Search results for "COD"

2014

The majority of next-generation sequencing short-reads can be properly aligned by leading aligners at high speed. However, the alignment quality can still be further improved, since usually not all reads can be correctly aligned to large genomes, such as the human genome, even for simulated data. Moreover, even slight improvements in this area are important but challenging, and usually require significantly more computational endeavor. In this paper, we present CUSHAW3, an open-source parallelized, sensitive and accurate short-read aligner for both base-space and color-space sequences. In this aligner, we have investigated a hybrid seeding approach to improve alignment quality, which incorp…

Systematic screening for mutations in the human serotonin 1F receptor gene in patients with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia

1996

Using single strand conformational analysis we screened the complete coding sequence of the serotonin 1F (5-HT{sub 1F}) receptor gene for the presence of DNA sequence variation in a sample of 137 unrelated individuals including 45 schizophrenic patients, 46 bipolar patients, as well as 46 healthy controls. We detected only three rare sequence variants which are characterized by single base pair substitutions, namely a silent T{r_arrow}A transversion in the third position of codon 261 (encoding isoleucine), a silent C{r_arrow}T transition in the third position of codon 176 (encoding histidine), and a C{r_arrow}T transition in position -78 upstream from the start codon. The lack of significan…

Molecular Evolution of the Globin Gene Cluster E in Two Distantly Related Midges, Chironomus pallidivittatus and C. thummi thummi

1998

We have studied the evolutionary dynamics of a cluster of insect globin genes by comparing the organization and sequence of the gene group in two distantly related species, Chironomus pallidivittatus and C. t. thummi. Although the general architecture of the globin gene cluster has been conserved, we have found an additional, previously undescribed gene (named Cpa F) in C. pallidivittatus which shows signs of accelerated sequence evolution at nonsynonymous codon positions. This new gene is clearly functional, as demonstrated by Northern analysis. Comparison of paralogous and orthologous genes reveals patterns of intraspecific sequence homogenization. The head-to-head-oriented globin 3 and 4…

162P Prevalence and spectrum analysis of germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants of unclear significance in HBOC Syndrome: Decoding the mysterious signals …

2021

Automatic simulation of RNA editing in plants for the identification of novel putative Open Reading Frames

2017

In plant mitochondria an essential mechanism for gene expression is RNA editing, often influencing the synthesis of functional proteins. RNA editing alters the linearity of genetic information transfer, intro- ducing differences between RNAs and their coding DNA sequences that hind both experimental and computational research of genes. Thus common software tools for gene search, successfully exploited to find canonic genes, often can fail in discovering genes encrypted in the genome of plants. In this work we propose a novel strategy useful to intercept candidate coding sequences resulting from some possible editing substitutions on the start and stop codons of a given input organism DNA. O…

Forced Retroevolution of an RNA Bacteriophage

2000

AbstractThe operator hairpin ahead of the replicase gene in RNA bacteriophage MS2 contains overlapping signals for binding the coat protein and ribosomes. Coat protein binding inhibits further translation of the gene and forms the first step in capsid formation. The hairpin sequence was partially randomized to assess the importance of this structure element for the bacteriophage and to monitor alternative solutions that would evolve on the passaging of mutant phages. The evolutionary reconstruction of the operator failed in the majority of mutants. Instead, a poor imitation developed containing only some of the recognition signals for the coat protein. Three mutants were of particular inter…

A method to isolate cDNA-quality RNA from adult conifer needles and a psbA cDNA from Norway spruce

1996

Summary In order to investigate the expression of the psbA gene in damaged and undamaged Norway spruce trees ( Picea abies ) a cDNA clone encoding the D1 protein was isolated via RT-PCR. Applying a method developed by Schneiderbauer et al. (1991) with some modifications, we were able to obtain the required RNA from mature needles and successfully reverse transcribe it into cDNA. Sequence analysis of the cDNA clone revealed an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 353 amino acid polypeptide that is highly homologous to the D1 protein sequences deduced from higher plant psbA genes. A 4 bp insertion, directly following the stop codon ochre (TAA), was found by comparison with two Pinus species, t…

Differential annotation of tRNA genes with anticodon CAT in bacterial genomes.

2006

We have developed three strategies to discriminate among the three types of tRNA genes with anticodon CAT (tRNA(Ile), elongator tRNA(Met) and initiator tRNA(fMet)) in bacterial genomes. With these strategies, we have classified the tRNA genes from 234 bacterial and several organellar genomes. These sequences, in an aligned or unaligned format, may be used for the identification and annotation of tRNA (CAT) genes in other genomes. The first strategy is based on the position of the problem sequences in a phenogram (a tree-like network), the second on the minimum average number of differences against the tRNA sequences of the three types and the third on the search for the highest score value …

Abstract 4479: Unveiling the relationship between the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex and noncoding RNAs

2016

Abstract Chromatin remodeling complexes are crucial for the viability of the cells due to their role in regulating interactions between DNA and histones and, therefore, modifying the accessibility of the genetic information to the transcriptional machinery. This relevance can also been seen in the SWI/SNF complex that has been associated with cancer in the last deep-sequencing efforts on tumoral genomes. BRG1 is the helicase/ATPase catalytic subunit of the SWI/SNF complex and it is frequently lost in NSCLC cell lines with a high mutation rate. In primary tumors, the loss of expression of BRG1 is also frequent, however it cannot be explained by mutations or by promoter hypermethylation. In t…

Structures of two molluscan hemocyanin genes: significance for gene evolution.

2001

We present here the description of genes coding for molluscan hemocyanins. Two distantly related mollusks, Haliotis tuberculata and Octopus dofleini , were studied. The typical architecture of a molluscan hemocyanin subunit, which is a string of seven or eight globular functional units (FUs, designated a to h, about 50 kDa each), is reflected by the gene organization: a series of eight structurally related coding regions in Haliotis , corresponding to FU-a to FU-h, with seven highly variable linker introns of 174 to 3,198 bp length (all in phase 1). In Octopus seven coding regions (FU-a to FU-g) are found, separated by phase 1 introns varying in length from 100 bp to 910 bp. Both genes exh…