The dedicated tailoring enzymes are encoded by
genes clustered with the assembly line genes for coordinated regulation.
Association and interaction analysis of variants in CHRNA5 / CHRNA3 / CHRNB4
gene cluster with nicotine dependence in African and European Americans
Not exact matches
Genetic Variants of the FADS1 FADS2
Gene Cluster Are Associated
with Altered (n - 6) and (n - 3) Essential Fatty Acids in Plasma and Erythrocyte Phospholipids in Women during Pregnancy and in Breast Milk during Lactation
«It is an intriguing question as to how this Enterococcus strain acquired a botulinum neurotoxin
gene cluster, what benefit it brings to this bacterium, and further work is required to explore the implications of our important finding
with regard to the possibility of its transfer between bacteria.
The
genes that encode the botulinum toxin protein along
with accessory proteins that protect the botulinum toxin and ensure it functions, are organised as a
gene cluster.
Recent advances combining the
gene - editing tool CRISPR — Cas9 (for,
clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats
with a guiding enzyme called Cas9) are now making it easier for scientists to modify a genome such that nearly all offspring inherit the desired trait.
RNA sequencing of both single and
clustered CTCs from breast cancer patients identified several
genes expressed at elevated levels in CTC
clusters, one of which — a protein called plakoglobin — also was overexpressed in the primary tumors of patients
with reduced survival.
One
gene cluster connected
with the development of the pharynx in vertebrates and acorn worms is particularly interesting.
In trying to understand the sequential activation of the Hox - D
genes, Duboule has come up
with the novel idea that the timing is linked to the arrangement of the
genes within the
clusters.
Denis Duboule and his colleagues at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, working
with mice, showed that
genes in the Hox - D
cluster, which define the head - to - tail body axis, are activated one after another and at a precise time during development of the embryo.
The software allowed them to
cluster genes into groups associated
with specific molecular processes and see which processes in tumors and blood cells were associated
with each other.
Bioinformatic approaches to the analysis of genetic variability and complex genotype - phenotype relationships will moreover include
gene sequence and database analyses, measures of association of haplotypes / genotypes
with phenotype,
clustering procedures, neuronal networks, fuzzy and other techniques in pattern recognition, similarity measures for discrete patterns (e.g.,
gene sequences, structures, functions), logistic regression methods, and a spectrum of other techniques.
Many
cluster around sets of
genes associated
with growth, including 21 variants found in or near
genes that regulate the building of bone.
«Promoter» areas, locations where
genes begin to be expressed, must be paired precisely
with «enhancer»
clusters, where cells mature to a targeted function.
Breeders tend to rely on large
clusters of
genes that are associated
with specific traits such as hardiness, tree shape or flowering.
The research team had previously identified a section of DNA adjacent to the HoxD
gene cluster, which formed a particular 3D structure in order to interact
with and activate certain Hox
genes.
Because people in a region are more likely to marry and mate
with each other — a factor that may be largely due to shared language — that
gene pool will evolve as a separate
cluster that corresponds to a place on the globe, he explains.
A new study published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, by researchers at Cardiff University School of Medicine and the University of Bristol, suggests that there is a spectrum of attention, hyperactivity / impulsiveness and language function in society,
with varying degrees of these impairments associated
with clusters of
genes linked
with the risk for ADHD.
Clustering these
gene models
with 13 other plant species resulted in 20,646
gene families, of which 1554 are predicted to be unique to conifers.
In their new study, the researchers looked for
gene clusters associated
with calcium - binding motifs similar to those in known antibiotics such as daptomycin and friulimicin, which require calcium for their antimicrobial action.
The authors next took 997 tumors in the discovery set, integrated copy number and
gene expression data, and performed
clustering analyses to identify subgroups of tumors
with distinct features and clinical outcomes.
Brady and coworkers amplify and sequence bacterial DNA from environmental soil samples and then look for
gene clusters that encode enzyme systems likely to biosynthesize natural products
with preselected characteristics.
Smith quotes an article by Lawrence Hurst (Hurst and others 2004) to argue that only recently has the
clustering of
genes with related functions in chromosomes being recognised, and that biotechnologists ignore this concept.
The total (found also to be up - regulated during the «opposite» time point) and unique
genes were
clustered into biological processes descriptions
with GeneMania website analysis portal.
