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ZINBA integrates local covariates with DNA-seq data to identify broad and narrow regions of enrichment, even within amplified genomic regions
Naim U Rashid, Paul G Giresi, Joseph G Ibrahim, Wei Sun, Jason D Lieb Genome Biology 2011, 12:R67 (25 July 2011)
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ZINBA is a method for analyzing peaks in next generation sequencing datasets such as ChIP-seq or DNase-seq
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The minimal kinome of Giardia lamblia illuminates early kinase evolution and unique parasite biology
Gerard Manning, David S Reiner, Tineke Lauwaet, Michael Dacre, Alias Smith, Yufeng Zhai, Staffan Svard, Frances D Gillin Genome Biology 2011, 12:R66 (25 July 2011)
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Comparison of sequenced genomes of Giardia lamblia reveals that it has the fewest number of kinases of any known eukaryote
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Proteome-wide evidence for enhanced positive Darwinian selection within intrinsically disordered regions in proteins
Johan Nilsson, Mats Grahn, Anthony PH Wright Genome Biology 2011, 12:R65 (19 July 2011)
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Enhanced positive codon selection in the intrinsically disordered regions of yeast proteins
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Small RNA sequencing reveals miR-642a-3p as a novel adipocyte-specific microRNA and miR-30 as a key regulator of human adipogenesis
Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi, Brigitte Wdziekonski, Kevin Brigand, Phi Villageois, Bernard Mari, Rainer Waldmann, Christian Dani, Pascal Barbry Genome Biology 2011, 12:R64 (18 July 2011)
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The miR-30 family of miRNAs is found to regulate adipogenesis by targeting RUNX2 mRNA
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Genome sequence and global sequence variation map with 5.5 million SNPs in Chinese rhesus macaque
Xiaodong Fang, Yanfeng Zhang, Rui Zhang, Lixin Yang, Ming Li, Kaixiong Ye, Xiaosen Guo, Jun Wang, Bing Su Genome Biology 2011, 12:R63 (6 July 2011)
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The first genome of a Chinese rhesus macaque includes millions of SNPs relative to the (Indian) reference genome
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A comparative analysis of DNA methylation across human embryonic stem cell lines
Pao-Yang Chen, Suhua Feng, Jong Joo, Steve E Jacobsen, Matteo Pellegrini Genome Biology 2011, 12:R62 (6 July 2011)
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A comparison of DNA methylation in three human embryonic stem cell lines
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Correction: DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines
Jordana T Bell, Athma A Pai, Joseph K Pickrell, Daniel J Gaffney, Roger Pique-Regi, Jacob F Degner, Yoav Gilad, Jonathan K Pritchard Genome Biology 2011, 12:405 (3 July 2011)
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Profiling lymphoblastoid cell lines from HapMap individuals reveals a significant genetic component for inter-individual DNA methylation and gene expression
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Risky business
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2011, 12:119 (30 June 2011)
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Greater risk in funding scientific research could lead to better results
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Large-scale analysis of chromosomal aberrations in cancer karyotypes reveals two distinct paths to aneuploidy
Michal Ozery-Flato, Chaim Linhart, Luba Trakhtenbrot, Shai Izraeli, Ron Shamir Genome Biology 2011, 12:R61 (29 June 2011)
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A statistical analysis of the Mitelman database reveals an unexpected co-occurrence of chromosome gains and, similarly, of chromosome losses
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The tubby family proteins
Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Peter K Jackson Genome Biology 2011, 12:225 (28 June 2011)
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Tubby family proteins act as cellular bridges between phosphoinositides to other cellular structures and have roles in obesity and retinal disease
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The jigsaw puzzle of our African ancestry: unsolved, or unsolvable?
