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The case for cloud computing in genome informatics
Lincoln
D
Stein
Genome Biology 2010, 11:207 (5 May 2010)
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Editor’s summary
With DNA sequencing now getting cheaper more quickly than data storage, the time may have come to use cloud computing for genome informatics.
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Modeling non-uniformity in short-read rates in RNA-Seq data
Jun
Li,
Hui
Jiang,
Wing
Wong
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R50 (11 May 2010)
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Methods for modeling read counts from short read RNA-seq data.
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A human functional protein interaction network and its application to cancer data analysis
Guanming
Wu,
Xin
Feng,
Lincoln
Stein
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R53 (19 May 2010)
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A high-quality human functional protein interaction network is constructed. Its utility is demonstrated in the identification of cancer candidate genes.
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Evidence for natural antisense transcript-mediated inhibition of microRNA function
Mohammad Ali
Faghihi,
Ming
Zhang,
Jia
Huang,
Farzaneh
Modarresi,
Marcel
P
Van der Brug,
Michael
A
Nalls,
Mark
R
Cookson,
Georges
St-Laurent,
Claes
Wahlestedt
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R56 (27 May 2010)
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The BACE1-antisense transcript and miR-485-5p have antagonistic regulatory effects on BACE1 transcript expression and are dysregulated in Alzheimer’s disease patients.
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Genome-wide insights into eukaryotic transcriptional control
James
A
Goodrich,
Jennifer
F
Kugel
Genome Biology 2010, 11:305 (7 June 2010)
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A report of the Keystone Symposium on Dynamics of Eukaryotic Transcription during Development, Big Sky, Montana, USA, 7-12 April 2010.
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The role of transposable elements in the evolution of non-mammalian vertebrates and invertebrates
Noa
Sela,
Eddo
Kim,
Gil
Ast
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R59 (2 June 2010)
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An analysis of the influence of transposable elements on non-mammalian vertebrate and invertebrate transcriptomes reveals a link between intron length and exonization.
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Comparing protein abundance and mRNA expression levels on a genomic scale
Dov
Greenbaum,
Christopher
Colangelo,
Kenneth
Williams,
Mark
Gerstein
Genome Biology 2003, 4:117 (29 August 2003)
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Editor’s summary
We review the results of attempts to correlate protein abundance with mRNA expression levels, focusing on yeast.
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Transcriptional slippage in bacteria: distribution in sequenced genomes and utilization in IS element gene expression
Pavel
V
Baranov,
Andrew
W
Hammer,
Jiadong
Zhou,
Raymond
F
Gesteland,
John
F
Atkins
Genome Biology 2005, 6:R25 (15 February 2005)
Abstract
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Editor’s summary
To find a length of slippage-prone sequences at which selection against transcriptional slippage is evident, the transcription of repetitive runs of A and T of different lengths in 108 bacterial genomes was analyzed. IS element genes were found to exploit transcriptional slippage for regulation of gene expression.
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DetectiV: visualization, normalization and significance testing for pathogen-detection microarray data
Michael
Watson,
Juliet
Dukes,
Abu-Bakr
Abu-Median,
Donald
P
King,
Paul
Britton
Genome Biology 2007, 8:R190 (14 September 2007)
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Editor’s summary
DetectiV is a tool for analyzing pathogen-detection microarray datasets that allows simple visualisation, normalisation and significance testing.
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Having an impact (factor)
Gregory
A
Petsko
Genome Biology 2008, 9:107 (29 July 2008)
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Editor’s summary
A recently departed genome biologist discusses the impact factor of his life with St Peter at the Pearly Gates.
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Whole genome sequencing of a single Bos taurus animal for single nucleotide polymorphism discovery
Sebastian
H
Eck,
Anna
Benet-Pagès,
Krzysztof
Flisikowski,
Thomas
Meitinger,
Ruedi
Fries,
Tim
M
Strom
Genome Biology 2009, 10:R82 (6 August 2009)
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Editor’s summary
The next generation sequencing of a single cow genome with low-to-medium coverage has revealed 2.44 million new SNPs.
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The amazing world of bacterial structured RNAs
Eric
Westhof
Genome Biology 2010, 11:108 (15 March 2010)
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Editor’s summary
The discovery of several new structured non-coding RNAs in bacterial and archaeal genomes and metagenomes raises burning questions about their biological and biochemical functions.
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Genome-wide functional analysis of human 5' untranslated region introns
Can
Cenik,
Adnan
Derti,
Joseph
C
Mellor,
Gabriel
F
Berriz,
Frederick
P
Roth
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R29 (11 March 2010)
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Editor’s summary
Genes with short 5'UTR introns have higher expression than genes with no or long 5'UTR introns. Complex evolutionary forces act on these introns.
