The Drosophila wispy gene is required for RNA localization and other microtubule-based events of meiosis and early embryogenesis.

abstract：:Adherence, an important virulence factor, is mediated by the EPA (Epithelial Adhesin) genes in the opportunistic pathogen Candida glabrata Expression of adhesin-encoding genes requires tight regulation to respond to harsh environmental conditions within the host. The majority of EPA genes are localized in subtelomeric...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： López-Fuentes E,Hernández-Hernández G,Castanedo L,Gutiérrez-Escobedo G,Oktaba K,De Las Peñas A,Castaño I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most eukaryotes, crossovers are not independently distributed along the length of a chromosome. Instead, they appear to avoid close proximity to one another--a phenomenon known as crossover interference. Previously, for three of the five Arabidopsis chromosomes, we measured the strength of interference and suggeste...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Lam SY,Horn SR,Radford SJ,Housworth EA,Stahl FW,Copenhaver GP

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palindromic sequences have the potential to form hairpin or cruciform structures, which are putative substrates for several nucleases and mismatch repair enzymes. A genetic method was developed to detect such structures in vivo in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using this method we previously showed that short ha...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Nag DK,Kurst A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parentals of the interspecific cross Cucurbita maxima xC. ecuadorensis had different isozyme phenotypes for 12 enzyme systems. Characterization of the systems demonstrated that the expression and intracellular distribution of the isozymes were similar to those in other plant taxa; however, a considerable number of...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Weeden NF,Robinson RW

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the Drosophila melanogaster Signal peptide peptidase gene (Spp) that encodes a multipass transmembrane aspartyl protease. Drosophila SPP is homologous to the human signal peptide peptidase (SPP) and is distantly related to the presenilins. We show that, like human SPP, Drosophila SPP can proteolyze a mod...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Casso DJ,Tanda S,Biehs B,Martoglio B,Kornberg TB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a family of P elements that we refer to as type I repressors. These elements are identified by their repressor functions and their lack of any deletion within the first two-thirds of the canonical P sequence. Elements belonging to this repressor class were isolated from P strains and were made in vitr...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Gloor GB,Preston CR,Johnson-Schlitz DM,Nassif NA,Phillis RW,Benz WK,Robertson HM,Engels WR

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations were induced in synchronous Chinese hamster cells by bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR) incorporated into cells for one-hour periods in the cell cycle. There was a very pronounced temporal dependence during the first half of the DNA synthesis period for the induction of damage leading to 6-thioguanine (6TG) and ouabai...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Burki HJ,Aebersold PM

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is a phosphatidyl-3-kinase-related protein kinase that functions as a central regulator of the DNA damage response in eukaryotic cells. In humans, mutations in ATM cause the devastating neurodegenerative disease ataxia telangiectasia. Previously, we characterized the homolog of ATM ...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Malavazi I,Lima JF,de Castro PA,Savoldi M,de Souza Goldman MH,Goldman GH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin is organized and compacted in the nucleus through the association of histones and other proteins, which together control genomic activity. Two broad types of chromatin can be distinguished: euchromatin, which is generally transcriptionally active, and heterochromatin, which is repressed. Here we examine the ...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Ahringer J,Gasser SM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Genetics Society of America (GSA) Medal recognizes researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the field of genetics in the past 15 years. The 2019 GSA Medal is awarded to Bonnie L. Bassler of Princeton University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in recognition of her groundbreaking studies of ba...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Bassler BL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important parameters in population genetics is theta = 4Ne mu where Ne is the effective population size and mu is the rate of mutation per gene per generation. We study two related problems, using the maximum likelihood method and the theory of coalescence. One problem is the potential improvement of a...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Fu YX,Li WH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 100 regulatory mutations linked to the histidine (his) operon of S. typhimurium have been isolated. They all map in a region estimated to be several hundred base pairs in length located at one end of the his operon ("the hisO region"). The mutations are located at sixteen recombinationally separable sites or are ...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Ely B,Fankhauser DB,Hartman PE

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast DNA fragments that confer multiple drug resistance when amplified were isolated. Cells containing a yeast genomic library cloned in the high copy autonomously replicating vector, YEp24, were plated on medium containing cycloheximide. Five out of 100 cycloheximide-resistant colonies were cross-resistant to the un...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Leppert G,McDevitt R,Falco SC,Van Dyk TK,Ficke MB,Golin J

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the in vivo function of the unique and conserved carboxy-terminal repeat domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II largest subunit (RpII215), we have studied RNA polymerase II biosynthesis, activity and genetic function in Drosophila RpII215 mutants that possessed all (C4), half (W81) or none (IIt) of the CTD re...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Brickey WJ,Greenleaf AL

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two alternative hypotheses attribute different benefits to codon-anticodon adaptation. The first assumes that protein production is rate limited by both initiation and elongation and that codon-anticodon adaptation would result in higher elongation efficiency and more efficient and accurate protein production, especia...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Xia X

