Discovering and understanding oncogenic gene fusions through data intensive computational approaches

NS Latysheva, MM Babu - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Although gene fusions have been recognized as important drivers of cancer for decades,
our understanding of the prevalence and function of gene fusions has been revolutionized …

Evaluation of de novo transcriptome assemblies from RNA-Seq data

B Li, N Fillmore, Y Bai, M Collins, JA Thomson… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
De novo RNA-Seq assembly facilitates the study of transcriptomes for species without
sequenced genomes, but it is challenging to select the most accurate assembly in this …

Extensive differences in gene expression between symbiotic and aposymbiotic cnidarians

EM Lehnert, ME Mouchka, MS Burriesci… - G3: Genes …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Coral reefs provide habitats for a disproportionate number of marine species relative to the
small area of the oceans that they occupy. The mutualism between the cnidarian animal …

Detecting and targetting oncogenic fusion proteins in the genomic era

MA Davare, CE Tognon - Biology of the Cell, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of widespread cancer genome sequencing has accelerated our understanding
of the molecular aberrations underlying malignant disease at an unprecedented rate …

Benchmark analysis of algorithms for determining and quantifying full-length mRNA splice forms from RNA-seq data

KE Hayer, A Pizarro, NF Lahens, JB Hogenesch… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Because of the advantages of RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) over microarrays, it is
gaining widespread popularity for highly parallel gene expression analysis. For example …

Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals molecular strategies of oriental river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense in response to acute and chronic nitrite stress

Z Xu, T Li, E Li, K Chen, Z Ding, JG Qin, L Chen… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2016 - Elsevier
Macrobrachium nipponense is an economically and nutritionally important species
threatened by ambient superfluous nitrite. De novo RNA-Seq was used to explore the …

Transcriptomic Analysis of Petunia hybrida in Response to Salt Stress Using High Throughput RNA Sequencing

GH Villarino, A Bombarely, JJ Giovannoni, MJ Scanlon… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Salinity and drought stress are the primary cause of crop losses worldwide. In sodic saline
soils sodium chloride (NaCl) disrupts normal plant growth and development. The complex …

Neofunctionalization of zona pellucida proteins enhances freeze-prevention in the eggs of Antarctic notothenioids

L Cao, Q Huang, Z Wu, D Cao, Z Ma, Q Xu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The mechanisms by which the eggs of the Antarctic notothenioid fishes avoid freezing are
not fully understood. Zona pellucida proteins (ZPs) are constituents of the chorion which …

Planarian cholinesterase: molecular and functional characterization of an evolutionarily ancient enzyme to study organophosphorus pesticide toxicity

D Hagstrom, S Zhang, A Ho, ES Tsai, Z Radić… - Archives of …, 2018 - Springer
The asexual freshwater planarian Dugesia japonica has emerged as a medium-throughput
alternative animal model for neurotoxicology. We have previously shown that D. japonica …

Transcriptome and physiological analysis of a lutein-producing alga Desmodesmus sp. reveals the molecular mechanisms for high lutein productivity

TJ Yeh, YF Tseng, YC Chen, Y Hsiao, PC Lee, TJ Chen… - Algal research, 2017 - Elsevier
A green alga Desmodesmus sp. JSC3 is a lutein producer that appears high in lutein
production in batch culture under 200 μmol· m− 2· s− 1 condition using 1 g∙ L− 1 sodium …