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Volume 13 Issue 9
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Why science and synchronized swimming should not be Olympic sports
Neil Hall Genome Biology 2012, 13:171 (26 September 2012)
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By Neil Hall
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Functional predictions from inference and observation in sequence-based inflammatory bowel disease research
Folker Meyer, William L Trimble, Eugene B Chang, Kim M Handley Genome Biology 2012, 13:169 (26 September 2012)
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Research Highlight: important advances in understanding the gut microbiome composition and microbial metabolism in patients with IBD
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Evolutionary insights into genome-wide nucleosome positioning
Vijender Singh, Tom Owen-Hughes Genome Biology 2012, 13:170 (27 September 2012)
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A discussion of a recent article in Molecular Cell that uses different yeast species to determine the factors influencing nucleosome positioning
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Human pigmentation genes under environmental selection
Richard A Sturm, David L Duffy Genome Biology 2012, 13:248 (27 September 2012)
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A Review on what GWAS and comparative genomics have taught us about environmental selection on human pigmentation genes
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The yeast factory
Daniela Delneri Genome Biology 2012, 13:320 (25 September 2012)
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A report on the 13th International Congress on Yeasts (ICY), held at Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 26-30 August 2012
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Classification of human genomic regions based on experimentally determined binding sites of more than 100 transcription-related factors
Kevin Y Yip, Chao Cheng, Nitin Bhardwaj, James B Brown, Jing Leng, Anshul Kundaje, Joel Rozowsky, Ewan Birney, Peter Bickel, Michael Snyder, Mark Gerstein Genome Biology 2012, 13:R48 (5 September 2012)
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Machine learning analysis of ENCODE data for 100 transcription factors reveals six classes of genomic regions
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Analysis of variation at transcription factor binding sites in Drosophila and humans
Mikhail Spivakov, Junaid Akhtar, Pouya Kheradpour, Kathryn Beal, Charles Girardot, Gautier Koscielny, Javier Herrero, Manolis Kellis, Eileen EM Furlong, Ewan Birney Genome Biology 2012, 13:R49 (5 September 2012)
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Transcription factor binding site variability in fly and human provides evidence for a buffering phenomenon
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Functional analysis of transcription factor binding sites in human promoters
Troy W Whitfield, Jie Wang, Patrick J Collins, E Christopher Partridge, Shelley Aldred, Nathan D Trinklein, Richard M Myers, Zhiping Weng Genome Biology 2012, 13:R50 (5 September 2012)
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TFBSs are predicted from ENCODE data, and experiments in four cell lines find 70% to be functional
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The GENCODE pseudogene resource
Baikang Pei, Cristina Sisu, Adam Frankish, Cédric Howald, Lukas Habegger, Xinmeng Mu, Rachel Harte, Suganthi Balasubramanian, Andrea Tanzer, Mark Diekhans, Alexandre Reymond, Tim J Hubbard, Jennifer Harrow, Mark B Gerstein Genome Biology 2012, 13:R51 (5 September 2012)
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The GENCODE pseudogene resource includes evidence for dead genes undergoing resurrection
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Cell type-specific binding patterns reveal that TCF7L2 can be tethered to the genome by association with GATA3
Seth Frietze, Rui Wang, Lijing Yao, Yu Tak, Zhenqing Ye, Malaina Gaddis, Heather Witt, Peggy J Farnham, Victor X Jin Genome Biology 2012, 13:R52 (5 September 2012)
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The transcription factor TCF7L2 can be tethered to the genome by GATA3, and therefore can target sites lacking its own motif
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Modeling gene expression using chromatin features in various cellular contexts
Xianjun Dong, Melissa C Greven, Anshul Kundaje, Sarah Djebali, James B Brown, Chao Cheng, Thomas R Gingeras, Mark Gerstein, Roderic Guigó, Ewan Birney, Zhiping Weng Genome Biology 2012, 13:R53 (5 September 2012)
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Models for linking gene expression with chromatin features vary according to cellular context and RNA measurement method
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Dysfunction of the intestinal microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease and treatment
Xochitl C Morgan, Timothy L Tickle, Harry Sokol, Dirk Gevers, Kathryn L Devaney, Doyle V Ward, Joshua A Reyes, Samir A Shah, Neal LeLeiko, Scott B Snapper, Athos Bousvaros, Joshua Korzenik, Bruce E Sands, Ramnik J Xavier, Curtis Huttenhower Genome Biology 2012, 13:R79 (26 September 2012)
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An analysis of the microbes and microbial metabolism present in intestinal biopsies and stool samples from 231 IBD and healthy subjects
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Genome-wide analysis of intracellular pH reveals quantitative control of cell division rate by pHc in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Rick Orij, Malene L Urbanus, Franco J Vizeacoumar, Guri Giaever, Charles Boone, Corey Nislow, Stanley Brul, Gertien J Smits Genome Biology 2012, 13:R80 (26 September 2012)
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A study in yeast finds that intracellular pH actively controls growth rate, potentially via signaling through inositol polyphosphates
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Correlation of proteome-wide changes with social immunity behaviors provides insight into resistance to the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Robert Parker, M Marta Guarna, Andony P Melathopoulos, Kyung-Mee Moon, Rick White, Elizabeth Huxter, Stephen F Pernal, Leonard J Foster Genome Biology 2012, 13:R81 (28 September 2012)
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A proteomic study of honeybees identifies proteins associated with the hygienic response to infestation with Varroa destructor mite
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RELATCH: relative optimality in metabolic networks explains robust metabolic and regulatory responses to perturbations
Joonhoon Kim, Jennifer L Reed Genome Biology 2012, 13:R78 (26 September 2012)
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RELATCH is a method for predicting metabolic responses to genetic and environmental perturbations, based on the principle of relative optimality
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