Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: profiling human embryonic stem cells; rearrangements in orthologous genomic regions; profiling the aging primate brain; conserved elements in eukaryotes; diversity of phytoplankton-associated bacteria

Summary

Profiling human embryonic stem cells; rearrangements in orthologous genomic regions; profiling the aging primate brain; conserved elements in eukaryotes; diversity of phytoplankton-associated bacteria

Profiling human embryonic stem cells

Gene expression signatures of seven individual human embryonic stem cell lines. Skottman H, Mikkola M, Lundin K, Olsson C, Strömberg AM, Tuuri T, Otonkoski T, Hovatta O, Lahesmaa R. Stem Cells 2005, August 4.

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Rearrangements in orthologous genomic regions

DNA rearrangement in orthologous orp regions of the maize, rice and sorghum genomes. Ma J, Sanmiguel P, Lai J, Messing J, Bennetzen JL. Genetics 2005, 170:1209-1220.

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Profiling the aging primate brain

Aging and gene expression in the primate brain. Fraser HB, Khaitovich P, Plotkin JB, Pääbo S, Eisen MB. PLoS Biol 2005, 3:e274.

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Conserved elements in eukaryotes

Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes. Siepel A, Bejerano G, Pedersen JS, Hinrichs AS, Hou M, Rosenbloom K, Clawson H, Spieth J, Hillier LW, Richards S, Weinstock GM, Wilson RK, Gibbs RA, Kent WJ, Miller W, Haussler D. Genome Res 2005, July 15.

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Diversity of phytoplankton-associated bacteria

Phylogenetic diversity and specificity of bacteria closely associated with Alexandrium spp. and other phytoplankton. Jasti S, Sieracki ME, Poulton NJ, Giewat MW, Rooney-Varga JN. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005, 71:3483-3494.

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