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	1. 28882 Accesses	Research Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes Jo Vandesompele, Katleen De Preter, Filip Pattyn, Bruce Poppe, Nadine Van Roy, Anne De Paepe, Frank Speleman Genome Biology 2002, 3:research0034 (18 June 2002) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 1 comment \| Editor’s summary Using real-time reverse transcription PCR ten housekeeping genes from different abundance and functional classes in various human tissues were evaluated. The conventional use of a single gene for normalization leads to relatively large errors in a significant proportion of samples tested.
	2. 22221 Accesses	Research Evaluation of next generation sequencing platforms for population targeted sequencing studies Olivier Harismendy, Pauline C Ng, Robert L Strausberg, Xiaoyun Wang, Timothy B Stockwell, Karen Y Beeson, Nicholas J Schork, Sarah S Murray, Eric J Topol, Samuel Levy, Kelly A Frazer Genome Biology 2009, 10:R32 (27 March 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| F1000 Biology \| Editor’s summary Human sequence generated from three next-generation sequencing platforms reveals systematic variability in sequence coverage due to local sequence characteristics.
	3. 21140 Accesses	Software Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome Ben Langmead, Cole Trapnell, Mihai Pop, Steven L Salzberg Genome Biology 2009, 10:R25 (4 March 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Bowtie: a new ultrafast memory-efficient tool for the alignment of short DNA sequence reads to large genomes.
	4. 14281 Accesses	Software Searching for SNPs with cloud computing Ben Langmead, Michael C Schatz, Jimmy Lin, Mihai Pop, Steven L Salzberg Genome Biology 2009, 10:R134 (20 November 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Novel software utilizing cloud computing technology to cost-effectively align and map SNPs from a human genome in three.
	5. 11901 Accesses	Method A scaling normalization method for differential expression analysis of RNA-seq data Mark D Robinson, Alicia Oshlack Genome Biology 2010, 11:R25 (2 March 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A novel and empirical method for normalization of RNA-seq data is presented
	6. 11008 Accesses	Method De novo genome sequence assembly of a filamentous fungus using Sanger, 454 and Illumina sequence data Scott DiGuistini, Nancy Y Liao, Darren Platt, Gordon Robertson, Michael Seidel, Simon K Chan, T Roderick Docking, Inanc Birol, Robert A Holt, Martin Hirst, Elaine Mardis, Marco A Marra, Richard C Hamelin, Jörg Bohlmann, Colette Breuil, Steven JM Jones Genome Biology 2009, 10:R94 (11 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary A method for de novo assembly of a eukaryotic genome using Illumina, 454 and Sanger generated sequence data
	7. 10757 Accesses	Method Methods for analyzing deep sequencing expression data: constructing the human and mouse promoterome with deepCAGE data Piotr J Balwierz, Piero Carninci, Carsten O Daub, Jun Kawai, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Werner Van Belle, Christian Beisel, Erik van Nimwegen Genome Biology 2009, 10:R79 (22 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| F1000 Biology \| Editor’s summary A set of methods is presented for normalization, quantification of noise and co-expression analysis for gene expression studies using deep sequencing.
	8. 9875 Accesses	Software CellProfiler: image analysis software for identifying and quantifying cell phenotypes Anne E Carpenter, Thouis R Jones, Michael R Lamprecht, Colin Clarke, In Kang, Ola Friman, David A Guertin, Joo Chang, Robert A Lindquist, Jason Moffat, Polina Golland, David M Sabatini Genome Biology 2006, 7:R100 (31 October 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary CellProfiler, the first free, open-source system for flexible and high-throughput cell image analysis is described.
	9. 9853 Accesses	Method A novel and universal method for microRNA RT-qPCR data normalization Pieter Mestdagh, Pieter Van Vlierberghe, An De Weer, Daniel Muth, Frank Westermann, Frank Speleman, Jo Vandesompele Genome Biology 2009, 10:R64 (16 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary The mean expression value: a new method for accurate and reliable normalization of microRNA expression data from RT-qPCR experiments.
