Background: In the last decade, biochemical studies have revealed that epigenetic modifications including histone modifications, histone variants and DNA methylation form a comple...
Xiaojiang Xu, Stephen Hoang, Marty W. Mayo, Stefan...
Background: Genome wide association (GWA) studies are now being widely undertaken aiming to find the link between genetic variations and common diseases. Ideally, a well-powered G...
Fredrik Pettersson, Andrew P. Morris, Michael R. B...
Background: Over 60% of protein-coding genes in vertebrates express mRNAs that undergo alternative splicing. The resulting collection of transcript isoforms poses significant chal...
Michael C. Ryan, Barry Zeeberg, Natasha J. Caplen,...
Background: Whole genome shotgun sequencing produces increasingly higher coverage of a genome with random sequence reads. Progressive whole genome assembly and eventual finishing ...
Qunfeng Dong, Matthew D. Wilkerson, Volker Brendel
Background: Many newly detected point mutations are located in protein-coding regions of the human genome. Knowledge of their effects on the protein's 3D structure provides i...
Hanka Venselaar, Tim A. H. te Beek, Remko K. P. Ku...