Chiara Batini, Mark A Jobling Genome Biology 2011, 12:118 (28 June 2011)
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Mark Jobling highlights a new Y chromosome phylogeny and discusses how it further fragments the puzzle of our African ancestry
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Genomes of uncultured eukaryotes: sorting FACS from fiction
Alexandra Z Worden, Christopher Dupont, Andrew E Allen Genome Biology 2011, 12:117 (27 June 2011)
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Direct genome sequencing of biliphytes, uncultured marine eukaryotes, from the environment shows the difficulties in separating out the signals from different genomes with this technique
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Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation
Nicola Segata, Jacques Izard, Levi Waldron, Dirk Gevers, Larisa Miropolsky, Wendy S Garrett, Curtis Huttenhower Genome Biology 2011, 12:R60 (24 June 2011)
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A method for distinguishing microbial populations from metagenomic data is presented
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The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism
Louise van der Weyden, Jacqueline K White, David J Adams, Darren W Logan Genome Biology 2011, 12:224 (24 June 2011)
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Many tools and technologies are now available for discovering disease genes, manipulating their function and understanding genetic variation in mice
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Dynamics of mitochondrial heteroplasmy in three families investigated via a repeatable re-sequencing study
Hiroki Goto, Benjamin Dickins, Enis Afgan, Ian M Paul, James Taylor, Kateryna D Makova, Anton Nekrutenko Genome Biology 2011, 12:R59 (23 June 2011)
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Analysis of 3 families with a Galaxy-based method for heteroplasmy identification suggests that within-individual mtDNA variation is infrequent
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Substitution rate variation at human CpG sites correlates with non-CpG divergence, methylation level and GC content
Carina F Mugal, Hans Ellegren Genome Biology 2011, 12:R58 (22 June 2011)
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CpG mutation rate variation in the human germline correlates with DNA methylation, GC content and the mutation rate of other nucleotides
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BioGraph: unsupervised biomedical knowledge discovery via automated hypothesis generation
Anthony ML Liekens, Jeroen De Knijf, Walter Daelemans, Bart Goethals, Peter De Rijk, Jurgen Del-Favero Genome Biology 2011, 12:R57 (22 June 2011)
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Software for data integration and mining of biomedical data
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A global transcriptional analysis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria reveals a novel family of telomere-associated lncRNAs
Kate M Broadbent, Daniel Park, Ashley R Wolf, Daria Van Tyne, Jennifer S Sims, Ulf Ribacke, Sarah Volkman, Manoj Duraisingh, Dyann Wirth, Pardis C Sabeti, John L Rinn Genome Biology 2011, 12:R56 (20 June 2011)
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Transcriptional analysis of Plasmodium falciparum reveals developmentally regulated telomere-associated lncRNAs
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Sniper: improved SNP discovery by multiply mapping deep sequenced reads
Daniel F Simola, Junhyong Kim Genome Biology 2011, 12:R55 (20 June 2011)
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A method for improved SNP discovery in next-generation sequencing data
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5-Hydroxymethylcytosine is associated with enhancers and gene bodies in human embryonic stem cells
Hume Stroud, Suhua Feng, Shannon Morey Kinney, Sriharsa Pradhan, Steven E Jacobsen Genome Biology 2011, 12:R54 (20 June 2011)
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A genome-wide study in hESCs finds that the modified base 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is enriched in enhancer regions and gene bodies
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Genome-wide mapping of the sixth base
Dinh Diep, Kun Zhang Genome Biology 2011, 12:116 (20 June 2011)
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Mapping of 5-hydroxylmethylcytosine in mammalian genomes has unveiled its unique role in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression
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Grand network convergence
Joel S Bader Genome Biology 2011, 12:306 (17 June 2011)
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A report of the Systems Biology: Networks meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA, 22-26 March, 2011
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Deep sequencing on genome-wide scale reveals the unique composition and expression patterns of microRNAs in developing pollen of Oryza sativa
Li Wei, Long Yan, Tai Wang Genome Biology 2011, 12:R53 (16 June 2011)
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Deep sequencing reveals miRNAs expressed during rice pollen development
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Bright days for yeast research
Martin Převorovský, Charalampos Rallis Genome Biology 2011, 12:305 (31 May 2011)
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A report on the British Yeast Group Meeting, Brighton, UK, 23-25 March 2011
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The lamin protein family
Travis A Dittmer, Tom Misteli Genome Biology 2011, 12:222 (31 May 2011)
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Lamins are the major architectural proteins of animal nuclear membranes and are involved in a wide range of nuclear functions and human diseases.
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