- Genome Sequencing and Functional Research of Date Palm(2013-09-29)
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Date palm is the main crop which is widely planted in the Middle East and North Africa with great economic values. Besides, the palmae, to which date palm belongs, is in a special taxonomic status with various species and wide ...
- Scientists Reveal a New Mechanism Regulates Translesion DNA Synthesis(2013-09-29)
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The genome integrity is constantly threatened by a variety of endogenous and environmental factors. Most of DNA lesions can be discerned and repaired through multiple DNA repair mechanisms. However, some DNA lesions can escape ...
- Chromosome 19p in Alzheimer’s Disease: When Genome Meets Transcrip...(2013-08-27)
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Recently, a research team led by Prof. LEI Hongxing at Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, demonstrated that chr19p was the most significantly perturbed chromosome region in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) bra...
- Classification of Long Non-Coding RNAs(2013-06-18)
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Non-coding RNAs with lengths exceeding 200 nucleotides are commonly dubbed as long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), which have been found to perform various functions in a wide variety of important biological processes. To bette...
- ALKBH4-dependent Demethylation of Actin Regulates Actomyosin Dynamics(2013-05-17)
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Recently, the lab of Prof. YANG Yungui from Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Klungland Arne from University of Oslo, revealed that the dioxygenase ALKBH4-dependent demethyl...