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Volume 10 Issue 1
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Life is a Ponzi scheme
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2009, 10:101 (27 January 2009)
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Before too long a smaller number of young people will be having to support a larger number of the very old, a typical and unsustainable Ponzi scheme.
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Identifying protein-coding genes in genomic sequences
Jennifer Harrow, Alinda Nagy, Alexandre Reymond, Tyler Alioto, Laszlo Patthy, Stylianos E Antonarakis, Roderic Guigó Genome Biology 2009, 10:201 (30 January 2009)
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A review of the main computational pipelines used to generate the human reference protein-coding gene sets.
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Integrating sequence, evolution and functional genomics in regulatory genomics
Martin Vingron, Alvis Brazma, Richard Coulson, Jacques van Helden, Thomas Manke, Kimmo Palin, Olivier Sand, Esko Ukkonen Genome Biology 2009, 10:202 (30 January 2009)
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Finding transcription factor binding sites in regulatory regions of the genome
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Cross-talk in the gut
Jennifer E Dinalo, David A Relman Genome Biology 2009, 10:203 (23 January 2009)
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Modification of host signaling by the gut microbiota can influence weight gain and fat deposition.
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Regulating highly dynamic unstructured proteins and their coding mRNAs
Buyong Ma, Ruth Nussinov Genome Biology 2009, 10:204 (28 January 2009)
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Orchestration of the lifetimes and conformations of intrinsically unstructured proteins and their mRNAs ensure precision and flexibility in biological control.
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The secret(ion) life of worms
David McK Bird, Charles H Opperman Genome Biology 2009, 10:205 (28 January 2009)
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The secretomes of plant and human parasitic nematodes reveal molecular similarities that reflect the shared need to counter host defenses.
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Copy number variation goes clinical
Cédric Le Caignec, Richard Redon Genome Biology 2009, 10:301 (23 January 2009)
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A report of the First Golden Helix Symposium 'Copy Number Variation (CNV) and Genomic Alterations in Health and Disease', Athens, Greece, 28-29 November 2008.
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Analysis of the platypus genome suggests a transposon origin for mammalian imprinting
Andrew J Pask, Anthony T Papenfuss, Eleanor I Ager, Kaighin A McColl, Terence P Speed, Marilyn B Renfree Genome Biology 2009, 10:R1 (2 January 2009)
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Comparisons between the platypus and eutherian mammalian genomes provides new insights into how epigenetic imprinting may have evolved in mammalian genomes.
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Comparative analysis of processed ribosomal protein pseudogenes in four mammalian genomes
Suganthi Balasubramanian, Deyou Zheng, Yuen-Jong Liu, Gang Fang, Adam Frankish, Nicholas Carriero, Rebecca Robilotto, Philip Cayting, Mark Gerstein Genome Biology 2009, 10:R2 (5 January 2009)
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An analysis of ribosomal protein pseudogenes in the four mammalian genomes reveals no correlation between number of pseudogenes and mRNA abundance.
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Studying alternative splicing regulatory networks through partial correlation analysis
Liang Chen, Sika Zheng Genome Biology 2009, 10:R3 (9 January 2009)
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The identification of links between exons and their regulators or targets and between co-spliced exons in human, mouse and rat provides novel insights into the alternative splicing regulatory network.
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Insight into the molecular requirements for pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici through large-scale insertional mutagenesis
Caroline B Michielse, Ringo van Wijk, Linda Reijnen, Ben JC Cornelissen, Martijn Rep Genome Biology 2009, 10:R4 (9 January 2009)
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An insertional mutagenesis screen identifies pathogenicity-related genes in the plant fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum.
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Development and application of versatile high density microarrays for genome-wide analysis of Streptomyces coelicolor: characterization of the HspR regulon
Giselda Bucca, Emma Laing, Vassilis Mersinias, Nicholas Allenby, Douglas Hurd, Jolyon Holdstock, Volker Brenner, Marcus Harrison, Colin P Smith Genome Biology 2009, 10:R5 (16 January 2009)
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Development of high-density microarrays for global analysis of gene expression and transcription factor binding in Streptomyces coelicolor suggests a novel role for HspR in stress adaptation.
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Characterization and comparative profiling of the small RNA transcriptomes in two phases of locust
Yuanyuan Wei, Shuang Chen, Pengcheng Yang, Zongyuan Ma, Le Kang Genome Biology 2009, 10:R6 (16 January 2009)
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High-throughput sequencing of the small RNA transcriptome of locust reveals differences in post-transcriptional regulation between solitary and swarming phases and provides insights into the evolution of insect small RNAs.
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A genome-wide genetic signature of Jewish ancestry perfectly separates individuals with and without full Jewish ancestry in a large random sample of European Americans
Anna C Need, Dalia Kasperavičiūtė, Elizabeth T Cirulli, David B Goldstein Genome Biology 2009, 10:R7 (22 January 2009)
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A principal components analysis of genomic information showed that individuals with full Jewish ancestry formed a clearly distinct cluster from those individuals with no Jewish ancestry.
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Characterization of taxonomically restricted genes in a phylum-restricted cell type
Sabine Milde, Georg Hemmrich, Friederike Anton-Erxleben, Konstantin Khalturin, Jörg Wittlieb, Thomas CG Bosch Genome Biology 2009, 10:R8 (22 January 2009)
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Computational and functional genomic analyses in Hydra magnipapillata suggest that taxonomically-restricted genes are involved in the evolution of morphological novelties such as the cnidarian nematocyte
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Profiling RE1/REST-mediated histone modifications in the human genome
Deyou Zheng, Keji Zhao, Mark F Mehler Genome Biology 2009, 10:R9 (27 January 2009)
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An in silico analysis of REST binding in non-neuronal human cells reveals how it can induce chromatin remodeling and reposition nucleosomes.
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Coding region structural heterogeneity and turnover of transcription start sites contribute to divergence in expression between duplicate genes
Chungoo Park, Kateryna D Makova Genome Biology 2009, 10:R10 (28 January 2009)
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Gene expression data for duplicated gene pairs in humans provides insights into the regulatory factors affecting the expression divergence of these genes and implications for their evolution.
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Global analysis of alternative splicing regulation by insulin and wingless signaling in Drosophila cells
Britta Hartmann, Robert Castelo, Marco Blanchette, Stephanie Boue, Donald C Rio, Juan Valcárcel Genome Biology 2009, 10:R11 (29 January 2009)
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A genome-wide analysis of the response to insulin and wingless activation using splicing-sensitive microarrays shows distinct but overlapping programs of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation.
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Universal features in the genome-level evolution of protein domains
Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Alessandro L Sellerio, Philip D Heijning, Bruno Bassetti Genome Biology 2009, 10:R12 (30 January 2009)
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Novel protein domain stochastic duplication/innovation models that are independent of genome-specific features are used to interpret global trends of genome evolution.
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