Probing the canonicity of the Wnt/Wingless signaling pathway.

abstract：:The number and distribution of crossover events are tightly regulated at prophase of meiosis I. The resolution of Holliday junctions by structure-specific endonucleases, including MUS-81, SLX-1, XPF-1 and GEN-1, is one of the main mechanisms proposed for crossover formation. However, how these nucleases coordinately r...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Saito TT,Lui DY,Kim HM,Meyer K,Colaiácovo MP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercholesterolemia is a causal and modifiable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. A critical pathway regulating cholesterol homeostasis involves the receptor-mediated endocytosis of low-density lipoproteins into hepatocytes, mediated by the LDL receptor. We applied genome-scale CRISPR screening t...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Emmer BT,Sherman EJ,Lascuna PJ,Graham SE,Willer CJ,Ginsburg D

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrient stresses trigger a variety of developmental switches in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. One of the least understood of such responses is the development of complex colony morphology, characterized by intricate, organized, and strain-specific patterns of colony growth and architecture. The genetic ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Granek JA,Magwene PM

更新日期：2010-01-22 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：:We have recently shown that hypomorphic Mre11 complex mouse mutants exhibit defects in the repair of meiotic double strand breaks (DSBs). This is associated with perturbation of synaptonemal complex morphogenesis, repair and regulation of crossover formation. To further assess the Mre11 complex's role in meiotic progr...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Adelman CA,Petrini JH

更新日期：2008-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycomb proteins are epigenetic regulators that localize to developmental loci in the early embryo where they mediate lineage-specific gene repression. In Drosophila, these repressors are recruited to sequence elements by DNA binding proteins associated with Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). However, the sequence...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mendenhall EM,Koche RP,Truong T,Zhou VW,Issac B,Chi AS,Ku M,Bernstein BE

更新日期：2010-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila genes spalt major (salm) and spalt-related (salr) encode Zn-finger transcription factors regulated by the Decapentaplegic (Dpp) signalling pathway in the wing imaginal disc. The function of these genes is required for cell survival and proliferation in the central region of the wing disc, and also for v...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Organista MF,Martín M,de Celis JM,Barrio R,López-Varea A,Esteban N,Casado M,de Celis JF

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional contribution of CNV to human biology and disease pathophysiology has undergone limited exploration. Recent observations in humans indicate a tentative link between CNV and weight regulation. Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), manifesting obesity and hypercholesterolemia, results from a deletion CNV at 17p11....

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lacaria M,Saha P,Potocki L,Bi W,Yan J,Girirajan S,Burns B,Elsea S,Walz K,Chan L,Lupski JR,Gu W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana is successful at colonizing land that has recently undergone human-mediated disturbance. To investigate the prehistoric spread of A. thaliana, we applied approximate Bayesian computation and explicit spatial modeling to 76 European accessions sequenced at 876 nuclear loci. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： François O,Blum MG,Jakobsson M,Rosenberg NA

更新日期：2008-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulated nuclear entry of clock proteins is a conserved feature of eukaryotic circadian clocks and serves to separate the phase of mRNA activation from mRNA repression in the molecular feedback loop. In Drosophila, nuclear entry of the clock proteins, PERIOD (PER) and TIMELESS (TIM), is tightly controlled, and impair...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Jang AR,Moravcevic K,Saez L,Young MW,Sehgal A

更新日期：2015-02-12 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：:Lifespan can be extended by reduction of dietary intake. This practice is referred to as dietary restriction (DR), and extension of lifespan by DR is evolutionarily conserved in taxonomically diverse organisms including yeast, invertebrates, and mammals. Although these two often-stated facts carry the implication that...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Piper MD,Partridge L

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions are present in both vertebrates and invertebrates from nematodes to mammals. Although the importance of gap junctions has been documented in many biological processes, the molecular mechanisms underlying gap junction dynamics remain unclear. Here, using the C. elegans PLM neurons as a model, we show that...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Meng L,Chen CH,Yan D

