The Occurrence of the Holometabolous Pupal Stage Requires the Interaction between E93, Krüppel-Homolog 1 and Broad-Complex.

abstract：:Vertical growth of plants is a dynamic process that is influenced by genetic and environmental factors and has a pronounced effect on overall plant architecture and biomass composition. We have performed six controlled growth trials of an interspecific Setaria italica x Setaria viridis recombinant inbred line populati...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Feldman MJ,Paul RE,Banan D,Barrett JF,Sebastian J,Yee MC,Jiang H,Lipka AE,Brutnell TP,Dinneny JR,Leakey ADB,Baxter I

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between population size, inbreeding, loss of genetic variation and evolutionary potential of fitness traits is still unresolved, and large-scale empirical studies testing theoretical expectations are surprisingly scarce. Here we present a highly replicated experimental evolution setup with 120 lines o...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Ørsted M,Hoffmann AA,Sverrisdóttir E,Nielsen KL,Kristensen TN

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:During the adaptive evolution of a particular trait, some selectively fixed mutations may be directly causative and others may be purely compensatory. The relative contribution of these two classes of mutation to adaptive phenotypic evolution depends on the form and prevalence of mutational pleiotropy. To investigate ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Natarajan C,Jendroszek A,Kumar A,Weber RE,Tame JRH,Fago A,Storz JF

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The deluge of data generated by genome sequencing has led to an increasing reliance on bioinformatic predictions, since the traditional experimental approach of characterizing gene function one at a time cannot possibly keep pace with the sequence-based discovery of novel genes. We have utilized Biolog phenotype Micro...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Johnson DA,Tetu SG,Phillippy K,Chen J,Ren Q,Paulsen IT

更新日期：2008-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay of microbiota and the human host is physiologically crucial in health and diseases. The beneficial effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), permanently colonizing the human intestine or transiently obtained from food, have been extensively reported. However, the molecular understanding of how LAB modulate ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Peters A,Krumbholz P,Jäger E,Heintz-Buschart A,Çakir MV,Rothemund S,Gaudl A,Ceglarek U,Schöneberg T,Stäubert C

更新日期：2019-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The secondary structure of a pre-mRNA influences a number of processing steps including alternative splicing. Since most splicing regulatory proteins bind to single-stranded RNA, the sequestration of RNA into double strands could prevent their binding. Here, we analyzed the secondary structure context of experimentall...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Hiller M,Zhang Z,Backofen R,Stamm S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two DNA strands of the nuclear genome are replicated asymmetrically using three DNA polymerases, α, δ, and ε. Current evidence suggests that DNA polymerase ε (Pol ε) is the primary leading strand replicase, whereas Pols α and δ primarily perform lagging strand replication. The fact that these polymerases differ in...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lujan SA,Williams JS,Pursell ZF,Abdulovic-Cui AA,Clark AB,Nick McElhinny SA,Kunkel TA

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：:Diet is a crucial determinant of organismal biology; interactions between the host, its diet, and its microbiota are critical to determining the health of an organism. A variety of genetic and biochemical means were used to assay stress sensitivity in C. elegans reared on two standard laboratory diets: E. coli OP50, t...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Revtovich AV,Lee R,Kirienko NV

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:For many genes, proper gene expression requires coordinated and dynamic interactions between multiple regulatory elements, each of which can either promote or silence transcription. In Drosophila, the complexity of the regulatory landscape is further complicated by the tight physical pairing of homologous chromosomes,...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Tian K,Henderson RE,Parker R,Brown A,Johnson JE,Bateman JR

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although numerous genetic loci have been associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) with genome wide association studies, efforts are needed to identify the causal genes in these loci and link them into fundamental signaling pathways. Recent studies have investigated the disease mechanism of CAD associated gene SMA...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Iyer D,Zhao Q,Wirka R,Naravane A,Nguyen T,Liu B,Nagao M,Cheng P,Miller CL,Kim JB,Pjanic M,Quertermous T

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Seedling establishment is inhibited on media containing high levels (∼ 6%) of glucose or fructose. Genetic loci that overcome the inhibition of seedling growth on high sugar have been identified using natural variation analysis and mutant selection, providing insight into sugar signaling pathways. In this study, a qua...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Li P,Zhou H,Shi X,Yu B,Zhou Y,Chen S,Wang Y,Peng Y,Meyer RC,Smeekens SC,Teng S

更新日期：2014-03-13 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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006425.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mitra I,Tsang K,Ladd-Acosta C,Croen LA,Aldinger KA,Hendren RL,Traglia M,Lavillaureix A,Zaitlen N,Oldham MC,Levitt P,Nelson S,Amaral DG,Hertz-Picciotto I,Fallin MD,Weiss LA

