Sentences with phrase «encode consortium»

Using transcription and DNA binding to identify functional DNA, the ENCODE consortium estimated that as much as 80 % of the human genome might be functional [30].

VOCATION AVOCATION «Cat herder in chief» of the ENCODE consortium of 400 geneticists from around the world

Siepel's team began by sorting ENCODE consortium data based on combinations of biochemical markers that indicate the type of activity at each position.

Not exact matches

Although genes make up only 3 percent of the ENCODE sequence, the consortium found that 93 percent of the sequence is transcribed.

Nevertheless, «before ENCODE, I think a lot of people were skeptical of how real intergenic activity was,» says bioinformatician and consortium member Mark Gerstein of Yale University.

More than 200 scientists from dozens of institutions contributed to this effort, which is collectively part of the ENCODE genomics consortium.

Renowned molecular biologist and scholar of science and religion, Denis Alexander, described recent advances in developmental biology, genomics, epigenetics and behavioral genetics, including the flurry of publications describing results from the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) consortium, and discussed their implications for notions of human freedom and responsibility.

«Massive research consortia, like the ENCODE Project, have provided the scientific community with a trove of information about genomic function over the last few years,» says Siepel.

-LSB-...] An interesting blog post on data release by consortia including ENCODE.