Genetics and Genomics

Genetics and Genomics

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    An H3-K9-me-independent binding of Swi6/HP1 to siRNA-DNA hybrids initiates heterochromatin assembly at cognate dg-dh repeats in Fission Yeast

    Jyotsna Kumar, Swati Haldar ... Jagmohan Singh
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Understanding genetic variants in context

    Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, Stanley Fields ... Christine Queitsch
    Multiplexed assays of variant effect are an increasingly important tool in genetic research and including more context specificity in their design would aid interpretation and discovery.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Impaired excitability of fast-spiking neurons in a novel mouse model of KCNC1 epileptic encephalopathy

    Eric R Wengert, Melody A Cheng ... Ethan M Goldberg
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Tom1p ubiquitin ligase structure, interaction with Spt6p, and function in maintaining normal transcript levels and the stability of chromatin in promoters

    Jennifer Madrigal, Heidi L Schubert ... Christopher P Hill
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Determining the effects of paternal obesity on sperm chromatin at histone H3 lysine 4 tri-methylation in relation to the placental transcriptome and cellular composition

    Anne-Sophie Pepin, Patrycja A Jazwiec ... Sarah Kimmins
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Household clustering and seasonal genetic variation of Plasmodium falciparum at the community-level in The Gambia

    Marc-Antoine Guery, Sukai Ceesay ... Antoine Claessens
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Cancer Biology

    Functional characterization of all CDKN2A missense variants and comparison to in silico models of pathogenicity

    Hirokazu Kimura, Kamel Lahouel ... Nicholas J Roberts
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Determining the off-target activity of antibiotics and novel translation initiation sites in mitochondria

    James Marks, Emma Young, Markus Hafner
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    DNA methylation insulates genic regions from CTCF loops near nuclear speckles

    Shelby A Roseman, Allison P Siegenfeld ... Brian B Liau
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    A transcription network underlies the dual genomic coordination of mitochondrial biogenesis

    Fan Zhang, Annie Lee ... Hong Xu
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
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