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We generated parthenogenetic human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with a homozygote diploid karyotype. Global gene expression and DNA methylation analyses of the parthenogenetic cells enabled the identification of the entire repertoire of paternally expressed genes. We thus demonstrated that...
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PMID: 21572443
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We describe the ways in which pseudogenes exert their effect on coding genes and explore the role of pseudogenes in the increasingly complex web of noncoding RNA that contributes to normal cellular regulation....
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PMID: 21398401
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Our results support the model that the QS sRNAs bind to the 5' untranslated region of multiple mRNAs and alter the fate of one in a positive manner and several others in a negative manner. This mechanism ensures the proper timing of the QS response, which includes the expression of traits critical f...
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PMID: 21031313
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Our understanding of siRNA and miRNA-based regulation has direct implications for fundamental biology as well as disease aetiology and treatment as it is discussed in this review on 'new techniques in molecular biology'.
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PMID: 21252559
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We hypothesize that genes in different orientations will have differing degrees of coupled expression and, in turn, different noise levels. Divergently organized gene pairs, in particular those with bidirectional promoters, have close promoters, maximizing the likelihood that expression of one gene...
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PMID: 21402863
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We aimed to identify novel sRNAs and sORFs in Shigella, the principal etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery.
We identified 64 sRNAs in Shigella, which were experimentally validated in other bacteria based on sequence conservation. We employed computer-based and tiling array-based m...
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PMID: 21483688
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RNA-based pathways that regulate protein expression are much more widespread than previously thought. Regulatory RNAs, including 5' and 3' untranslated regions next to the coding sequence, cis-acting antisense RNAs and trans-acting small non-coding RNAs, are effective regulatory mole...
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PMID: 21079634
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We have shown that key factors supporting pluripotency-Nanog, Oct4 and Sox2-bind within Xist intron 1 in undifferentiated embryonic stem cells (ESC) to repress Xist transcription. However, the relationship between transcription factors of the pluripotency network and Tsix regulation has remained unc...
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PMID: 21085182
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We identify Xic-encoded Jpx as an Xist activator. Jpx is developmentally regulated and accumulates during XCI. Deleting Jpx blocks XCI and is female lethal. Posttranscriptional Jpx knockdown recapitulates the knockout, and supplying Jpx in trans rescues lethality. Thus, Jpx is trans-acting and funct...
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PMID: 21029862
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Epigenetic signals are responsible for the establishment, maintenance, and reversal of metastable transcriptional states that are fundamental for the cell's ability to "remember" past events, such as changes in the external environment or developmental cues. Complex epigenetic states are orchestrate...
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PMID: 21030644
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We tested 18 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the IGF2, H19, and IGF2R genes for associations with birth weight variation in 342 mother-newborn pairs (birth weight 2.1-4.7 kg at term) and 527 parent-newborn trios (birth weight 2.1-5.1 kg) across three localities. SNPs in the IGF2R (rs819175...
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PMID: 20639793
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Jongdae Shin,
Michael Bossenz,
Young Chung,
Hong Ma,
Meg Byron,
Naoko Taniguchi-Ishigaki,
Xiaochun Zhu,
Baowei Jiao,
Lisa L Hall,
Michael R Green,
Stephen N Jones,
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer,
Jeanne B Lawrence and
Ingolf Bach
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We show, by targeting a conditional knockout of Rnf12 to oocytes where RLIM accumulates to high levels, that the maternal transmission of the mutant X chromosome (Δm) leads to lethality in female embryos as a result of defective imprinted XCI. We provide evidence that in Δm female embryos the in...
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PMID: 20962847
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The Tsix regulatory region was examined in vole Microtus rossiaemeridionalis. The minimal promoter region, three potential enhancer regulatory elements and one transcription suppressor element were identified. The enhancer regions contained potential binding sites of transcription activators, while...
