Arsenic, which is a major contaminant of many aquatic ecosystems worldwide, is
responsible for serious public health issues. However, life has evolved various strategies for …

The snake is the symbol of medicine due to its association with Asclepius, the Greek God of
medicine, and so with good reasons. More than 725 species of venomous snakes have …

The Ensembl gene annotation system has been used to annotate over 70 different
vertebrate species across a wide range of genome projects. Furthermore, it generates the …

Abstract The Ensembl project (http://www. ensembl. org) is a system for genome annotation,
analysis, storage and dissemination designed to facilitate the access of genomic annotation …

Abstract The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt, http://www. uniprot. org) consortium is an
initiative of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), the European Bioinformatics …

Evolution provides the unifying framework with which to understand biology. The coherent
investigation of genic and genomic data often requires comparative genomics analyses …

The nucleolus is a membrane-less organelle formed through liquid-liquid phase separation
of its components from the surrounding nucleoplasm. Here, we show that nucleophosmin …

Environmental genomics can describe all forms of organisms—cellular and viral—present in
a community. The analysis of such eco-systems biology data relies heavily on reference …

Horizontally acquired antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in bacteria are highly mobile and
have been ranked as principal risk resistance determinants. However, the transfer network …

Background The mitochondrial (mt) genome has been used as an effective tool for
phylogenetic and population genetic analyses in vertebrates. However, the structure and …