Genetics and Genomics

Genetics and Genomics

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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    The RNA-binding protein HuR modulates the expression of the disease-linked CCL2 rs1024611G-rs13900T haplotype

    Feroz Akhtar, Joselin Hernandez Ruiz ... Srinivas Mummidi
    Bioinformatics, RNA-protein interactions, and HuR-based functional studies demonstrated that the rs13900T allele modulates CCL2 transcript levels, providing a functional link between the CCL2 rs1024611G-rs13900T haplotype and disease susceptibility/progression.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Chromosomes: Finding a role for non-coding DNA in trypanosomes

    Markus R Schmidt
    Non-coding DNA is essential for both humans and trypanosomes, despite the large evolutionary divergence between these two species.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Khdc3 Regulates Metabolism Across Generations in a DNA-Independent Manner

    Liana Senaldi, Nora Hassan ... Matthew Smith-Raska
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    The Impact of Stability Considerations on Genetic Fine-mapping

    Alan J Aw, Lionel Chentian Jin ... Yun S Song
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    In situ mutational screening and CRISPR interference reveal that the apterous Early enhancer is required for developmental boundary positioning

    Gustavo Aguilar, Michèle Sickmann ... Martin Müller
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Cross-species evaluation of TANGO2 homologs, including HRG-9 and HRG-10 in Caenorhabditis elegans, challenges a proposed role in heme trafficking

    Sarah E Sandkuhler, Kayla S Youngs ... Samuel J Mackenzie
    Evidence from multiple model systems supports a shift away from heme transport and toward metabolic dysfunction and oxidative stress as key drivers of TANGO2 deficiency.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Replication stress-inducing ELF3 upregulation promotes BRCA1-deficient breast tumorigenesis in luminal progenitors

    Jiadong Zhou, Xiao Albert Zhou ... Jiadong Wang
    A replication stress–ELF3 axis enables luminal progenitor transformation in BRCA1-deficient breast cancer by reducing genomic instability and promoting progenitor identity.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Raman Spectroscopy: Probing the proteome

    Wei-Hsiang Lin, Chia-Liang Cheng
    Raman spectroscopy can be used to predict cellular physiology and proteome composition in E. coli.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Integrating bulk and single cell RNA-seq refines transcriptomic profiles of individual C. elegans neurons

    Alec Barrett, Erdem Varol ... Marc Hammarlund
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    A default silencing mechanism restrains stress-induced genes in C. elegans

    Orkan Ilbay, Alejandro Rodriguez Gama ... Andrew Fire
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