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Regulation of transcriptome, translation, and proteome in response to environmental stress in fission yeast
Daniel H Lackner, Michael W Schmidt, Shuangding Wu, Dieter A Wolf, Jürg Bähler Genome Biology 2012, 13:R25 (18 April 2012)
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Changes in transcription and translation are measured in fission yeast exposed to different stresses to elucidate layers of gene expression control
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Apocalypse now?
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2012, 13:151 (30 March 2012)
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Greg Petsko identifies some signs of the coming end of the world and, in that context, urges readers to pay close attention to the coming US presidential election
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The Transcription Factor Encyclopedia
Dimas Yusuf, Stefanie L Butland, Magdalena I Swanson, Eugene Bolotin, Amy Ticoll, Warren A Cheung, Xiao Cindy Zhang, Christopher TD Dickman, Debra L Fulton, Jonathan S Lim, Jake M Schnabl, Oscar HP Ramos, Mireille Vasseur-Cognet, Charles N de Leeuw, Elizabeth M Simpson, Gerhart U Ryffel, Eric W-F Lam, Ralf Kist, Miranda SC Wilson, Raquel Marco-Ferreres, Jan J Brosens, Leonardo L Beccari, Paola Bovolenta, Bérénice A Benayoun, Lara J Monteiro, Helma DC Schwenen, Lars Grontved, Elizabeth Wederell, Susanne Mandrup, Reiner A Veitia et al.
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R24 (29 March 2012)
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A high quality compendium of transcription factor data that allows researchers to add new data via a peer-review system
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Efficient and robust RNA-seq process for cultured bacteria and complex community transcriptomes
Georgia Giannoukos, Dawn M Ciulla, Katherine Huang, Brian J Haas, Jacques Izard, Joshua Z Levin, Jonathan Livny, Ashlee M Earl, Dirk Gevers, Doyle V Ward, Chad Nusbaum, Bruce W Birren, Andreas Gnirke Genome Biology 2012, 13:r23 (28 March 2012)
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A method is presented for transcriptome sequencing of complex bacterial mixtures or communities
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Modifier genetics in neuropsychiatric disease: challenges and opportunities
Elizabeth K Ruzzo, Andrea L Pappas, David B Goldstein Genome Biology 2012, 13:150 (28 March 2012)
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David Goldstein and colleagues highlight a recent study that focuses attention on multigenic interactions influencing the risk of autism spectrum disorders
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An integrative probabilistic model for identification of structural variation in sequencing data
Suzanne S Sindi, Selim Önal, Luke C Peng, Hsin-Ta Wu, Benjamin J Raphael Genome Biology 2012, 13:R22 (27 March 2012)
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GASVpro is a method for structural variant detection that takes in to account both paired read and read depth signals
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Faster sequencers, larger datasets, new challenges
Christopher E Mason, Olivier Elemento Genome Biology 2012, 13:314 (27 March 2012)
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The Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting included announcements of some major advances in sequencing technology
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Toward a complete Drosophila deficiency kit
John Roote, Steven Russell Genome Biology 2012, 13:149 (23 March 2012)
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Roote and Russell discuss our Research article describing the development of a second-generation Drosophila deficiency kit
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The generation of chromosomal deletions to provide extensive coverage and subdivision of the Drosophila melanogaster genome
R Kimberley Cook, Stacey J Christensen, Jennifer A Deal, Rachel A Coburn, Megan E Deal, Jill M Gresens, Thomas C Kaufman, Kevin R Cook Genome Biology 2012, 13:R21 (22 March 2012)
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A new, large-scale collection of Drosophila deficiency strains from the BDSC, providing increased coverage of the genome
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Genome-wide analysis of plant nat-siRNAs reveals insights into their distribution, biogenesis and function
Xiaoming Zhang, Jing Xia, Yifan E Lii, Blanca E Barrera-Figueroa, Xuefeng Zhou, Shang Gao, Lu Lu, Dongdong Niu, Zheng Chen, Christy Leung, Timothy Wong, Huiming Zhang, Jianhua Guo, Yi Li, Renyi Liu, Wanqi Liang, Jian-Kang Zhu, Weixiong Zhang, Hailing Jin Genome Biology 2012, 13:R20 (22 March 2012)
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In Arabidopsis and rice, natural antisense transcripts are processed into siRNAs by DCL1 and DCL3
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Defining the molecular profile of planarian pluripotent stem cells using a combinatorial RNA-seq, RNA interference and irradiation approach
Jordi Solana, Damian Kao, Yuliana Mihaylova, Farah Jaber-Hijazi, Sunir Malla, Ray Wilson, Aziz Aboobaker Genome Biology 2012, 13:R19 (22 March 2012)
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Planarian stem cells are ablated by RNAi against histone 2B and the neoblast-specific transcriptome is determined
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The R-spondin protein family
Wim BM de Lau, Berend Snel, Hans C Clevers Genome Biology 2012, 13:242 (22 March 2012)
