Bioinformatics and Genomics Gateway
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Articles
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Genome Biology 2012, 13:R8Population-specificity of human DNA methylation
Measurement of TSS-proximal DNA methylation in CEU and YRI genomes reveals significant population specificity
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Genome Biology 2012, 13:R9Predicting the effects of frameshifting indels
SIFT Indel is a method for predicting the effects of frameshifting indels in coding regions
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BMC Genomics 2012, 13:52Microgravity simulation by diamagnetic levitation: effects of a strong gradient magnetic field on the transcriptional profile of Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies raised in a zero-gravity environment created by a superconducting magnet show substantial changes in the expression of many essential genes, suggesting that extended weightlessness during space flight could also potentially have negative effects on cellular processes.
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Genome Medicine 2012, 4:8From hepatitis to hepatocellular carcinoma: a proposed model for cross-talk between inflammation and epigenetic mechanisms
Marion Martin and Zdenko Herceg discuss how cross-talk between inflammation and epigenetic mechanisms might be involved in the development of liver cancer.
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Genome Biology 2012, 13:R7Dissecting the regulatory architecture of gene expression QTLs
An analysis of eQTLs located in regulatory elements in the human genome
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Hot topics
Cancer biomarkers
Loss of miR-133a expression associated with poor survival of breast cancer and restoration of miR-133a expression inhibited breast cancer cell growth and invasion
BMC Cancer 2012, 12:51 (1 February 2012)
Metagenomics
NBC update: The addition of viral and fungal databases to the Naive Bayes Classification Tool
BMC Research Notes 2012, 5:81 (31 January 2012)
Clinical proteomics
LC-MS/MS-based shotgun proteomics identified the targets of arthritis-related microRNA
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012, 14(Suppl 1):P36 (9 February 2012)