We may share many
genes with chimpanzees, but it's rare for them to
cluster together in the same combinations.
All biological processes that were analyzed from total and unique
genes were found
with high significance of FDR p - value < 0.05, except of «connective tissue development»
cluster within the biological process cartilage and bone biogenesis,
with FDR p - value of 0.068.
We also
clustered the pir
genes from the same BLAST
with TribeMCL44, using an inflation coefficient of 1.5.
Notably, the majority of the most highly conserved non-coding sequences in mammalian genomes are
clustered near a small subset of
genes with important roles in development.
bilaterians: A clade of animals whode members share: bilateral symmetry, are triploblastic (three tissue layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm), and
with HOX
genes in one or more
clusters with the
genes within a
cluster arranged in the same order as the body parts they affect.
Another interesting local network structure is centered around CLU, a
gene shown to be involved in AD based on genome - wide association studies,
with genes in the integrin family, involved in cell adhesion,
clustered around CLU.
The composition of the 10 different polysaccharide biosynthesis
gene clusters identified (7
with associated invertible promoters) suggests a mechanism of synthesis similar to the O - antigen capsules of Escherichia coli.
Genes that
clustered together in that analysis were aligned
with mafft37 (version 7.205, parameter — auto).
This revealed that both Satellite and Faeder males carry a «supergene» which is not a
gene with superpower but a
cluster of about 90
genes kept together by a chromosomal inversion which means that there is no genetic exchange between the three different variants.
Clusters with 3 or more genes (115 clusters) were documented and selected for further a
Clusters with 3 or more
genes (115
clusters) were documented and selected for further a
clusters) were documented and selected for further analysis.
The list of
genes belonging to a
cluster together
with the heatmaps of individual transcripts, appear by clicking on the corresponding
cluster.
By combining neuronal tracing
with behavioral experiments leading to sensory - driven
gene expression of the neuronal activity marker ZENK during magnetic compass orientation, we demonstrate a functional neuronal connection between the retinal neurons and
Cluster N via the visual thalamus.
There are already well established databases within the consortium, the London Pain Database (LPD) and QUAST (DFNS, Germany): The LPD is used for datamining of functional genomics data to help identify individual
genes and functional networks associated
with chronic pain, QUAST on the other hand collects questionnaire data, clinical and neurophysiological findings and calculates valid
clusters of phenotypes
with different interaction patterns of sensory loss
with and without different types of peripheral and central hyperalgesia based on QST (quantitative sensory testing) data.
To identify
genes that
cluster together under the tested conditions, we excluded probe sets
with a standard deviation in expression values of < log2 (0.45) from the vector mean.
For example,
clusters containing
genes that are upregulated during the course of ES cell differentiation (Table 3) include in order of time of expression:
cluster 30 that represents
genes which take part in the formation of the three embryonic germ layers during gastrulation, i.e., Goosecoid, Cerberus like 1 homolog, Wnt3, Mesp1, Mixl1, mEomes and Even - skipped 1;
cluster 15 containing molecular regulators of early mesoderm development including Bmp2, Bmp5, Msx1, Msx2, Cripto, Tbx20, Hey2, Smad6, Vegfr2 (Kdr), Foxf1 and Hand1;
cluster 20, which comprises regulatory and structural
genes linked to hemopoiesis such as Gata1, Nfe2, Klf1, Tie1, hemoglobins (Hba - x, Hbb - b1) and Glycophorin A;
cluster 12, which is rich in
genes involved in cardiac development, e.g., Mef2c, Myl4, cardiac Troponin T2, Tropomodulin 1, myosin binding protein C, Bves, Angiopoietin 1 and Angiopoietin 2; and,
cluster 4, which consists mostly of
genes associated
with neuronal development and differentiation, for example, Neurog1, Neurog2, Olig2, Nkx6.1, Neurod4, Pou3f2, Pou3f4, Cacna2d3, Cacng4, Kcnq2 and EphA5.