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PMID: 21254563
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Interaction of transcription factor CTCF with the minimal promoter of Xist gene was investigated in intraspecific hybrids ofcommon voles. CTCF was shown to bind with the minimal promoter region in vivo. However, the experiments of the delay in gel resulted in the absence of interaction between the C...
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PMID: 21254564
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The Xist gene belongs to the class of long noncoding regulatory RNA genes which play a key role in the process of inactivation of one of the X chromosomes in females of placental mammals. Based on interspecific comparative sequence analysis performed using a set ofbioinformatic programs and approach...
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PMID: 21254561
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Mouse X chromosome inactivation center contains the DXPas34 minisatellite locus which plays an important role in expression regulation of the Tsix and Xist genes, involved into female dosage compensation. Comparative analysis of the DXPas34 locus from mouse, rat, and four common vole species reveale...
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PMID: 21254565
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We turn our attention to the larger, in number and size, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), and review their evolutionary complexity and the growing evidence for their diverse mechanisms of action and functional roles in basic molecular and cellular biology and in human disease. In contrast to the focu...
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PMID: 20951849
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We identified a new splice variant of ANRIL and introduced it into HeLa cells to uncover functional aspects of ANRIL towards cellular function. For this purpose, we monitored global mRNA expressional changes and conducted gene ontology enrichment. The majority of mRNAs was down-regulated by ANRIL ov...
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PMID: 20664976
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We have employed a genomewide tiling array to examine the lytic transcriptome of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, KSHV. Our results reveal that during lytic growth (but not during latency), there is extensive transcription from noncoding regions, including both intergenic regions and, es...
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PMID: 20534856
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We posit that more than a dozen additional miRNAs are excellent candidates for influencing the generation of iPS cells as well as for providing new insights into the process of reprogramming.
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PMID: 20478297
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of small non-coding RNAs that collectively regulate the expression of a large number of mRNAs by either promoting destabilization or repressing translation, or both. Therefore, they play a major role in shaping the transcriptomes and proteomes...
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PMID: 20596726
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We systematically screened 71 fully sequenced archaeal genomes, and identified some proteins containing homologous regions to the functional domains of eukaryotic RNA silencing pathway key proteins. The phylogenetic relationships of these proteins were analyzed. The conserved functional amino acids...
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PMID: 20816382
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We have also introduced Penelope into Drosophila melanogaster, which are otherwise naive to the element. We have taken advantage of these natural and experimentally induced colonization processes to probe the evolution of small RNA pathways in response to transposon challenge. In both species, Penel...
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PMID: 20581131
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We defined complementary DNAs (cDNAs) lacking any positive-strand open reading frames (ORFs) longer than 30 amino acids, as well as cDNAs lacking any evidence of interspecies conservation of their longer-than-30-amino acid ORFs, as noncoding. We have identified 5446 lncRNA genes in the human genome...
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PMID: 20587619
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We discuss the implications of phenotypic transcription factor retention on mitotic chromosomes in biological control and disease....
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PMID: 20628351
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We developed a method to profile small RNAs ( approximately 18-75 nt) from populations of cells undergoing predominantly lytic infection. Using two different next-generation sequencing platforms, we cloned and sequenced both pre-miRNAs and derivative miRNAs. Our analysis shows that the vast majority...
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PMID: 20566670
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We show that peptides of 11 to 32 amino acids encoded by the polished rice (pri) sORF gene control epidermal differentiation in Drosophila by modifying the transcription factor Shavenbaby (Svb). Pri peptides trigger the amino-terminal truncation of the Svb protein, which converts Svb from a represso...
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PMID: 20647469
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We report a previously unsuspected role for the nonprotein-coding RNA GAS5 in the inhibition of T-cell proliferation produced by mTOR antagonists such as rapamycin. GAS5 transcripts are up-regulated during growth arrest and after rapamycin treatment, and GAS5 has recently been shown to be necessary...
