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Volume 12 Issue 10
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How hemp got high
Naomi Attar Genome Biology 2011, 12:409 (20 October 2011)
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Senior Assistant Editor Naomi Attar discusses the genome sequence of cannabis
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Bailing out
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2011, 12:131 (29 October 2011)
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Let us shout to the public and private sectors, this is not the time to be bailing out
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1, 2, 3: Counting the fingers on a chicken wing
Martin D Carkett, Malcolm PO Logan Genome Biology 2011, 12:130 (28 October 2011)
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Malcolm Logan on an RNA-seq approach to clarifying a long-standing dispute between paleontologists and embryologists
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Revealing the molecular signatures of host-pathogen interactions
Chiea-Chuen Khor, Martin L Hibberd Genome Biology 2011, 12:229 (19 October 2011)
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Genome-wide association studies and pathogen sequencing are revealing unexpected insights into host-pathogen interactions
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Bacterial epidemiology and biology - lessons from genome sequencing
Julian Parkhill, Brendan W Wren Genome Biology 2011, 12:230 (24 October 2011)
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Brendan Wren and Julian Parkhill on how a new era in microbial genomics has solved ancient controversies and promises to revolutionize our understanding of bacterial pathogens
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Genome-wide association studies in plants: the missing heritability is in the field
Benjamin Brachi, Geoffrey P Morris, Justin O Borevitz Genome Biology 2011, 12:232 (28 October 2011)
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Justin Borevitz on how high-power association mapping is going back 'into the field' through the combination of genomics and population biology
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The rhomboid protease family: a decade of progress on function and mechanism
Sinisa Urban, Seth W Dickey Genome Biology 2011, 12:231 (27 October 2011)
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The rhomboid family of membrane-immersed proteases are found in all domains of life and have been implicated in several human diseases.
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Moving beyond genome sequencing into personalized genomic medicine: biological and computing challenges
David M Kristensen Genome Biology 2011, 12:308 (24 October 2011)
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A report of the Beyond the Genome meeting, the Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, Maryland, USA, 19-22 September 2011
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The transcriptional landscape of Chlamydia pneumoniae
Marco Albrecht, Cynthia M Sharma, Marcus T Dittrich, Tobias Müller, Richard Reinhardt, Jörg Vogel, Thomas Rudel Genome Biology 2011, 12:R98 (11 October 2011)
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The life cycle of the obligate intracellular human pathogen C. pneumoniae has a dynamic transcriptional landscape
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Systematic mapping of two component response regulators to gene targets in a model sulfate reducing bacterium
Lara Rajeev, Eric G Luning, Paramvir S Dehal, Morgan N Price, Adam P Arkin, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay Genome Biology 2011, 12:R99 (12 October 2011)
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All response regulators in the genome of Desulfovibrius vulgaris are identified, as are all their target genes
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Comparative genomics of the pathogenic ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, its free-living relatives and a host species provide insights into adoption of a parasitic lifestyle and prospects for disease control
Robert S Coyne, Linda Hannick, Dhanasekaran Shanmugam, Jessica B Hostetler, Daniel Brami, Vinita S Joardar, Justin Johnson, Diana Radune, Irtisha Singh, Jonathan H Badger, Ujjwal Kumar, Milton Saier, Yufeng Wang, Hong Cai, Jianying Gu, Michael W Mather, Akhil B Vaidya, David E Wilkes, Vidyalakshmi Rajagopalan, David J Asai, Chad G Pearson, Robert C Findly, Harry W Dickerson, Martin Wu, Cindy Martens, Yves Van de Peer, David S Roos, Donna M Cassidy-Hanley, Theodore G Clark Genome Biology 2011, 12:R100 (17 October 2011)
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The genome of the pathogenic ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, which causes white spot disease in fish, is presented
