301.
SNP selection for genes of iron metabolism in a study of genetic modifiers of hemochromatosis
Clare
C
Constantine,
Lyle
C
Gurrin,
Christine
E
McLaren,
Melanie
Bahlo,
Gregory
J
Anderson,
Chris
D
Vulpe,
Susan
M
Forrest,
Katrina
J
Allen,
Dorota
M
Gertig,
BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9 :18 (20 March 2008)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
302.
Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements
Cristina
Grande,
José
Templado,
Rafael
Zardoya
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8 :61 (26 February 2008)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
303.
Post-Messinian evolutionary relationships across the Sicilian channel: Mitochondrial and nuclear markers link a new green toad from Sicily to African relatives
Matthias
Stöck,
Alessandra
Sicilia,
Natalia
M
Belfiore,
David
Buckley,
Sabrina
Lo Brutto,
Mario
Lo Valvo,
Marco
Arculeo
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8 :56 (23 February 2008)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed |
304.
Comparative hybridization reveals extensive genome variation in the AIDS-associated pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
Guanggan
Hu,
Iris
Liu,
Anita
Sham,
Jason
E
Stajich,
Fred
S
Dietrich,
James
W
Kronstad
Genome Biology 2008, 9 :R41 (22 February 2008)
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Editor’s summary
Extensive genome variation in the AIDS-associated pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is revealed through comparative genome hybridization between strains of different mating type, molecular subtype and ploidy.
305.
Mechanisms of intron gain and loss in Cryptococcus
Thomas
J
Sharpton,
Daniel
E
Neafsey,
James
E
Galagan,
John
W
Taylor
Genome Biology 2008, 9 :R24 (30 January 2008)
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Editor’s summary
Comparison of five relatively closely related yeast Cryptococcus genomes suggests that recombination causes internal intron loss and that DNA repeat expansion can create new introns in a population.
306.
Comparison of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Nepal- a hospital-based retrospective study
Chandrashekhar
T
Sreeramareddy,
Kishore
V
Panduru,
Sharat
C
Verma,
Hari
S
Joshi,
Michael
N
Bates
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :8 (24 January 2008)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
307.
Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of transcriptional regulation in Escherichia coli
Morgan
N
Price,
Paramvir
S
Dehal,
Adam
P
Arkin
Genome Biology 2008, 9 :R4 (7 January 2008)
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Editor’s summary
Most Escherichia coli transcription factors have paralogs, but these usually arose by horizontal gene transfer rather than by duplication within the E. coli lineage, as previously believed.
308.
Conditional genotype analysis: detecting secondary disease loci in linkage disequilibrium with a primary disease locus
Glenys
Thomson,
Ana
Valdes
BMC Proceedings 2007, 1 (Suppl 1):S163 (18 December 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
309.
Systematics and plastid genome evolution of the cryptically photosynthetic parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)
Joel
R
McNeal,
Kathiravetpilla
Arumugunathan,
Jennifer
V
Kuehl,
Jeffrey
L
Boore,
Claude
W
dePamphilis
BMC Biology 2007, 5 :55 (13 December 2007)
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Editor’s summary
The parasitic plant genus Cuscuta has undergone complex patterns of evolution according to new evidence from DNA sequence data, therefore classifying this unusual group based on morphological or ecological characteristics alone is misleading.
310.
Anthropocentric Video Segmentation for Lecture Webcasts
Gerald
Friedland,
Raul
Rojas
EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing 2007, 2008 :195743 (12 December 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF
311.
Analysis of gene expression during neurite outgrowth and regeneration
Moriah
L
Szpara,
Karen
Vranizan,
Yu
Tai,
Corey
S
Goodman,
Terence
P
Speed,
John
Ngai
BMC Neuroscience 2007, 8 :100 (23 November 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
312.
Energy-Efficient Bandwidth Allocation for Multiuser Scalable Video Streaming over WLAN
Xin
Ji,
Sofie
Pollin,
Gauthier
Lafruit,
Iole
Moccagatta,
Antoine
Dejonghe ,
Francky
Catthoor
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2008, 2008 :219570 (5 November 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF
313.
The effect of HIV on morbidity and mortality in children with severe malarial anaemia
Samuel
Malamba,
Wolfgang
Hladik,
Arthur
Reingold,
Flora
Banage,
Willi
McFarland,
George
Rutherford,
Derrick
Mimbe,
Esau
Nzaro,
Robert
Downing,
Jonathan
Mermin
Malaria Journal 2007, 6 :143 (31 October 2007)
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Editor’s summary
This study demonstrates that HIV-infected children were approximately three times more likely to die within seven days of a symptomatic malaria episode than HIV-uninfected children, and had more frequent re-admissions due to malaria within 28 days.