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity (PA) may modify the genetic effects that give rise to increased risk of obesity. To identify adiposity loci whose effects are modified by PA, we performed genome-wide interaction meta-analyses of BMI and BMI-adjusted waist circumference and waist-hip ratio from up to 200,452 adults of European (n = 1...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Graff M,Scott RA,Justice AE,Young KL,Feitosa MF,Barata L,Winkler TW,Chu AY,Mahajan A,Hadley D,Xue L,Workalemahu T,Heard-Costa NL,den Hoed M,Ahluwalia TS,Qi Q,Ngwa JS,Renström F,Quaye L,Eicher JD,Hayes JE,Corneli

更新日期：2017-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of tumor suppressor genes in stromal fibroblasts induces epithelial cancer development, suggesting an important role of stroma in epithelial homoeostasis. However, the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Here we report that deletion of the gene encoding TGFβ receptor 2 (Tgfbr2) in the stromal fibro...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Achyut BR,Bader DA,Robles AI,Wangsa D,Harris CC,Ried T,Yang L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a genetically complex disease with heterogeneous clinical manifestations. A polymorphism in the STAT4 gene has recently been established as a risk factor for SLE, but the relationship with specific SLE subphenotypes has not been studied. We studied 137 SNPs in the STAT4 region gen...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Taylor KE,Remmers EF,Lee AT,Ortmann WA,Plenge RM,Tian C,Chung SA,Nititham J,Hom G,Kao AH,Demirci FY,Kamboh MI,Petri M,Manzi S,Kastner DL,Seldin MF,Gregersen PK,Behrens TW,Criswell LA

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrioles are microtubule-based organelles important for the formation of cilia, flagella and centrosomes. Despite progress in understanding the underlying assembly mechanisms, how centriole integrity is ensured is incompletely understood, including in sperm cells, where such integrity is particularly critical. We id...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： von Tobel L,Mikeladze-Dvali T,Delattre M,Balestra FR,Blanchoud S,Finger S,Knott G,Müller-Reichert T,Gönczy P

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have successfully identified thousands of loci for a range of human complex traits and diseases. The proportion of phenotypic variance explained by significant associations is, however, limited. Given the same dense SNP panels, mixed model analyses capture a greater proportion of phenot...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Xia C,Amador C,Huffman J,Trochet H,Campbell A,Porteous D,Generation Scotland.,Hastie ND,Hayward C,Vitart V,Navarro P,Haley CS

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:HSPB7 is a member of the small heat-shock protein (HSPB) family and is expressed in the cardiomyocytes from cardiogenesis onwards. A dramatic increase in HSPB7 is detected in the heart and blood plasma immediately after myocardial infarction. Additionally, several single-nucleotide polymorphisms of HSPB7 have been ide...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Liao WC,Juo LY,Shih YL,Chen YH,Yan YT

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Many microbes exhibit quorum sensing (QS) to cooperate, share and perform a social task in unison. Recent studies have shown the emergence of reversible phenotypic heterogeneity in the QS-responding pathogenic microbial population under laboratory conditions as a possible bet-hedging survival strategy. However, very l...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Samal B,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress occurs when misfolded proteins accumulate in the ER. The cellular response to ER stress involves complex transcriptional and translational changes, important to the survival of the cell. ER stress is a primary cause and a modifier of many human diseases. A first step to understanding ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Chow CY,Wang X,Riccardi D,Wolfner MF,Clark AG

更新日期：2015-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele age has long been a focus of population genetic research, primarily because it can be an important clue to the fitness effects of an allele. By virtue of their effects on fitness, alleles under directional selection are expected to be younger than neutral alleles of the same frequency. We developed a new coales...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Platt A,Pivirotto A,Knoblauch J,Hey J

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

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：:Deedu (DU) Mongolians, who migrated from the Mongolian steppes to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau approximately 500 years ago, are challenged by environmental conditions similar to native Tibetan highlanders. Identification of adaptive genetic factors in this population could provide insight into coordinated physiological...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Xing J,Wuren T,Simonson TS,Watkins WS,Witherspoon DJ,Wu W,Qin G,Huff CD,Jorde LB,Ge RL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perennial questions of evolutionary biology can be applied to gene regulatory systems using the abundance of experimental data addressing gene regulation in a comparative context. What is the tempo (frequency, rate) and mode (way, mechanism) of transcriptional regulatory evolution? Here we synthesize the results of 23...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Gordon KL,Ruvinsky I

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:PCNA ubiquitylation on lysine 164 is required for DNA damage tolerance. In many organisms PCNA is also ubiquitylated in unchallenged S phase but the significance of this has not been established. Using Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we demonstrate that lysine 164 ubiquitylation of PCNA contributes to efficient DNA replica...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Daigaku Y,Etheridge TJ,Nakazawa Y,Nakayama M,Watson AT,Miyabe I,Ogi T,Osborne MA,Carr AM

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc6p is an essential component of the pre-replicative complex (pre-RC), which binds to DNA replication origins to promote initiation of DNA replication. Only once per cell cycle does DNA replication take place. After initiation, the pre-RC components are disassembled in order to prevent re-replication. It has been sh...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Ikui AE,Rossio V,Schroeder L,Yoshida S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00