Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: Neurospora crassa genome sequence; human c-Myc target genes; prokaryote genome annotation database; diversity of marine eukaryotes; transcriptional regulation by a pseudogene

Summary

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering the complete genome sequence of Neurospora crassa, a genome-wide screen for human c-Myc target genes, a prokaryote genome annoation database, an analysis of marine eukaryote diversity and regulation of transcription by a pseudogene.

Neurospora crassa genome sequence

The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa . Galagan JE, Calvo SE, Borkovich KA, Selker EU, Read ND, Jaffe D, FitzHugh W, Ma LJ, Smirnov S, Purcell S, et al. Nature 2003, 422:859-868.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2003-4-6-326.asp#Galagan

Human c-Myc target genes

Genomic targets of the human c-Myc protein. Fernandez PC, Frank SR, Wang L, Schroeder M, Liu S, Greene J, Cocito A, Amati B. Genes Dev 2003, 17:1115-1129.

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Prokaryote genome annotation database

GenDB--an open source genome annotation system for prokaryote genomes. Meyer F, Goesmann A, McHardy AC, Bartels D, Bekel T, Clausen J, Kalinowski J, Linke B, Rupp O, Giegerich R, Pühler A. Nucleic Acids Res 2003, 31:2187-2195.

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Diversity of marine eukaryotes

Novel eukaryotic lineages inferred from small-subunit rRNA analyses of oxygen-depleted marine environments. Stoeck T, Epstein S. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003, 69:2657-2663.

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Transcriptional regulation by a pseudogene

An expressed pseudogene regulates the messenger-RNA stability of its homologous coding gene. Hirotsune S, Yoshida N, Chen A, Garrett L, Sugiyama F, Takahashi S, Yagami K, Wynshaw-Boris A, Yoshiki A. Nature 2003, 423:91-96.

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