Using Publicly Available RNA-seq Data for Expression Analysis of Genes of Interest.

RNA-seq data in publicly available repositories enable the efficient reanalysis of transcript abundances in existing experiments. Graphical user interfaces usually only allow the visual inspection of a single gene and of predefined experiments. Here, we describe how experiments are selected from the Sequence Read Archive or the European Nucleotide Archive, how data is efficiently mapped onto a reference transcriptome, and how global transcript abundances and patterns are inspected.

Whole-Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain MM211, Isolated from Soil in Langenfeld, Germany.

Here, we present the genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. strain MM211, which was isolated from garden soil. The complete circular genome consists of a 5,281,862-bp chromosome, with a GC content of 61.

Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain MM213, an Isolate from a Brookside in Bielefeld, Germany.

Here, we report the genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. strain MM213, isolated from brookside soil in Bielefeld, Germany. The genome is complete and consists of 6,746,355 bp, with a GC content of 59.

Local DNA shape is a general principle of transcription factor binding specificity in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Understanding gene expression will require understanding where regulatory factors bind genomic DNA. The frequently used sequence-based motifs of protein-DNA binding are not predictive, since a genome contains many more binding sites than are actually bound and transcription factors of the same family share similar DNA-binding motifs. Traditionally, these motifs only depict sequence but neglect DNA shape.