Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: muscle differentiation regulatory network; the rules of transcriptional regulation; rapid exprimental determination of DNA-binding protein motifs; polymerase poised and ready to go; bacterial tree accounting for lateral transfer

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 a covering muscle differentiation regulatory network; the rules of transcriptional regulation; rapid exprimental determination of DNA-binding protein motifs; polymerase poised and ready to go; bacterial tree accounting for lateral transfer.

Subject areas: Development, Genetics, Molecular biology, Genome studies, Evolution

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://genomebiology.com/2005/6/6/327/

Published:

9 May 2005

Genome Biology 2005, 6:327

Muscle differentiation regulatory network

An initial blueprint for myogenic differentiation. Blais A, Tsikitis M, Acosta-Alvear D, Sharan R, Kluger Y, Dynlacht BD. Genes Dev 2005, 19:553-569.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-6-327.asp#Blais webcite

The rules of transcriptional regulation

Cis-regulatory logic of short-range transcriptional repression in Drosophila melanogaster. Kulkarni MM, Arnosti DN. Mol Cell Biol 2005, 25:3411-3420.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-6-327.asp#Kulkarni webcite

Rapid exprimental determination of DNA-binding protein motifs

DIP-chip: rapid and accurate determination of DNA-binding specificity. Liu X, Noll DM, Lieb JD, Clarke ND. Genome Res 2005, 15:421-427.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-6-327.asp#Liu webcite

Polymerase poised and ready to go

Genome-wide analyses reveal RNA polymerase II located upstream of genes poised for rapid response upon S. cerevisiae stationary phase exit. Radonjic M, Andrau JC, Lijnzaad P, Kemmeren P, Kockelkorn TT, van Leenen D, van Berkum NL, Holstege FC. Mol Cell 2005, 18:171-183.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-6-327.asp#Radonjic webcite

Bacterial tree accounting for lateral transfer

Evolutionary origins of genomic repertoires in bacteria. Lerat E, Daubin V, Ochman H, Moran NA. PLoS Biol 2005, 3:e130.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-6-327.asp#Lerat webcite