Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: identifying pol III-dependent genes; entomopathogen genome; microbial genome dynamics; profiling ES cells; gene expression regulation by small RNAs

Identifying pol III-dependent genes

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering the identification of pol III-dependent genes, the genome sequence of Photorhabdus luminescens, microbial genome dynamics, profiling ES cells and gene expression regulation by small RNAs.

Genome-wide location of yeast RNA polymerase III transcription machinery. Harismendy O, Gendrel CG, Soularue P, Gidrol X, Sentenac A, Werner M, Lefebvre O. EMBO J 2003, 22:4738-4747.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-349.asp#Harismendy

Entomopathogen genome

The genome sequence of the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens . Duchaud E, Rusniok C, Frangeul L, Buchrieser C, Givaudan A, Taourit S, Bocs S, Boursaux-Eude C, Chandler M, Charles JF, et al. Nat Biotechnol 2003, Oct 5.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-349.asp#Duchaud

Microbial genome dynamics

Horizontal gene transfer accelerates genome innovation and evolution. Jain R, Rivera MC, Moore JE, Lake JA. Mol Biol Evol 2003, 20:1598-1602.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-349.asp#Jain

Profiling ES cells

Molecular signature of human embryonic stem cells and its comparison with the mouse. Sato N, Sanjuan IM, Heke M, Uchida M, Naef F, Brivanlou AH. Dev Biol 2003, 260:404-413.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-349.asp#Sato

Gene expression regulation by small RNAs

Coupled degradation of a small regulatory RNA and its mRNA targets in Escherichia coli . Masse E, Escorcia FE, Gottesman S. Genes Dev 2003, 17:2374-2383.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-11-349.asp#Masse