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Hans Clevers and colleagues review R-spondins, a protein family of potent stem cell proliferation stimulators with potential utility in regenerative medicine
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The RNA-binding landscapes of two SR proteins reveal unique functions and binding to diverse RNA classes
Minna-Liisa Änkö, Michaela Müller-McNicoll, Holger Brandl, Tomaz Curk, Crtomir Gorup, Ian Henry, Jernej Ule, Karla M Neugebauer Genome Biology 2012, 13:R17 (21 March 2012)
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RNA-binding protein SRSF3 is the master regulator of a splicing network, and - together with SRSF4 - mysteriously regulates unsplicable histone transcripts
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The fine-scale architecture of structural variants in 17 mouse genomes
Binnaz Yalcin, Kim Wong, Amarjit Bhomra, Martin Goodson, Thomas M Keane, David J Adams, Jonathan Flint Genome Biology 2012, 13:R18 (20 March 2012)
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An extensive characterization of structural variations in the genomes of seventeen inbred mouse strains
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MAnorm: a robust model for quantitative comparison of ChIP-Seq data sets
Zhen Shao, Yijing Zhang, Guo-Cheng Yuan, Stuart H Orkin, David J Waxman Genome Biology 2012, 13:R16 (16 March 2012)
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MAnorm is a method for quantitative comparison of ChIP-seq datasets
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Q & A: the Snyderome
Michael Snyder Genome Biology 2012, 13:147 (16 March 2012)
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Michael Snyder answers Genome Biology's questions on the human and professional stories underlying his Snyderome integrative omics project
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Women in Science
Genome Biology Genome Biology 2012, 13:148 (8 March 2012)
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Four leading scientists answer our questions on how being female can impact upon a scientific career
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Life at the extreme: lessons from the genome
Dong-Ha Oh, Maheshi Dassanayake, Hans J Bohnert, John M Cheeseman Genome Biology 2012, 13:241 (6 March 2012)
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High-throughput studies are providing insights into how extremophile plants adapt to life in places where most plant species cannot survive
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Characterizing linkage disequilibrium and evaluating imputation power of human genomic insertion-deletion polymorphisms
James T Lu, Yi Wang, Richard A Gibbs, Fuli Yu Genome Biology 2012, 13:R15 (29 February 2012)
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Analysis of 1000 Genomes phase 3 data reveals that indels are in tight linkage disequilibrium with SNPs
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Chromatin structural changes around satellite repeats on the female sex chromosome in Schistosoma mansoni and their possible role in sex chromosome emergence
Julie MJ Lepesant, Céline Cosseau, Jérome Boissier, Michael Freitag, Julien Portela, Déborah Climent, Cécile Perrin, Adhemar Zerlotini, Christoph Grunau Genome Biology 2012, 13:R14 (29 February 2012)
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Sex chromosome-specific sequences are identified in the blood fluke genome, shedding light on sex chromosome evolution
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All Your Base: a fast and accurate probabilistic approach to base calling
Tim Massingham, Nick Goldman Genome Biology 2012, 13:R13 (29 February 2012)
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A fast and accurate base calling method enables improved genotyping and assembly compared to existing tools
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Epigenomics and chromatin dynamics
Veronika Akopian, Michelle M Chan, Kendell Clement, Christina Galonska, Casey A Gifford, Elizabeth Lehtola, Jing Liao, Payman Samavarchi-Tehrani, Camille Sindhu, Zachary D Smith, Alexander M Tsankov, Jamie Webster, Yingying Zhang, Michael J Ziller, Alexander Meissner Genome Biology 2012, 13:313 (24 February 2012)
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A report on the Joint Keystone Symposium on Epigenomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Keystone, Colorado, 17-22 January 2012
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A case of the flu
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2012, 13:146 (24 February 2012)
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The public perception of science is a crucial factor in whether the availability of recent work on constructing a virulent strain of influenza should be restricted
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Maternal-to-zygotic transition: soma versus germline
Martine Simonelig Genome Biology 2012, 13:145 (22 February 2012)
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Martine Simonelig highlights our Research article on differences between the Drosophila maternal-to-zygotic transition in primordial germ cells and soma
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Old soldiers never die ....
Jacobus J Boomsma, Sanne Nygaard Genome Biology 2012, 13:144 (22 February 2012)
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A Research Highlight by Boomsma and Nygaard on the evolutionary persistence of "supersoldier" development pathway potential in supersoldier-less ant lineages
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