzed for the aroma profiles and sensory quality. Headspace Solid phase Microextraction fibre (SPME) technique were used for the extraction of aroma compounds from coffee samples and characterization of the compounds with use of gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Sensory quality were analyzed by an expert panelist. Various volatile aroma compounds were identified in roasted coffee and classified into their chemical classes involving furans, ketones, pyrazines ketones pyridines, pyrroles and acids. The intensity of aroma compounds were compared in terms of their peak areas and variations were noted between the processing methods with the ecopulper showing higher levels of pyrazines such as 2-methylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-6-methylpyrazine, and wet pulper showing higher levels of furans such as furfuryl formate and furfuryl alcohol, acetate. The hand pulper was high in the level of acids and esters such as acetic acid and propanoic acid, ethyl ester. Similar aroma compounds were identified in headspace of Ruiru 11 and SL 28 and there were variations in the intensities of aroma groups such as pyrroles and pyridines. It was concluded that the eco-pulper and hand pulper methods gives better aroma quality than the wet pulper while SL 28 variety gives higher sensory quality than Ruiru 11.}, language = {en} } @article{GrawMeierMinnetal.2015, author = {Graw, Stefan and Meier, Richard and Minn, Kay and Bloomer, Clark and Godwin, Andrew K. and Fridley, Brooke and Vlad, Anda and Beyerlein, Peter and Chien, Jeremy}, title = {Robust gene expression and mutation analyses of RNA-sequencing of formalin-fixed diagnostic tumor samples}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {5}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/srep12335}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6319}, pages = {11}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Current genomic studies are limited by the availability of fresh tissue samples. Here, we show that Illumina RNA sequencing of formalin-fixed diagnostic tumor samples produces gene expression that is strongly correlated with matched frozen tumor samples (r > 0.89). In addition, sequence variations identified from FFPE RNA show 99.67\% concordance with that from exome sequencing of matched frozen tumor samples. Because FFPE is a routine diagnostic sample preparation, the feasibility results reported here will facilitate the setup of large-scale research and clinical studies in medical genomics that are currently limited by the availability of fresh frozen samples.}, language = {en} } @article{SilbermannWernickePospisiletal.2013, author = {Silbermann, Jascha and Wernicke, Catrin and Pospisil, Heike and Frohme, Marcus}, title = {RefPrimeCouch—a reference gene primer CouchApp}, series = {Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation}, volume = {2013}, journal = {Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation}, issn = {1758-0463}, doi = {10.1093/database/bat081}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6330}, pages = {8}, year = {2013}, abstract = {To support a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction standardization project, a new reference gene database application was required. The new database application was built with the explicit goal of simplifying not only the development process but also making the user interface more responsive and intuitive. To this end, CouchDB was used as the backend with a lightweight dynamic user interface implemented client-side as a one-page web application. Data entry and curation processes were streamlined using an OpenRefine-based workflow. The new RefPrimeCouch database application provides its data online under an Open Database License.}, language = {en} } @article{FalckenhaynBoerjanRaddatzetal.2013, author = {Falckenhayn, Cassandra and Boerjan, Bart and Raddatz, G{\"u}nter and Frohme, Marcus and Schoofs, Liliane and Lyko, Frank}, title = {Characterization of genome methylation patterns in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria}, series = {The Journal of Experimental Biology}, volume = {216}, journal = {The Journal of Experimental Biology}, issn = {0022-0949}, doi = {10.1242/jeb.080754}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6350}, pages = {1423 -- 1429}, year = {2013}, abstract = {DNA methylation is a widely conserved epigenetic modification. The analysis of genome-scale DNA methylation patterns in various organisms suggests that major features of animal methylomes are widely conserved. However, based on the variation of DNA methyltransferase genes in invertebrates, it has also been proposed that DNA methylation could provide a molecular mechanism for ecological adaptation. We have now analyzed the methylome of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, which represents an organism with a high degree of phenotypic plasticity. Using genome-scale bisulfite sequencing, we show here that the S. gregaria methylome is characterized by CpG- and exon-specific methylation and thus shares two major features with other animal methylomes. In contrast to other invertebrates, however, overall methylation levels were substantially higher and a significant fraction of transposons was methylated. Additionally, genic sequences were densely methylated in a pronounced bimodal pattern, suggesting a role for DNA methylation in the regulation of locust gene expression. Our results thus uncover a unique pattern of genome methylation in locusts and provide an important foundation for investigating the role of DNA methylation in locust phase polyphenism.}, language = {en} } @article{SchulzeTillichDandekaretal.2013, author = {Schulze, Katja and Tillich, Ulrich M. and Dandekar, Thomas and Frohme, Marcus}, title = {PlanktoVision - an automated analysis system for the identification of phytoplankton}, series = {BMC Bioinformatics}, volume = {14}, journal = {BMC Bioinformatics}, number = {115}, issn = {1471-2105}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2105-14-115}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6364}, pages = {10}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Phytoplankton communities are often used as a marker for the determination of fresh water quality. The routine analysis, however, is very time consuming and expensive as it is carried out manually by trained personnel. The goal of this work is to develop a system for an automated analysis.}, language = {en} }