The Caenorhabditis elegans mucin-like protein OSM-8 negatively regulates osmosensitive physiology via the transmembrane protein PTR-23.

abstract：:Arsenic is a well-established human carcinogen of poorly understood mechanism of genotoxicity. It is generally accepted that arsenic acts indirectly by generating oxidative DNA damage that can be converted to replication-dependent DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), as well as by interfering with DNA repair pathways and ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Litwin I,Bocer T,Dziadkowiec D,Wysocki R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic basis of floral symmetry is a topic of great interest because of its effect on pollinator behavior and, consequently, plant diversification. The Asteraceae, which is the largest family of flowering plants, is an ideal system in which to study this trait, as many species within the family exhibit a compound...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Chapman MA,Tang S,Draeger D,Nambeesan S,Shaffer H,Barb JG,Knapp SJ,Burke JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the molecular level, the evolution of new traits can be broadly divided between changes in gene expression and changes in protein-coding sequence. For proteins, the evolution of novel functions is generally thought to proceed through sequential point mutations or recombination of whole functional units. In Saccharo...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Baker EP,Hittinger CT

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the GroEL chaperonin is duplicated in nearly 30% of bacterial genomes; and although duplicated groEL genes have been comprehensively determined to have distinct physiological functions in different species, the mechanisms involved have not been characterized to date. Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 has two...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wang Y,Zhang WY,Zhang Z,Li J,Li ZF,Tan ZG,Zhang TT,Wu ZH,Liu H,Li YZ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria can arrest their own growth and proliferation upon nutrient depletion and under various stressful conditions to ensure their survival. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for suppressing growth and arresting the cell cycle under such conditions remain incompletely understood. Here, we identify post-...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Leslie DJ,Heinen C,Schramm FD,Thüring M,Aakre CD,Murray SM,Laub MT,Jonas K

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the genetic mechanisms leading to phenotypic differentiation, it is important to identify genomic regions under selection. We scanned the genome of two chicken lines from a single trait selection experiment, where 50 generations of selection have resulted in a 9-fold difference in body weight. Analyses o...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Johansson AM,Pettersson ME,Siegel PB,Carlborg O

更新日期：2010-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pathogens N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis display robust intra- and interstrain glycan diversity associated with their O-linked protein glycosylation (pgl) systems. In an effort to better understand the evolution and function of protein glycosylation operating there, we aimed to determine if other human-r...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Hadjineophytou C,Anonsen JH,Wang N,Ma KC,Viburiene R,Vik Å,Harrison OB,Maiden MCJ,Grad YH,Koomey M

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant resistance (R) proteins provide a robust surveillance system to defend against potential pathogens. Despite their importance in plant innate immunity, relatively few of the approximately 170 R proteins in Arabidopsis have well-characterized resistance specificity. In order to identify the R protein responsible f...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lewis JD,Wu R,Guttman DS,Desveaux D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that centrosomal protein 164 (CEP164) regulates both cilia and the DNA damage response in the autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease nephronophthisis. Here we examine the functional role of CEP164 in nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies and concomitant fibrosis. Live cell imaging of RPE-FU...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Slaats GG,Ghosh AK,Falke LL,Le Corre S,Shaltiel IA,van de Hoek G,Klasson TD,Stokman MF,Logister I,Verhaar MC,Goldschmeding R,Nguyen TQ,Drummond IA,Hildebrandt F,Giles RH

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signalling allows eukaryotic cells to adjust cell growth in response to changes in their nutritional and environmental context. The two distinct TOR complexes (TORC1/2) localise to the cell's internal membrane compartments; the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus and lysosomes/vacuole...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kowalczyk KM,Petersen J

更新日期：2016-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugative transfer of the integrative and conjugative element ICEclc in the bacterium Pseudomonas knackmussii is the consequence of a bistable decision taken in some 3% of cells in a population during stationary phase. Here we study the possible control exerted by the stationary phase sigma factor RpoS on the bistab...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Miyazaki R,Minoia M,Pradervand N,Sulser S,Reinhard F,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ku complex binds non-specifically to DNA breaks and ensures repair via NHEJ. However, Ku is also known to bind directly to telomeric DNA ends and its presence there is associated with telomere capping, but avoiding NHEJ. How the complex discriminates between a DNA break and a telomeric extremity remains unknown. O...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Larcher MV,Pasquier E,MacDonald RS,Wellinger RJ

更新日期：2016-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:H1 linker histones facilitate higher-order chromatin folding and are essential for mammalian development. To achieve high-resolution mapping of H1 variants H1d and H1c in embryonic stem cells (ESCs), we have established a knock-in system and shown that the N-terminally tagged H1 proteins are functionally interchangeab...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Cao K,Lailler N,Zhang Y,Kumar A,Uppal K,Liu Z,Lee EK,Wu H,Medrzycki M,Pan C,Ho PY,Cooper GP Jr,Dong X,Bock C,Bouhassira EE,Fan Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular genetic mechanisms of sex determination are not known for most vertebrates, including zebrafish. We identified a mutation in the zebrafish fancl gene that causes homozygous mutants to develop as fertile males due to female-to-male sex reversal. Fancl is a member of the Fanconi Anemia/BRCA DNA repair path...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Rodríguez-Marí A,Cañestro C,Bremiller RA,Nguyen-Johnson A,Asakawa K,Kawakami K,Postlethwait JH

更新日期：2010-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a devastating progeria most often caused by mutations in the CSB gene encoding a SWI/SNF family chromatin remodeling protein. Although all CSB mutations that cause CS are recessive, the complete absence of CSB protein does not cause CS. In addition, most CSB mutations are located beyond exon ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Newman JC,Bailey AD,Fan HY,Pavelitz T,Weiner AM

