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1080 Accesses
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DNA methylation of distal regulatory sites characterizes dysregulation of cancer genes
Dvir Aran, Sivan Sabato, Asaf Hellman Genome Biology 2013, 14:R21 (12 March 2013)
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A new study using an innovative machine learning approach finds that distal gene regulatory sites are hypermethylated in cancers
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1072 Accesses
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Studying the microbiology of the indoor environment
Scott T Kelley, Jack A Gilbert Genome Biology 2013, 14:202 (28 February 2013)
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Scott Kelley and Jack Gilbert review the microbiology of the built environment, and highlight how genomics can empower its study
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A metagenomic study of diet-dependent interaction between gut microbiota and host in infants reveals differences in immune response
Scott Schwartz, Iddo Friedberg, Ivan V Ivanov, Laurie A Davidson, Jennifer S Goldsby, David B Dahl, Damir Herman, Mei Wang, Sharon M Donovan, Robert S Chapkin Genome Biology 2012, 13:r32 (30 April 2012)
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A novel host-microbiome analysis method reveals a transcriptional immune response in the breast-fed infant gut associated with diet-specific microbiota
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Sequestration: inadvertently killing biomedical research to score political points
Jeffrey T Leek, Steven L Salzberg Genome Biology 2013, 14:109 (27 March 2013)
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Steven Salzberg and Jeff Leek are concerned about the Sequester's impact on biomedical research, and argue for a change in policy direction
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988 Accesses
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Retrotransposition of gene transcripts leads to structural variation in mammalian genomes
Adam D Ewing, Tracy J Ballinger, Dent Earl, Broad Institute Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program and Platform, Christopher C Harris, Li Ding, Richard K Wilson, David Haussler Genome Biology 2013, 14:R22 (13 March 2013)
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An analysis of gene retrocopy insertion polymorphisms in the germlines of individual humans, chimpanzees and mice, and in cancerous somatic tissues
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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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SOAPfuse: an algorithm for identifying fusion transcripts from paired-end RNA-Seq data
Wenlong Jia, Kunlong Qiu, Minghui He, Pengfei Song, Quan Zhou, Feng Zhou, Yuan Yu, Dandan Zhu, Michael L Nickerson, Shengqing Wan, Xiangke Liao, Xiaoqian Zhu, Shaoliang Peng, Yingrui Li, Jun Wang, Guangwu Guo Genome Biology 2013, 14:R12 (14 February 2013)
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SOAPfuse is a method for detecting fusion transcripts in RNA-seq data that has a high detection rate and low computational requirements
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960 Accesses
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Evaluation of next generation sequencing platforms for population targeted sequencing studies
Olivier Harismendy, Pauline C Ng, Robert L Strausberg, Xiaoyun Wang, Timothy B Stockwell, Karen Y Beeson, Nicholas J Schork, Sarah S Murray, Eric J Topol, Samuel Levy, Kelly A Frazer Genome Biology 2009, 10:R32 (27 March 2009)
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Human sequence generated from three next-generation sequencing platforms reveals systematic variability in sequence coverage due to local sequence characteristics.
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Genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii highlights extensive lateral gene transfer and early evolution of tyrosine kinase signaling
Michael Clarke, Amanda J Lohan, Bernard Liu, Ilias Lagkouvardos, Scott Roy, Nikhat Zafar, Claire Bertelli, Christina Schilde, Arash Kianianmomeni, Thomas R Burglin, Christian Frech, Bernard Turcotte, Klaus O Kopec, John M Synnott, Caleb Choo, Ivan Paponov, Aliza Finkler, Chris Soon Heng Tan, Andrew P Hutchins, Thomas Weinmeier, Thomas Rattei, Jeffery SC Chu, Gregory Gimenez, Manuel Irimia, Daniel J Rigden, David A Fitzpatrick, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Alex Bateman, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Petrus Tang et al.
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R11 (1 February 2013)
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Analysis of Acanthamoeba castellanii's genome reveals the role of lateral gene transfer and the evolution of tyrosine kinase signaling
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Ray Meta: scalable de novo metagenome assembly and profiling
Sébastien Boisvert, Frédéric Raymond, Élénie Godzaridis, François Laviolette, Jacques Corbeil Genome Biology 2012, 13:R122 (22 December 2012)
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A scalable, de novo metagenomic assembly method that couples taxonomic and ontology profiling
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Whole-genome reconstruction and mutational signatures in gastric cancer
Niranjan Nagarajan, Denis Bertrand, Axel M Hillmer, Zhi Zang, Fei Yao, Pierre-Étienne Jacques, Audrey SM Teo, Ioana Cutcutache, Zhenshui Zhang, Wah Lee, Yee Sia, Song Gao, Pramila N Ariyaratne, Andrea Ho, Xing Woo, Lavanya Veeravali, Choon Ong, Niantao Deng, Kartiki V Desai, Chiea Khor, Martin L Hibberd, Atif Shahab, Jaideepraj Rao, Mengchu Wu, Ming Teh, Feng Zhu, Sze Chin, Brendan Pang, Jimmy BY So, Guillaume Bourque et al.