314.
Usage patterns, health, and nutritional status of long-term multiple dietary supplement users: a cross-sectional study
Gladys
Block,
Christopher
D
Jensen,
Edward
P
Norkus,
Tapashi
B
Dalvi,
Les
G
Wong,
Jamie
F
McManus,
Mark
L
Hudes
Nutrition Journal 2007, 6 :30 (24 October 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
315.
Complete plastid genome sequences suggest strong selection for retention of photosynthetic genes in the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta
Joel
R
McNeal,
Jennifer
V
Kuehl,
Jeffrey
L
Boore,
Claude
W
de Pamphilis
BMC Plant Biology 2007, 7 :57 (24 October 2007)
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Editor’s summary
Parasitic Cuscuta species have surprisingly retained genes involved in photosynthesis, unlike the parasitic plant Epifagus which lost these genes, suggesting that selection on RuBisCo and photosystems is the primary reason for maintaining the plastid genome in Cuscuta.
316.
Effectiveness of the polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine among HIV-infected persons in Brazil: a case control study
Maria
Veras,
Wayne
TA
Enanoria,
Euclides
A
Castilho,
Arthur
L
Reingold
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7 :119 (23 October 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
317.
Comparative genomic analysis of fungal genomes reveals intron-rich ancestors
Jason
E
Stajich,
Fred
S
Dietrich,
Scott
W
Roy
Genome Biology 2007, 8 :R223 (19 October 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
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Editor’s summary
Analysis of intron gain and loss in fungal genomes provides support for an intron-rich fungus-animal ancestor.
318.
Strainer: software for analysis of population variation in community genomic datasets
John
M
Eppley,
Gene
W
Tyson,
Wayne
M
Getz,
Jillian
F
Banfield
BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8 :398 (17 October 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
319.
Longitudinal, population-based study of racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer survival: impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status, treatment and comorbidity
Scarlett
Gomez,
Cynthia
D
O'Malley,
Antoinette
Stroup,
Sarah
J
Shema,
William
A
Satariano
BMC Cancer 2007, 7 :193 (16 October 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
320.
Association with the origin recognition complex suggests a novel role for histone acetyltransferase Hat1p/Hat2p
Bernhard
Suter,
Oxana
Pogoutse,
Xinghua
Guo,
Nevan
Krogan,
Peter
Lewis,
Jack
F
Greenblatt,
Jasper
Rine,
Andrew
Emili
BMC Biology 2007, 5 :38 (19 September 2007)
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Editor’s summary
The yeast histone acetyltransferase Hat1p is involved in nuclear chromatin assembly, but also interacts with the origin recognition complex and with chromatin during S-phase, suggesting a new role for this histone acetyltransferase in DNA replication.
321.
Aging impacts transcriptomes but not genomes of hormone-dependent breast cancers
Christina
Yau,
Vita
Fedele,
Ritu
Roydasgupta,
Jane
Fridlyand,
Alan
Hubbard,
Joe
W
Gray,
Karen
Chew,
Shanaz
H
Dairkee,
Dan
H
Moore,
Francesco
Schittulli,
Stefania
Tommasi,
Angelo
Paradiso,
Donna
G
Albertson,
Christopher
C
Benz
Breast Cancer Research 2007, 9 :R59 (12 September 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
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Editor’s summary
Epigenetic transcriptome changes, more than genotypic variation, account for age-associated differences in the incidence and prognosis of sporadic hormone-dependant breast cancer, according to microarray study.
322.
The importance of comparative phylogeography in diagnosing introduced species: a lesson from the seal salamander, Desmognathus monticola
Ronald
M
Bonett,
Kenneth
H
Kozak,
David
R
Vieites,
Alison
Bare,
Jessica
A
Wooten,
Stanley
E
Trauth
BMC Ecology 2007, 7 :7 (7 September 2007)
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Editor’s summary
Isolated seal salamanders hundreds of kilometers from their native habitat share identical haplotypes with salamanders in the main population, revealing them to be an invader that threatens local species, rather than a relict that needs conserving.
323.
Can family planning outreach bridge the urban-rural divide in Zambia?
Justin
S
White,
Ilene
S
Speizer
BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7 :143 (5 September 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
324.
