Gene co-expression network identifies critical genes, pathways and regulatory motifs mediating the progression of rift valley fever in Bos taurus .

Autor: Gitau JK; University of Nairobi, Biochemistry Department, P.O Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya., Macharia RW; University of Nairobi, Biochemistry Department, P.O Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya., Mwangi KW; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O Box 62000, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya., Ongeso N; University of Nairobi, Biochemistry Department, P.O Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya., Murungi E; Kisii University, Department of Medical Biochemistry, P.O Box 408, 40200, Kisii, Kenya.

Publikováno v: Heliyon [Heliyon] 2023 Jul 14; Vol. 9 (7), pp. e18175. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 14 (Print Publication: 2023).

Membrane Permeabilization and Antimicrobial Activity of Recombinant Defensin-d2 and Actifensin against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans .

Autor: Gbala ID; Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Pan African University, Nairobi P.O. Box 62000-00200, Kenya., Macharia RW; Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi P.O. Box 30197-00100, Kenya., Bargul JL; Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi P.O. Box 62000-00200, Kenya.; International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya., Magoma G; Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Pan African University, Nairobi P.O. Box 62000-00200, Kenya.; Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi P.O. Box 62000-00200, Kenya.

Publikováno v: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) [Molecules] 2022 Jul 06; Vol. 27 (14). Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 06.

Gene co-expression network analysis of Trypanosoma brucei in tsetse fly vector.

Autor: Mwangi KW; International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. wanjaukm@gmail.com.; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. BOX 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya. wanjaukm@gmail.com., Macharia RW; University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya., Bargul JL; International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. BOX 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.

Publikováno v: Parasites & vectors [Parasit Vectors] 2021 Jan 22; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 74. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 22.

Comparative genomic analysis of six Glossina genomes, vectors of African trypanosomes.

Autor: Attardo GM; Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA. gmattardo@ucdavis.edu., Abd-Alla AMM; Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food & Agriculture, Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Acosta-Serrano A; Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Merseyside, Liverpool, UK., Allen JE; VectorBase, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK., Bateta R; Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology Research Institute - Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya., Benoit JB; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Bourtzis K; Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food & Agriculture, Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Caers J; Department of Biology - Functional Genomics and Proteomics Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Caljon G; Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Christensen MB; VectorBase, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK., Farrow DW; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Friedrich M; Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA., Hua-Van A; Laboratoire Evolution, Genomes, Comportement, Ecologie, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Jennings EC; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Larkin DM; Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK., Lawson D; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK., Lehane MJ; Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Merseyside, Liverpool, UK., Lenis VP; Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK., Lowy-Gallego E; VectorBase, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK., Macharia RW; Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya.; Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., Malacrida AR; Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy., Marco HG; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa., Masiga D; Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya., Maslen GL; VectorBase, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK., Matetovici I; Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium., Meisel RP; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA., Meki I; Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food & Agriculture, Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Michalkova V; Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.; Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia., Miller WJ; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Minx P; McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA., Mireji PO; Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology Research Institute - Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya.; Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya., Ometto L; Department of Sustainable Ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy.; Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy., Parker AG; Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food & Agriculture, Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Rio R; Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA., Rose C; Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Merseyside, Liverpool, UK., Rosendale AJ; Department of Biology, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati, OH, USA.; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Rota-Stabelli O; Department of Sustainable Ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy., Savini G; Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy., Schoofs L; Department of Biology - Functional Genomics and Proteomics Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Scolari F; Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy., Swain MT; Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, UK., Takáč P; Department of Animal Systematics, Ústav zoológie SAV; Scientica, Ltd, Bratislava, Slovakia., Tomlinson C; McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA., Tsiamis G; Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Etoloakarnania, Greece., Van Den Abbeele J; Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium., Vigneron A; Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA., Wang J; School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China., Warren WC; McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.; Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA., Waterhouse RM; Department of Ecology & Evolution, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Weirauch MT; Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology and Divisions of Biomedical Informatics and Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Weiss BL; Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA., Wilson RK; McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA., Zhao X; CAS Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Aksoy S; Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. serap.aksoy@yale.edu.

Publikováno v: Genome biology [Genome Biol] 2019 Sep 02; Vol. 20 (1), pp. 187. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 02.

Target-similarity search using Plasmodium falciparum proteome identifies approved drugs with anti-malarial activity and their possible targets.

Autor: Mogire RM; Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Pan African University Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya., Akala HM; Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases (DEID), United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya., Macharia RW; Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., Juma DW; Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases (DEID), United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya., Cheruiyot AC; Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases (DEID), United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya., Andagalu B; Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases (DEID), United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya., Brown ML; Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases (DEID), United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya., El-Shemy HA; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt., Nyanjom SG; Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.

Publikováno v: PloS one [PLoS One] 2017 Oct 31; Vol. 12 (10), pp. e0186364. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Oct 31 (Print Publication: 2017).