Correction: Methyl Farnesoate Plays a Dual Role in Regulating Drosophila Metamorphosis.

abstract：:High-throughput genetic screens are powerful methods to identify genes linked to a given phenotype. The catalytic null mutant of the Cas9 RNA-guided nuclease (dCas9) can be conveniently used to silence genes of interest in a method also known as CRISPRi. Here, we report a genome-wide CRISPR-dCas9 screen using a starti...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Rousset F,Cui L,Siouve E,Becavin C,Depardieu F,Bikard D

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have analysed AtASY3, a coiled-coil domain protein that is required for normal meiosis in Arabidopsis. Analysis of an Atasy3-1 mutant reveals that loss of the protein compromises chromosome axis formation and results in reduced numbers of meiotic crossovers (COs). Although the frequency of DNA double-...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Ferdous M,Higgins JD,Osman K,Lambing C,Roitinger E,Mechtler K,Armstrong SJ,Perry R,Pradillo M,Cuñado N,Franklin FC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A form of dwarfism known as Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS) is caused by recessive mutations in one of six different genes (ORC1, ORC4, ORC6, CDC6, CDT1, and MCM5). These genes encode components of the pre-replication complex, which assembles at origins of replication prior to S phase. Also, variants in two additional rep...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sanchez JC,Kwan EX,Pohl TJ,Amemiya HM,Raghuraman MK,Brewer BJ

更新日期：2017-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver (UESL) is a rare and aggressive malignancy. Though the molecular underpinnings of this cancer have been largely unexplored, recurrent chromosomal breakpoints affecting a noncoding region on chr19q13, which includes the chromosome 19 microRNA cluster (C19MC), have been re...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Setty BA,Jinesh GG,Arnold M,Pettersson F,Cheng CH,Cen L,Yoder SJ,Teer JK,Flores ER,Reed DR,Brohl AS

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In understanding the etiology of breast cancer, the contributions of both genetic and environmental risk factors are further complicated by the impact of breast developmental stage. Specifically, the time period ranging from childhood to young adulthood represents a critical developmental window in a woman's life when...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Henning AN,Haag JD,Smits BM,Gould MN

更新日期：2016-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The lineage factor Foxp3 is essential for the development and maintenance of regulatory T cells, but little is known about the mechanisms involved. Here, we demonstrate that an N-terminal proline-rich interaction region is crucial for Foxp3's function. Subdomains within this key region link Foxp3 to several independen...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Xie X,Stubbington MJ,Nissen JK,Andersen KG,Hebenstreit D,Teichmann SA,Betz AG

更新日期：2015-06-24 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：:We have developed a powerful experimental framework that combines competitive selection and microarray-based genetic footprinting to comprehensively reveal the genetic basis of bacterial behaviors. Application of this method to Escherichia coli motility identifies 95% of the known flagellar and chemotaxis genes, and r...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Girgis HS,Liu Y,Ryu WS,Tavazoie S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies have identified substantial non-African admixture in the Horn of Africa (HOA). In the most recent genomic studies, this non-African ancestry has been attributed to admixture with Middle Eastern populations during the last few thousand years. However, mitochondrial and Y chromosome data are suggestive o...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Hodgson JA,Mulligan CJ,Al-Meeri A,Raaum RL

更新日期：2014-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Qsp1 is a secreted quorum sensing peptide required for virulence of the fungal meningitis pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Qsp1 functions to control cell wall integrity in vegetatively growing cells and also functions in mating. Rather than acting on a cell surface receptor, Qsp1 is imported to act intracellularly vi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Summers DK,Perry DS,Rao B,Madhani HD

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have shown that pleiotropy is a common phenomenon that can potentially be exploited for enhanced detection of susceptibility loci. We propose heritability informed power optimization (HIPO) for conducting powerful pleiotropic analysis using summary-level association statistics. We find ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Qi G,Chatterjee N

更新日期：2018-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The semidominant Danforth's short tail (Sd) mutation arose spontaneously in the 1920s. The homozygous Sd phenotype includes severe malformations of the axial skeleton with an absent tail, kidney agenesis, anal atresia, and persistent cloaca. The Sd mutant phenotype mirrors features seen in human caudal malformation sy...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Vlangos CN,Siuniak AN,Robinson D,Chinnaiyan AM,Lyons RH Jr,Cavalcoli JD,Keegan CE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A robust, bistable switch regulates the fluctuations between wakefulness and natural sleep as well as those between wakefulness and anesthetic-induced unresponsiveness. We previously provided experimental evidence for the existence of a behavioral barrier to transitions between these states of arousal, which we call n...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Joiner WJ,Friedman EB,Hung HT,Koh K,Sowcik M,Sehgal A,Kelz MB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bromodomain proteins are key regulators of gene expression. How the levels of these factors are regulated in specific environmental conditions is unknown. Previous work has established that expression of yeast Bromodomain factor 2 (BDF2) is limited by spliceosome-mediated decay (SMD). Here we show that BDF2 is subject...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Roy K,Chanfreau G