Global analysis of host response to induction of a latent bacteriophage
Robin
E
Osterhout,
Israel
A
Figueroa,
Jay
D
Keasling,
Adam
P
Arkin
BMC Microbiology 2007, 7 :82 (31 August 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
325.
Measuring perinatal complications: methodologic issues related to gestational age
Aaron
B
Caughey
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2007, 7 :18 (30 August 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
326.
Transcriptional control in embryonic Drosophila midline guidance assessed through a whole genome approach
Tiago
R
Magalhães,
Jessica
Palmer,
Pavel
Tomancak,
Katherine
S
Pollard
BMC Neuroscience 2007, 8 :59 (31 July 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
327.
Comparative mitochondrial genomics of snakes: extraordinary substitution rate dynamics and functionality of the duplicate control region
Zhi
J
Jiang,
Todd
A
Castoe,
Christopher
C
Austin,
Frank
T
Burbrink,
Matthew
D
Herron,
Jimmy
A
McGuire,
Christopher
L
Parkinson,
David
D
Pollock
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7 :123 (26 July 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
328.
Accelerated gene evolution and subfunctionalization in the pseudotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis
Uffe
Hellsten,
Mustafa
K
Khokha,
Timothy
C
Grammer,
Richard
M
Harland,
Paul
Richardson,
Daniel
S
Rokhsar
BMC Biology 2007, 5 :31 (25 July 2007)
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Editor’s summary
A doubling of the Xenopus laevis genome accelerated the evolution of over 2,000 gene pairs, and many of these duplicate pairs have substantially different expression levels and patterns corresponding to partially divergent roles or subfunctions.
329.
Proteomic screen in the simple metazoan Hydra identifies 14-3-3 binding proteins implicated in cellular metabolism, cytoskeletal organisation and Ca2+ signalling
Barbara
Pauly,
Margherita
Lasi,
Carol
MacKintosh,
Nick
Morrice,
Axel
Imhof,
Jörg
Regula,
Stephen
Rudd,
Charles
N
David,
Angelika
Böttger
BMC Cell Biology 2007, 8 :31 (25 July 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
330.
Molecular steps in sGC activation
Elizabeth
M
Boon,
Stephen
PL
Cary,
Shirley
H
Huang,
Jonathan
A
Winger,
Emily
R
Derbyshire,
Mark
S
Price,
William
K
Erbil,
Michael
A
Marletta
BMC Pharmacology 2007, 7 (Suppl 1):S27 (25 July 2007)
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331.
Global analysis of patterns of gene expression during Drosophila embryogenesis
Pavel
Tomancak,
Benjamin
P
Berman,
Amy
Beaton,
Richard
Weiszmann,
Elaine
Kwan,
Volker
Hartenstein,
Susan
E
Celniker,
Gerald
M
Rubin
Genome Biology 2007, 8 :R145 (23 July 2007)
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Editor’s summary
Embryonic expression patterns for 6,003 (44%) of the 13,659 protein-coding genes identified in the Drosophila melanogaster genome were documented, of which 40% show tissue-restricted expression.
332.
Pbx homeodomain proteins pattern both the zebrafish retina and tectum
Curtis
R
French,
Timothy
Erickson,
Davon
Callander,
Karyn
M
Berry,
Ron
Koss,
Daniel
W
Hagey,
Jennifer
Stout,
Katrin
Wuennenberg-Stapleton,
John
Ngai,
Cecilia
B
Moens,
Andrew
J
Waskiewicz
BMC Developmental Biology 2007, 7 :85 (16 July 2007)
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333.
Automatic image analysis for gene expression patterns of fly embryos
Hanchuan
Peng,
Fuhui
Long,
Jie
Zhou,
Garmay
Leung,
Michael
B
Eisen,
Eugene
W
Myers
BMC Cell Biology 2007, 8 (Suppl 1):S7 (10 July 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
334.
Early prediction of median survival among a large AIDS surveillance cohort
Wayne
TA
Enanoria,
Alan
E
Hubbard,
Mark
J
van der Laan,
Mi
Chen,
Juan
Ruiz,
John
M
Colford
BMC Public Health 2007, 7 :127 (27 June 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
335.
Spatial distribution of traffic induced noise exposures in a US city: an analytic tool for assessing the health impacts of urban planning decisions
Edmund
Seto,
Ashley
Holt,
Tom
Rivard,
Rajiv
Bhatia
International Journal of Health Geographics 2007, 6 :24 (21 June 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
336.