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R115 (13 December 2012)
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In this study the whole genome sequencing is used to reveal mutational signatures in gastric cancer.
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qBase relative quantification framework and software for management and automated analysis of real-time quantitative PCR data
Jan Hellemans, Geert Mortier, Anne De Paepe, Frank Speleman, Jo Vandesompele Genome Biology 2007, 8:R19 (9 February 2007)
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qBase, a free program for the management and automated analysis of qPCR data, is described
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RNA sequencing reveals sexually dimorphic gene expression before gonadal differentiation in chicken embryos and allows comprehensive annotation of W-chromosome genes
Katie L Ayers, Nadia M Davidson, Diana Demiyah, Kelly N Roeszler, Frank Grutzner, Andrew H Sinclair, Alicia Oshlack, Craig A Smith Genome Biology 2013, 14:R26 (25 March 2013)
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A transcriptomic analysis of the chicken female-specific W sex chromosome sheds light on avian sex differentiation
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Galaxy: a comprehensive approach for supporting accessible, reproducible, and transparent computational research in the life sciences
Jeremy Goecks, Anton Nekrutenko, James Taylor, The Galaxy Team Genome Biology 2010, 11:R86 (25 August 2010)
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The Galaxy computing platform allows researchers to share data and data analysis workflows, facilitating easily reproducible analyses.
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High-throughput RNA interference screening using pooled shRNA libraries and next generation sequencing
David Sims, Ana M Mendes-Pereira, Jessica Frankum, Darren Burgess, Maria-Antonietta Cerone, Cristina Lombardelli, Costas Mitsopoulos, Jarle Hakas, Nirupa Murugaesu, Clare M Isacke, Kerry Fenwick, Ioannis Assiotis, Iwanka Kozarewa, Marketa Zvelebil, Alan Ashworth, Christopher J Lord Genome Biology 2011, 12:R104 (21 October 2011)
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The incorporation of next generation sequencing into RNAi screening makes for a rapid, user-friendly and high-throughput method
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Proteopedia - a scientific 'wiki' bridging the rift between three-dimensional structure and function of biomacromolecules
Eran Hodis, Jaime Prilusky, Eric Martz, Israel Silman, John Moult, Joel L Sussman Genome Biology 2008, 9:R121 (3 August 2008)
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Proteopedia is an interactive wiki-style web resource that presents 3D structural and functional information in a user-friendly manner and allows real-time community annotation.
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879 Accesses
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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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A CRISPR way to engineer the human genome
Sivaprakash Ramalingam, Narayana Annaluru, Srinivasan Chandrasegaran Genome Biology 2013, 14:107 (26 February 2013)
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Srinivasan Chandrasegaran and colleagues explain how recent advances in mammalian genome engineering exploit the natural properties of the bacterial CRISPR system
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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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Do-it-yourself genetic testing
Steven L Salzberg, Mihaela Pertea Genome Biology 2010, 11:404 (7 October 2010)
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How to test your BRCA status and why we need to prepare for the personal genomics age.
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Comparative analysis of tandem repeats from hundreds of species reveals unique insights into centromere evolution
Daniel P Melters, Keith R Bradnam, Hugh A Young, Natalie Telis, Michael R May, J GRAHAM Ruby, Robert Sebra, Paul Peluso, John Eid, David Rank, Jose Fernando Garcia, Joseph L DeRisi, Timothy Smith, Christian Tobias, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Ian Korf, Simon WL Chan Genome Biology 2013, 14:R10 (30 January 2013)
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An analysis of centromere tandem repeats in 282 species reveals similar modes of evolution despite the lack of sequence conservation
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814 Accesses
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Composition of the adult digestive tract bacterial microbiome based on seven mouth surfaces, tonsils, throat and stool samples
Nicola Segata, Susan Haake, Peter Mannon, Katherine P Lemon, Levi Waldron, Dirk Gevers, Curtis Huttenhower, Jacques Izard Genome Biology 2012, 13:R42 (14 June 2012)
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The Human Microbiome Project's analysis of ten sites in the digestive tract of healthy human adults
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Transposable elements reveal a stem cell-specific class of long noncoding RNAs
David Kelley, John Rinn Genome Biology 2012, 13:R107 (26 November 2012)
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A characterization of the transposable element content of human lincRNAs to resolve the evolutionary origins of lincRNAs in the human genome
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A novel and universal method for microRNA RT-qPCR data normalization
Pieter Mestdagh, Pieter Van Vlierberghe, An De Weer, Daniel Muth, Frank Westermann, Frank Speleman, Jo Vandesompele Genome Biology 2009, 10:R64 (16 June 2009)
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The mean expression value: a new method for accurate and reliable normalization of microRNA expression data from RT-qPCR experiments.
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785 Accesses
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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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