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PMID: 20421347
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We report the discovery of 34 novel small RNAs (sRNAs) in the TB-complex M. bovis BCG, using a combination of experimental and computational approaches. Putative homologues of many of these sRNAs were also identified in M. tuberculosis and/or M. smegmatis. Those sRNAs that are also expressed in the...
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PMID: 20181675
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We summarise recent advances in our knowledge of the regulation of Xist and Tsix in embryonic stem (ES) and differentiating ES cells....
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PMID: 20544740
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We discuss the interactions between RBPs and npcRNAs in the context of nuclear-related processes and their implication in plant development and stress responses. We propose that these interactions may add a regulatory layer that modulates the interactions between the nuclear genome and the environme...
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PMID: 20603381
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We discuss the interactions between RBPs and npcRNAs in the context of nuclear-related processes and their implication in plant development and stress responses. We propose that these interactions may add a regulatory layer that modulates the interactions between the nuclear genome and the environme...
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PMID: 20603381
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We examined intra- and inter-individual variation in DNA methylation at the differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of the IGF2/H19 and IGF2R loci in a population of children conceived in vitro or in vivo. We found substantial variation in allele-specific methylation at both loci in both groups. Ab...
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PMID: 20661447
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We show that shRNAs, which target the vector genomic RNA, strongly reduced lentiviral vector titers but inhibition of the RNAi pathway via saturation could rescue vector production. The presence of miRNAs in the vector RNA genome (sense orientation) results in a minor titer reduction due to Drosha p...
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PMID: 20498457
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We currently define as epigenetics evolved over time as our knowledge on DNA methylation and chromatin modifications and their effects on gene expression increased. The current explosion of research on epigenetics and the increasing documentation of the effects of various environmental factors on DN...
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PMID: 20381512
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Large noncoding RNAs fold into their biologically functional structures via compact yet disordered intermediates, which couple the stable secondary structure of the RNA with the emerging tertiary fold. The specificity of the collapse transition, which coincides with the assembly of helical domains,...
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PMID: 20192764
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We constructed and analyzed a size-fractionated cDNA library (20-35 nt) from epimastigotes forms of T. cruzi. Our results showed the production of an abundant class of tRNA-derived small RNAs preferentially restricted to specific isoacceptors and whose production was more accentuated under nutrition...
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PMID: 20156490
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We used exhaustive PSI-BLAST and TBLASTN searches across 774 bacterial genomes to identify homologs of known type I toxins. These searches substantially expanded the collection of predicted type I toxins, revealed homology of the Ldr and Fst toxins, and suggested that type I toxin-antitoxin loci are...
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PMID: 20156992
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RNA interference (RNAi), an evolutionarily conserved sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing mechanism, is triggered by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) that results in the degradation of homologous mRNA or in the inhibition of mRNA translation. The naturally occurring trigg...
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PMID: 20455856
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We propose a new non-coding RNA named B2 discovered by differential display. B2 is a nuclear RNA which is 51,011 bp long with no significant open reading frame. This RNA has a continuous homology with the genomic DNA of the HEF1/ NEDD9/Cas-L gene located on 6p24-p25. This homology has enabled us to...
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PMID: 20428794
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We report a next-generation sequencing technique designed to facilitate the inference of function of uncharacterized transcript forms by improving their coverage in sequencing libraries, in parallel with the detection of canonical mRNAs. We piloted this protocol, which is based on the capture of 3'...
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PMID: 20421314
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We show that Bunyamwera virus (BUNV), the prototype of the Bunyaviridae family of segmented negative-sense RNA viruses, also can repair its genomic termini. When an intact nontranslated region (NTR) was added to the anti-genomic 3' end, it was precisely removed, to restore both length and RNA synthe...
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PMID: 20430858
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We show that both Hfq and this Hfq binding site are required for RprA or ArcZ to act in vivo and to form a stable complex with rpoS mRNA in vitro; both were partially dispensable for DsrA at 37 degrees C. ArcZ sRNA is processed from 121 nt to a stable 56 nt species that contains the pairing region;...