These include: a) Global
Clusters that consist of a small, tight subset of genes that are co-expressed under the entire spectrum of experimental conditions; b) Time Series of gene expression profiles during successive days of standard ES cell differentiation; c) Specific Gene Classes based on hierarchical clustering of transcriptional factors and ESTs; d) Expression Waves of genes with characteristic expression profiles during ES cell differentiation, juxtaposed to waves of genes that behave in the exact opposite way; e) Pathway Animations that illustrate dynamic changes in the components of individual KEGG signaling and metabolic pathways viewed in time - related manner; and, f) Search Engines to display the expression pattern of any transcript, or groups of transcripts, during the course of ES cell differentiation, or to query the association of candidate genes with various FunGenES database c
Clusters that consist of a small, tight subset of
genes that are co-expressed under the entire spectrum of experimental conditions; b) Time Series of
gene expression profiles during successive days of standard ES cell differentiation; c) Specific Gene Classes based on hierarchical clustering of transcriptional factors and ESTs; d) Expression Waves of genes with characteristic expression profiles during ES cell differentiation, juxtaposed to waves of genes that behave in the exact opposite way; e) Pathway Animations that illustrate dynamic changes in the components of individual KEGG signaling and metabolic pathways viewed in time - related manner; and, f) Search Engines to display the expression pattern of any transcript, or groups of transcripts, during the course of ES cell differentiation, or to query the association of candidate genes with various FunGenES database clust
gene expression profiles during successive days of standard ES cell differentiation; c) Specific
Gene Classes based on hierarchical clustering of transcriptional factors and ESTs; d) Expression Waves of genes with characteristic expression profiles during ES cell differentiation, juxtaposed to waves of genes that behave in the exact opposite way; e) Pathway Animations that illustrate dynamic changes in the components of individual KEGG signaling and metabolic pathways viewed in time - related manner; and, f) Search Engines to display the expression pattern of any transcript, or groups of transcripts, during the course of ES cell differentiation, or to query the association of candidate genes with various FunGenES database clust
Gene Classes based on hierarchical
clustering of transcriptional factors and ESTs; d) Expression Waves of
genes with characteristic expression profiles during ES cell differentiation, juxtaposed to waves of
genes that behave in the exact opposite way; e) Pathway Animations that illustrate dynamic changes in the components of individual KEGG signaling and metabolic pathways viewed in time - related manner; and, f) Search Engines to display the expression pattern of any transcript, or groups of transcripts, during the course of ES cell differentiation, or to query the association of candidate
genes with various FunGenES database
clustersclusters.
In addition to well - described
genes,
clusters often contain transcripts the function of which has not yet been associated
with a specific biological process thus providing novel unexplored links to known molecular pathways.
Inspection of the data illustrates that in many instances, hierarchical
clustering grouped
genes that have been functionally associated
with particular developmental and / or cellular processes.
Clusters with more than 100
genes are listed separately on the top right corner.
Correlation of differentially expressed transcripts was detected by hierarchical
clustering of expression values
with the
Cluster version 2.11 software [52] applying mean centering and normalization of
genes and arrays before the computational
clustering analysis.
They also identified genomic regions where BCAs seemed to
cluster, including one narrow band in a region between
genes, in which nine patients
with similar neurodevelopmental conditions showed a breakpoint.
Specifically, we have generated
clusters of transcripts that behave the same way under the entire spectrum of the sixty - seven experimental conditions; we have assembled
genes in groups according to their time of expression during successive days of ES cell differentiation; we have included expression profiles of specific
gene classes such as transcription regulatory factors and Expressed Sequence Tags; transcripts have been arranged in «Expression Waves» and juxtaposed to
genes with opposite or complementary expression patterns; we have designed search engines to display the expression profile of any transcript during ES cell differentiation;
gene expression data have been organized in animated graphs of KEGG signaling and metabolic pathways; and finally, we have incorporated advanced functional annotations for individual
genes or
gene clusters of interest and links to microarray and genomic resources.
The functional annotations of all the
clusters with ≥ 10 transcripts, which were obtained using the on GO classification categories of the g: Profiler tool for all the
genes in each
cluster, are shown in Table 2 (for downregulated
genes during ES cell differentiation) and Table 3 (for upregulated
genes).
Unbiased
clustering analysis of P (+) neurons revealed four different classes, each
with distinct cell surface receptor
gene expression profiles.
Unsupervised hierarchical
clustering of the 5,959
genes, using 100 random permutations, gave rise to 115 groups, containing a total number of 2,855 transcripts,
with a probability of 95 % or higher that
clustering was not random (Supplemental File S2).
Genes with high expression levels are
clustered in genomic regions known as ridges.