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We analyse these results and show that the biophysical model explains them successfully....
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PMID: 19403461
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We analyzed the dynamic association of MLL and H3K4 trimethylation at different stages of the cell cycle. Interestingly, MLL1, which is normally associated with transcriptionally active chromatins (G1 phase), dissociates from condensed mitotic chromatin and returns at the end of telophase when the n...
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PMID: 19220463
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We offer a comprehensive coverage of currently-available in vitro and in vivo models of human epithelial ovarian cancer, focusing on latest updates of genetically-modified rodent and human models and the valuable information conveyed by them....
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PMID: 19221485
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We offer a comprehensive coverage of currently-available in vitro and in vivo models of human epithelial ovarian cancer, focusing on latest updates of genetically-modified rodent and human models and the valuable information conveyed by them....
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PMID: 19221485
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In cultured prostate cancer cells cAMP blocks proliferation and induces neuroendocrine differentiation. Pyk2 expression inversely correlates with malignancy of prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the interaction between cAMP and Pyk2 in the prostate. EPN cells, a line derived f...
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PMID: 19106639
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We analyzed HOX genes through profiling with multiplex RT-PCR. The results showed that the expression patterns of four HOX genes, HOXA7, HOXB3, HOXA3, and HOXB13, significantly changed during angiogenesis. The expression levels of HOXA7 and HOXB3 were dramatically increased, whereas those of HOXA3 a...
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PMID: 17972163
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We will focus on the role of short ncRNAs that repress Hox genes in Drosophila and mammals by RNA interference (RNAi), on long ncRNAs that may repress a Hox in cis in Drosophila by transcriptional interference, and on a novel long ncRNA that functions in trans to regulate Hox genes mammals....
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PMID: 19234521
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Denis Duboule is one of the most influential and highly-cited scientists in developmental biology. Born in Geneva in 1955, he holds dual Swiss and French nationality. His undergraduate studies in biology at the University of Geneva included research on mouse embryology. He later learned molecular te...
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PMID: 19557678
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I interviewed Cliff on the 3rd October, 2007, in his office at Harvard....
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PMID: 19557679
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We summarize the current understanding of how Hox gene clusters have been modified from basal lineages of deuterostomes to diverse taxa of vertebrates. Our parsimony reconstruction of Hox cluster architecture at various stages of vertebrate evolution highlights that the variation in Hox cluster stru...
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PMID: 19557682
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We used transgenic mice with a knock-in for Msx1 or Msx2. Msx expression was analyzed on whole-mount experiments on heterozygous mice. The results were confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR on mandible and tibia samples. Steady-state levels of Msx2 mRNA were determined at 2 ages, at postnatal day 14 and...
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PMID: 18769023
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We identified in silico the putative full complement of Irx genes in the sequenced genomes of 36 different species representative of the main metazoan lineages, including non bilaterian species, several arthropods, non vertebrate chordates, and a basal vertebrate, the sea lamprey. We performed exten...
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PMID: 19368711
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The DEF-like genes from Orchidaceae form four well-supported, ancient clades of orthologues. In contrast, orchid GLO-like genes form a single clade of ancient orthologues and recent paralogues. DEF-like genes from orchid clade 2 (OMADS3-like genes) are under less stringent purifying selection than t...
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PMID: 19383167
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We summarize recent progress in understanding the pathology and biology of this disease and in development of models for preclinical research. Our new understanding of this disease suggests new targets for therapeutic intervention and novel markers for early detection of disease....
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PMID: 19273186
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We define a gene regulatory network for Hoxa2, responsible for temporal and spatial expression in hindbrain development. Hoxa2 plays an important role in regulating the regional identity of rhombomere 2 (r2) and is the only Hox gene expressed in this segment. In this study, we found that a Hoxa2 cis...
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PMID: 19104046
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We have generated Six3+/- ;Hesx1Cre/+ double heterozygous mice. Strikingly, these mice show marked dwarfism, which is first detectable around weaning, and die by the 5th-6th week of age. Thyroid and gonad development is also impaired in these animals. Analysis of Six3+/- ;Hesx1Cre/+ compound embryos...
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PMID: 18775421
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The 2nd to 4th digit ratio (2D:4D) is a sexually dimorphic biometric marker, related to prenatal estrogen and testosterone levels in utero, and determined genetically by the HOX genes. 2D:4D presents a population variation, which seems to be dependent on geographical position or ethnicity, and may r...
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PMID: 19149213
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We made such predictions across the large, complex ceh-13/lin-39 locus and tested them transgenically. We also examined how prediction quality varied with different genomes and parameters in our comparisons. Specifically, we sequenced approximately 0.5% of the C. brenneri and C. sp. 3 PS1010 genomes...
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PMID: 18981268
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We have identified 102 homeobox genes in the typical insect of Lepidoptera, Bombyx mori, based on the newly assembled genome sequence with 9X coverage. These identified homeobox genes were categorized into nine classes including at least 74 families. The available ESTs and microarray data at present...
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PMID: 19280701
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We report here on the current knowledge of the role played by homeobox genes in normal and abnormal vasculogenesis and postulate a common molecular mechanism accounting for the involvement of homeobox genes in the regulation of the nuclear export of specific transcripts potentially capable of genera...
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PMID: 19013779
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We show that S and AN, which encode a homeobox transcription factor and an F-box protein, respectively, control inflorescence architecture by promoting successive stages in the progression of an inflorescence meristem to floral specification. S and AN are sequentially expressed during this gradual p...
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PMID: 19018664
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We conducted cDNA sequencing in diverse early vertebrates for members of homeobox-containing (Dlx and ParaHox) and other gene families that would serve as landmarks for genome duplications. Including these new sequences, we performed a molecular phylogenetic census using the maximum likelihood metho...
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PMID: 18842688
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We used tiled microarrays to identify stable nucleosome positions along the HOX gene clusters in human cell lines. We show that nucleosome positions exhibit sequence properties and long-range organization that are different from those characterized in other organisms. Despite overall variability of...
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PMID: 18723689
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