RNAi hushes heterochromatin.

abstract：:The ability to accurately quantify all the microRNAs (miRNAs) in a sample is important for understanding miRNA biology and for development of new biomarkers and therapeutic targets. We develop a new method for preparing miRNA sequencing libraries, RealSeq®-AC, that involves ligating the miRNAs with a single adapter an...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Barberán-Soler S,Vo JM,Hogans RE,Dallas A,Johnston BH,Kazakov SA

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We polled the Editorial Board of Genome Biology to ask where they see genomics going in the next few years. Here are some of their responses. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Cheifet B

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reliable information extraction applications have been a long sought goal of the biomedical text mining community, a goal that if reached would provide valuable tools to benchside biologists in their increasingly difficult task of assimilating the knowledge contained in the biomedical literature. We present ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Baumgartner WA Jr,Lu Z,Johnson HL,Caporaso JG,Paquette J,Lindemann A,White EK,Medvedeva O,Cohen KB,Hunter L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The control of energy metabolism is fundamental for cell growth and function and anomalies in it are implicated in complex diseases and ageing. Metabolism in yeast cells can be manipulated by supplying different carbon sources: yeast grown on glucose rapidly proliferates by fermentation, analogous to tumour ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Malecki M,Bitton DA,Rodríguez-López M,Rallis C,Calavia NG,Smith GC,Bähler J

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequence data are being produced at an ever-increasing rate. The Bowtie sequence-alignment algorithm uses advanced data structures to help data analysis keep pace with data generation. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Flicek P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear genome sequence of Amborella trichopoda, the sister species to all other extant angiosperms, will be an exceptional resource for plant genomics. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Soltis DE,Albert VA,Leebens-Mack J,Palmer JD,Wing RA,dePamphilis CW,Ma H,Carlson JE,Altman N,Kim S,Wall PK,Zuccolo A,Soltis PS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dictyostelium discoideum is a eukaryote with a simple lifestyle and a relatively small genome whose sequence has been fully determined. It is widely used for studies on cell signaling, movement and multicellular development. Ras guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (RasGEFs) are the proteins that activate Ras...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Wilkins A,Szafranski K,Fraser DJ,Bakthavatsalam D,Müller R,Fisher PR,Glöckner G,Eichinger L,Noegel AA,Insall RH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retrotransposons play a central role in plant evolution and could be a powerful endogenous source of genetic and epigenetic variability for crop breeding. To ensure genome integrity several silencing mechanisms have evolved to repress retrotransposon mobility. Even though retrotransposons fully depend on tra...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Thieme M,Lanciano S,Balzergue S,Daccord N,Mirouze M,Bucher E

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcription factors (TFs) play a central role in regulating gene expression by interacting with cis-regulatory DNA elements associated with their target genes. Recent surveys have examined the DNA binding specificities of most Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFs, but a comprehensive evaluation of their data has b...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Gordân R,Murphy KF,McCord RP,Zhu C,Vedenko A,Bulyk ML

更新日期：2011-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The function of the non-coding portion of the human genome remains one of the most important questions of our time. Its vast complexity is exemplified by the recent identification of an unusual and notable component of the transcriptome - very long intergenic non-coding RNAs, termed vlincRNAs. RESULTS:Here ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： St Laurent G,Shtokalo D,Dong B,Tackett MR,Fan X,Lazorthes S,Nicolas E,Sang N,Triche TJ,McCaffrey TA,Xiao W,Kapranov P

更新日期：2013-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The eXtensible Genome Data Broker (xGDB) provides a software infrastructure consisting of integrated tools for the storage, display, and analysis of genome features in their genomic context. Common features include gene structure annotations, spliced alignments, mapping of repetitive sequence, and microarray probes, b...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Schlueter SD,Wilkerson MD,Dong Q,Brendel V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear pore complexes, the conduits for information exchange between the nucleus and cytoplasm, appear broadly similar in eukaryotes from yeast to human. Precisely how nuclear pore complexes regulate macromolecular and ionic traffic remains unknown, but recent advances in the identification and characterization of co...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Adam SA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gene dosage change is a mild perturbation that is a valuable tool for pathway reconstruction in Drosophila. While it is often assumed that reducing gene dose by half leads to two-fold less expression, there is partial autosomal dosage compensation in Drosophila, which may be mediated by feedback or buffering...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Malone JH,Cho DY,Mattiuzzo NR,Artieri CG,Jiang L,Dale RK,Smith HE,McDaniel J,Munro S,Salit M,Andrews J,Przytycka TM,Oliver B

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are rapidly being delineated, but their quality and biological meaning are often questioned. Here, I argue that biological meaning is challenging to define and discuss reasons why GRN validation should be interpreted cautiously. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Walhout AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cell-cycle checkpoint kinase Chk1 is essential in mammalian cells due to its roles in controlling processes such as DNA replication, mitosis and DNA-damage responses. Despite its paramount importance, how Chk1 controls these functions remains unclear, mainly because very few Chk1 substrates have hitherto...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Blasius M,Forment JV,Thakkar N,Wagner SA,Choudhary C,Jackson SP