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PMID: 20457943
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Silvia Tabano,
Patrizia Colapietro,
Irene Cetin,
Francesca R Grati,
Susanna Zanutto,
Chiara Mandò,
Patrizio Antonazzo,
Paola Pileri,
Franca Rossella,
Lidia Larizza,
Silvia M Sirchia and
Monica Miozzo
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We explored the epigenetic modulation of IGF2/H19 during human development in 60 normal and 66 idiopathic IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction) pregnancies, studying embryonic (cord blood) and extraembryonic (placenta and umbilical cord) tissues. We found ICR1 normal methylation levels ( approximat...
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PMID: 20418667
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We have characterized transcription sites located outside protein-coding genes in a highly regulated response, macrophage activation by endotoxin. Using chromatin signatures, we could unambiguously classify extragenic Pol_II binding sites as belonging to either canonical RNA genes or transcribed enh...
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PMID: 20485488
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We crossed two inbred lines to produce inbred and hybrid larvae, which grew at different rates under the same environmental conditions. Using high-throughput cloning and sequencing methods, we identified 1.1 million expressed sequence tags from the mitochondrial genome, 96.7% of which were perfect m...
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PMID: 20413789
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Markus Hafner,
Markus Landthaler,
Lukas Burger,
Mohsen Khorshid,
Jean Hausser,
Philipp Berninger,
Andrea Rothballer,
Manuel Ascano,
Anna-Carina Jungkamp,
Mathias Munschauer,
Alexander Ulrich,
Greg S Wardle,
Scott Dewell,
Mihaela Zavolan and
Thomas Tuschl
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We developed a cell-based crosslinking approach to determine at high resolution and transcriptome-wide the binding sites of cellular RBPs and miRNPs. The crosslinked sites are revealed by thymidine to cytidine transitions in the cDNAs prepared from immunopurified RNPs of 4-thiouridine-treated cells....
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PMID: 20371350
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We utilized a simple in vitro epigenetic reprogramming approach to convert skin fibroblasts into multipotent cells. After transient reprogramming, stem cell markers, including Oct4 and Nanog, became activated in the treated cells. The reprogrammed cells were multipotent as demonstrated by their abil...
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PMID: 20044135
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We aimed to determine the expression levels and methylation patterns of imprinted genes in placentas of live cloned piglets and dead ones. Quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis showed that the expression of all four imprinted genes (IGF2, H19, PEG3,...
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PMID: 20677935
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We first address the synthesis, mechanisms of action, and functions of siRNAs. Then, we focus on recent advances and technologies in miRNA and protein research of the human placenta. Next, we discuss the clinical applications of miRNA in lung cancer. We also touch on "long" noncoding RNAs from inter...
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PMID: 20453418
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Chromatin remodeling guided by non-coding RNA (ncRNA) contributes mechanistically to the establishment of chromatin structure and to the maintenance of epigenetic memory. Various ncRNAs have been identified as regulators of chromatin structure and gene expression. The widespread occurrence of antise...
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PMID: 20373265
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We give a short overview of fundamental computational techniques to analyze ncRNAs that can help us better understand their function. Topics covered include prediction of secondary structure from the primary sequence, prediction of consensus structures for homologous sequences, search for homologous...
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PMID: 20221926
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The biannual Abcam meeting on Chromatin: Structure & Function held last November covered many aspects of chromatin regulation in health and disease. Important discussion points were the dynamic aspects of chromatin and the ever-increasing involvement of non-coding RNAs in chromatin and epigenetic me...
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PMID: 20154643
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This report summarizes the information presented at the 2009 Keystone Conference on MicroRNAs and Cancer, held in Keystone, Colorado, USA, June 10th to 15th 2009. Soon after microRNAs (miRNAs) emerged as an abundant new class of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), evidence started to mount supporting importan...
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PMID: 20168081
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