Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: estimating linkage disequilibrium; nematode-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis; vertebrate microRNA genes; human antisense transcription; protein arrays from PCR DNA

Estimating linkage disequilibrium

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering the extent of linkage disequilibrium in the human genome, nematode-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis, identification of microRNA genes in human, mouse and pufferfish genomes, antisense transcription in the human genome and generation of protein arrays from PCR DNA.

Chromosome-wide distribution of haplotype blocks and the role of recombination hot spots. Phillips MS, Lawrence R, Sachidanandam R, Morris AP, Balding DJ, Donaldson MA, Studebaker JF, Ankener WM, Alfisi SV, Kuo FS, et al. Nat Genet 2003, 33:382-387.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-5-321.asp#Phillips

Nematode-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis

Arabidopsis gene expression changes during cyst nematode parasitism revealed by statistical analyses of microarray expression profiles. Puthoff DP, Nettleton D, Rodermel SR, Baum TJ. Plant J 2003, 33:911-921.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-5-321.asp#Puthoff

Vertebrate microRNA genes

Vertebrate microRNA genes. Lim LP, Glasner ME, Yekta S, Burge CB, Bartel DP. Science 2003, 299:1540.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-5-321.asp#Lim

Human antisense transcription

Widespread occurrence of antisense transcription in the human genome. Yelin R, Dahary D, Sorek R, Levanon EY, Goldstein O, Shoshan A, Diber A, Biton S, Tamir Y, Khosravi R, et al. Nat Biotechnol 2003, 21:379-86.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-5-321.asp#Yelin

Protein arrays from PCR DNA

DiscernArray technology: a cell-free method for the generation of protein arrays from PCR DNA. He M, Taussig MJ. J Immunol Methods 2003, 274:265-270.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-5-321.asp#He