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Silvia Restrepo
Researcher at University of Los Andes
Publications - 224
Citations - 6071
Silvia Restrepo is an academic researcher from University of Los Andes. The author has contributed to research in topics: Phytophthora infestans & Gene. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 204 publications receiving 5045 citations. Previous affiliations of Silvia Restrepo include International Center for Tropical Agriculture & Cornell University.
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An RNAi in silico approach to find an optimal shRNA cocktail against HIV-1
María C Méndez-Ortega,Silvia Restrepo,Luis M. Rodriguez-R,Iván Pérez,Juan C Mendoza,Andrés P Martínez,Roberto Sierra,Gloria J Rey-Benito +7 more
TL;DR: In silico shRNA design for HIV, a Bioperl-based algorithm was developed to automatically scan multiple sequence alignments of HIV, while evaluating the possibility of identifying dominant and subdominant viral variants that could be used as efficient silencing molecules.
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Application of Genome Studies of Coffee Rust
Marco Cristancho,William Giraldo,David Botero,Javier F. Tabima,Diana Ortiz,Alejandro Peralta,Alvaro L. Gaitan,Silvia Restrepo,Diego Riaño +8 more
TL;DR: Genomics was applied to study the evolution of the population of this pathogen due to recent outbreaks of the disease in Colombia to estimate crop losses in strong epidemics.
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Understanding how socioeconomic inequalities drive inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 infections
Rachid Laajaj,Duncan Webb,Danilo Aristizabal,Eduardo Behrentz,Raquel Bernal,Giancarlo Buitrago,Zulma M. Cucunubá,Fernando de la Hoz,Alejandro Gaviria,Luis Hernandez,Camilo De Los Rios,Andrea Ramirez Varela,Silvia Restrepo,Norbert Schady,Martha J. Vives +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined, for the first time in a low- or middle-income country, which mechanisms best explain the disproportionate impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the poor.
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TAL Effector Repertoires of Strains of Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis in Commercial Cassava Crops Reveal High Diversity at the Country Scale
Carlos A Zárate-Chaves,Daniela Osorio-Rodriguez,Ruben E. Mora,Alvaro L. Pérez-Quintero,Alexis Dereeper,Silvia Restrepo,Camilo López,Boris Szurek,Adriana Bernal +8 more
TL;DR: The authors in this article characterized the TALE diversity in Colombian strains of Xanthomonas phaseoli pv manihotis (Xpm), the causal agent of cassava Bacterial Blight (CBB), using TALEs to manipulate host metabolism.
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Colletotrichum Species Complexes Associated with Crops in Northern South America: A Review
TL;DR: The aimed to review northern South American studies in the online SCOPUS database to create a taxonomically updated list of the species complexes found in the region, describe their most important phytopathological characteristics, revise the methods used in the area to control disease, and discuss the role of fungus as a plant endophyte.