Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: enhancer evolution in flies; modeling nuclear import; cell-cycle kinase substrates; transgenic plants change little; early embryo epigenetics

Enhancer evolution in flies

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering enhancer evolution in flies; modeling nuclear import; cell-cycle kinase substrates; transgenic plants change little; early embryo epigenetics.

Functional evolution of a cis -regulatory module. Ludwig MZ, Palsson A, Alekseeva E, Bergman CM, Nathan J, Kreitman M. PLoS Biol 2005, 3:e93.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-323.asp#Ludwig

Modeling nuclear import

A systems analysis of importin-{alpha}-{beta} mediated nuclear protein import. Riddick G, Macara IG. J Cell Biol 2005, 168:1027-1038.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-323.asp#Riddick

Cell-cycle kinase substrate

Drosophila genome-scale screen for PAN GU kinase substrates identifies Mat89Bb as a cell cycle regulator. Lee LA, Lee E, Anderson MA, Vardy L, Tahinci E, Ali SM, Kashevsky H, Benasutti M, Kirschner MW, Orr-Weaver TL. Dev Cell 2005, 8:435-442.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-323.asp#Lee

Transgenic plants change little

The stability of the Arabidopsis transcriptome in transgenic plants expressing the marker genes nptII and uidA . El Ouakfaoui S, Miki B. Plant J 2005, 41:791-800.

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Early embryo epigenetics

Dynamic chromatin modifications characterise the first cell cycle in mouse embryos. Santos F, Peters AH, Otte AP, Reik W, Dean W. Dev Biol 2005, 280:225-236.

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-323.asp#Santos