Genomics

Genetic variation at mouse and human ribosomal DNA influences associated epigenetic states

1. Francisco Rodriguez-Algarra
2. Robert A. E. Seaborne
3. Amy F. Danson
4. Selin Yildizoglu
5. Harunori Yoshikawa
6. Pui Pik Law
7. Zakaryya Ahmad
8. Victoria A. Maudsley
9. Ama Brew
10. Nadine Holmes
11. Mateus Ochôa
12. Alan Hodgkinson
13. Sarah J. Marzi
14. Madapura M. Pradeepa
15. Matthew Loose
16. Michelle L. Holland
17. Vardhman K. Rakyan

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This manuscript extends the evidence that ribosomal DNA has substantial interindividual variation, and presents evidence that variants are associated with differences in DNA methylation. The authors show that some rDNA types respond to environmental signals during in utero development, whereas others are changed during the aging process - thus broadening the known communication between development/nutrition/aging and the cellular protein synthesis machinery. These findings have relevance for the influence of such epialleles on gene expression and disease risk.

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Ecology, more than antibiotics consumption, is the major predictor for the global distribution of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes

1. Léa Pradier
2. Stéphanie Bedhomme

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This paper will be of interest to microbiologists, clinicians, and public health workers with an interest in the possible impact of antibiotic use and regulations. The scope of the study is unusually high, integrating economic and geographical factors as well as genomic data among others. However, reasonable alternative explanations can be identified such that the data do not strongly favor the preferred hypothesis put forward by the authors.

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A chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the maize elite breeding line Dan340

1. Yikun Zhao
2. Yuancong Wang
3. De Ma
4. Guang Feng
5. Yongxue Huo
6. Zhihao Liu
7. Ling Zhou
8. Yunlong Zhang
9. Liwen Xu
10. Liang Wang
11. Han Zhao
12. Jiuran Zhao
13. Fengge Wang

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The Lithuanian reference genome LT1 - a human de novo genome assembly with short and long read sequence and Hi-C data

1. Hui-Su Kim
2. Asta Blazyte
3. Sungwon Jeon
4. Changhan Yoon
5. Yeonkyung Kim
6. Changjae Kim
7. Dan Bolser
8. Ji-Hye Ahn
9. Jeremy S. Edwards
10. Jong Bhak

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Selection for immune evasion in SARS-CoV-2 revealed by high-resolution epitope mapping combined with genome sequence analysis

1. Arnaud N’Guessan
2. Senthilkumar Kailasam
3. Fatima Mostefai
4. Raphael Poujol
5. Jean-Christophe Grenier
6. Paola Contini
7. Raffaele De Palma
8. Carsten Haber
9. Volker Stadler
10. Guillaume Bourque
11. Julie G. Hussin
12. B. Jesse Shapiro
13. Jörg H. Fritz
14. Ciriaco A. Piccirillo

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Single-nuclei characterization of pervasive transcriptional signatures across organs in response to COVID-19

1. The COVID Tissue Atlas Consortium
2. Alejandro A Granados
3. Simon Bucher
4. Hanbing Song
5. Aditi Agrawal
6. Ann T Chen
7. Tien Peng
8. Norma Neff
9. Angela Oliveira Pisco
10. Franklin Huang
11. Bruce Wang

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  eLife assessment

  This study provides a valuable data resource to study the systemic effects of severe COVID-19. It shows compelling evidence that the transcriptional response to COVID-19 is coordinated across the body, and it highlights cell interactions between macrophages and endothelial cells in COVID-19. This analysis and the associated resource will be valuable to understand the pathogenic mechanism of long-COVID.

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SARS-CoV-2 impacts the transcriptome and epigenome at the maternal-fetal interface in pregnancy

1. Lin Gao
2. Vrinda Mathur
3. Sabrina Ka Man Tam
4. Xuemeng Zhou
5. Ming Fung Cheung
6. Lu Yan Chan
7. Guadalupe Estrada-Gutiérrez
8. Bo Wah Leung
9. Sakita Moungmaithong
10. Chi Chiu Wang
11. Liona C. Poon
12. Danny Leung

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Genome similarities between human-derived and mink-derived SARS-CoV-2 make mink a potential reservoir of the virus

1. Mohammad Khalid
2. Yousef Al-ebini

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Genome assembly of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), the only termitivorous marsupial

1. Emma Peel
2. Luke Silver
3. Parice Brandies
4. Takashi Hayakawa
5. Katherine Belov
6. Carolyn J. Hogg

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Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (Prmt5) localizes to chromatin loop anchors and modulates expression of genes at TAD boundaries during early adipogenesis

1. Sabriya A. Syed
2. Kristina Shqillo
3. Ankita Nand
4. Ye Zhan
5. Job Dekker
6. Anthony N. Imbalzano

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  eLife assessment

  How the genome is folded three dimensionally is thought to control gene regulatory pathways during critical processes such as cellular differentiation. Using multiple assays, the authors of this important study probe topologically associated domains (TADs) and report involvement of a protein arginine methyltransferase 5 in chromatin organization and transcriptional regulation. The data gathered are generally solid and broadly support the role of this protein in organization of the adipocytic lineage, but additional control experiments would make the inferences stronger.

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