Genetics and Genomics

Genetics and Genomics

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    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.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Genetic Chimerism: Marmosets contain multitudes

    Kenneth Chiou, Noah Snyder-Mackler
    Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the extent to which marmosets carry genetically distinct cells from their siblings.
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    Elimination of subtelomeric repeat sequences exerts little effect on telomere essential functions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Can Hu, Xue-Ting Zhu ... Jin-Qiu Zhou
    Subtelomeric sequences in the yeast S. cerevisiae are dispensable for either cell proliferation or homologous recombination-mediated telomere maintenance in telomerase-null cells, suggesting that these sequences represent remnants of genome evolution.

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    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
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    Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
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