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... The main goal and promise of comparative genomics has been to create a comprehensive catalog of genomic information and function across the phenomenal diversity of living systems. A recent study has demonstrated the evolutionary insights possible by generating high-quality whole-genome assemblies from multiple species of a clade. ...
... Growing popularity and diversity of genomic data demand portable and versatile genome browsers. Here, we present an open source programming library called GIVE that facilitates the creation of personalized genome browsers without requiring a system administrator. By inserting HTML tags, one can add to a personal webpage interactive visualization of multiple types of genomics data, including genome ...
... The field of 3D genomics grew at increasing rates in the last decade. The volume and complexity of 2D and 3D data produced is progressively outpacing the capacities of the technology previously used for distributing genome sequences. The emergence of new technologies provides also novel opportunities for the development of innovative approaches. In this paper, we review the state-of-the-art comput ...
... The best-studied Drosophila insulator complex consists of two BTB-containing proteins, the Mod(mdg4)-67.2 isoform and CP190, which are recruited cooperatively to chromatin through interactions with the DNA-binding architectural protein Su(Hw). While Mod(mdg4)-67.2 interacts only with Su(Hw), CP190 interacts with many other architectural proteins. In spite of the fact that CP190 is critical for the ...
... Despite revolutionary advances in sequencing approaches, many mendelian disorders have remained unexplained. In this issue of Cell, Aneichyk et al. combine genomic and cell-type-specific transcriptomic data to causally link a non-coding mutation in the ubiquitous TAF1 gene to X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism. ...
... The immunology field has invested great efforts and ingenuity to characterize the various immune cell types and elucidate their functions. However, accumulating evidence indicates that current technologies and classification schemes are limited in their ability to account for the functional heterogeneity of immune processes. Single-cell genomics hold the potential to revolutionize the way we chara ...
genomics, etc ; gene editing; gene therapy; genome; loci; nucleases; screening; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Programmable artificial nucleases have transitioned over the past decade from ZFNs and TALENs to CRISPR/Cas systems, which have been ubiquitously used with great success to modify genomes. The efficiencies of knockout and knockin vary widely among distinct cell types and genomic loci and depend on the nuclease delivery and cleavage efficiencies. Moreover, genetically modified cells are almost phen ...
genomics, etc ; consumers (people); genotyping; industry; Show all 4 Subjects
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... With more than 10 million genotyped customers, the consumer genomics industry is maturing and becoming a mainstream phenomenon. At last, innovations and applications, some unforeseen, are being brought to the masses. ...
genomics, etc ; automation; chemistry; oligosaccharides; proteomics; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Advances in carbohydrate chemistry have certainly made common oligosaccharides much more accessible. However, many current methods still rely heavily upon specialized knowledge of carbohydrate chemistry. The application of automated technologies to chemical and life science applications such as genomics and proteomics represents a vibrant field. These automated technologies also present opportunit ...
... Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PCC/PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that are unusually diverse in metabolic profiles, in classes of molecular alterations and across a large number of altered genes. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) comprehensively profiled the molecular landscape of PCC/PGLs and identified novel genomic alterations and a new molecular classification of PCC/PGLs. In this re ...
genomics, etc ; Drosophila melanogaster; biogeography; models; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The Hawaiian Drosophila have been a model system for evolutionary, ecological, and ethological studies since the inception of the Hawaiian Drosophila Project in the 1960s. Here we review the past and present research on this incredible lineage and provide a prospectus for future directions on genomics and microbial interactions. While the number of publications on this group has waxed and waned ov ...
... Obesity, as a global health issue, is a complex metabolic syndrome and its association with many chronic diseases. The pathology of obesity results from an interaction of psychological, environmental and variety of genetic factors. Etiologic determinants and molecular pathophysiology of obesity have not yet understood clearly. Previously shown that genetic markers have a significant role in the de ...
... The field of epigenetics describes the relationship between genotype and phenotype, by regulating gene expression without changing the canonical base sequence of DNA. It deals with molecular genomic information that is encoded by a rich repertoire of chemical modifications and molecular interactions. This regulation involves DNA, RNA and proteins that are enzymatically tagged with small molecular ...
genomics, etc ; Giardia lamblia virus; Protozoa; arthropods; genome; molluscs; monophyly; new species; oligopeptides; screening; vertebrates; viruses; Show all 12 Subjects
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... In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of new species potentially belonging to the Totiviridae family. Most of these new viruses have not yet been covered by the Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) official classification. In this study, a phylogenetic analysis including new sequences of Totiviridae candidates revealed a clade including Giardiavirus and a great div ...
genomics, etc ; Arabidopsis thaliana; Oryza sativa; deoxyribonuclease I; models; prediction; rice; support vector machines; transcriptional regulatory elements; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Predicting DNase I hypersensitive sites (DHSs) is an essential topic in the field of transcriptional regulatory elements, which provides clues for deciphering the function of noncoding genomic regions. To the best of our knowledge, several computational approaches are currently available for prediction of DHSs in the plant genome, but there is still room for improvement. In the present work, a DS ...
... Several genes of IFN-mediated pathways in vertebrates, among them the genes that participate in the 2ʹ,5ʹ-oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS)/RNase L pathway, have been identified in C. gigas. In the present study, we identified genes, which encode proteins having 2ʹ,5ʹ-oligoadenylate degrading activity in C. gigas. These proteins belong to the 2H phosphoesterase superfamily and have sequence similari ...
genomics, etc ; Hispanics; ancestry; guidelines; human genetics; humans; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The accurate description of ancestry is essential to interpret, access, and integrate human genomics data, and to ensure that these benefit individuals from all ancestral backgrounds. However, there are no established guidelines for the representation of ancestry information. Here we describe a framework for the accurate and standardized description of sample ancestry, and validate it by applicati ...
genomics, etc ; alleles; biodiversity; inbreeding; issues and policy; Show all 5 Subjects
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... “Conservation genomics” encompasses the idea that genome-scale data will improve the capacity of resource managers to protect species. Although genetic approaches have long been used in conservation research, it has only recently become tractable to generate genome-wide data at a scale that is useful for conservation. In this Review, we discuss how genome-scale data can inform species delineation ...