A systems biology approach reveals the role of a novel methyltransferase in response to chemical stress and lipid homeostasis.

abstract：:We recently showed that cassette integration and deletion in integron platforms were occurring through unconventional site-specific recombination reactions involving only the bottom strand of attC sites. The lack of sequence conservation among attC sites led us to hypothesize that sequence-independent structural recog...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Bouvier M,Ducos-Galand M,Loot C,Bikard D,Mazel D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Size control is essential for all proliferating cells, and is thought to be regulated by checkpoints that couple cell size to cell cycle progression. The aberrant cell-size phenotypes caused by mutations in the retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor pathway are consistent with a role in size checkpoint control, but indi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fang SC,de los Reyes C,Umen JG

更新日期：2006-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria is a formidable barrier that is difficult for antimicrobial drugs to penetrate. Thus, the list of treatments effective against these organisms is small and with the rise of new resistance mechanisms is shrinking rapidly. New therapies to treat Gram-negative bacterial infecti...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Paradis-Bleau C,Kritikos G,Orlova K,Typas A,Bernhardt TG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete metamorphosis (Holometaboly) is a key innovation that underlies the spectacular success of holometabolous insects. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Holometabola form a monophyletic group that evolved from ancestors exhibiting hemimetabolous development (Hemimetaboly). However, the nature of the changes und...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Ureña E,Chafino S,Manjón C,Franch-Marro X,Martín D

更新日期：2016-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The previously identified LRS (Loss of rDNA Silencing) domain of the nucleosome is critically important for silencing at both ribosomal DNA and telomeres. To understand the function of the LRS surface in silencing, we performed an EMS mutagenesis screen to identify suppressors of the H3 A75V LRS allele. We identified ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Norris A,Bianchet MA,Boeke JD

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double strand breaks (DSBs) and interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are toxic DNA lesions that can be repaired through multiple pathways, some of which involve shared proteins. One of these proteins, DNA Polymerase θ (Pol θ), coordinates a mutagenic DSB repair pathway named microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) and is a...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Beagan K,Armstrong RL,Witsell A,Roy U,Renedo N,Baker AE,Schärer OD,McVey M

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant pathogens with a broad host range are able to infect plant lineages that diverged over 100 million years ago. They exert similar and recurring constraints on the evolution of unrelated plant populations. Plants generally respond with quantitative disease resistance (QDR), a form of immunity relying on complex ge...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Badet T,Voisin D,Mbengue M,Barascud M,Sucher J,Sadon P,Balagué C,Roby D,Raffaele S

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt signaling regulates primary body axis formation across the Metazoa, with high Wnt signaling specifying posterior identity. Whether a common Wnt-driven transcriptional program accomplishes this broad role is poorly understood. We identified genes acutely affected after Wnt signaling inhibition in the posterior of t...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Tewari AG,Owen JH,Petersen CP,Wagner DE,Reddien PW

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver possesses a remarkable regenerative capacity based partly on the ability of hepatocytes to re-enter the cell cycle and divide to replace damaged cells. This capability is substantially reduced upon chronic damage, but it is not clear if this is a cause or consequence of liver disease. Here, we investigate wh...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Dewhurst MR,Ow JR,Zafer G,van Hul NKM,Wollmann H,Bisteau X,Brough D,Choi H,Kaldis P

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered daily patterns of hormone action are suspected to contribute to metabolic disease. It is poorly understood how the adrenal glucocorticoid hormones contribute to the coordination of daily global patterns of transcription and metabolism. Here, we examined diurnal metabolite and transcriptome patterns in a zebraf...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Weger BD,Weger M,Görling B,Schink A,Gobet C,Keime C,Poschet G,Jost B,Krone N,Hell R,Gachon F,Luy B,Dickmeis T

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The major transition to eusociality required the evolution of a switch to canalize development into either a reproductive or a helper, the nature of which is currently unknown. Following predictions from the 'theory of facilitated variation', we identify sex differentiation pathways as promising candidates because of ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Klein A,Schultner E,Lowak H,Schrader L,Heinze J,Holman L,Oettler J

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative genetic analysis has long been used to study how natural variation of genotype can influence an organism's phenotype. While most studies have focused on genetic determinants of phenotypic average, it is rapidly becoming understood that stochastic noise is genetically determined. However, it is not known h...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Jimenez-Gomez JM,Corwin JA,Joseph B,Maloof JN,Kliebenstein DJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High glucose diets are unhealthy, although the mechanisms by which elevated glucose is harmful to whole animal physiology are not well understood. In Caenorhabditis elegans, high glucose shortens lifespan, while chemically inflicted glucose restriction promotes longevity. We investigated the impact of glucose metaboli...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Onken B,Kalinava N,Driscoll M

