Mutations in fam20b and xylt1 reveal that cartilage matrix controls timing of endochondral ossification by inhibiting chondrocyte maturation.

abstract：:Seed development in angiosperms is dependent on the interplay among different transcriptional programs operating in the embryo, the endosperm, and the maternally-derived seed coat. In angiosperms, the embryo and the endosperm are products of double fertilization during which the two pollen sperm cells fuse with the eg...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Shirzadi R,Andersen ED,Bjerkan KN,Gloeckle BM,Heese M,Ungru A,Winge P,Koncz C,Aalen RB,Schnittger A,Grini PE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008320.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： PLOS Genetics Staff.

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-to-cell gene expression noise is thought to be an important mechanism for generating phenotypic diversity. Furthermore, telomeric regions are major sites for gene amplification, which is thought to drive genetic diversity. Here we found that individual subtelomeric TLO genes exhibit increased variation in transcr...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Anderson MZ,Gerstein AC,Wigen L,Baller JA,Berman J

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have transformed our understanding of the genetics of complex traits such as autoimmune diseases, but how risk variants contribute to pathogenesis remains largely unknown. Identifying genetic variants that affect gene expression (expression quantitative trait loci, or eQTLs) is c...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Peters JE,Lyons PA,Lee JC,Richard AC,Fortune MD,Newcombe PJ,Richardson S,Smith KG

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:During neurogenesis, transcription factors combinatorially specify neuronal fates and then differentiate subtype identities by inducing subtype-specific gene expression profiles. But how is neuronal subtype identity maintained in mature neurons? Modeling this question in two Drosophila neuronal subtypes (Tv1 and Tv4),...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Eade KT,Fancher HA,Ridyard MS,Allan DW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years different types of structural variants (SVs) have been discovered in the human genome and their functional impact has become increasingly clear. Inversions, however, are poorly characterized and more difficult to study, especially those mediated by inverted repeats or segmental duplications. Here, we d...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Aguado C,Gayà-Vidal M,Villatoro S,Oliva M,Izquierdo D,Giner-Delgado C,Montalvo V,García-González J,Martínez-Fundichely A,Capilla L,Ruiz-Herrera A,Estivill X,Puig M,Cáceres M

更新日期：2014-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A cascade of alternative sigma factors directs developmental gene expression during spore formation by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. As the spore develops, a tightly regulated switch occurs in which the early-acting sigma factor σF is replaced by the late-acting sigma factor σG. The gene encoding σG (sigG) is trans...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mearls EB,Jackter J,Colquhoun JM,Farmer V,Matthews AJ,Murphy LS,Fenton C,Camp AH

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel result of the current research is the development and implementation of a unique functional phylogenomic approach that explores the genomic origins of seed plant diversification. We first use 22,833 sets of orthologs from the nuclear genomes of 101 genera across land plants to reconstruct their phylogenetic re...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lee EK,Cibrian-Jaramillo A,Kolokotronis SO,Katari MS,Stamatakis A,Ott M,Chiu JC,Little DP,Stevenson DW,McCombie WR,Martienssen RA,Coruzzi G,Desalle R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate methods to assess the pathogenicity of mutations are needed to fully leverage the possibilities of genome sequencing in diagnosis. Current data-driven and bioinformatics approaches are, however, limited by the large number of new variations found in each newly sequenced genome, and often do not provide direct...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Nielsen SV,Stein A,Dinitzen AB,Papaleo E,Tatham MH,Poulsen EG,Kassem MM,Rasmussen LJ,Lindorff-Larsen K,Hartmann-Petersen R

更新日期：2017-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from primates, we show that molecular clocks in sites that have been part of a CpG dinucleotide in recent past (CpG sites) and non-CpG sites are of markedly different nature, reflecting differences in their molecular origins. Notably, single nucleotide substitutions at non-CpG sites show clear generation-ti...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kim SH,Elango N,Warden C,Vigoda E,Yi SV

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of large-scale population genomic analyses and trait-based mapping approaches has the potential to provide novel insights into the evolutionary history and genome organization of crop plants. Here, we describe the detailed genotypic and phenotypic analysis of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) associat...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mandel JR,Nambeesan S,Bowers JE,Marek LF,Ebert D,Rieseberg LH,Knapp SJ,Burke JM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 60 years ago, Severo Ochoa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the enzymatic synthesis of RNA by polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase). Although this discovery provided an important tool for deciphering the genetic code, subsequent work revealed that the predominant functi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Cameron TA,Matz LM,De Lay NR

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated T-DNA integration is a common tool for plant genome manipulation. However, there is controversy regarding whether T-DNA integration is biased towards genes or randomly distributed throughout the genome. In order to address this question, we performed high-throughput mapping of T-DNA-...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Shilo S,Tripathi P,Melamed-Bessudo C,Tzfadia O,Muth TR,Levy AA

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Most B cell lymphomas originate from B cells that have germinal center (GC) experience and bear chromosome translocations and numerous point mutations. GC B cells remodel their immunoglobulin (Ig) genes by somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR) in their Ig genes. Activation Induced Deaminase ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Delgado P,Álvarez-Prado ÁF,Marina-Zárate E,Sernandez IV,Mur SM,de la Barrera J,Sanchez-Cabo F,Cañamero M,de Molina A,Belver L,de Yébenes VG,Ramiro AR

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although significant variations in the metabolic profiles exist among different cells, little is understood in terms of genetic regulations of such cell type-specific metabolic phenotypes and nutrient requirements. While many cancer cells depend on exogenous glutamine for survival to justify the therapeutic targeting ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kung HN,Marks JR,Chi JT

