Shih-Feng Tsai

Construction and characterization of an expressed sequenced tag library for the mosquito vector Armigeres subalbatus (2007)

Mayhew, George F, Bartholomay, Lyric C, Kou, Hang-Yen, Rocheleau, Thomas A, Fuchs, Jeremy F, Aliota, Matthew T, ...

Abstract Background The mosquito, Armigeres subalbatus , mounts a distinctively robust innate immune response when infected with the nematode Brugia malayi , a causative agent of lymphatic...

Rate of Evolution in Brain-Expressed Genes in Humans and Other Primates (2007)

Hurng-Yi Wang, Huan-Chieh Chien, Naoki Osada, Katsuyuki Hashimoto, Sumio Sugano, Takashi Gojobori, ...

Brain-expressed genes are known to evolve slowly in mammals. Nevertheless, since brains of higher primates have evolved rapidly, one might expect acceleration in DNA sequence evolution in their...

Construction and Analysis of a Human-Chimpanzee Comparative Clone Map (2002)

Fujiyama,Asao, Watanabe,Hidemi, Toyoda,Atsushi, Taylor,Todd D., Itoh,Takehiko, Tsai,Shih-Feng, ...

The recently released human genome sequences provide us with reference data to conduct comparative genomic research on primates, which will be important to understand what genetic information makes...

Construction and Analysis of a Human-Chimpanzee Comparative Clone Map (2002)

Fujiyama, Asao, Watanabe, Hidemi, Toyoda, Atsushi, Taylor, Todd D., Itoh, Takehiko, Tsai, Shih-Feng, ...

The recently released human genome sequences provide us with reference data to conduct comparative genomic research on primates, which will be important to understand what genetic information makes...

Gypsy retrotransposon as a tool for the in vivo analysis of the regulatory region of the optomotor-blind gene in Drosophila

Tsai, Shih-Feng, Jang, Chuen-Chuen, Prikhod’ko, Grigoriy G., Bessarab, Dmitri A., Tang, Chiou-Yang, Pflugfelder, Gert O., ...

We report here a method for the in vivo dissection of the regulatory region of a gene in the Drosophila genome. Our system includes (i) the reporter genes lacZ and white to detect transcriptional...

Characterization of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus genomes in Taiwan: Molecular epidemiology and genome evolution

Yeh, Shiou-Hwei, Wang, Hurng-Yi, Tsai, Ching-Yi, Kao, Chuan-Liang, Yang, Jyh-Yuan, Liu, Hwan-Wun, ...

Since early March 2003, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) infection has claimed 346 cases and 37 deaths in Taiwan. The epidemic occurred in two stages. The first stage...

Genomic shotgun array: a procedure linking large-scale DNA sequencing with regional transcript mapping

Li, Ling-Hui, Li, Jian-Chiuan, Lin, Yung-Feng, Lin, Chung-Yen, Chen, Chung-Yung, Tsai, Shih-Feng

To facilitate transcript mapping and to investigate alterations in genomic structure and gene expression in a defined genomic target, we developed a novel microarray-based method to detect...

Comparative Genome Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus, a Marine Pathogen

Chen, Chung-Yung, Wu, Keh-Ming, Chang, Yo-Cheng, Chang, Chuan-Hsiung, Tsai, Hui-Chi, Liao, Tsai-Lien, ...

The halophile Vibrio vulnificus is an etiologic agent of human mortality from seafood-borne infections. We applied whole-genome sequencing and comparative analysis to investigate the evolution of...

Description of the Transcriptomes of Immune Response-Activated Hemocytes from the Mosquito Vectors Aedes aegypti and Armigeres subalbatus

Bartholomay, Lyric C., Cho, Wen-Long, Rocheleau, Thomas A., Boyle, Jon P., Beck, Eric T., Fuchs, Jeremy F., ...

Mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue, malaria, and lymphatic filariasis, exact a devastating toll on global health and economics, killing or debilitating millions every year (54). Mosquito...

TPMD: a database and resources of microsatellite marker genotyped in Taiwanese populations

Chang, Ya-Hui, Su, Wen-Hui, Lee, Tso-Ching, Sun, Hsiao-Fang Sunny, Chen, Chia-Hsiang, Pan, Wen-Harn, ...

Taiwan Polymorphic Marker Database (TPMD) (http://tpmd.nhri.org.tw/) is a marker database designed to provide experimental details and useful marker information allelotyped in Taiwanese populations...

Autosomal Dominant Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head in Two Taiwanese Pedigrees and Linkage to Chromosome 12q13

Chen, Wei-Ming, Liu, Yu-Fen, Lin, Ming-Wei, Chen, I-Chun, Lin, Pei-Yu, Lin, Guan-Lu, ...

Avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) is a debilitating disease that commonly leads to destruction of the hip joint in adults. The etiology of ANFH is unknown, but previous studies have...

Gypsy retrotransposon as a tool for the in vivo analysis of the regulatory region of the optomotor-blind gene in Drosophila

Tsai, Shih-Feng, Jang, Chuen-Chuen, Prikhod’ko, Grigoriy G., Bessarab, Dmitri A., Tang, Chiou-Yang, Pflugfelder, Gert O., ...

