Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations

JS Mattick, PP Amaral, P Carninci… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes specifying long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy a large fraction of the genomes
of complex organisms. The term 'lncRNAs' encompasses RNA polymerase I (Pol I), Pol II …

Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy

M Coan, S Haefliger, S Ounzain, R Johnson - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
RNA therapeutics (RNATx) aim to treat diseases, including cancer, by targeting or
employing RNA molecules for therapeutic purposes. Amongst the most promising targets …

COSMIC: a curated database of somatic variants and clinical data for cancer

Z Sondka, NB Dhir, D Carvalho-Silva… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer (COSMIC), https://cancer. sanger.
ac. uk/cosmic, is an expert-curated knowledgebase providing data on somatic variants in …

The UCSC genome browser database: 2023 update

LR Nassar, GP Barber, A Benet-Pagès… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The UCSC Genome Browser (https://genome. ucsc. edu) is an omics data
consolidator, graphical viewer, and general bioinformatics resource that continues to serve …

CellMarker 2.0: an updated database of manually curated cell markers in human/mouse and web tools based on scRNA-seq data

C Hu, T Li, Y Xu, X Zhang, F Li, J Bai… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract CellMarker 2.0 (http://bio-bigdata. hrbmu. edu. cn/CellMarker or http://117.50.
127.228/CellMarker/) is an updated database that provides a manually curated collection of …

The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome

A Rhie, S Nurk, M Cechova, SJ Hoyt, DJ Taylor… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The human Y chromosome has been notoriously difficult to sequence and assemble
because of its complex repeat structure that includes long palindromes, tandem repeats and …

Ensembl 2023

FJ Martin, MR Amode, A Aneja… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Ensembl (https://www. ensembl. org) has produced high-quality genomic resources
for vertebrates and model organisms for more than twenty years. During that time, our …

Global detection of human variants and isoforms by deep proteome sequencing

P Sinitcyn, AL Richards, RJ Weatheritt… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
An average shotgun proteomics experiment detects approximately 10,000 human proteins
from a single sample. However, individual proteins are typically identified by peptide …

Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals

MJ Christmas, IM Kaplow, DP Genereux, MX Dong… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Zoonomia is the largest comparative genomics resource for mammals produced to date. By
aligning genomes for 240 species, we identify bases that, when mutated, are likely to affect …

Improving prime editing with an endogenous small RNA-binding protein

J Yan, P Oyler-Castrillo, P Ravisankar, CC Ward… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Prime editing enables the precise modification of genomes through reverse transcription of
template sequences appended to the 3′ ends of CRISPR–Cas guide RNAs. To identify …