The availability of multiple, complete eukaryotic genome sequences allows one to address
many fundamental evolutionary questions on genome scale. One such important, long-…

The mechanisms and evolutionary dynamics of intron insertion and loss in eukaryotic genes
remain poorly understood. Reconstruction of parsimonious scenarios of gene structure …

The 2′–5′-oligoadenylate synthetase (2′–5′-OAS) family members are interferon-induced
antiviral proteins. Twenty-three single nucleotide polymorphisms located within the OAS1…

By comparing sequences of human, mouse and rat orthologous genes, we show that in 5′-untranslated
regions (5′-UTRs) of mammalian cDNAs but not in 3′-UTRs or coding …

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a neurotropic, positive-sense RNA virus of the
genus Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae) which can cause a variety of clinical manifestations in …

Drosophila melanogaster polytene chromosomes display specific banding pattern; the
underlying genetic organization of this pattern has remained elusive for many years. In the …

It is well known that non-coding mRNA sequences are dissimilar in many structural features.
For individual mRNAs correlations were found for some of these features and their …

Background Development of anxiety- and depression-like states under chronic social defeat
stress in mice has been shown by many experimental studies. In this article, the …

Background The studies on CpG islands (CGI) and Alu elements functions, evolution, and
distribution in the genome started since the discovery in nineteen eighties (1981, 1986, …

Salivary gland polytene chromosomes demonstrate banding pattern, genetic meaning of
which is an enigma for decades. Till now it is not known how to mark the band/interband …