Prevalence and correlates of GB virus C infection in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women in Bangkok, Thailand.
Authors:Bhanich Supapol W, Remis RS, Raboud J, Millson M, Tappero J, Kaul R, Kulkarni P, McConnell MS, Mock PA, McNicholl JM, Roongpisuthipong A, Chotpitayasunondh T, Shaffer N, Butera S
Journal:J Med Virol
PubMed ID:21108337
'GB virus C (GBV-C) is an apathogenic virus that has been shown to inhibit HIV replication. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of GBV-C infection and clearance in three cohorts of pregnant women in Thailand. The study population consisted of 1,719 (1,387 HIV-infected and 332 HIV-uninfected) women from three ... More
An in vitro DNA double-strand break repair assay based on end-joining of defined duplex oligonucleotides.
Authors:Datta K, Purkayastha S, Neumann RD, Winters TA
Journal:Methods Mol Biol
PubMed ID:22941624
'DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are caused by endogenous cellular processes such as oxidative metabolism, or by exogenous events like exposure to ionizing radiation or other genotoxic agents. Repair of these DSBs is essential for the maintenance of cellular genomic integrity. In human cells, and cells of other higher eukaryotes, DSBs ... More
Smooth muscle phenotypic diversity is mediated through alterations in myocardin gene splicing.
Authors:Ilagan RM, Genheimer CW, Quinlan SF, Guthrie KI, Sangha N, Ramachandrannair S, Kelley RW, Presnell SC, Basu J, Ludlow JW
Journal:J Cell Physiol
PubMed ID:21792927
'Myocardin (MYOCD) is a smooth and cardiac muscle-specific transcriptional coactivator that is required for the proper expression of contraction-related genes. Through its function to transactivate effector genes, MYOCD plays an essential role in mediating the switch between contractile and non-contractile phenotypes, particularly in smooth muscle cells (SMC). There are at ... More
Genome wide full-length transcript analysis using 5' and 3' paired-end-tag next generation sequencing (RNA-PET).
Authors:Ruan X, Ruan Y
Journal:Methods Mol Biol
PubMed ID:22113299
'RNA-PET is a paired end tag (PET) sequencing method for full-length mRNA transcripts analysis using the next generation sequencer platforms such as Illumina GA and SOLiD. Unlike RNA-Seq method that sequences randomly sheared shotgun RNA short fragments, RNA-PET captures and sequences the 5'' and 3'' end tags of full-length cDNA ... More
Rapid, low-input, low-bias construction of shotgun fragment libraries by high-density in vitro transposition.
Authors:Adey A, Morrison HG, Asan Xun X, Kitzman JO, Turner EH, Stackhouse B, MacKenzie AP, Caruccio NC, Zhang X, Shendure J
Journal:Genome Biol
PubMed ID:21143862
We characterize and extend a highly efficient method for constructing shotgun fragment libraries in which transposase catalyzes in vitro DNA fragmentation and adaptor incorporation simultaneously. We apply this method to sequencing a human genome and find that coverage biases are comparable to those of conventional protocols. We also extend its ... More