We report here a method for the in vivo dissection of the regulatory region of a gene in the Drosophila genome. Our system includes (i) the reporter genes lacZ and white to detect transcriptional...

Characterization of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus genomes in Taiwan: Molecular epidemiology and genome evolution

Yeh, Shiou-Hwei, Wang, Hurng-Yi, Tsai, Ching-Yi, Kao, Chuan-Liang, Yang, Jyh-Yuan, Liu, Hwan-Wun, ...

Since early March 2003, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) infection has claimed 346 cases and 37 deaths in Taiwan. The epidemic occurred in two stages. The first stage...

Genomic shotgun array: a procedure linking large-scale DNA sequencing with regional transcript mapping

Li, Ling-Hui, Li, Jian-Chiuan, Lin, Yung-Feng, Lin, Chung-Yen, Chen, Chung-Yung, Tsai, Shih-Feng

To facilitate transcript mapping and to investigate alterations in genomic structure and gene expression in a defined genomic target, we developed a novel microarray-based method to detect...

Comparative Genome Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus, a Marine Pathogen

Chen, Chung-Yung, Wu, Keh-Ming, Chang, Yo-Cheng, Chang, Chuan-Hsiung, Tsai, Hui-Chi, Liao, Tsai-Lien, ...

The halophile Vibrio vulnificus is an etiologic agent of human mortality from seafood-borne infections. We applied whole-genome sequencing and comparative analysis to investigate the evolution of...

Description of the Transcriptomes of Immune Response-Activated Hemocytes from the Mosquito Vectors Aedes aegypti and Armigeres subalbatus

Bartholomay, Lyric C., Cho, Wen-Long, Rocheleau, Thomas A., Boyle, Jon P., Beck, Eric T., Fuchs, Jeremy F., ...

Mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue, malaria, and lymphatic filariasis, exact a devastating toll on global health and economics, killing or debilitating millions every year (54). Mosquito...

TPMD: a database and resources of microsatellite marker genotyped in Taiwanese populations

Chang, Ya-Hui, Su, Wen-Hui, Lee, Tso-Ching, Sun, Hsiao-Fang Sunny, Chen, Chia-Hsiang, Pan, Wen-Harn, ...

Taiwan Polymorphic Marker Database (TPMD) (http://tpmd.nhri.org.tw/) is a marker database designed to provide experimental details and useful marker information allelotyped in Taiwanese populations...

Autosomal Dominant Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head in Two Taiwanese Pedigrees and Linkage to Chromosome 12q13

Chen, Wei-Ming, Liu, Yu-Fen, Lin, Ming-Wei, Chen, I-Chun, Lin, Pei-Yu, Lin, Guan-Lu, ...

Avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) is a debilitating disease that commonly leads to destruction of the hip joint in adults. The etiology of ANFH is unknown, but previous studies have...

Rate of Evolution in Brain-Expressed Genes in Humans and Other Primates

Wang, Hurng-Yi, Chien, Huan-Chieh, Osada, Naoki, Hashimoto, Katsuyuki, Sugano, Sumio, Gojobori, Takashi, ...

Brain-expressed genes are known to evolve slowly in mammals. Nevertheless, since brains of higher primates have evolved rapidly, one might expect acceleration in DNA sequence evolution in their...

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of pK245, a 98-Kilobase Plasmid Conferring Quinolone Resistance and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase Activity in a Clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate▿

Chen, Ying-Tsong , Shu, Hung-Yu, Li, Ling-Hui, Liao, Tsai-Lien, Wu, Keh-Ming, Shiau, Yih-Ru, ...

A plasmid containing the qnrS quinolone resistance determinant and the gene encoding the SHV-2 β-lactamase has been discovered from a clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated in Taiwan. The...

Sequencing and Comparative Genomic Analysis of pK29, a 269-Kilobase Conjugative Plasmid Encoding CMY-8 and CTX-M-3 β-Lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae▿

Chen, Ying-Tsong, Lauderdale, Tsai-Ling, Liao, Tsai-Lien, Shiau, Yih-Ru, Shu, Hung-Yu, Wu, Keh-Ming, ...

A 269-kilobase conjugative plasmid, pK29, from a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain was sequenced. The plasmid harbors multiple antimicrobial resistance genes, including those encoding CMY-8 AmpC-type and...

Characterization of Integrative and Conjugative Element ICEKp1-Associated Genomic Heterogeneity in a Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated from a Primary Liver Abscess▿

Lin, Tzu-Lung, Lee, Cha-Ze, Hsieh, Pei-Fang, Tsai, Shih-Feng, Wang, Jin-Town

Genomic heterogeneity has been shown to be associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae strains causing pyogenic liver abscesses (PLA) and metastatic infections. In order to explore the mechanism...

A Common Virulence Plasmid in Biotype 2 Vibrio vulnificus and Its Dissemination Aided by a Conjugal Plasmid▿ †

Lee, Chung-Te, Amaro, Carmen, Wu, Keh-Ming, Valiente, Esmeralda, Chang, Yi-Feng, Tsai, Shih-Feng, ...

Strains of Vibrio vulnificus, a marine bacterial species pathogenic for humans and eels, are divided into three biotypes, and those virulent for eels are classified as biotype 2. All biotype 2...