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethylation of histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9m2) and trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27m3) are two hallmarks of transcriptional repression in many organisms. In Arabidopsis thaliana, H3K27m3 is targeted by Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins and is associated with silent protein-coding genes, while H3K9m2 is correla...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Deleris A,Stroud H,Bernatavichute Y,Johnson E,Klein G,Schubert D,Jacobsen SE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic background of complex diseases is proposed to consist of several low-penetrance risk loci. Addressing this complexity likely requires both large sample size and simultaneous analysis of different predisposing variants. We investigated the role of four thrombosis genes: coagulation factor V (F5), intercellu...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Auro K,Alanne M,Kristiansson K,Silander K,Kuulasmaa K,Salomaa V,Peltonen L,Perola M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4me) is an evolutionarily conserved modification whose role in the regulation of gene expression has been extensively studied. In contrast, the function of H3K4 acetylation (H3K4ac) has received little attention because of a lack of tools to separate its function from that of H3K...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Guillemette B,Drogaris P,Lin HH,Armstrong H,Hiragami-Hamada K,Imhof A,Bonneil E,Thibault P,Verreault A,Festenstein RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human growth has an estimated heritability of about 80%-90%. Nevertheless, the underlying cause of shortness of stature remains unknown in the majority of individuals. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) showed that both common single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants (CNVs) contribute to height var...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Zahnleiter D,Uebe S,Ekici AB,Hoyer J,Wiesener A,Wieczorek D,Kunstmann E,Reis A,Doerr HG,Rauch A,Thiel CT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms may interact and together affect biological processes and disease development. However, most previous studies have investigated genetic and epigenetic mechanisms independently, and studies examining their interactions throughout the human genome are lacking. To identify genetic loci t...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Olsson AH,Volkov P,Bacos K,Dayeh T,Hall E,Nilsson EA,Ladenvall C,Rönn T,Ling C

更新日期：2014-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:All living organisms exist in a precarious state of homeostasis that requires constant maintenance. A wide variety of stresses, including hypoxia, heat, and infection by pathogens perpetually threaten to imbalance this state. Organisms use a battery of defenses to mitigate damage and restore normal function. Previousl...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Tjahjono E,Kirienko NV

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Most biological nitrogen fixation is catalyzed by molybdenum-dependent nitrogenase, an enzyme complex comprising two component proteins that contains three different metalloclusters. Diazotrophs contain a common core of nitrogen fixation nif genes that encode the structural subunits of the enzyme and components requir...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wang L,Zhang L,Liu Z,Zhao D,Liu X,Zhang B,Xie J,Hong Y,Li P,Chen S,Dixon R,Li J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Male fertility requires the continuous production of high quality motile spermatozoa in abundance. Alterations in all three metrics cause oligoasthenoteratozoospermia, the leading cause of human sub/infertility. Post-mitotic spermatogenesis inclusive of several meiotic stages and spermiogenesis (terminal spermatozoa d...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Comazzetto S,Di Giacomo M,Rasmussen KD,Much C,Azzi C,Perlas E,Morgan M,O'Carroll D

更新日期：2014-10-16 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：:The modification of transcriptional regulation has become increasingly appreciated as a major contributor to morphological evolution. However, the role of negative-acting control elements (e.g. silencers) in generating morphological diversity has been generally overlooked relative to positive-acting "enhancer" element...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Johnson WC,Ordway AJ,Watada M,Pruitt JN,Williams TM,Rebeiz M

更新日期：2015-06-26 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：:Orienting the causal relationship between pairs of traits is a fundamental task in scientific research with significant implications in practice, such as in prioritizing molecular targets and modifiable risk factors for developing therapeutic and interventional strategies for complex diseases. A recent method, called ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Xue H,Pan W

更新日期：2020-11-02 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：: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：:Diphthamide is a highly modified histidine residue in eukaryal translation elongation factor 2 (eEF2) that is the target for irreversible ADP ribosylation by diphtheria toxin (DT). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the initial steps of diphthamide biosynthesis are well characterized and require the DPH1-DPH5 genes. However...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Uthman S,Bär C,Scheidt V,Liu S,ten Have S,Giorgini F,Stark MJ,Schaffrath R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaining insights into genetic predisposition to age-related diseases and lifespan is a challenging task complicated by the elusive role of evolution in these phenotypes. To gain more insights, we combined methods of genome-wide and candidate-gene studies. Genome-wide scan in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (AR...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kulminski AM,He L,Culminskaya I,Loika Y,Kernogitski Y,Arbeev KG,Loiko E,Arbeeva L,Bagley O,Duan M,Yashkin A,Fang F,Kovtun M,Ukraintseva SV,Wu D,Yashin AI

更新日期：2016-11-10 00:00:00