Transcriptomics articles within Nature Communications

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  01 October 2013 | Open Access

  The landscape of viral expression and host gene fusion and adaptation in human cancer

  Viruses contribute to the pathogenesis of certain cancers. Using massively parallel sequencing data from The Cancer Genome Atlas to analyse viral expression in 19 tumour types, Tang et al. both confirm and reject previously described viral associations and present new information on viral integration and host interaction.

  • Ka-Wei Tang
  • , Babak Alaei-Mahabadi
  •  & Erik Larsson

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  20 August 2013 | Open Access

  Genome analysis reveals insights into physiology and longevity of the Brandt’s bat Myotis brandtii

  Bats account for 20 per cent of all mammals, these are the only mammals with powered flight, and are among the few animals that echolocate. Here, Seim et al. sequence the genome of the long-lived (>40 years) Brandt’s bat, Myotis brandtiiand provide clues to its evolution, longevity and other traits.

  • Inge Seim
  • , Xiaodong Fang
  •  & Vadim N. Gladyshev

• Article | 19 March 2013

  A novel metatranscriptomic approach to identify gene expression dynamics during extracellular electron transfer

  Extracellular electron transfer is a ubiquitous process that occurs in natural microbial communities. Here, Ishii et al.identify specific microbial strains and genes involved in extracellular electron transfer in a biofilm community that is associated with a microbial fuel cell.

  • Shun’ichi Ishii
  • , Shino Suzuki
  •  & Orianna Bretschger

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  09 October 2012 | Open Access

  A multi-omic map of the lipid-producing yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides

  The ability of oleaginous fungi to produce lipids for biofuels remains untapped, in part due to a lack of genetic information required to engineer industrial strains. Zhuet al. present the genome of R. toruloides, and identify transcriptomic and proteomic changes associated with lipid production.

  • Zhiwei Zhu
  • , Sufang Zhang
  •  & Zongbao K. Zhao

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  22 March 2011 | Open Access

  Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals vertebrate phylotypic period during organogenesis

  The conservation of embryonic development across species is of great interest in evolutionary biology. Here, using transcriptome analysis, the authors show that the pharyngula stage of development—in mid-embryogenesis—is conserved between mice, chickens, frogs and zebrafish.

  • Naoki Irie
  •  & Shigeru Kuratani