289: MinION detection of chimeric reads in murine Ifna/Ifnb amplicons and ligation-related artifact prevalence
White R et al., F1000Research - Investigation of chimeric reads in MinION nanopore sequencing of short PCR amplicons, focusing on ligation-related artifacts, barcode tracing, and the prevalence of cro...
13 Feb 16min
288: Cryo-EM of rat cerebellar α1/α6 GABAA receptors reveals PZ‑II‑029 binding and β-α-β-α-γ assemblies
Sun C et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2026.123:e2524504123 - Using cryo-EM and mass spectrometry in rat cerebellum, α1- and α6-containing GABAA receptor assemblies (β‑α‑β‑α‑γ stoichiometry) and ...
12 Feb 16min
287: EPOP and MTF2 modulate PRC2 H3K27me3 deposition via GA- and GCN-sequence specificity
Granata J et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2026.123:e2527303123 - In mESCs and defined in vitro assays, EPOP and MTF2 stimulate PRC2 methyltransferase activity and promote de novo H3K27me3 deposi...
11 Feb 18min
286: Deep mutational scanning of Nipah virus fusion protein F reveals functional and antigenic constraints
Larsen BB et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2026.123:e2529505123 - Deep mutational scanning of the Nipah virus fusion protein F using pseudoviruses maps ~8,500 single-residue effects, showing F is...
10 Feb 19min
285: ESBX (Tb927.3.1660) integrates ESB RNA Pol I localization with BES activation and VSG repression in Trypanosoma brucei
Berazategui MA et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2026.123:e2531377123 - ESBX (Tb927.3.1660) links RNA Pol I localization at the ESB to activation of the active BES and repression of inactive BESs ...
9 Feb 19min
284: FES, VSMC behavior and pleiotropic vascular genes identified by integrative functional genomics
Solomon CU et al., Nat Commun(2026). - Integrative analysis in human VSMCs identifies pleiotropic genes including FES that regulate vascular remodeling; pooled CRISPR and mouse knockout show FES loss ...
8 Feb 17min
283: Confidence in genetic knowledge drives Familiarity, Knowledge, and Skills in US GALS samples
Ramírez Renta GM et al., The American Journal of Human Genetics, 113 (2026) 16-28. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.11.014 - GALS survey of >4,000 US respondents (GenPop and SPARK) shows confidence in genetic ...
7 Feb 18min
282: Gene-specific variance-control corrects polygenicity-driven inflation in TWAS
Liang Y et al., The American Journal of Human Genetics, 113 (2026) 276-290. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.12.014 - TWAS using genetically predicted expression exhibit polygenicity-driven inflation that incr...
6 Feb 20min
