xGDB: open-source computational infrastructure for the integrated evaluation and analysis of genome features.

abstract：BACKGROUND:X chromosome inactivation is a spectacular example of epigenetic silencing. In order to deduce how this complex system evolved, we examined X inactivation in a model marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). In marsupials, X inactivation is known to be paternal, incomplete and tissue-specific, and oc...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Al Nadaf S,Waters PD,Koina E,Deakin JE,Jordan KS,Graves JA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each human has approximately 50 to 280 frameshifting indels, yet their implications are unknown. We created SIFT Indel, a prediction method for frameshifting indels that has 84% accuracy. The percentage of human frameshifting indels predicted to be gene-damaging is negatively correlated with allele frequency. We also ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Hu J,Ng PC

更新日期：2012-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The variation in the sizes of the genomes of distinct life forms remains somewhat puzzling. The organization of proteins into domains and the different mechanisms that regulate gene expression are two factors that potentially increase the capacity of genomes to create more complex systems. High-throughput pr...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Tamames J,Moya A,Valencia A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Big projects in biology - such as the human genome project and a number of related and ensuing enterprises - require big funding. A new tradition is growing in which some types of basic research take place within commercial organizations. This article reviews some of the reasons for this and some of the key players, i...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Swindells M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) originate from genomic regions dubbed piRNA clusters. How cluster transcripts are selected for processing into piRNAs is not understood. We discuss evidence for the involvement of chromatin structure and maternally inherited piRNAs in determining their fate. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Le Thomas A,Tóth KF,Aravin AA

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whole genome sequencing of marine cyanobacteria has revealed an unprecedented degree of genomic variation and streamlining. With a size of 1.66 megabase-pairs, Prochlorococcus sp. MED4 has the most compact of these genomes and it is enigmatic how the few identified regulatory proteins efficiently sustain the...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Axmann IM,Kensche P,Vogel J,Kohl S,Herzel H,Hess WR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most microbes cannot be easily cultured, and metagenomics provides a means to study them. Current techniques aim to resolve individual genomes from metagenomes, so-called metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). Leading approaches depend upon time series or transect studies, the efficacy of which is a function of communit...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： DeMaere MZ,Darling AE

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant activation of the Hedgehog pathway drives tumorigenesis of many cancers, including glioblastoma. However, the sensitization mechanism of the G protein-coupled-like receptor smoothened (SMO), a key component of Hedgehog signaling, remains largely unknown. RESULTS:In this study, we describe a novel p...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Wu X,Xiao S,Zhang M,Yang L,Zhong J,Li B,Li F,Xia X,Li X,Zhou H,Liu D,Huang N,Yang X,Xiao F,Zhang N

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:How the mechanisms of dosage compensation distinguish the sex chromosomes from the autosomes has been something of a mystery. A recent study in Caenorhabditis elegans has identified clusters of two common DNA motifs as a cis-acting code for the recruitment of the DCC, the protein complex that mediates dosage compensat...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Deng X,Disteche CM

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:Key components of the programmed cell death pathway are conserved between Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and humans. The search for additional homologs has been facilitated by the availability of the entire genomic sequence for each of these organisms. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Tittel JN,Steller H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PIWI proteins, a subfamily of PAZ/PIWI Domain family RNA-binding proteins, are best known for their function in silencing transposons and germline development by partnering with small noncoding RNAs called PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). However, recent studies have revealed multifaceted roles of the PIWI-piRNA pathwa...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Wang C,Lin H

更新日期：2021-01-08 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:CRISPR-Cas systems have been broadly embraced as effective tools for genome engineering applications, with most studies to date utilizing the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9. Here we characterize and manipulate the smaller, 1053 amino acid nuclease Staphylococcus aureus Cas9. RESULTS:We find that the S. aureus ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Friedland AE,Baral R,Singhal P,Loveluck K,Shen S,Sanchez M,Marco E,Gotta GM,Maeder ML,Kennedy EM,Kornepati AV,Sousa A,Collins MA,Jayaram H,Cullen BR,Bumcrot D

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The first highly specific knockouts of a microRNA, miR155, in mice result in multiple defects in adaptive immunity, and also show the feasibility of investigating at least some microRNAs by gene knockout. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Moffett HF,Novina CD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:RNA splicing is a key post-transcriptional mechanism that generates protein diversity and contributes to the fine-tuning of gene expression, which may facilitate adaptation to environmental challenges. Here, we employ a systems approach to study alternative splicing changes upon enteric infection in females ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Bou Sleiman M,Frochaux MV,Andreani T,Osman D,Guigo R,Deplancke B

