gb-2005-6-10-352 GBJ Paper report <p>Articles selected by Faculty <it>of </it><b> 1000</b>: ectopic gene conversions; heterozygous insertions in <it>C. elegans</it>; plant RNA silencing suppression; phage insertion into the host genome; screening viral protein variants</p> Genome Biology 1465-6906 2005 6 10 352 http://genomebiology.com/2005/6/10/352/ 10.1186/gb-2005-6-10-352 20 9 2005 2005 BioMed Central Ltd

Ectopic gene conversions; heterozygous insertions in C. elegans; plant RNA silencing suppression; phage insertion into the host genome; screening viral protein variants

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering ectopic gene conversions; heterozygous insertions in C. elegans; plant RNA silencing suppression; phage insertion into the host genome; screening viral protein variants.

Summary

Ectopic gene conversions; heterozygous insertions in C. elegans; plant RNA silencing suppression; phage insertion into the host genome; screening viral protein variants

 Plant biology Genetics Microbiology and parasitology Genome studies

Ectopic gene conversions

Ectopic gene conversions increase the G + C content of duplicated yeast and Arabidopsis genes. Benovoy D, Morris RT, Morin A, Drouin G. Mol Biol Evol 2005, 22:1865-1868.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-10-352.asp#Benovoy

Heterozygous insertions in C. elegans

Heterozygous insertions alter crossover distribution but allow crossover interference in C. elegans. Hammarlund M, Davis MW, Nguyen H, Dayton D, Jorgensen EM. Genetics 2005, August 22.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-10-352.asp#Hammarlund

Plant RNA silencing suppression

A plant RNA virus suppresses RNA silencing through viral RNA replication. Takeda A, Tsukuda M, Mizumoto H, Okamoto K, Kaido M, Mise K, Okuno T. EMBO J 2005, 24:3147-3157.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-10-352.asp#Takeda

Phage insertion into the host genome

The single-stranded genome of phage CTX is the form used for integration into the genome of Vibrio cholerae. Val ME, Bouvier M, Campos J, Sherratt D, Cornet F, Mazel D, Barre FX. Mol Cell 2005, 19:559-566.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-10-352.asp#Val

Screening viral protein variants

Library versus library recognition and inhibition of the HIV-1 Nef allelome. Olszewski A, Weiss GA. J Am Chem Soc 2005, 127:12178-12179.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-10-352.asp#Olszewski