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Dosage compensation in birds

, 2001
The Z and W sex chromosomes of birds have evolved independently from the mammalian X and Y chromosomes [1]. Unlike mammals, female birds are heterogametic (ZW), while males are homogametic (ZZ).
Bird, Adrian P, Derek McBride, McQueen, H A; id_orcid, Gino Miele, McQueen, Heather A, McBride, Derek, Miele, Gino, McBride, D, Miele, G, Clinton, M, Bird, A P; id_orcid, Heather A McQueen, Michael Clinton, Clinton, Michael, Adrian P Bird   +14 more
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Subtype‐specific enhancer RNAs define transcriptional regulators and prognosis in breast cancers

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study employed machine learning methodologies to perform the subtype‐specific classification of RNA‐seq data sets, which are mapped on enhancers from TCGA‐derived breast cancer patients. Their integration with gene expression (referred to as ProxCReAM eRNAs) and chromatin accessibility profiles has the potential to identify lineage‐specific and ...
Aamena Y. Patel, Peyman Zarrineh, Nathnael T. Tuffa, Jigar H. Sheth, Sumitra Mohan, Mudassar Iqbal, Sankari Nagarajan   +6 more
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A genome-wide search replicates evidence of a quantitative trait locus for circulating angiotensisn l-converting enzyme (ACE) unlinked to the ACE gene [PDF]

, 2008
Background: angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in cardiovascular homeostasis. There is evidence from different ethnic groups that circulating ACE levels are influenced by a quantitative trait locus (QTL) at the ACE gene on ...
Amy Luke, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng Zhu, Terrence E Forrester, Forrester, Terrence E., Nourdine Bouzekri, Cooper, Richard S., Bouzekri Nourdine, Colin A McKenzie, McKenzie, Coiln A., Forrester Terrence E, Zhu Xiaofeng, McKenzie Colin A, Adeyemo, Adebowale A., Luke Amy, Bouzekri, Nourdine, Cooper Richard S, Richard S Cooper, Luke, Amy, Adebowale A Adeyemo, Adeyemo Adebowale A   +20 more
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Network divergence analysis identifies adaptive gene modules and two orthogonal vulnerability axes in pancreatic cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumors contain diverse cellular states whose behavior is shaped by context‐dependent gene coordination. By comparing gene–gene relationships across biological contexts, we identify adaptive transcriptional modules that reorganize into distinct vulnerability axes.
Brian Nelson, Lyanne Delgado‐Coka, Natalia Marchenko, Luisa F. Escobar‐Hoyos, Kenneth R. Shroyer, Alisa Yurovsky, Trey Ideker, Gábor Balázsi, Thomas MacCarthy, Scott Powers   +9 more
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How to halve ploidy : lessons from budding yeast meiosis [PDF]

, 2012
Maintenance of ploidy in sexually reproducing organisms requires a specialized form of cell division called meiosis that generates genetically diverse haploid gametes from diploid germ cells.
Kerr, Gary W., Kerr, Gary, Sarkar, Sourav, Arumugam, Prakash   +3 more
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IMPDH inhibition enhances cytarabine efficacy in SAMHD1‐expressing leukaemia cells via guanine nucleotide depletion

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cytarabine is a key therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), but its efficacy is limited by the dNTPase SAMHD1, which hydrolyses its active metabolite. Screening nucleotide biosynthesis inhibitors revealed that IMPDH inhibitors selectively sensitise SAMHD1‐proficient AML cells to cytarabine.
Miriam Yagüe‐Capilla, Christopher Dirks, Caroline Eiden, Sonja K. Fesenmayer, Femke M. Hormann, Yolande Klootsema, Ingrid Lilienthal, Si Min Zhang, Nikolas Herold, Sean G. Rudd   +9 more
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Convergent evolution of chicken Z and human X chromosomes by expansion and gene acquisition

, 2010
In birds, as in mammals, one pair of chromosomes differs between the sexes. In birds, males are ZZ and females ZW. In mammals, males are XY and females XX.
Mardis, Elaine R., Tina Graves, Bellott, Daniel W., Laura G. Brown, Wilson, Richard K., Helen Skaletsky, Steve Rozen, David C. Page, Pyntikova, Tatyana, Page, David C, Wesley C. Warren, Kremitzki, Colin, Skaletsky, Helen, Graves, Tina, Tatyana Pyntikova, Colin Kremitzki, Brown, Laura G., Daniel W. Bellott, Warren, Wesley C., Elaine R. Mardis, Richard K. Wilson, Rozen, Steve   +21 more
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Orphan CpG islands identify numerous conserved promoters in the mammalian genome [PDF]

, 2010
This work was funded by grants from the Wellcome Trust (077224; http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/) and the Medical Research Council (G0800026; http:// www.mrc.ac.uk/index.htm).CpG islands (CGIs) are vertebrate genomic landmarks that encompass the promoters of ...
Gruenewald-Schneider, Ulrike, Shaun Webb, Bird, A.P.; id_orcid, Webb, Shaun, Smith Colin, Kerr, A.R.W., Andrews, Robert, Keith D James, Daniel J. Turner, Turner, D.J., Webb, S., James, Keith D., James, K.D., Robert S Illingworth, Robert Andrews, Webb Shaun, Smith, Colin; id_orcid, Keith D. James, Harrison David J., David J. Harrison, Alastair R. W. Kerr, Bird, Adrian P., Gruenewald-Schneider, U., Gruenewald-Schneider Ulrike, Turner Daniel J., Andrews, R., Smith, Colin, Illingworth Robert S., Turner, Daniel J., Illingworth, Robert S., Ulrike Gruenewald-Schneider, David J Harrison, Bird Adrian P., Robert S. Illingworth, Alastair R W Kerr, Colin Smith, Andrews Robert, Kerr, Alastair R. W., Illingworth, R.S., Kerr Alastair R. W., Harrison, D.J., Daniel J Turner, James Keith D., Adrian P. Bird, Harrison, David J., Adrian P Bird   +45 more
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Somatic mutational landscape in von Hippel–Lindau familial hemangioblastoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The causes of central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastoma in Von Hippel–Lindau (vHL) disease are unclear. We used Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) on familial hemangioblastoma to investigate events that underlie tumor development. Our findings suggest that VHL loss creates a permissive environment for tumor formation, while additional alterations ...
Maja Dembic, Anne Nørremølle, Lilian Bomme Ousager, Lars van Brakel Andersen, Marie Louise Mølgaard Binderup, Mads Thomassen   +5 more
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Heterozygous loss‐of‐function alleles associate the conserved 3′‐5′ exoribonuclease EXOSC10 with hypersensitivity to the anticancer drug 5‐fluorouracil

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
EXOSC10, an essential nuclear RNA exosome‐associated 3′‐5′ exoribonuclease, is inhibited by the anticancer drug 5‐fluorouracil (5‐FU), and EXOSC10 depletion increases 5‐FU sensitivity. The colon‐cancer variant EXOSC10S402T, located in a proteolysis motif, is stable and nuclear but nonfunctional in vivo.
Radhika Sain, Yann Le Page, Frédéric Percevault, Emmanuelle Becker, Luc Negroni, Almudena Fernandez, Marta Cantero, Diego Muñoz‐Santos, Lluís Montoliu, Cyrille Garnier, Michael Primig   +10 more
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