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisulfite sequencing (BS-seq) is the gold standard for studying genome-wide DNA methylation. We developed MOABS to increase the speed, accuracy, statistical power and biological relevance of BS-seq data analysis. MOABS detects differential methylation with 10-fold coverage at single-CpG resolution based on a Beta-Bino...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Sun D,Xi Y,Rodriguez B,Park HJ,Tong P,Meong M,Goodell MA,Li W

更新日期：2014-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All the reports on insect small RNAs come from holometabolous insects whose genome sequence data are available. Therefore, study of hemimetabolous insect small RNAs could provide more insights into evolution and function of small RNAs in insects. The locust is an important, economically harmful hemimetabolou...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Wei Y,Chen S,Yang P,Ma Z,Kang L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many eukaryotic genomes encode cis-natural antisense transcripts (cis-NATs). Sense and antisense transcripts may form double-stranded RNAs that are processed by the RNA interference machinery into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). A few so-called nat-siRNAs have been reported in plants, mammals, Drosophila, a...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Zhang X,Xia J,Lii YE,Barrera-Figueroa BE,Zhou X,Gao S,Lu L,Niu D,Chen Z,Leung C,Wong T,Zhang H,Guo J,Li Y,Liu R,Liang W,Zhu JK,Zhang W,Jin H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging and sun exposure are the leading causes of skin cancer. It has been shown that epigenetic changes, such as DNA methylation, are well established mechanisms for cancer, and also have emerging roles in aging and common disease. Here, we directly ask whether DNA methylation is altered following skin aging...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Vandiver AR,Irizarry RA,Hansen KD,Garza LA,Runarsson A,Li X,Chien AL,Wang TS,Leung SG,Kang S,Feinberg AP

更新日期：2015-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To discover driver fusions beyond canonical exon-to-exon chimeric transcripts, we develop CICERO, a local assembly-based algorithm that integrates RNA-seq read support with extensive annotation for candidate ranking. CICERO outperforms commonly used methods, achieving a 95% detection rate for 184 independently validat...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Tian L,Li Y,Edmonson MN,Zhou X,Newman S,McLeod C,Thrasher A,Liu Y,Tang B,Rusch MC,Easton J,Ma J,Davis E,Trull A,Michael JR,Szlachta K,Mullighan C,Baker SJ,Downing JR,Ellison DW,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs) computationally describe gene-protein-reaction associations for entire metabolic genes in an organism, and can be simulated to predict metabolic fluxes for various systems-level metabolic studies. Since the first GEM for Haemophilus influenzae was reported in 1999, advances have be...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Gu C,Kim GB,Kim WJ,Kim HU,Lee SY

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Not so fast. The Iqbal et. al. study and the associated Whitelaw commentary highlight the appropriately high standards of study design and interpretation needed to obtain good evidence for or against epigenetic inheritance. Please see related article: www.dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0714-1. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Nadeau JH

更新日期：2015-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-cell transcriptomics is rapidly advancing our understanding of the cellular composition of complex tissues and organisms. A major limitation in most analysis pipelines is the reliance on manual annotations to determine cell identities, which are time-consuming and irreproducible. The exponential growt...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Abdelaal T,Michielsen L,Cats D,Hoogduin D,Mei H,Reinders MJT,Mahfouz A

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarrays have been used in a wide variety of experimental systems, but realizing their full potential is contingent on sophisticated and rigorous experimental design and data analysis. This article highlights what is needed to get the most out of microarrays in terms of accurately and effectively revealing differen...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Griffin RS,Mills CD,Costigan M,Woolf CJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phenotypic plasticity refers to the range of phenotypes a single genotype can express as a function of its environment. These phenotypic variations are attributable to the effect of the environment on the expression and function of genes influencing plastic traits. We investigated phenotypic plasticity in gr...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Dal Santo S,Tornielli GB,Zenoni S,Fasoli M,Farina L,Anesi A,Guzzo F,Delledonne M,Pezzotti M

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a graph-based method for the analysis of repeat families in a repeat library. We build a repeat domain graph that decomposes a repeat library into repeat domains, short subsequences shared by multiple repeat families, and reveals the mosaic structure of repeat families. Our method recovers documented mosaic...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Zhi D,Raphael BJ,Price AL,Tang H,Pevzner PA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exciting recent study examining the methylation profile of human brain tissue implicates early-life epigenetic disruption in the neurodevelopmental origin of schizophrenia. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Ryan J,Saffery R

更新日期：2014-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) proteins, or sirtuins, are protein deacetylases dependent on nicotine adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and are found in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. In eukaryotes, sirtuins regulate transcriptional repression, recombination, the cell-division cycle, microtubule organizatio...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： North BJ,Verdin E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00