更新日期：2014-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial diversification is often observed, but underlying mechanisms are difficult to disentangle and remain generally unknown. Moreover, controlled diversification experiments in ecologically relevant environments are lacking. We studied bacterial diversification in the mammalian gut, one of the most complex bacter...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： De Paepe M,Gaboriau-Routhiau V,Rainteau D,Rakotobe S,Taddei F,Cerf-Bensussan N

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activates the Unfolded Protein Response, a compensatory signaling response that is mediated by the IRE-1, PERK/PEK-1, and ATF-6 pathways in metazoans. Genetic studies have implicated roles for UPR signaling in animal development and disease, but the function of the UPR under physiolog...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Richardson CE,Kinkel S,Kim DH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous mutations in the PRPF31 gene cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP), a hereditary disorder leading to progressive blindness. In some cases, such mutations display incomplete penetrance, implying that certain carriers develop retinal degeneration while others have no symptoms at all. Asymptom...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Venturini G,Rose AM,Shah AZ,Bhattacharya SS,Rivolta C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of germline mutation varies widely between species but little is known about the extent of variation in the germline mutation rate between individuals of the same species. Here we demonstrate that an allele that increases the rate of germline mutation can result in a distinctive signature in the genomic regio...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Seoighe C,Scally A

更新日期：2017-01-17 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：: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：:Mutations in the gene encoding transcription factor TFAP2A result in pigmentation anomalies in model organisms and premature hair graying in humans. However, the pleiotropic functions of TFAP2A and its redundantly-acting paralogs have made the precise contribution of TFAP2-type activity to melanocyte differentiation u...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Seberg HE,Van Otterloo E,Loftus SK,Liu H,Bonde G,Sompallae R,Gildea DE,Santana JF,Manak JR,Pavan WJ,Williams T,Cornell RA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Convergent phenotypic evolution is often caused by recurrent changes at particular nodes in the underlying gene regulatory networks (GRNs). The genes at such evolutionary 'hotspots' are thought to maximally affect the phenotype with minimal pleiotropic consequences. This has led to the suggestion that if a GRN is unde...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kittelmann S,Buffry AD,Franke FA,Almudi I,Yoth M,Sabaris G,Couso JP,Nunes MDS,Frankel N,Gómez-Skarmeta JL,Pueyo-Marques J,Arif S,McGregor AP

更新日期：2018-05-03 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：:Adipose tissue lipolysis occurs during the development of heart failure as a consequence of chronic adrenergic stimulation. However, the impact of enhanced adipose triacylglycerol hydrolysis mediated by adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) on cardiac function is unclear. To investigate the role of adipose tissue lipolys...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Salatzki J,Foryst-Ludwig A,Bentele K,Blumrich A,Smeir E,Ban Z,Brix S,Grune J,Beyhoff N,Klopfleisch R,Dunst S,Surma MA,Klose C,Rothe M,Heinzel FR,Krannich A,Kershaw EE,Beule D,Schulze PC,Marx N,Kintscher U

更新日期：2018-01-10 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：:A relatively unexplored nexus in Drosophila Immune deficiency (IMD) pathway is TGF-beta Activating Kinase 1 (TAK1), which triggers both immunity and apoptosis. In a cell culture screen, we identified that Lysine at position 142 was a K63-linked Ubiquitin acceptor site for TAK1, required for signalling. Moreover, Lysin...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fernando MD,Kounatidis I,Ligoxygakis P

更新日期：2014-02-20 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：:Ubiquitination of the replication clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) at the conserved residue lysine (K)164 triggers postreplicative repair (PRR) to fill single-stranded gaps that result from stalled DNA polymerases. However, it has remained elusive as to whether cells engage PRR in response to replicatio...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Becker JR,Pons C,Nguyen HD,Costanzo M,Boone C,Myers CL,Bielinsky AK

更新日期：2015-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cell tumours are the most common type of skin cancer in dogs, representing a significant concern in canine health. The molecular pathogenesis is largely unknown, but breed-predisposition for mast cell tumour development suggests the involvement of inherited genetic risk factors in some breeds. In this study, we a...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Biasoli D,Compston-Garnett L,Ricketts SL,Birand Z,Courtay-Cahen C,Fineberg E,Arendt M,Boerkamp K,Melin M,Koltookian M,Murphy S,Rutteman G,Lindblad-Toh K,Starkey M

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitotic divisions depend on the timely assembly and proper orientation of the mitotic spindle. Malfunctioning of these processes can considerably delay mitosis, thereby compromising tissue growth and homeostasis, and leading to chromosomal instability. Loss of functional Mms19 drastically affects the growth and develo...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Chippalkatti R,Egger B,Suter B

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00