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite strong vetting for disease activity, only 10% of candidate new molecular entities in early stage clinical trials are eventually approved. Analyzing historical pipeline data, Nelson et al. 2015 (Nat. Genet.) concluded pipeline drug targets with human genetic evidence of disease association are twice as likely t...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： King EA,Davis JW,Degner JF

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural features of genomes, including the three-dimensional arrangement of DNA in the nucleus, are increasingly seen as key contributors to the regulation of gene expression. However, studies on how genome structure and nuclear organisation influence transcription have so far been limited to a handful of model spe...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Winter DJ,Ganley ARD,Young CA,Liachko I,Schardl CL,Dupont PY,Berry D,Ram A,Scott B,Cox MP

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Central questions in regenerative biology include how stem cells are maintained and how they transition from self-renewal to differentiation. Germline stem cells (GSCs) in Caeno-rhabditis elegans provide a tractable in vivo model to address these questions. In this system, Notch signaling and PUF RNA binding proteins,...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Shin H,Haupt KA,Kershner AM,Kroll-Conner P,Wickens M,Kimble J

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin assembly mutants accumulate recombinogenic DNA damage and are sensitive to genotoxic agents. Here we have analyzed why impairment of the H3K56 acetylation-dependent CAF1 and Rtt106 chromatin assembly pathways, which have redundant roles in H3/H4 deposition during DNA replication, leads to genetic instability...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Clemente-Ruiz M,González-Prieto R,Prado F

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alphaproteobacteria show a remarkable diversity of cell cycle-dependent developmental patterns, which are governed by the conserved CtrA pathway. Its central component CtrA is a DNA-binding response regulator that is controlled by a complex two-component signaling network, mediating distinct transcriptional progra...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Leicht O,van Teeseling MCF,Panis G,Reif C,Wendt H,Viollier PH,Thanbichler M

更新日期：2020-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The t-haplotype, a variant form of the t-complex region on mouse chromosome 17, acts as selfish genetic element and is transmitted at high frequencies (> 95%) from heterozygous (t/+) males to their offspring. This phenotype is termed transmission ratio distortion (TRD) and is caused by the interaction of the t-complex...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Bauer H,Schindler S,Charron Y,Willert J,Kusecek B,Herrmann BG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the severely pancytopenic scat mouse model first demonstrated the crucial role of RASA3, a dual RAS and RAP GTPase activating protein (GAP), in hematopoiesis. RASA3 is required for survival in utero; germline deletion is lethal at E12.5-13.5 due to severe hemorrhage. Here, conditional deletion in hematopoie...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Robledo RF,Ciciotte SL,Graber JH,Zhao Y,Lambert AJ,Gwynn B,Maki NJ,Brindley EC,Hartman E,Blanc L,Peters LL

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylcytosine-binding proteins decipher the epigenetic information encoded by DNA methylation and provide a link between DNA methylation, modification of chromatin structure, and gene silencing. VARIANT IN METHYLATION 1 (VIM1) encodes an SRA (SET- and RING-associated) domain methylcytosine-binding protein in Arabidop...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Woo HR,Dittmer TA,Richards EJ

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphotoxin-alpha (LTA) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in the immune system and local inflammatory response. LTA is expressed in atherosclerotic plaques and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease (CHD). Polymorphisms in the gene encoding lymph...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Clarke R,Xu P,Bennett D,Lewington S,Zondervan K,Parish S,Palmer A,Clark S,Cardon L,Peto R,Lathrop M,Collins R,International Study of Infarct Survival (ISIS) Collaborators.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topoisomerase 3α, a class I topoisomerase, consists of a TOPRIM domain, an active centre and a variable number of zinc-finger domains (ZFDs) at the C-terminus, in multicellular organisms. Whereas the functions of the TOPRIM domain and the active centre are known, the specific role of the ZFDs is still obscure. In cont...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Dorn A,Röhrig S,Papp K,Schröpfer S,Hartung F,Knoll A,Puchta H

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Meiotic recombination is essential for the repair of programmed double strand breaks (DSBs) to generate crossovers (COs) during meiosis. The efficient processing of meiotic recombination intermediates not only needs various resolvases but also requires proper meiotic chromosome structure. The Smc5/6 complex belongs to...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Hong Y,Sonneville R,Agostinho A,Meier B,Wang B,Blow JJ,Gartner A

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:During neural circuit formation, most axons are guided to complex environments, coming into contact with multiple potential synaptic partners. However, it is critical that they recognize specific neurons with which to form synapses. Here, we utilize the split GFP-based marker Neuroligin-1 GFP Reconstitution Across Syn...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Varshney A,Benedetti K,Watters K,Shankar R,Tatarakis D,Coto Villa D,Magallanes K,Agenor V,Wung W,Farah F,Ali N,Le N,Pyle J,Farooqi A,Kieu Z,Bremer M,VanHoven M

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:During pancreatic development, transcription factor cascades gradually commit precursor populations to the different endocrine cell fate pathways. Although mutational analyses have defined the functions of many individual pancreatic transcription factors, the integrative transcription factor networks required to regul...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mastracci TL,Anderson KR,Papizan JB,Sussel L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008367.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Baker RL,Leong WF,Brock MT,Rubin MJ,Markelz RJC,Welch S,Maloof JN,Weinig C

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a flexible and robust simulation-based framework to infer demographic parameters from the site frequency spectrum (SFS) computed on large genomic datasets. We show that our composite-likelihood approach allows one to study evolutionary models of arbitrary complexity, which cannot be tackled by other curre...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Excoffier L,Dupanloup I,Huerta-Sánchez E,Sousa VC,Foll M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00