更新日期：2008-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been practiced for thousands of years, but only within the last few decades has its use become more widespread outside of Asia. Concerns continue to be raised about the efficacy, legality, and safety of many popular complementary alternative medicines, including TCMs. Ingredients...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Coghlan ML,Haile J,Houston J,Murray DC,White NE,Moolhuijzen P,Bellgard MI,Bunce M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second to forced vital capacity (FEV(1)/FVC) is a measure used to diagnose airflow obstruction and is highly heritable. We performed a genome-wide association study in 7,691 Framingham Heart Study participants to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated wi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wilk JB,Chen TH,Gottlieb DJ,Walter RE,Nagle MW,Brandler BJ,Myers RH,Borecki IB,Silverman EK,Weiss ST,O'Connor GT

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons between diverse vertebrate genomes have uncovered thousands of highly conserved non-coding sequences, an increasing number of which have been shown to function as enhancers during early development. Despite their extreme conservation over 500 million years from humans to cartilaginous fish, these elements ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： McEwen GK,Goode DK,Parker HJ,Woolfe A,Callaway H,Elgar G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulolytic fungi have evolved a complex regulatory network to maintain the precise balance of nutrients required for growth and hydrolytic enzyme production. When fungi are exposed to cellulose, the transcript levels of cellulase genes rapidly increase and then decline. However, the mechanisms underlying this bell-s...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lin L,Wang S,Li X,He Q,Benz JP,Tian C

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial cell wall, which is comprised of a mesh of polysaccharide strands crosslinked via peptide bridges (peptidoglycan, PG), is critical for maintenance of cell shape and survival. PG assembly is mediated by a variety of Penicillin Binding Proteins (PBP) whose fundamental activities have been characterized in ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Dörr T,Lam H,Alvarez L,Cava F,Davis BM,Waldor MK

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Cryptococccus neoformans genes are interrupted by introns, and alternative splicing occurs very often. In this study, we examined the influence of introns on C. neoformans gene expression. For most tested genes, elimination of introns greatly reduces mRNA accumulation. Strikingly, the number and the position of i...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Goebels C,Thonn A,Gonzalez-Hilarion S,Rolland O,Moyrand F,Beilharz TH,Janbon G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligodendrocyte density is greater and myelin sheaths are thicker in the adult male mouse brain when compared with females. Here, we show that these sex differences emerge during the first 10 postnatal days, precisely at a stage when a late wave of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells arises and starts differentiating...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Abi Ghanem C,Degerny C,Hussain R,Liere P,Pianos A,Tourpin S,Habert R,Macklin WB,Schumacher M,Ghoumari AM

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary outcomes depend not only on the selective forces acting upon a species, but also on the genetic background. However, large timescales and uncertain historical selection pressures can make it difficult to discern such important background differences between species. Experimental evolution is one tool to c...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sanchez MR,Miller AW,Liachko I,Sunshine AB,Lynch B,Huang M,Alcantara E,DeSevo CG,Pai DA,Tucker CM,Hoang ML,Dunham MJ

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Piwi-interacting RNAs are a diverse class of small non-coding RNAs implicated in the silencing of transposable elements and the safeguarding of genome integrity. In mammals, male germ cells express two genetically and developmentally distinct populations of piRNAs at the pre-pachytene and pachytene stages of meiosis, ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Zheng K,Wang PJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy-induced noncoding RNA (PINC) and retinoblastoma-associated protein 46 (RbAp46) are upregulated in alveolar cells of the mammary gland during pregnancy and persist in alveolar cells that remain in the regressed lobules following involution. The cells that survive involution are thought to function as alveolar...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Shore AN,Kabotyanski EB,Roarty K,Smith MA,Zhang Y,Creighton CJ,Dinger ME,Rosen JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the oocytes of many animals including humans, the meiotic spindle assembles without centrosomes. It is still unclear how multiple pathways contribute to spindle microtubule assembly, and whether they are regulated differently in mitosis and meiosis. Augmin is a γ-tubulin recruiting complex which "amplifies" spindle...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Colombié N,Głuszek AA,Meireles AM,Ohkura H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in normal cellular differentiation and oncogenesis. microRNA93 (mir-93), a member of the mir106b-25 cluster, located in intron 13 of the MCM7 gene, although frequently overexpressed in human malignancies may also function as a tumor suppressor gene. Using a series of breast canc...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Liu S,Patel SH,Ginestier C,Ibarra I,Martin-Trevino R,Bai S,McDermott SP,Shang L,Ke J,Ou SJ,Heath A,Zhang KJ,Korkaya H,Clouthier SG,Charafe-Jauffret E,Birnbaum D,Hannon GJ,Wicha MS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage observed during plant immune responses is reported to be an intrinsic component of plant immunity. However, other immune responses may suppress DNA damage to maintain host genome integrity. Here, we show that immunity-related DNA damage can be abrogated by preventing cell death triggered by Nucleotide-bindi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Rodriguez E,Chevalier J,El Ghoul H,Voldum-Clausen K,Mundy J,Petersen M

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide transcription start site (TSS) profiles of the enterobacteria Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were experimentally determined through modified 5' RACE followed by deep sequencing of intact primary mRNA. This identified 3,746 and 3,143 TSSs for E. coli and K. pneumoniae, respectively. Experimental...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kim D,Hong JS,Qiu Y,Nagarajan H,Seo JH,Cho BK,Tsai SF,Palsson BØ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zygotic gene expression programs control cell differentiation in vertebrate development. In Xenopus, these programs are initiated by local induction of regulatory genes through maternal signaling activities in the wake of zygotic genome activation (ZGA) at the midblastula transition (MBT). These programs lay down the ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wagner G,Singhal N,Nicetto D,Straub T,Kremmer E,Rupp RAW

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00