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of our investigation of disease resistance in lettuce, we generated mutants that have lost resistance to Bremia lactucae, the casual fungus of downy mildew. Using a rapid and reliable screen, we identified 16 distinct mutants of Latuca sativa that have lost activity of one of four different downy mildew resist...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Okubara PA,Anderson PA,Ochoa OE,Michelmore RW

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental population genetics of Y-chromosome drive in Drosophila melanogaster is approximated by studying the behavior of T(Y;2),SD lines. These exhibit "pseudo-Y" drive through the effective coupling of the Y chromosome to the second chromosome meiotic drive locus, Segregation distorter (SD). T(Y;2),SD males ...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Lyttle TW

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditional cdc1(Ts) mutants of S. cerevisiae arrest with a phenotype similar to that exhibited by Mn(2+)-depleted cells. Sequence similarity between Cdc1p and a class of Mn(2+)-dependent phosphoesterases, as well as the observation that conditional cdc1(Ts) growth can be ameliorated by Mn(2+) supplement, suggests tha...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Eguez L,Chung YS,Kuchibhatla A,Paidhungat M,Garrett S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional (3D) organization of chromosomes can influence transcription. However, the frequency and magnitude of these effects remain debated. To determine how changes in chromosome positioning affect transcription across thousands of genes with minimal perturbation, we characterized nuclear organization an...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Di Stefano M,Di Giovanni F,Pozharskaia V,Gomar-Alba M,Baù D,Carey LB,Marti-Renom MA,Mendoza M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic glucocorticoid receptor binding activity was measured in A/J, C57BL/6J, their F1 reciprocal crosses and their F1 recombinant inbred (RI) lines. The glucocorticoid binding capacity was measured in Hepes buffer and Hepes buffer plus dithiothreitol (DTT). The A/J parental strain showed higher levels, and a greate...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Liu SL,Erickson RP

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In budding yeast, at least 10 proteins are required for formation of the double-strand breaks (DSBs) that initiate meiotic recombination. Spo11 is the enzyme responsible for cleaving DNA and is found in a complex that also contains Ski8, Rec102, and Rec104. The Mre11/Rad50/Xrs2 complex is required for both DSB formati...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Li J,Hooker GW,Roeder GS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic analyses of nine traits associated with stem water-soluble carbohydrate (SWSC) accumulation and remobilization at grain-filling period under drought stress (DS) and well-watered (WW) conditions were undertaken using doubled haploid lines (DHLs) derived from two Chinese common wheat cultivars. Some significantl...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Yang DL,Jing RL,Chang XP,Li W

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a two-part system for conditional FLP-out of FRT-flanked sequences in Caenorhabditis elegans to control gene activity in a spatially and/or temporally regulated manner. Using reporters, we assess the system for efficacy and demonstrate its use as a cell lineage marking tool. In addition, we construct and te...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Voutev R,Hubbard EJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 73AD salivary chromosome region of Drosophila melanogaster was subjected to mutational analysis in order to (1) generate a collection of chromosome breakpoints that would allow a correlation between the genetic, cytological and molecular maps of the region and (2) define the number and gross organization of comple...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Belote JM,Hoffmann FM,McKeown M,Chorsky RL,Baker BS

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We formalize the use of allele frequency and geographic information for the construction of gene trees at the intraspecific level and extend the concept of evolutionary parsimony to molecular variance parsimony. The central principle is to consider a particular gene tree as a variable to be optimized in the estimation...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Excoffier L,Smouse PE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idealized individual in many fungal species is a haploid self-sterile hermaphrodite that may be propagated by asexually produced spores or that may reproduce sexually. In field populations, polymorphism occurs for female-sterile/hermaphrodite status, and female-sterile mutants, which function only as males during ...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Leslie JF,Klein KK

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA editing refers to post-transcriptional processes that alter the base sequence of RNA. Recently, hundreds of new RNA editing targets have been reported. However, the mechanisms that determine the specificity and degree of editing are not well understood. We examined quantitative variation of site-specific editing i...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Gu T,Gatti DM,Srivastava A,Snyder EM,Raghupathy N,Simecek P,Svenson KL,Dotu I,Chuang JH,Keller MP,Attie AD,Braun RE,Churchill GA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wright's method of estimating the number of genes contributing to the difference in a quantitative character between two populations involves observing the means and variances of the two parental populations and their hybrid populations. Although simple, Wright's method provides seriously biased estimates, largely due...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Zeng ZB

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study levels of X-linked vs. autosomal diversity using a model developed to analyze the hitchhiking effect. Repeated bouts of hitchhiking are thought to lower X-linked diversity for two reasons: first, because sojourn times of beneficial mutations are shorter on the X, and second, because adaptive substitutions may...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Betancourt AJ,Kim Y,Orr HA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here a molecular analysis of the region surrounding the structural gene encoding alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) in 47 lines of Drosophila melanogaster that have each accumulated mutations for 300 generations. While these lines show a significant increase in variation of alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme activity co...

journal_title：Genetics

authors： Aquadro CF,Tachida H,Langley CH,Harada K,Mukai T

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00