Monthly Archives: January 2014

Glutamine methylation in histone H2A is an RNA-polymerase-I-dedicated modification

January 2014 Authors: Peter Tessarz, Helena Santos-Rosa, Sam C. Robson, Kathrine B. Sylvestersen, Christopher J. Nelson1, Michael L. Nielsen and Tony Kouzarides Info: The authors describe a new class of histone modification, methylation of glutamine, occurring on yeast histone H2A. … more »

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At NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Pippin Allows for More Precise DNA Size Selection

At NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (CGSB), the genomics sequencing core facility (GenCore) runs both infectious disease and model organism sequencing projects through its Illumina and Ion Torrent pipelines. In both workflows, they find Pippin Prep to be … more »

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Clinical and pathological heterogeneity of a congenital disorder of glycosylation manifesting as a myasthenic/myopathic syndrome

January 2014 Authors: Dorota M. Monies, Hindi N. Al-Hindi, Mohamed A. Al-Muhaizea, Dyala J. Jaroudi, Banan Al-Younes, Ewa A. Naim, Salma M. Wakil, Brian F. Meyer, Saeed Bohlega Info: Collaborators at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and the Kink Abdulaziz … more »

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Epigenetic Regulation of the DLK1-MEG3 MicroRNA Cluster in Human Type 2 Diabetic Islets

January 2014 Authors: Vasumathi Kameswaran, Nuria C. Bramswig, Lindsay B. McKenna, Melinda Penn, Jonathan Schug, Nicholas J. Hand, Ying Chen, Inchan Choi, Anastassios Vourekas, Kyoung-Jae Won, Chengyang Liu, Kumar Vivek, Ali Naji, Joshua R. Friedman, and Klaus H. Kaestner Info: … more »

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Molecular indexing enables quantitative targeted RNA sequencing and reveals poor efficiencies in standard library preparations

January 2014 Authors: Glenn K. Fu, Weihong Xu, Julie Wilhelmy, Michael N. Mindrinos, Ronald W. Davis, Wenzhong Xiao, and Stephen P. A. Fodor Info: Scientists from Cellular Research and Stanford University describe a method for improving the use of RNA-seq … more »

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Variant calling in low-coverage whole genome sequencing of a Native American population sample

January 2014 Authors: Chris Bizon, Michael Spiegel, Scott A Chasse, Ian R Gizer, Yun Li, Ewa P Malc, Piotr A Mieczkowski, Josh K Sailsbery, Xiaoshu Wang, Cindy L Ehlers and Kirk C Wilhelmsen Info: Scientists from the University of North … more »

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Transcriptome Analysis in Venom Gland of the Predatory Giant Ant Dinoponera quadriceps: Insights into the Polypeptide Toxin Arsenal of Hymenopterans

January 2014 Authors: Alba F. C. Torres, Chen Huang, Cheong-Meng Chong, Siu Wai Leung, Alvaro R. B. Prieto-da-Silva, Alexandre Havt, Yves P. Quinet, Alice M. C. Martins, Simon M. Y. Lee, and Gandhi Radis-Baptista Info: Scientists from Brazil and Macao … more »

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