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A decade and genome of change
Clare
Garvey
Genome Biology 2010, 11:120 (5 May 2010)
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Editor’s summary
Innovations in genomic technologies have generated huge advances in biomedical research over the last decade.
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The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics
Eugene
V
Koonin
Genome Biology 2010, 11:209 (5 May 2010)
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Comparative genomics and new phylogenies of eukaryote groups suggest a scenario in which the mitochondrial endosymbiosis triggered the origin of eukaryotes.
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Sequences to systems
Manolis
Kellis,
John
L
Rinn
Genome Biology 2010, 11:303 (25 May 2010)
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Editor’s summary
A report of the seventh annual meeting on Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression, 23-27 March 2010, Cold Spring Harbor, USA.
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The dissection of transcriptional modules regulated by various drugs of abuse in the mouse striatum
Marcin
Piechota,
Michal
Korostynski,
Wojciech
Solecki,
Agnieszka
Gieryk,
Michal
Slezak,
Wiktor
Bilecki,
Barbara
Ziolkowska,
Elzbieta
Kostrzewa,
Iwona
Cymerman,
Lukasz
Swiech,
Jacek
Jaworski,
Ryszard
Przewlocki
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R48 (4 May 2010)
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Editor’s summary
The transcriptional response to six commonly-abused drugs was assessed in the mouse brain revealing common modules of drug-induced genes.
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Widespread remodeling of mid-coding sequence nucleosomes by Isw1
Itay
Tirosh,
Nadejda
Sigal,
Naama
Barkai
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R49 (10 May 2010)
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In yeast, the chromatin remodeler Isw1 shifts nucleosomes from mid-coding, to more 5’ regions of genes and may regulate transcriptional elongation.
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Nucleosome rotational setting is associated with transcriptional regulation in promoters of tissue-specific human genes
Charles
Hebert,
Hugues
Roest Crollius
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R51 (12 May 2010)
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Editor’s summary
Human genes contain a 10 bp repeat of RR dinucleotides focused around the first nucleosome position suggesting a role in transcriptional control.
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Towards a comprehensive structural variation map of an individual human genome
Andy
W
Pang,
Jeffrey
R
MacDonald,
Dalila
Pinto,
John
Wei,
Muhammad
A
Rafiq,
Donald
F
Conrad,
Hansoo
Park,
Matthew
E
Hurles,
Charles
Lee,
J Craig
Venter,
Ewen
F
Kirkness,
Samuel
Levy,
Lars
Feuk,
Stephen
W
Scherer
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R52 (19 May 2010)
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A comprehensive map of structural variation in the human genome provides a reference dataset for analyses of future personal genomes.
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Short RNA half-lives in the slow-growing marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
Claudia
Steglich,
Debbie
Lindell,
Matthias
Futschik,
Trent
Rector,
Robert
Steen,
Sallie
W
Chisholm
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R54 (19 May 2010)
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Editor’s summary
RNA half lives in the slow growing cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus are surprisingly short and may enable rapid responses to environmental change.
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Screening the human exome: a comparison of whole genome and whole transcriptome sequencing
Elizabeth
T
Cirulli,
Abanish
Singh,
Kevin
V
Shianna,
Dongliang
Ge,
Jason
P
Smith,
Jessica
M
Maia,
Erin
L
Heinzen,
James
J
Goedert,
David
B
Goldstein,
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R57 (28 May 2010)
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RNA-seq is an efficient and cheaper alternative, compared with whole genome sequencing, for identifying coding variants in humans.
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Dramatic changes in transcription factor binding over evolutionary time
Matthew
T
Weirauch,
Timothy
R
Hughes
Genome Biology 2010, 11:122 (1 June 2010)
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A recent study reveals a surprisingly high degree of change in the occupancy patterns of two transcription factors in the livers of five vertebrates.
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A mouse embryonic stem cell bank for inducible overexpression of human chromosome 21 genes
Rossella
De Cegli,
Antonio
Romito,
Simona
Iacobacci,
Lei
Mao,
Mario
Lauria,
Anthony
O
Fedele,
Joachim
Klose,
Christelle
Borel,
Patrick
Descombes,
Stylianos
E
Antonarakis,
Diego
di Bernardo,
Sandro
Banfi,
Andrea
Ballabio,
Gilda
Cobellis
Genome Biology 2010, 11:R64 (22 June 2010)
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Editor’s summary
A mouse embryonic stem cell bank of inducible human chromosome 21 gene expression is shown to be an important resource for investigating trisomy.
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