	10. 9802 Accesses	Method Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics Robert C Gentleman, Vincent J Carey, Douglas M Bates, Ben Bolstad, Marcel Dettling, Sandrine Dudoit, Byron Ellis, Laurent Gautier, Yongchao Ge, Jeff Gentry, Kurt Hornik, Torsten Hothorn, Wolfgang Huber, Stefano Iacus, Rafael Irizarry, Friedrich Leisch, Cheng Li, Martin Maechler, Anthony J Rossini, Gunther Sawitzki, Colin Smith, Gordon Smyth, Luke Tierney, Jean YH Yang, Jianhua Zhang Genome Biology 2004, 5:R80 (15 September 2004) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary A detailed description of the aims and methods of the Bioconductor project, an initiative for the collaborative creation of extensible software for computational biology and bioinformatics.
	11. 9186 Accesses	Method Genome-wide prediction of transcription factor binding sites using an integrated model Kyoung-Jae Won, Bing Ren, Wei Wang Genome Biology 2010, 11:R7 (22 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A new approach for genome-wide transcription factor binding site prediction is presented that integrates sequence and chromatin modification data.
	12. 8806 Accesses	Method Targeted next-generation sequencing of a cancer transcriptome enhances detection of sequence variants and novel fusion transcripts Joshua Z Levin, Michael F Berger, Xian Adiconis, Peter Rogov, Alexandre Melnikov, Timothy Fennell, Chad Nusbaum, Levi A Garraway, Andreas Gnirke Genome Biology 2009, 10:R115 (16 October 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Combining next-generation sequencing with capture of sequences from a relevant subset of a transcriptome produces an enhanced view of this subset
	13. 8775 Accesses	Method Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS) Yong Zhang, Tao Liu, Clifford A Meyer, Jérôme Eeckhoute, David S Johnson, Bradley E Bernstein, Chad Nussbaum, Richard M Myers, Myles Brown, Wei Li, X Shirley Liu Genome Biology 2008, 9:R137 (17 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary MACS performs model-based analysis of ChIP-Seq data generated by short read sequencers.
	14. 8552 Accesses	Software Proteopedia - a scientific 'wiki' bridging the rift between three-dimensional structure and function of biomacromolecules Eran Hodis, Jaime Prilusky, Eric Martz, Israel Silman, John Moult, Joel L Sussman Genome Biology 2008, 9:R121 (3 August 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| F1000 Biology \| Editor’s summary Proteopedia is an interactive wiki-style web resource that presents 3D structural and functional information in a user-friendly manner and allows real-time community annotation.
	15. 8134 Accesses	Review The case for cloud computing in genome informatics Lincoln D Stein Genome Biology 2010, 11:207 (5 May 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 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.
	16. 7434 Accesses	Research *Developmental roles of 21 Drosophila* transcription factors are determined by quantitative differences in binding to an overlapping set of thousands of genomic regions** Stewart MacArthur, Xiao-Yong Li, Jingyi Li, James B Brown, Hou Cheng Chu, Lucy Zeng, Brandi P Grondona, Aaron Hechmer, Lisa Simirenko, Soile VE Keränen, David W Knowles, Mark Stapleton, Peter Bickel, Mark D Biggin, Michael B Eisen Genome Biology 2009, 10:R80 (23 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| F1000 Biology \| Editor’s summary Distinct developmental fates in Drosophila melanogaster are specified by quantitative differences in transcription factor occupancy on a common set of bound regions.
