New tricks for old NODs.

abstract：:DNA shuffling has proven to be a powerful technique for the directed evolution of proteins. A mix of theoretical and applied research has now provided insights into how recombination can be guided to more efficiently generate proteins and even organisms with altered functions. ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Bacher JM,Reiss BD,Ellington AD

更新日期：2002-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of humans and animals suffer from superficial infections caused by a group of highly specialized filamentous fungi, the dermatophytes, which exclusively infect keratinized host structures. To provide broad insights into the molecular basis of the pathogenicity-associated traits, we report the first ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Burmester A,Shelest E,Glöckner G,Heddergott C,Schindler S,Staib P,Heidel A,Felder M,Petzold A,Szafranski K,Feuermann M,Pedruzzi I,Priebe S,Groth M,Winkler R,Li W,Kniemeyer O,Schroeckh V,Hertweck C,Hube B,White TC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obligate pathogenic bacteria lose more genes relative to facultative pathogens, which, in turn, lose more genes than free-living bacteria. It was suggested that the increased gene loss in obligate pathogens may be due to a reduction in the effectiveness of purifying selection. Less attention has been given t...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Hershberg R,Tang H,Petrov DA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deciphering physical protein-protein interactions is fundamental to elucidating both the functions of proteins and biological processes. The development of high-throughput experimental technologies such as the yeast two-hybrid screening has produced an explosion in data relating to interactions. Since manual...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Huang M,Ding S,Wang H,Zhu X

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of base calls produced by Illumina sequencers is adversely affected by several processes, with laser cross-talk and cluster phasing being prominent. We introduce an explicit statistical model of the sequencing process that generalizes current models of phasing and cross-talk and forms the basis of a base ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Massingham T,Goldman N

更新日期：2012-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:ELXR (Exon Locator and Extractor for Resequencing) streamlines the process of determining exon/intron boundaries and designing PCR and sequencing primers for high-throughput resequencing of exons. We have pre-computed ELXR primer sets for all exons identified from the human, mouse, and rat mRNA reference sequence (Ref...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Schageman JJ,Horton CJ,Niu S,Garner HR,Pertsemlidis A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Host-associated microbiomes, the microorganisms occurring inside and on host surfaces, influence evolutionary, immunological, and ecological processes. Interactions between host and microbiome affect metabolism and contribute to host adaptation to changing environments. Meta-analyses of host-associated bacte...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Woodhams DC,Bletz MC,Becker CG,Bender HA,Buitrago-Rosas D,Diebboll H,Huynh R,Kearns PJ,Kueneman J,Kurosawa E,LaBumbard BC,Lyons C,McNally K,Schliep K,Shankar N,Tokash-Peters AG,Vences M,Whetstone R

更新日期：2020-02-03 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：BACKGROUND:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous environmental bacterium and an important opportunistic human pathogen. Generally, the acquisition of genes in the form of pathogenicity islands distinguishes pathogenic isolates from nonpathogens. We therefore sequenced a highly virulent strain of P. aeruginosa, PA14, a...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Lee DG,Urbach JM,Wu G,Liberati NT,Feinbaum RL,Miyata S,Diggins LT,He J,Saucier M,Déziel E,Friedman L,Li L,Grills G,Montgomery K,Kucherlapati R,Rahme LG,Ausubel FM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems, viewed as essential regulators of growth arrest and programmed cell death, are widespread among prokaryotes, but remain sparsely annotated. We present RASTA-Bacteria, an automated method allowing quick and reliable identification of TA loci in sequenced prokaryotic genomes, whether they a...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Sevin EW,Barloy-Hubler F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The chromodomain helicase DNA-binding family of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors play essential roles during eukaryote growth and development. They are recruited by specific transcription factors and regulate the expression of developmentally important genes. Here, we describe an unexpected role in...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Yang R,Zheng Z,Chen Q,Yang L,Huang H,Miki D,Wu W,Zeng L,Liu J,Zhou JX,Ogas J,Zhu JK,He XJ,Zhang H

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug resistance remains a major public health challenge for malaria treatment and eradication. Individual loci associated with drug resistance to many antimalarials have been identified, but their epistasis with other resistance mechanisms has not yet been elucidated. RESULTS:We previously described two mut...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Herman JD,Rice DP,Ribacke U,Silterra J,Deik AA,Moss EL,Broadbent KM,Neafsey DE,Desai MM,Clish CB,Mazitschek R,Wirth DF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to quantitatively measure the expression of all genes in a given tissue or cell with a single assay is an exciting promise of gene-expression profiling technology. An in situ-synthesized 60-mer oligonucleotide microarray designed to detect transcripts from all mouse genes was validated, as well as a set of...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Carter MG,Sharov AA,VanBuren V,Dudekula DB,Carmack CE,Nelson C,Ko MS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new generation of DNA-sequencing platforms will become commercially available over the next few years. These instruments will enable re-sequencing of human genomes at a previously unimagined throughput and low cost. Here, I examine why the 1,000 dollar human genome is an important goal for research and clinical diag...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Mardis ER

