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Nucleic Acids Research Papers on DNA-Bound Proteins, Transcriptional Activation, More
In Nucleic Acids Research this week: machine learning approach to detect DNA-bound proteins, CRISPR-based method for activating specific gene targets, and more.
Canadian Consortium Launches COVID Cloud to Support Molecular Research
Led by DNAstack and supported by Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster, COVID Cloud looks to build a nationwide bioinformatics infrastructure to address the pandemic.
Nucleic Acids Research Studies on Rat Transcriptome, Marine Metagenomic Tool, More
In Nucleic Acids Research this week: effort to annotate the rat transcriptome, web-based resource to characterize marine microbes, and more.
Glioblastoma, Developing Brain Cell Populations Show Similarities in Single-Cell RNA-Seq Study
Researchers saw similar cell hierarchies and progenitor cell clusters when comparing single-cell RNA sequencing data for cells from glioblastoma tumors and developing brains.
Own Merits
NPR writes that even with thousands of new COVID-19 papers, each should be evaluated based on its own quality.