	17. 7408 Accesses	Research Overview of BioCreative II gene normalization Alexander A Morgan, Zhiyong Lu, Xinglong Wang, Aaron M Cohen, Juliane Fluck, Patrick Ruch, Anna Divoli, Katrin Fundel, Robert Leaman, Jörg Hakenberg, Chengjie Sun, Heng-hui Liu, Rafael Torres, Michael Krauthammer, William W Lau, Hongfang Liu, Chun-Nan Hsu, Martijn Schuemie, K Bretonnel Cohen, Lynette Hirschman Genome Biology 2008, 9:S3 (1 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	18. 7376 Accesses	Research *Genome analysis and genome-wide proteomics of Thermococcus gammatolerans, the most radioresistant organism known amongst the Archaea* Yvan Zivanovic, Jean Armengaud, Arnaud Lagorce, Christophe Leplat, Philippe Guérin, Murielle Dutertre, Véronique Anthouard, Patrick Forterre, Patrick Wincker, Fabrice Confalonieri Genome Biology 2009, 10:R70 (26 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The genome sequence of Thermococcus gammatolerans, a radioresistant archaeon, is described; a proteomic analysis reveals that radioresistance may be due to unknown DNA repair enzymes.
	19. 7055 Accesses	Method A scalable, fully automated process for construction of sequence-ready barcoded libraries for 454 Niall J Lennon, Robert E Lintner, Scott Anderson, Pablo Alvarez, Andrew Barry, William Brockman, Riza Daza, Rachel L Erlich, Georgia Giannoukos, Lisa Green, Andrew Hollinger, Cindi A Hoover, David B Jaffe, Frank Juhn, Danielle McCarthy, Danielle Perrin, Karen Ponchner, Taryn L Powers, Kamran Rizzolo, Dana Robbins, Elizabeth Ryan, Carsten Russ, Todd Sparrow, John Stalker, Scott Steelman, Michael Weiand, Andrew Zimmer, Matthew R Henn, Chad Nusbaum, Robert Nicol Genome Biology 2010, 11:R15 (5 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary An automated method for constructing libraries for 454 sequencing significantly reduces the cost and time required.
	20. 6796 Accesses	Opinion Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease Neil Risch, Esteban Burchard, Elad Ziv, Hua Tang Genome Biology 2002, 3:comment2007 (1 July 2002) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary A debate has arisen regarding the validity of racial/ethnic categories for biomedical and genetic research. An epidemiologic perspective on the issue of human categorization in biomedical and genetic research strongly supports the continued use of self-identified race and ethnicity.
	21. 6655 Accesses	Method Gene ontology analysis for RNA-seq: accounting for selection bias Matthew D Young, Matthew J Wakefield, Gordon K Smyth, Alicia Oshlack Genome Biology 2010, 11:R14 (4 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary GOseq is a method for GO analysis of RNA-seq data that takes into account the length bias inherent in RNA-seq
	22. 6612 Accesses	Method Closing gaps in the human genome using sequencing by synthesis Manuel Garber, Michael C Zody, Harindra M Arachchi, Aaron Berlin, Sante Gnerre, Lisa M Green, Niall Lennon, Chad Nusbaum Genome Biology 2009, 10:R60 (2 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary A novel method for closing non-structural gaps in the human genome assembly using 454 sequencing is presented here.
	23. 5970 Accesses	Review A tale of histone modifications Patrick A Grant Genome Biology 2001, 2:reviews0003 (5 April 2001) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary The modification of chromatin structure is important for a number of nuclear functions, exemplified by the regulation of transcription. This review discusses recent studies of covalent histone modifications and the enzymatic machines that generate them.
	24. 5846 Accesses	Software Improved base calling for the Illumina Genome Analyzer using machine learning strategies Martin Kircher, Udo Stenzel, Janet Kelso Genome Biology 2009, 10:R83 (14 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Ibis is an accurate, fast and easy-to-use base caller for the Illumina Genome Analyzer that reduces error rates and increases output of usable reads.
	25. 5822 Accesses	Method qBase relative quantification framework and software for management and automated analysis of real-time quantitative PCR data Jan Hellemans, Geert Mortier, Anne De Paepe, Frank Speleman, Jo Vandesompele Genome Biology 2007, 8:R19 (9 February 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary qBase, a free program for the management and automated analysis of qPCR data, is described