更新日期：2011-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences in 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 5hmC, distributions may complicate previous observations of abnormal cytosine methylation statuses that are used for the identification of new tumor suppressor gene candidates that are relevant to human hepatocarcinogenesis. The simultaneous detection of 5-methylcytosi...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Gao F,Xia Y,Wang J,Lin Z,Ou Y,Liu X,Liu W,Zhou B,Luo H,Zhou B,Wen B,Zhang X,Huang J

更新日期：2014-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past years a variety of host restriction genes have been identified in human and mammals that modulate retrovirus infectivity, replication, assembly, and/or cross-species transmission. Among these host-encoded restriction factors, the APOBEC3 (A3; apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Münk C,Beck T,Zielonka J,Hotz-Wagenblatt A,Chareza S,Battenberg M,Thielebein J,Cichutek K,Bravo IG,O'Brien SJ,Löchelt M,Yuhki N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recent reports of two circular RNAs (circRNAs) with strong potential to act as microRNA (miRNA) sponges suggest that circRNAs might play important roles in regulating gene expression. However, the global properties of circRNAs are not well understood. RESULTS:We developed a computational pipeline to ide...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Guo JU,Agarwal V,Guo H,Bartel DP

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A report on the Epigenetic Engineering Meeting hosted by the Barts Institute of Cancer, held in London, UK, May 7, 2014. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Magnani L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein folding game Foldit shows that games are an effective way to recruit, engage and organize ordinary citizens to help solve difficult scientific problems. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Good BM,Su AI

更新日期：2011-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epigenetic mechanisms such as chromatin accessibility impact transcription factor binding to DNA and transcriptional specificity. The androgen receptor (AR), a master regulator of the male phenotype and prostate cancer pathogenesis, acts primarily through ligand-activated transcription of target genes. Altho...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Tewari AK,Yardimci GG,Shibata Y,Sheffield NC,Song L,Taylor BS,Georgiev SG,Coetzee GA,Ohler U,Furey TS,Crawford GE,Febbo PG

更新日期：2012-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Processed copies of genes (retrogenes) are duplicate genes that originated through the reverse-transcription of a host transcript and insertion in the genome. This type of gene duplication, as any other, could be a source of new genes and functions. Using whole genome sequence data for 12 Drosophila species,...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Bai Y,Casola C,Feschotte C,Betrán E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined approach of whole genome shotgun sequencing and ultra-high density linkage mapping using skim sequencing of a segregating population is effective for assembling allopolyploid genomes. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Ming R,Man Wai C

更新日期：2015-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-cell micro-metastases of solid tumors often occur in the bone marrow. These disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) may resist therapy and lay dormant or progress to cause overt bone and visceral metastases. The molecular nature of DTCs remains elusive, as well as when and from where in the tumor they origina...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Demeulemeester J,Kumar P,Møller EK,Nord S,Wedge DC,Peterson A,Mathiesen RR,Fjelldal R,Zamani Esteki M,Theunis K,Fernandez Gallardo E,Grundstad AJ,Borgen E,Baumbusch LO,Børresen-Dale AL,White KP,Kristensen VN,Van Loo P,

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancient DNA research is revealing a human history far more complex than that inferred from parsimonious models based on modern DNA. Here, we review some of the key events in the peopling of the world in the light of the findings of work on ancient DNA. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Haber M,Mezzavilla M,Xue Y,Tyler-Smith C

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Next-generation massively parallel sequencing technology provides a powerful new means of assessing rates and regulation of translation across an entire transcriptome. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Morris DR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elegant, genome-wide approach to define the precise DNA sequences bound by transcription factors has been developed by Rhee and Pugh. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Mendenhall EM,Bernstein BE

更新日期：2012-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Altering the biochemical makeup of chromatin by the incorporation of histone variants during development represents a key mechanism in regulating gene expression. The histone variant H2A.B, H2A.B.3 in mice, appeared late in evolution and is most highly expressed in the testis. In the mouse, it is encoded by ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Anuar ND,Kurscheid S,Field M,Zhang L,Rebar E,Gregory P,Buchou T,Bowles J,Koopman P,Tremethick DJ,Soboleva TA

更新日期：2019-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Stochastic changes in DNA methylation (i.e., spontaneous epimutations) contribute to methylome diversity in plants. Here, we describe AlphaBeta, a computational method for estimating the precise rate of such stochastic events using pedigree-based DNA methylation data as input. We demonstrate how AlphaBeta can be emplo...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Shahryary Y,Symeonidi A,Hazarika RR,Denkena J,Mubeen T,Hofmeister B,van Gurp T,Colomé-Tatché M,Verhoeven KJF,Tuskan G,Schmitz RJ,Johannes F

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcoholism presents widespread social and human health problems. Alcohol sensitivity, the development of tolerance to alcohol and susceptibility to addiction vary in the population. Genetic factors that predispose to alcoholism remain largely unknown due to extensive genetic and environmental variation in hu...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Morozova TV,Anholt RR,Mackay TF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00