Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: chemical modification analysis of siRNAs; allele-specific variation in gene expression; gut parasite comparative genomics; functional promoter variants; microRNA finction in leaf development

Summary

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering a chemical modification analysis of siRNAs; allele-specific variation in gene expression in the human genome; gut parasite comparative genomics; functional promoter variants; microRNA finction in leaf development.

Chemical modification analysis of siRNAs

siRNA function in RNAi: A chemical modification analysis. Chiu YL, Rana TM. RNA 2003, 9:1034-1048

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-348.asp#Chiu

Allele-specific variation in gene expression

Allelic variation in gene expression is common in the human genome. Lo HS, Wang Z, Hu Y, Yang HH, Gere S, Buetow KH, Lee MP. Genome Res 2003, 13:1855-1862.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-348.asp#Lo

Gut parasite comparative genomics

Gene discovery in the Entamoeba invadens genome. Wang Z, Samuelson J, Clark CG, Eichinger D, Paul J, Van Dellen K, Hall N, Anderson I, Loftus B. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2003, 129:23-31.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-348.asp#Wang

Functional promoter variants

Functional analysis of human promoter polymorphisms. Hoogendoorn B, Coleman SL, Guy CA, Smith K, Bowen T, Buckland PR, O'Donovan MC. Hum Mol Genet 2003, 12:2249-2254.

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MicroRNA finction in leaf development

Control of leaf morphogenesis by microRNAs. Palatnik JF, Allen E, Wu X, Schommer C, Schwab R, Carrington JC, Weigel D. Nature 2003, 425:257-263.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-348.asp#Palatnik