Results

A Collaboration to Improve Plant Genome Annotations Across Species
… the complete set of RNA molecules transcribed from all the genes within a cell or tissue at a specific time or under … improvement. Surprisingly, about 16 to 56 percent of plant genes are poorly characterized, meaning they have no known … add additional experimentally derived biological roles to genes. Sarah:  How many plants did you all look at? Avinash: …
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The genome of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2, isolated from coal tar‐contaminated sediment, reveals physiological and metabolic versatility and evolution through extensive horizontal gene transfer
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Duplications and losses of genes encoding known elements of the stress defence system of the Aspergilli contribute to the evolution of these filamentous fungi but do not directly influence their environmental stress tolerance
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Marchantia Pangenome Highlights Adaptive Nature of Plant Lineages
… paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia … hypothesized that certain gene families — including fungal genes horizontally transferred — contributed to the … for comparative genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for roles including plant growth and cell …
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Whole metagenome sequencing and 16S rRNA gene amplicon analyses reveal the complex microbiome responsible for the success of enhanced in-situ reductive dechlorination (ERD) of a tetrachloroethene-contaminated Superfund site
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Olpidium, The Key to the Origin of Terrestrial Fungi
… attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of … and analysis of their data at the time. Following the publication of their paper in 2011, Dr. Sekimoto from …
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Characterizing Communities: JGI Announces Latest CSP Portfolio
… cyst nematode and the soybean sudden death pathogen. In the genes-to-function focus area, Daniel Kliebenstein from the … of West Africa. The staple crop there is millet, grown without fertilizer and under erratic rainfall conditions. To … millet rhizosphere and endosphere communities both with and without the shrub’s presence, researchers hope to learn more …
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Dealing with Drought: Uncovering Sorghum’s Secrets
… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of … the DNA sequence that makes up an individual’s genome. The genes of sorghum plants are likely responsible for the … of Biological and Environmental Research to determine what genes respond to drought conditions, and how these …
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A User-Centered Approach to Accessing JGI Data
… requires that users know about the FY Funding Year, and the publication status in addition to the public/private status. …
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JGI@25: The Human Genome Project, or the JGI’s Origin Story
… contains about 6% of the human genome . They discovered genes linked to conditions such as cardiovascular disease, … about 2% of the human genome. They were interested in genes involved in repair of DNA damage, and those associated … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …
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Bioenergy sorghum stem density increases threefold following internode elongation due to continued accumulation of lignified cell walls and complex regulation of genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis
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Green Algae Reveal One mRNA Encodes Many Proteins
… examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or more genes are encoded on a single molecule of mRNA – in two … and Chromochloris zofingiensis . “I was scrutinizing the genes of one of our species of algae and kept seeing what …
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