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is a rare disease that affects less than 10 individuals in one million. It has been less studied than its cognate pediatric malignancy, which is more prevalent. A higher percentage of the adult patients relapse, compared to children. It is thus essential to s...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Sentís I,Gonzalez S,Genescà E,García-Hernández V,Muiños F,Gonzalez C,López-Arribillaga E,Gonzalez J,Fernandez-Ibarrondo L,Mularoni L,Espinosa L,Bellosillo B,Ribera JM,Bigas A,Gonzalez-Perez A,Lopez-Bigas N

更新日期：2020-11-23 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：:Gene-expression profiling has yielded important information about simple systems, but complex tissues have not yet been widely profiled. Four recent studies of mammalian skeletal muscles have added to the catalogs of their gene expression differences, but have yet to lead to better understanding of the molecular proce...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Hampson R,Hughes SM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissues are complex milieus consisting of numerous cell types. Several recent methods have attempted to enumerate cell subsets from transcriptomes. However, the available methods have used limited sources for training and give only a partial portrayal of the full cellular landscape. Here we present xCell, a novel gene...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Aran D,Hu Z,Butte AJ

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gene loss, inversions, translocations, and other chromosomal rearrangements vary among species, resulting in different rates of structural genome evolution. Major chromosomal rearrangements are rare in most eukaryotes, giving large regions with the same genes in the same order and orientation across species....

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Hane JK,Rouxel T,Howlett BJ,Kema GH,Goodwin SB,Oliver RP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ProSplicer is a database of putative alternative splicing information derived from the alignment of proteins, mRNA sequences and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) against human genomic DNA sequences. Proteins, mRNA and ESTs provide valuable evidence that can reveal splice variants of genes. The alternative splicing infor...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Huang HD,Horng JT,Lee CC,Liu BJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Synthetic genetic interactions have recently been mapped on a genome scale in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, providing a functional view of the central processes of eukaryotic life. Currently, comprehensive genetic interaction networks have not been determined for other species, and we therefore...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Koch EN,Costanzo M,Bellay J,Deshpande R,Chatfield-Reed K,Chua G,D'Urso G,Andrews BJ,Boone C,Myers CL

更新日期：2012-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nucleosome deposition downstream of transcription initiation and DNA methylation in the gene body suggest that control of transcription elongation is a key aspect of epigenetic regulation. RESULTS:Here we report a genome-wide observation of distinct peaks of nucleosomes and methylation at both ends of a pro...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Choi JK,Bae JB,Lyu J,Kim TY,Kim YJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) comprises a group of diseases characterized by the abnormal development of malignant myeloid cells. Recent studies have demonstrated an important role for aberrant transcriptional regulation in AML pathophysiology. Although several transcription factors (TFs) involved in myeloid ...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Chang LW,Payton JE,Yuan W,Ley TJ,Nagarajan R,Stormo GD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a bioinformatic tool, Tumor Aberration Prediction Suite (TAPS), for the identification of allele-specific copy numbers in tumor samples using data from Affymetrix SNP arrays. It includes detailed visualization of genomic segment characteristics and iterative pattern recognition for copy number identificati...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Rasmussen M,Sundström M,Göransson Kultima H,Botling J,Micke P,Birgisson H,Glimelius B,Isaksson A

更新日期：2011-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhomboid proteases are the largest family of enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds within the cell membrane. Although discovered to be serine proteases only a decade ago, rhomboid proteases are already considered to be the best understood intramembrane proteases. The presence of rhomboid proteins in all domains of life...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Urban S,Dickey SW

更新日期：2011-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic evolution of malignant cells produces tumors composed of multiple clonal populations, distinguished in part by rearrangements and copy number changes affecting chromosomal segments. Whole genome sequencing mixes the signals of sampled populations, diluting the signals of clone-specific aberrations, and complic...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： McPherson AW,Roth A,Ha G,Chauve C,Steif A,de Souza CPE,Eirew P,Bouchard-Côté A,Aparicio S,Sahinalp SC,Shah SP

更新日期：2017-07-27 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：:Gene expression analysis of microRNA molecules is becoming increasingly important. In this study we assess the use of the mean expression value of all expressed microRNAs in a given sample as a normalization factor for microRNA real-time quantitative PCR data and compare its performance to the currently adopted approa...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Mestdagh P,Van Vlierberghe P,De Weer A,Muth D,Westermann F,Speleman F,Vandesompele J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Light and carbon are two essential signals influencing plant growth and development. Little is known about how carbon and light signaling pathways intersect or influence one another to affect gene expression. RESULTS:Microarrays are used to investigate carbon and light signaling interactions at a genome-wid...

journal_title：Genome biology

authors： Thum KE,Shin MJ,Palenchar PM,Kouranov A,Coruzzi GM

更新日期：2004-01-01 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