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Chromothripsis is a common mechanism driving genomic rearrangements in primary and metastatic colorectal cancer
Wigard P Kloosterman, Marlous Hoogstraat, Oscar Paling, Masoumeh Tavakoli-Yaraki, Ivo Renkens, Joost S Vermaat, Markus J van Roosmalen, Stef van Lieshout, Isaac J Nijman, Wijnand Roessingh, Ruben van 't Slot, José van de Belt, Victor Guryev, Marco Koudijs, Emile Voest, Edwin Cuppen Genome Biology 2011, 12:R103 (19 October 2011)
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Chromothripsis is found to be a common mechanism driving structural rearrangement in primary colorectal cancer and metastases
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The draft genome and transcriptome of Cannabis sativa
Harm van Bakel, Jake M Stout, Atina G Cote, Carling M Tallon, Andrew G Sharpe, Timothy R Hughes, Jonathan E Page Genome Biology 2011, 12:R102 (20 October 2011)
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The genome and transcriptome of marijuana, and comparative analysis with resequenced hemp, explains the genetic basis of psychoactivity
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Adaptation of Rhizobium leguminosarum to pea, alfalfa and sugar beet rhizospheres investigated by comparative transcriptomics
Vinoy K Ramachandran, Alison K East, Ramakrishnan Karunakaran, J Allan Downie, Philip S Poole Genome Biology 2011, 12:R106 (21 October 2011)
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Transcription is measured in Rhizobium leguminosarum grown on roots of a host plant, a non-host legume and a non-leguminous plant
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The draft genome of the carcinogenic human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis
Xiaoyun Wang, Wenjun Chen, Yan Huang, Jiufeng Sun, Jingtao Men, Hailiang Liu, Fang Luo, Lei Guo, Xiaoli Lv, Chuanhuan Deng, Chenhui Zhou, Yongxiu Fan, Xuerong Li, Lisi Huang, Yue Hu, Chi Liang, Xuchu Hu, Jin Xu, Xinbing Yu Genome Biology 2011, 12:R107 (24 October 2011)
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A draft genome sequence of the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis, which is a leading cause of liver cancer in Asia
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Variation in global codon usage bias among prokaryotic organisms is associated with their lifestyles
Maya Botzman, Hanah Margalit Genome Biology 2011, 12:R109 (27 October 2011)
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Application of a new method to prokaryotic genomes reveals an association between lifestyle and codon bias
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SpeCond: a method to detect condition-specific gene expression
Florence MG Cavalli, Richard Bourgon, Wolfgang Huber, Juan M Vaquerizas, Nicholas M Luscombe Genome Biology 2011, 12:R101 (18 October 2011)
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A method to detect condition-specific gene expression from microarray data
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High-throughput RNA interference screening using pooled shRNA libraries and next generation sequencing
David Sims, Ana M Mendes-Pereira, Jessica Frankum, Darren Burgess, Maria-Antonietta Cerone, Cristina Lombardelli, Costas Mitsopoulos, Jarle Hakas, Nirupa Murugaesu, Clare M Isacke, Kerry Fenwick, Ioannis Assiotis, Iwanka Kozarewa, Marketa Zvelebil, Alan Ashworth, Christopher J Lord Genome Biology 2011, 12:R104 (21 October 2011)
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The incorporation of next generation sequencing into RNAi screening makes for a rapid, user-friendly and high-throughput method
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Integrating diverse genomic data using gene sets
Svitlana Tyekucheva, Luigi Marchionni, Rachel Karchin, Giovanni Parmigiani Genome Biology 2011, 12:R105 (21 October 2011)
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A method for integrating multiple genomic data types for the identification of enriched gene sets
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Allele-specific copy number analysis of tumor samples with aneuploidy and tumor heterogeneity
Markus Rasmussen, Magnus Sundström, Hanna Kultima, Johan Botling, Patrick Micke, Helgi Birgisson, Bengt Glimelius, Anders Isaksson Genome Biology 2011, 12:R108 (24 October 2011)
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TAPS is a method for identifying allele-specific copy number changes in tumor samples
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Correction: Structure and dynamics of the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae and closely related species
Claudio Donati, N Luisa Hiller, Hervé Tettelin, Alessandro Muzzi, Nicholas J Croucher, Samuel V Angiuoli, Marco Oggioni, Julie Hotopp, Fen Z Hu, David R Riley, Antonello Covacci, Tim J Mitchell, Stephen D Bentley, Mogens Kilian, Garth D Ehrlich, Rino Rappuoli, E Richard Moxon, Vega Masignani Genome Biology 2011, 12:140 (20 October 2011)
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