Genetics and Genomics

Genetics and Genomics

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Latest articles

    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Metabolic and neurobehavioral disturbances induced by purine recycling deficiency in Drosophila

    Céline Petitgas, Laurent Seugnet ... Serge Birman
    Purine recycling deficiency triggers metabolic and neurological defects reminiscent of Lesch–Nyhan disease in Drosophila, paving the way for studying this disorder and carrying out drug screening in an invertebrate organism.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    The PRC2.1 Subcomplex Opposes G1 Progression through Regulation of CCND1 and CCND2

    Adam D. Longhurst, Kyle Wang ... David P. Toczyski
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Expression of Most Retrotransposons in Human Blood Correlates with Biological Aging

    Yi-Ting Tsai, Nogayhan Seymen ... Mohammad M. Karimi
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Mono-methylated histones control PARP-1 in chromatin and transcription

    Gbolahan Bamgbose, Guillaume Bordet ... Alexei Tulin
    Genome-wide PARP-1 binding analysis advances the understanding of molecular mechanisms governing gene regulation in response to developmental cues and environmental stressors.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Germline cis variant determines epigenetic regulation of the anti-cancer drug metabolism gene dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD)

    Ting Zhang, Alisa Ambrodji ... Steven M Offer
    A genetic variant within a newly identified enhancer regulates the expression of a key pharmacogene and alters the balance between resistance and sensitivity to a widely used chemotherapeutic.
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Khdc3 Regulates Metabolism Across Generations in a DNA-Independent Manner

    Liana Senaldi, Nora Hassan ... Matthew Smith-Raska
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Imputation of 3D genome structure by genetic–epigenetic interaction modeling in mice

    Lauren Kuffler, Daniel A Skelly ... Gregory W Carter
    Genetic variants interact with open chromatin to alter gene expression within topologically associated domains of DNA in outbred mice.

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  1. Murim Choi
    Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
  2. Benoît Kornmann
    University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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    University of Toronto, Canada
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