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ENCODE explained

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  • Joseph R. Ecker

    (Joseph R. Ecker is at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.)

  • Wendy A. Bickmore

    (Wendy A. Bickmore is in the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK.)

  • Inês Barroso

    (Inês Barroso is at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK, and at the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK.)

  • Jonathan K. Pritchard

    (University of Chicago, Chicago 60637 Illinois, USA.
    J.K.P. is also at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago.)

  • Yoav Gilad

    (University of Chicago, Chicago 60637 Illinois, USA.)

  • Eran Segal

    (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.)

Abstract

The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project dishes up a hearty banquet of data that illuminate the roles of the functional elements of the human genome. Here, six scientists describe the project and discuss how the data are influencing research directions across many fields. See Articles p.57 , p.75 , p.83 , p.91 , p.101 & Letter p.109

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  • Joseph R. Ecker & Wendy A. Bickmore & Inês Barroso & Jonathan K. Pritchard & Yoav Gilad & Eran Segal, 2012. "ENCODE explained," Nature, Nature, vol. 489(7414), pages 52-54, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:489:y:2012:i:7414:d:10.1038_489052a
    DOI: 10.1038/489052a
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