更新日期：2020-08-25 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：:Because of the stochastic way in which lineages sort during speciation, gene trees may differ in topology from each other and from species trees. Surprisingly, assuming that genetic lineages follow a coalescent model of within-species evolution, we find that for any species tree topology with five or more species, the...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Degnan JH,Rosenberg NA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Yorkie/Yap transcriptional coactivator is a well-known regulator of cellular proliferation in both invertebrates and mammals. As a coactivator, Yorkie (Yki) lacks a DNA binding domain and must partner with sequence-specific DNA binding proteins in the nucleus to regulate gene expression; in Drosophila, the develop...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Slattery M,Voutev R,Ma L,Nègre N,White KP,Mann RS

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Race, specifically African ancestry, and obesity are important risk factors for uterine fibroids, and likely interact to provide the right conditions for fibroid growth. However, existing studies largely focus on the main-effects rather than their interaction. Here, we firstly provide evidence for interaction between ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Giri A,Edwards TL,Hartmann KE,Torstenson ES,Wellons M,Schreiner PJ,Velez Edwards DR

更新日期：2017-07-17 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：:Homolog pairing, which plays a critical role in meiosis, poses a potential risk if it occurs in inappropriate tissues or between nonallelic sites, as it can lead to changes in gene expression, chromosome entanglements, and loss-of-heterozygosity due to mitotic recombination. This is particularly true in Drosophila, wh...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Joyce EF,Apostolopoulos N,Beliveau BJ,Wu CT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of the XPF-ERCC1 endonuclease causes a dramatic phenotype that results in progeroid features associated with liver, kidney and bone marrow dysfunction. As this nuclease is involved in multiple DNA repair transactions, it is plausible that this severe phenotype results from the simultaneous inactivation of both br...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mulderrig L,Garaycoechea JI

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in gene regulatory circuits often give rise to phenotypic differences among closely related organisms. In bacteria, these changes can result from alterations in the ancestral genome and/or be brought about by genes acquired by horizontal transfer. Here, we identify an allele of the ancestral transcription fact...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Chen HD,Jewett MW,Groisman EA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mating-type switching is a complex mechanism that promotes sexual reproduction in Saccharomycotina. In the model species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mating-type switching is initiated by the Ho endonuclease that performs a site-specific double-strand break (DSB) at MAT, repaired by homologous recombination (HR) using on...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Maroc L,Zhou-Li Y,Boisnard S,Fairhead C

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:With multiple genome-wide association studies (GWAS) performed across autoimmune diseases, there is a great opportunity to study the homogeneity of genetic architectures across autoimmune disease. Previous approaches have been limited in the scope of their analysis and have failed to properly incorporate the direction...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sirota M,Schaub MA,Batzoglou S,Robinson WH,Butte AJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) studies is needed to improve our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying GWAS hits, and our ability to identify therapeutic targets. Gene-level association methods such as PrediXcan can prioritize candidat...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Barbeira AN,Pividori M,Zheng J,Wheeler HE,Nicolae DL,Im HK

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanophthalmos is a rare, potentially devastating eye condition characterized by small eyes with relatively normal anatomy, a high hyperopic refractive error, and frequent association with angle closure glaucoma and vision loss. The condition constitutes the extreme of hyperopia or farsightedness, a common refractive e...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Garnai SJ,Brinkmeier ML,Emery B,Aleman TS,Pyle LC,Veleva-Rotse B,Sisk RA,Rozsa FW,Ozel AB,Li JZ,Moroi SE,Archer SM,Lin CM,Sheskey S,Wiinikka-Buesser L,Eadie J,Urquhart JE,Black GCM,Othman MI,Boehnke M,Sullivan SA

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment without acquiring heritable antibiotic resistance. We investigated persistence to the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin in Escherichia coli. Our data show that a majority of persisters to ciprofloxacin were formed upon exposure to the antibiotic, in a manner dependent on the SOS g...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Dörr T,Lewis K,Vulić M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial beta-oxidation system is one of the central metabolic pathways of energy metabolism in mammals. Enzyme defects in this pathway cause fatty acid oxidation disorders. To elucidate the role of 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (DECR) as an auxiliary enzyme in the mitochondrial beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatt...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Miinalainen IJ,Schmitz W,Huotari A,Autio KJ,Soininen R,Ver Loren van Themaat E,Baes M,Herzig KH,Conzelmann E,Hiltunen JK

更新日期：2009-07-01 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 presence of 5-methylcytidine (m(5)C) in tRNA and rRNA molecules of a wide variety of organisms was first observed more than 40 years ago. However, detection of this modification was limited to specific, abundant, RNA species, due to the usage of low-throughput methods. To obtain a high resolution, systematic, and ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Edelheit S,Schwartz S,Mumbach MR,Wurtzel O,Sorek R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00