Taming transposable elements in vertebrates: from epigenetic silencing to domestication

MV Almeida, G Vernaz, ALK Putman, EA Miska - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Transposable element (TE)-derived sequences are ubiquitous in most eukaryotic genomes
known to date. Because their expression and mobility can lead to genomic instability …

[图书][B] RNA, the epicenter of genetic information

J Mattick, P Amaral - 2023 - library.oapen.org
The origin story and emergence of molecular biology is muddled. The early triumphs in
bacterial genetics and the complexity of animal and plant genomes complicate an intricate …

De novo birth of functional microproteins in the human lineage

N Vakirlis, Z Vance, KM Duggan, A McLysaght - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Small open reading frames (sORFs) can encode functional" microproteins" that perform
crucial biological tasks. However, their size makes them less amenable to genomic analysis …

Single-cell analysis of chromatin accessibility in the adult mouse brain

S Zu, YE Li, K Wang, EJ Armand, S Mamde, ML Amaral… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in single-cell technologies have led to the discovery of thousands of brain
cell types; however, our understanding of the gene regulatory programs in these cell types is …

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

AT Lu, Z Fei, A Haghani, TR Robeck, JA Zoller, CZ Li… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Aging, often considered a result of random cellular damage, can be accurately estimated
using DNA methylation profiles, the foundation of pan-tissue epigenetic clocks. Here, we …

Mammalian evolution of human cis-regulatory elements and transcription factor binding sites

G Andrews, K Fan, HE Pratt, N Phalke… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Understanding the regulatory landscape of the human genome is a long-standing objective
of modern biology. Using the reference-free alignment across 241 mammalian genomes …

Decoding enhancer complexity with machine learning and high-throughput discovery

GD Smith, WH Ching, P Cornejo-Páramo, ES Wong - Genome biology, 2023 - Springer
Enhancers are genomic DNA elements controlling spatiotemporal gene expression. Their
flexible organization and functional redundancies make deciphering their sequence-function …

Developmental and evolutionary dynamics of cis-regulatory elements in mouse cerebellar cells

I Sarropoulos, M Sepp, R Frömel, K Leiss, N Trost… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The cerebellum contributes to many complex brain functions, including
motor control, language, and memory. During development, distinct neural cells are …

Darwinian genomics and diversity in the tree of life

T Stephan, SM Burgess, H Cheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Genomics encompasses the entire tree of life, both extinct and extant, and the evolutionary
processes that shape this diversity. To date, genomic research has focused on humans, a …

Preclinical evaluation of a protracted GLP-1/glucagon receptor co-agonist: translational difficulties and pitfalls

L Simonsen, J Lau, T Kruse, T Guo, J McGuire… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
During recent years combining GLP-1 and glucagon receptor agonism with the purpose of
achieving superior weight loss and metabolic control compared to GLP-1 alone has …