Recurrent loss of specific introns during angiosperm evolution.

abstract：:Alternative splicing generates protein diversity and allows for post-transcriptional gene regulation. Estimates suggest that 10% of the genes in Caenorhabditis elegans undergo alternative splicing. We constructed a splicing-sensitive microarray to detect alternative splicing for 352 cassette exons and tested for chang...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Barberan-Soler S,Zahler AM

更新日期：2008-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Krüppel-associated box domain-zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) are tetrapod-specific transcriptional repressors encoded in the hundreds by the human genome. In order to explore their as yet ill-defined impact on gene expression, we developed an ectopic repressor assay, allowing the study of KRAB-mediated transcription...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Groner AC,Meylan S,Ciuffi A,Zangger N,Ambrosini G,Dénervaud N,Bucher P,Trono D

更新日期：2010-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In the enterobacterial species Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, expression of horizontally acquired genes with a higher than average AT content is repressed by the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS. A classical example of an H-NS-repressed locus is the bgl (aryl-beta,D-glucoside) operon of E. coli. This locus ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sankar TS,Neelakanta G,Sangal V,Plum G,Achtman M,Schnetz K

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Obesity is defined by excessive lipid accumulation. However, the active mechanistic roles that lipids play in its progression are not understood. Accumulation of ceramide, the metabolic hub of sphingolipid metabolism, has been associated with metabolic syndrome and obesity in humans and model systems. Here, we use Dro...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Walls SM Jr,Attle SJ,Brulte GB,Walls ML,Finley KD,Chatfield DA,Herr DR,Harris GL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Practical application of genomic-based risk stratification to clinical diagnosis is appealing yet performance varies widely depending on the disease and genomic risk score (GRS) method. Celiac disease (CD), a common immune-mediated illness, is strongly genetically determined and requires specific HLA haplotypes. HLA t...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Abraham G,Tye-Din JA,Bhalala OG,Kowalczyk A,Zobel J,Inouye M

更新日期：2014-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic disruption of the dystrophin complex produces muscular dystrophy characterized by a fragile muscle plasma membrane leading to excessive muscle degeneration. Two genetic modifiers of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy implicate the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) pathway, osteopontin encoded by the SPP1 gene and l...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Quattrocelli M,Capote J,Ohiri JC,Warner JL,Vo AH,Earley JU,Hadhazy M,Demonbreun AR,Spencer MJ,McNally EM

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic homeostasis in metazoans is regulated by endocrine control of insulin/IGF signaling (IIS) activity. Stress and inflammatory signaling pathways--such as Jun-N-terminal Kinase (JNK) signaling--repress IIS, curtailing anabolic processes to promote stress tolerance and extend lifespan. While this interaction con...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Hull-Thompson J,Muffat J,Sanchez D,Walker DW,Benzer S,Ganfornina MD,Jasper H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of insecticide resistance is a global constraint to agricultural production. Spinosad is a new, low-environmental-risk insecticide that primarily targets nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) and is effective against a wide range of pest species. However, after only a few years of application, field ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Baxter SW,Chen M,Dawson A,Zhao JZ,Vogel H,Shelton AM,Heckel DG,Jiggins CD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NURF is a conserved higher eukaryotic ISWI-containing chromatin remodeling complex that catalyzes ATP-dependent nucleosome sliding. By sliding nucleosomes, NURF is able to alter chromatin dynamics to control transcription and genome organization. Previous biochemical and genetic analysis of the specificity-subunit of ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kwon SY,Grisan V,Jang B,Herbert J,Badenhorst P

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to insect attack and mechanical wounding, plants activate the expression of genes involved in various defense-related processes. A fascinating feature of these inducible defenses is their occurrence both locally at the wounding site and systemically in undamaged leaves throughout the plant. Wound-inducible...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Yan L,Zhai Q,Wei J,Li S,Wang B,Huang T,Du M,Sun J,Kang L,Li CB,Li C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascomycete Trichoderma reesei is a highly prolific cellulase producer. While XYR1 (Xylanase regulator 1) has been firmly established to be the master activator of cellulase gene expression in T. reesei, its precise transcriptional activation mechanism remains poorly understood. In the present study, TrGAL11, a com...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Zheng F,Cao Y,Yang R,Wang L,Lv X,Zhang W,Meng X,Liu W

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mismatch repair greatly increases genome fidelity by recognizing and removing replication errors. In order to understand how this fidelity is maintained, it is important to uncover the relative specificities of the different components of mismatch repair. There are two major mispair recognition complexes in eukary...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Romanova NV,Crouse GF

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Pathological aggregates of phosphorylated TDP-43 characterize amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD-TDP), two devastating groups of neurodegenerative disease. Kinase hyperactivity may be a consistent feature of ALS and FTLD-TDP, as phosphorylated TDP-43 is not observed in the ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Liachko NF,McMillan PJ,Strovas TJ,Loomis E,Greenup L,Murrell JR,Ghetti B,Raskind MA,Montine TJ,Bird TD,Leverenz JB,Kraemer BC

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors are grouped into families based on sequence similarity within functional domains, particularly DNA-binding domains. The Specificity proteins Sp1, Sp2 and Sp3 are paradigmatic of closely related transcription factors. They share amino-terminal glutamine-rich regions and a conserved carboxy-termina...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Völkel S,Stielow B,Finkernagel F,Stiewe T,Nist A,Suske G

