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Volume 10 Issue 5
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Render unto Darwin
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2009, 10:106 (1 June 2009)
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Science and religion; never the twain shall meet.
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Learning to get along despite struggling to get by
Elizabeth A Ostrowski, Gad Shaulsky Genome Biology 2009, 10:218 (26 May 2009)
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A review of evolutionary theories for cooperation, with emphasis on the mechanisms that can favor cooperation and reduce conflict within multicellular organisms, enabling the transition from unicellular to multicellular life.
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Induced pluripotent stem cells free of exogenous reprogramming factors
Ramzey Abujarour, Sheng Ding Genome Biology 2009, 10:220 (6 May 2009)
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The search continues to find ways of efficiently generating induced pluripotent stem cells free of vectors and transgenes.
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Rare protection against type 1 diabetes
Robert M Plenge Genome Biology 2009, 10:219 (15 May 2009)
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Next-generation DNA sequencing reveals rare alleles protective from type 1 diabetes.
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The 1001 Genomes Project for Arabidopsis thaliana
Detlef Weigel, Richard Mott Genome Biology 2009, 10:107 (27 May 2009)
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The 1001 Genomes project for Arabidopsis thaliana could provide an enormous boost for plant research for a modest financial investment.
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Report |
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Genome duality
Silvia Kocanova, Kerstin Bystricky Genome Biology 2009, 10:308 (28 May 2009)
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A report on 'Higher Order Genome Architecture', the third meeting of the Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses (MC-GARD), Edinburgh, UK, 1-5 April 2009.
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Systemic analysis of the response of Aspergillus niger to ambient pH
Mikael R Andersen, Linda Lehmann, Jens Nielsen Genome Biology 2009, 10:R47 (1 May 2009)
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Systems modeling of Aspergillus niger under different pH conditions reveals novel pH-regulated metabolic genes and signaling genes in the pal/pacC pathway.
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Co-evolutionary networks of genes and cellular processes across fungal species
Tamir Tuller, Martin Kupiec, Eytan Ruppin Genome Biology 2009, 10:R48 (5 May 2009)
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Two new measures of evolution are used to study co-evolutionary networks of fungal genes and cellular processes; links between co-evolution and co-functionality are revealed.
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Origin of nascent lineages and the mechanisms used to prime second-strand DNA synthesis in the R1 and R2 retrotransposons of Drosophila
Deborah E Stage, Thomas H Eickbush Genome Biology 2009, 10:R49 (5 May 2009)
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Comparative analysis of 12 Drosophila genomes reveals insights into the evolution and mechanism of integration of R1 and R2 retrotransposons.
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Insights into the regulation of intrinsically disordered proteins in the human proteome by analyzing sequence and gene expression data
Yvonne JK Edwards, Anna E Lobley, Melissa M Pentony, David T Jones Genome Biology 2009, 10:R50 (11 May 2009)
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Signals for microRNA targeting and ubiquitination are enriched in intrinsically disordered proteins, but some highly disordered proteins can escape rapid degradation.
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Genomic and genetic analyses of diversity and plant interactions of Pseudomonas fluorescens
Mark W Silby, Ana M Cerdeño-Tárraga, Georgios S Vernikos, Stephen R Giddens, Robert W Jackson, Gail M Preston, Xue-Xian Zhang, Christina D Moon, Stefanie M Gehrig, Scott AC Godfrey, Christopher G Knight, Jacob G Malone, Zena Robinson, Andrew J Spiers, Simon Harris, Gregory L Challis, Alice M Yaxley, David Harris, Kathy Seeger, Lee Murphy, Simon Rutter, Rob Squares, Michael A Quail, Elizabeth Saunders, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Thomas S Brettin, Stephen D Bentley, Joanne Hothersall, Elton Stephens, Christopher M Thomas, Julian Parkhill, Stuart B Levy, Paul B Rainey, Nicholas R Thomson et al.
Genome Biology 2009, 10:R51 (11 May 2009)
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Comparison of the genome sequences of three Pseudomonas fluorescens strains reveals a heterogeneity reminiscent of a species complex rather than a single species
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Conserved features of cohesin binding along fission yeast chromosomes
Christine K Schmidt, Neil Brookes, Frank Uhlmann Genome Biology 2009, 10:R52 (19 May 2009)
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High-resolution analysis of cohesin localization on fission yeast chromosomes reveals that several determinants, previously thought to be organism-specific, come together to shape overall distribution.
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Whole genome sequencing of a natural recombinant Toxoplasma gondii strain reveals chromosome sorting and local allelic variants
Irene Bontell, Neil Hall, Kevin E Ashelford, JP Dubey, Jon P Boyle, Johan Lindh, Judith E Smith Genome Biology 2009, 10:R53 (20 May 2009)
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Extensive sequence analysis of eight Toxoplasma gondii isolates from Uganda has revealed chromosome sorting and local allelic variants.
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Dynamic expression of small non-coding RNAs, including novel microRNAs and piRNAs/21U-RNAs, during Caenorhabditis elegans development
Masaomi Kato, Alexandre de Lencastre, Zachary Pincus, Frank J Slack Genome Biology 2009, 10:R54 (21 May 2009)
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A deep-sequencing approach to profiling gender-specific developmental regulation of small non-coding RNA expression in C. elegans reveals dynamic temporal expression and novel miRNAs and 21U RNAs.
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Multi-tissue coexpression networks reveal unexpected subnetworks associated with disease
Radu Dobrin, Jun Zhu, Cliona Molony, Carmen Argman, Mark L Parrish, Sonia Carlson, Mark F Allan, Daniel Pomp, Eric E Schadt Genome Biology 2009, 10:R55 (22 May 2009)
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Tissue-to-tissue coexpression networks between genes in hypothalamus, liver or adipose tissue enable identification of obesity-specific genes.
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Phylogenetic classification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains of human and bovine origin using a novel set of nucleotide polymorphisms
Michael L Clawson, James E Keen, Timothy PL Smith, Lisa M Durso, Tara G McDaneld, Robert E Mandrell, Margaret A Davis, James L Bono Genome Biology 2009, 10:R56 (22 May 2009)
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Novel SNPs from human and bovine O157:H7 E. coli isolates are mapped, revealing that the majority of human disease is caused by a bovine subset of this strain.
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The histone deacetylase Rpd3p is required for transient changes in genomic expression in response to stress
Adriana L Alejandro-Osorio, Dana J Huebert, Dominic T Porcaro, Megan E Sonntag, Songdet Nillasithanukroh, Jessica L Will, Audrey P Gasch Genome Biology 2009, 10:R57 (26 May 2009)
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Chromatin-immunoprecipitation and computational analysis implicate Rpd3p as an important co-factor in the network of genes regulating the yeast environmental stress response.
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MotifAdjuster: a tool for computational reassessment of transcription factor binding site annotations
Jens Keilwagen, Jan Baumbach, Thomas A Kohl, Ivo Grosse Genome Biology 2009, 10:R46 (1 May 2009)
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MotifAdjuster helps to detect errors in binding site annotations.
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The Cell Cycle Ontology: an application ontology for the representation and integrated analysis of the cell cycle process
Erick Antezana, Mikel Egaña, Ward Blondé, Aitzol Illarramendi, Iñaki Bilbao, Bernard De Baets, Robert Stevens, Vladimir Mironov, Martin Kuiper Genome Biology 2009, 10:R58 (29 May 2009)
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A software resource for the analysis of cell cycle related molecular networks.
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