Position-dependent function of human sequence-specific transcription factors

SH Duttke, C Guzman, M Chang, NP Delos Santos… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Patterns of transcriptional activity are encoded in our genome through regulatory elements
such as promoters or enhancers that, paradoxically, contain similar assortments of …

How to overcome constraints imposed by microsporidian genome features to ensure gene prediction?

E Peyretaillade, RF Akossi, J Tournayre… - Journal of Eukaryotic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since the advent of sequencing techniques and due to their continuous evolution, it has
become easier and less expensive to obtain the complete genome sequence of any …

Sourcing DNA parts for synthetic biology applications in plants

K Vollen, C Zhao, JM Alonso, AN Stepanova - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Synthetic biology applications rely on collections of sequence-verified DNA
parts.•The choice of DNA parts in a construct determines its utility and effectiveness.• …

LINE1-mediated epigenetic repression of androgen receptor transcription causes androgen insensitivity syndrome

J Pozojevic, R Sivaprasad, J Laß, F Haarich, J Trinh… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is a difference of sex development (DSD)
characterized by different degrees of undervirilization in individuals with a 46, XY karyotype …

Genome assembly of Medicago truncatula accession SA27063 provides insight into spring black stem and leaf spot disease resistance

JR Botkin, AD Farmer, ND Young, SJ Curtin - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Medicago truncatula, model legume and alfalfa relative, has served as an essential resource
for advancing our understanding of legume physiology, functional genetics, and crop …

Combining a prioritization strategy and functional studies nominates 5'UTR variants underlying inherited retinal disease

A Dueñas Rey, M del Pozo Valero, M Bouckaert… - Genome Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background 5'untranslated regions (5'UTRs) are essential modulators of protein
translation. Predicting the impact of 5'UTR variants is challenging and rarely performed in …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of KRTAP20-1 Gene Variation on Wool Traits in Chinese Tan Sheep

L Bai, H Zhou, J Tao, JGH Hickford - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chinese Tan sheep lambs are recognised for having tight 'spring-like'curly wool when
young, but this phenotype disappears with age. This wool consists of shorter, fine wool fibres …

Circadian plasticity evolves through regulatory changes in a neuropeptide gene

MP Shahandeh, L Abuin, L Lescuyer De Decker… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Many organisms, including cosmopolitan drosophilids, show circadian plasticity, varying
their activity with changing dawn–dusk intervals. How this behaviour evolves is unclear …

Integration of Epigenome and Lactylome Reveals the Regulation of Lipid Production in Nannochloropsis oceanica

L Ouyang, J Wang, H Zhu, Y Wu… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lysine lactylation (Kla) is a kind of novel post-translational modification (PTM) that
participates in gene expression and various metabolic processes. Nannochloropsis has a …

Transcriptome analysis of two isolates of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum, uncovers genome-wide patterns of alternative splicing during a host infection …

AZ Zaccaron, LH Chen, I Stergiopoulos - PLoS pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Alternative splicing (AS) is a key element of eukaryotic gene expression that increases
transcript and proteome diversity in cells, thereby altering their responses to external stimuli …