Comparative chloroplast genomics: analyses including new sequences from the angiosperms Nuphar advena and Ranunculus macranthus
Linda
A
Raubeson,
Rhiannon
Peery,
Timothy
W
Chumley,
Chris
Dziubek,
H Matthew
Fourcade,
Jeffrey
L
Boore,
Robert
K
Jansen
BMC Genomics 2007, 8 :174 (15 June 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
337.
Global analyses of mRNA translational control during early Drosophila embryogenesis
Xiaoli
Qin,
Soyeon
Ahn,
Terence
P
Speed,
Gerald
M
Rubin
Genome Biology 2007, 8 :R63 (22 April 2007)
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Editor’s summary
The polysomal profiles of over 15,000 transcripts during the first ten hours after egg laying have been determined.
338.
Analysis of epistatic interactions and fitness landscapes using a new geometric approach
Niko
Beerenwinkel,
Lior
Pachter,
Bernd
Sturmfels,
Santiago
F
Elena,
Richard
E
Lenski
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7 :60 (13 April 2007)
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Editor’s summary
A new mathematical description of how multiple genetic mutations affect organism fitness considers previously unappreciated gene interactions to give a more complex picture of fitness landscapes than that depicted by average curvature or pairwise interaction distribution.
339.
Does vancomycin prescribing intervention affect vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection and colonization in hospitals? A systematic review
Monique
A
de Bruin,
Lee
W
Riley
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7 :24 (10 April 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
340.
Correction: PCR and dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection of Aedes polynesiensis mosquitoes in French Polynesia
Catherine
Plichart,
Sandra
J
Laney,
Yves
Sechan,
Neil
Davies,
Anne-Marie
Legrand
Filaria Journal 2007, 6 :5 (30 March 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF
341.
Effect of solution saturation state and temperature on diopside dissolution
Suvasis
Dixit,
Susan
A
Carroll
Geochemical Transactions 2007, 8 :3 (26 March 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
342.
A comparison of mantle versus involved-field radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma: reduction in normal tissue dose and second cancer risk
Eng-Siew
Koh,
Tu
Tran,
Mostafa
Heydarian,
Rainer
K
Sachs,
Richard
W
Tsang,
David
J
Brenner,
Melania
Pintilie,
Tony
Xu,
June
Chung,
Narinder
Paul,
David
C
Hodgson
Radiation Oncology 2007, 2 :13 (15 March 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
343.
Slum health: Diseases of neglected populations
Lee
W
Riley,
Albert
I
Ko,
Alon
Unger,
Mitermayer
G
Reis
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2007, 7 :2 (7 March 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
344.
A phylogenomic analysis of the Actinomycetales mce operons
Nicola
Casali,
Lee
W
Riley
BMC Genomics 2007, 8 :60 (26 February 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
345.
Resistance of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis to nitric oxide correlates with disease severity in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis
Angela
Giudice,
Ilza
Camada,
Paulo
TG
Leopoldo,
Júlia
MB
Pereira,
Lee
W
Riley,
Mary
E
Wilson,
John
L
Ho,
Amelia
de Jesus,
Edgar
M
Carvalho,
Roque
P
Almeida
BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7 :7 (22 February 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
346.
Dynamics of in silico leukocyte rolling, activation, and adhesion
Jonathan
Tang,
Klaus
F
Ley,
C Anthony
Hunt
BMC Systems Biology 2007, 1 :14 (19 February 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
347.
FlowerPower: clustering proteins into domain architecture classes for phylogenomic inference of protein function
Nandini
Krishnamurthy,
Duncan
Brown,
Kimmen
Sjölander
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7 (Suppl 1):S12 (8 February 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
348.
GEVALT: An integrated software tool for genotype analysis
Ofir
Davidovich,
Gad
Kimmel,
Ron
Shamir
BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8 :36 (1 February 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
349.
Measuring similarities between gene expression profiles through new data transformations
Kyungpil
Kim,
Shibo
Zhang,
Keni
Jiang,
Li
Cai,
In-Beum
Lee,
Lewis
J
Feldman,
Haiyan
Huang
BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8 :29 (27 January 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
350.
Hormone-induced protection of mammary tumorigenesis in genetically engineered mouse models
Lakshmanaswamy
Rajkumar,
Frances
S
Kittrell,
Raphael
C
Guzman,
Powel
H
Brown,
Satyabrata
Nandi,
Daniel
Medina
Breast Cancer Research 2007, 9 :R12 (26 January 2007)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central | F1000 Biology