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Volume 12 Issue 11
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Dominoes
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2011, 12:134 (30 November 2011)
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Editor’s summary
If we fund the next big science program, how many smaller research programs will receive no funding as a consequence?
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Wrangling for microRNAs provokes much crosstalk
Ana C Marques, Jennifer Tan, Chris P Ponting Genome Biology 2011, 12:132 (21 November 2011)
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Chris Ponting highlights recent articles on competitive endogenous RNAs that illustrate how miRNA response elements enable crosstalk between transcripts
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BRD4 jump-starts transcription after mitotic silencing
Philipp Voigt, Danny Reinberg Genome Biology 2011, 12:133 (29 November 2011)
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Philipp Voigt and Danny Reinberg highlight BRD4's role in gene bookmarking during mitosis, and how this might be exploited in chemotherapy
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A world in a grain of sand: human history from genetic data
Vincenza Colonna, Luca Pagani, Yali Xue, Chris Tyler-Smith Genome Biology 2011, 12:234 (21 November 2011)
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Genome-wide genotypes and sequences are enriching our understanding of the past 50,000 years of human history, according to Chris Tyler-Smith
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Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases
Gillian Murphy Genome Biology 2011, 12:233 (11 November 2011)
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As metalloproteinase-independent functions are discovered for TIMPs, future work will focus on identifying receptors and downstream signaling mechanisms
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Report |
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Human genetics in full resolution
Alicia Schiavi, Nicholas Light, Veronique Adoue, Stephan Busche, Tomi Pastinen Genome Biology 2011, 12:309 (24 November 2011)
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A report on the 12th International Congress of Human Genetics, and the annual American Society of Human Genetics conference, October 2011
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Composite effects of gene determinants on the translation speed and density of ribosomes
Tamir Tuller, Isana Veksler-Lublinsky, Nir Gazit, Martin Kupiec, Eytan Ruppin, Michal Ziv-Ukelson Genome Biology 2011, 12:R110 (3 November 2011)
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Codon usage, amino acid charge and mRNA folding energy all correlate with translation speed and ribosome density
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Evaluation of genomic high-throughput sequencing data generated on Illumina HiSeq and Genome Analyzer systems
André E Minoche, Juliane C Dohm, Heinz Himmelbauer Genome Biology 2011, 12:R112 (8 November 2011)
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Error rates are compared in data from Illumina's HiSeq and GAIIx systems
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Discovery of active enhancers through bidirectional expression of short transcripts
Michael F Melgar, Francis S Collins, Praveen Sethupathy Genome Biology 2011, 12:R113 (14 November 2011)
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Regions showing bidirectional expression of short transcripts can be used to identify active enhancers
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Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in sweet and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
Lei-Ying Zheng, Xiao-Sen Guo, Bing He, Lian-Jun Sun, Yao Peng, Shan-Shan Dong, Teng-Fei Liu, Shuye Jiang, Srinivasan Ramachandran, Chun-Ming Liu, Hai-Chun Jing Genome Biology 2011, 12:R114 (21 November 2011)
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Genomes from three strains of Sorghum bicolor (one grain and two sweet) have been sequenced and compared with the reference genome
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Whole genome sequencing of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals mutations in penicillin-binding proteins and in a putative iron permease
Fereshteh Fani, Philippe Leprohon, Danielle Légaré, Marc Ouellette Genome Biology 2011, 12:R115 (22 November 2011)
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Sequencing of antibiotic resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals an initial mutation in an iron permease conferring tolerance to antibiotic-induced accumulation of oxidants
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Genome sequence of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris, a valued traditional chinese medicine
Peng Zheng, Yongliang Xia, Guohua Xiao, Chenghui Xiong, Xiao Hu, Siwei Zhang, Huajun Zheng, Yin Huang, Yan Zhou, Shengyue Wang, Guo-Ping Zhao, Xingzhong Liu, Raymond J St Leger, Chengshu Wang Genome Biology 2011, 12:R116 (23 November 2011)
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The genome and transcriptome sequences of Cordyceps militaris, a fungal pathogen of insects that is used in traditional Chinese medicine
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Heat shock factor binding in Alu repeats expands its involvement in stress through an antisense mechanism
Rajesh Pandey, Amit K Mandal, Vineet Jha, Mitali Mukerji Genome Biology 2011, 12:R117 (23 November 2011)
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HSF binding to conserved sites in Alu repeats initiates an antisense transcript-mediated response to heat shock
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Hundreds of putatively functional small open reading frames in Drosophila
Emmanuel Ladoukakis, Vini Pereira, Emile G Magny, Adam Eyre-Walker, Juan Pablo Couso Genome Biology 2011, 12:R118 (25 November 2011)
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The Drosophila genome contains hundreds of small open reading frames with putative functionality
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Genome-wide analysis of chromatin features identifies histone modification sensitive and insensitive yeast transcription factors
Chao Cheng, Chong Shou, Kevin Y Yip, Mark B Gerstein Genome Biology 2011, 12:R111 (7 November 2011)
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A method that uses both chromatin features and motif identification to predict transcription factor binding sites
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Correspondence |
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Correction: Widespread evidence for horizontal transfer of transposable elements across Drosophila genomes
Carolina Bartolomé, Xabier Bello, Xulio Maside Genome Biology 2011, 12:411 (15 January 2012)
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Correction: Cell death upon epigenetic genome methylation: a novel function of methyl-specific deoxyribonucleases
Eri Fukuda, Katarzyna H Kaminska, Janusz M Bujnicki, Ichizo Kobayashi Genome Biology 2011, 12:412 (15 January 2012)
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