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The C. elegans germline is pluripotent and mitotic, similar to self-renewing mammalian tissues. Apoptosis is triggered as part of the normal oogenesis program, and is increased in response to various stresses. Here, we examined the effect of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress on apoptosis in the C. elegans germline. We...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Levi-Ferber M,Salzberg Y,Safra M,Haviv-Chesner A,Bülow HE,Henis-Korenblit S

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in the recognition of microbial pathogens and activation of the immune system have been extensively studied. However, the mechanisms involved in the recovery phase of an infection are incompletely characterized at both the cellular and physiological levels. Here, we establish a Caenorhabditis e...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Head B,Aballay A

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by formation of renal cysts that destroy the kidney. Mutations in PKD1 and PKD2, encoding polycystins-1 and -2, cause ADPKD. Polycystins are thought to function in primary cilia, but it is not well understood how these and other proteins are targete...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fogelgren B,Lin SY,Zuo X,Jaffe KM,Park KM,Reichert RJ,Bell PD,Burdine RD,Lipschutz JH

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Nonreplicating type I uracil auxotrophic mutants of Toxoplasma gondii possess a potent ability to activate therapeutic immunity to established solid tumors by reversing immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment. Here we engineered targeted deletions of parasite secreted effector proteins using a genetically tra...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fox BA,Sanders KL,Rommereim LM,Guevara RB,Bzik DJ

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations in sub-Saharan Africa have historically been exposed to intense selection from chronic infection with falciparum malaria. Interestingly, populations with the highest malaria intensity can be identified by the increased occurrence of endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (eBL), a pediatric cancer that affects population...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Gouveia MH,Bergen AW,Borda V,Nunes K,Leal TP,Ogwang MD,Yeboah ED,Mensah JE,Kinyera T,Otim I,Nabalende H,Legason ID,Mpoloka SW,Mokone GG,Kerchan P,Bhatia K,Reynolds SJ,Birtwum RB,Adjei AA,Tettey Y,Tay E,Hoover R

更新日期：2019-03-08 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

abstract：:The neural crest (NC) is a vertebrate-specific cell type that contributes to a wide range of different tissues across all three germ layers. The gene regulatory network (GRN) responsible for the formation of neural crest is conserved across vertebrates. Central to the induction of the NC GRN are AP-2 and SoxE transcri...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Dooley CM,Wali N,Sealy IM,White RJ,Stemple DL,Collins JE,Busch-Nentwich EM

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Colicins are plasmid-encoded narrow spectrum antibiotics that are synthesized by strains of Escherichia coli and govern intraspecies competition. In a previous report, we demonstrated that the global transcriptional factor IscR, co dependently with the master regulator of the DNA damage response, LexA, delays inductio...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kamenšek S,Browning DF,Podlesek Z,Busby SJ,Žgur-Bertok D,Butala M

更新日期：2015-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Increases in fruit weight of cultivated vegetables and fruits accompanied the domestication of these crops. Here we report on the positional cloning of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) controlling fruit weight in tomato. The derived allele of Cell Size Regulator (CSR-D) increases fruit weight predominantly through enl...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mu Q,Huang Z,Chakrabarti M,Illa-Berenguer E,Liu X,Wang Y,Ramos A,van der Knaap E

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that genetic susceptibility plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. A large-scale genotyping analysis of gene-based single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes identified the gene encoding acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase beta (ACACB)...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Maeda S,Kobayashi MA,Araki S,Babazono T,Freedman BI,Bostrom MA,Cooke JN,Toyoda M,Umezono T,Tarnow L,Hansen T,Gaede P,Jorsal A,Ng DP,Ikeda M,Yanagimoto T,Tsunoda T,Unoki H,Kawai K,Imanishi M,Suzuki D,Shin HD,Pa

更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoanaerobic bacteria are of interest in cellulosic-biofuel production, due to their simultaneous pentose and hexose utilization (co-utilization) and thermophilic nature. In this study, we experimentally reconstructed the structure and dynamics of the first genome-wide carbon utilization network of thermoanaerobes....

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lin L,Song H,Tu Q,Qin Y,Zhou A,Liu W,He Z,Zhou J,Xu J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mp is an irradiation-induced mouse mutation associated with microphthalmia, micropinna and hind limb syndactyly. We show that Mp is caused by a 660 kb balanced inversion on chromosome 18 producing reciprocal 3-prime gene fusion events involving Fbn2 and Isoc1. The Isoc1-Fbn2 fusion gene (Isoc1(Mp)) mRNA has a frameshi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Rainger J,Keighren M,Keene DR,Charbonneau NL,Rainger JK,Fisher M,Mella S,Huang JT,Rose L,van't Hof R,Sakai LY,Jackson IJ,Fitzpatrick DR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotype of the spontaneous mutant mouse hop-sterile (hop) is characterized by a hopping gait, polydactyly, hydrocephalus, and male sterility. Previous analyses of the hop mouse revealed a deficiency of inner dynein arms in motile cilia and a lack of sperm flagella, potentially accounting for the hydrocephalus an...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Swiderski RE,Nakano Y,Mullins RF,Seo S,Bánfi B

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00