Publications in bioinformatics/computational biology

Discovering regulatory motifs in the Plasmodium genome using comparative genomics
Wu J, Sieglaff DH, Gervin J, and Xie XS
Bioinformatics doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btn348 (2008)
MDOS software: A method for Motif Discovery using Orthologous Sequences (alignment independent).
Supplementary Information on the MDOS algorithm
Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations
Sabeti, Varilly, Fry, Lohmueller, Hostetter, Sotsapos, Xie, Byrne, et al.
Nature 449:913-918 (2007)
Geome-wide maps of chromatin state in pluripotent and lineage-committed cells
Mikkelsen TS, Ku M, et al.
Nature 448:553-60 (2007)
Systematic discovery of regulatory motifs in conserved regions of the human genome, including thousands of CTCF insulator sites
Xie X, Mikkelsen TS, Gnirke A, Lindblad-Toh K, Kellis M and Lander ES.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:7145-7150 (2007)
Supplementary website     Supporting Information     News story
Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences
Mikkelsen TS, Wakefield MJ, et al.
Nature 447:167-177 (2007)
A family of conserved noncoding elements derived from an ancient transposable element
Xie X, Kamal M, and Lander ES.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:11659-11664 (2006)
Supplementary website     Supporting Information     News story
A large family of ancient repeat elements in the human genome is under strong selection
Kamal M, Xie X, and Lander ES.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:2740-2745 (2006)
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A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells
Bernstein BE, Mikkelsen TS, Xie X, Kamal M et al.
Cell 125:315-26 (2006)
Comparative sequence analysis reveals an intricate network among REST, CREB and miRNA in mediating neuronal gene expression
Wu J and Xie X
Genome Biology 7(9):R85 (2006) (Highly accessed)
Supplementary website
Systematic identification of human mitochondrial disease genes through integrative genomics
Calvo S, Jain M, Xie X, Chang B, Spinazzola A, Zeviani M, Carr S, and Mootha VK.
Nature Genetics, 38:576-82 (2006)
Systematic discovery of regulatory motifs in human promoters and 3' UTRs by comparison of several mammals
Xie X, Lu J, Kulbokas EJ, Golub TR, Mootha VK, Lindblad-Toh K, Lander ES, Kellis M.
Nature 2005; 434:338-45
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A molecular-properties-based approach to understanding PDZ domain proteins and PDZ ligands
Giallourakis C, Cao Z, Green T, Wachtel H, Xie X, Lopez-Illasaca M, Daly M, Rioux J, Xavier R.
Genome Resesarch, 16:1056-72 (2006)
A Mammalian Organelle Map by Protein Correlation Profiling
Foster LJ, de Hoog CL, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Xie X, Mootha VK, and Mann M.
Cell 125:187-99 (2006)
Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog
Lindblad-Toh K, Wade CM, et al.
Nature 438:803-19 2005
Disease gene discovery through integrative genomics.
Giallourakis C, Henson C, Reich M, Xie X, and Mootha VK.
Annu. Rev. Genomics Hum. Genet. 2005:22:381-406.
Erralpha and Gabpa/b specify PGC-1alpha-dependent oxidative phosphorylation gene expression that is altered in diabetic muscle
Mootha VK, Handschin C, Arlow D, Xie X, St Pierre J et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2004;101:6570-5