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Open AccessPerfectly matched 20-nucleotide guide RNA sequences enable robust genome editing using high-fidelity SpCas9 nucleases
High-fidelity SpCas9 variants (eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1) have been engineered to reduce off-target effects. We found that changes in guide RNA length induced significant reductions in the editing activities of S...
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Open AccessLong-term balancing selection contributes to adaptation in Arabidopsis and its relatives
In contrast to positive selection, which reduces genetic variation by fixing beneficial alleles, balancing selection maintains genetic variation within a population or species and plays crucial roles in adapta...
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Open AccessAdaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana to the Yangtze River basin
Organisms need to adapt to keep pace with a changing environment. Examining recent range expansion aids our understanding of how organisms evolve to overcome environmental constraints. However, how organisms a...
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Multiple correlation analyses revealed complex relationship between DNA methylation and mRNA expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
DNA methylation is an important regulator on the mRNA expression. However, a genome-wide correlation pattern between DNA methylation and mRNA expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) is l...
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Open AccessDNA methylation footprints during soybean domestication and improvement
In addition to genetic variation, epigenetic variation plays an important role in determining various biological processes. The importance of natural genetic variation to crop domestication and improvement has...
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Genome-wide identification, expansion, and evolution analysis of homeobox genes and their expression profiles during root development in carrot
The homeobox gene family, a large family represented by transcription factors, has been implicated in secondary growth, early embryo patterning, and hormone response pathways in plants. However, reports about ...
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Gene expression profiles of HTR8-S/Vneo cells after changes in ABCA1 expression
ABCA1 is expressed in placental trophoblasts, such that when the expression level of ABCA1 changes, the function of trophoblasts dramatically changes. However, the mechanism by which ABCA1 affects the function...
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Detection of lncRNA-mRNA interaction modules by integrating eQTL with weighted gene co-expression network analysis
One major function of lncRNA is to regulate the expression of mRNA, but the patterns of their interactions were largely unknown. We attempted to construct lncRNA-mRNA interaction modules at a genome-wide scale...
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Open AccessWhole genomes and transcriptomes reveal adaptation and domestication of pistachio
Pistachio (Pistacia vera), one of the most important commercial nut crops worldwide, is highly adaptable to abiotic stresses and is tolerant to drought and salt stresses.
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Open AccessModulating chromatin accessibility by transactivation and targeting proximal dsgRNAs enhances Cas9 editing efficiency in vivo
The CRISPR/Cas9 system is unable to edit all targetable genomic sites with full efficiency in vivo. We show that Cas9-mediated editing is more efficient in open chromatin regions than in closed chromatin regio...
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Insights into transcriptional characteristics and homoeolog expression bias of embryo and de-embryonated kernels in develo** grain through RNA-Seq and Iso-Seq
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an allohexaploid, and the transcriptional characteristics of the wheat embryo and endosperm during grain development remain unclear. To analyze the transcriptome, we performe...
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Open AccessRepeat-induced point mutation in Neurospora crassa causes the highest known mutation rate and mutational burden of any cellular life
Repeat-induced point (RIP) mutation in Neurospora crassa degrades transposable elements by targeting repeats with C→T mutations. Whether RIP affects core genomic sequence in important ways is unknown.
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Open AccessSWISS: multiplexed orthogonal genome editing in plants with a Cas9 nickase and engineered CRISPR RNA scaffolds
We describe here a CRISPR simultaneous and wide-editing induced by a single system (SWISS), in which RNA aptamers engineered in crRNA scaffold recruit their cognate binding proteins fused with cytidine deamina...
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Open AccessIntegrative analyses of single-cell transcriptome and regulome using MAESTRO
We present Model-based AnalysEs of Transcriptome and RegulOme (MAESTRO), a comprehensive open-source computational workflow (http://github.com/liulab-dfci/MAESTRO)...
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Open AccesssgBE: a structure-guided design of sgRNA architecture specifies base editing window and enables simultaneous conversion of cytosine and adenosine
We present a base editing system, in which base editors are attached to different sites of sgRNA scaffold (sgBE). Each independent sgBE has its own specific editing pattern for a given target site. Among teste...
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Open AccessAn integrated peach genome structural variation map uncovers genes associated with fruit traits
Genome structural variations (SVs) have been associated with key traits in a wide range of agronomically important species; however, SV profiles of peach and their functional impacts remain largely unexplored.
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Open AccessClonal tracing reveals diverse patterns of response to immune checkpoint blockade
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy has improved patient survival in a variety of cancers, but only a minority of cancer patients respond. Multiple studies have sought to identify general biomarkers of IC...
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Open AccessFlsnRNA-seq: protoplasting-free full-length single-nucleus RNA profiling in plants
The broad application of single-cell RNA profiling in plants has been hindered by the prerequisite of protoplasting that requires digesting the cell walls from different types of plant tissues. Here, we presen...
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Open AccessGiotto: a toolbox for integrative analysis and visualization of spatial expression data
Spatial transcriptomic and proteomic technologies have provided new opportunities to investigate cells in their native microenvironment. Here we present Giotto, a comprehensive and open-source toolbox for spat...
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Open AccessPrime editing in mice reveals the essentiality of a single base in driving tissue-specific gene expression
Most single nucleotide variants (SNVs) occur in noncoding sequence where millions of transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) reside. Here, a comparative analysis of CRISPR-mediated homology-directed repair (...