Tuesday, May 31, 2011

From pseudogenes to proteins

http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v8/n6/full/nmeth0611-448b.html

Combining proteome analysis with genome sequencing improves gene annotation and yields evidence that some genes presumed to be noncoding are actually expressed.

http://genome.cshlp.org/content/21/5/756

Brosch, M. et al. Shotgun proteomics aids discovery of novel protein-coding genes, alternative splicing and 'resurrected' pseudogenes in the mouse genome. Genome Res. 5, 756767 (2011).

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

miRNAs in human cancer

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/path.2806/pdf

作者是洛克菲勒大学的Thomas Tuschl.

Haplo-insufficiency: a driving force in cancer

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/path.2800/pdf

非常精彩的综述,讲解了抑癌基因p53和PTEN的故事。
Haplo-insufficiency在癌症中的重要性长期被低估。