Correction: Fasting regulates EGR1 and protects from glucose- and dexamethasone-dependent sensitization to chemotherapy.

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002436.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： PLOS Biology Staff.

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the auditory cortex plays a necessary role in sound localization, physiological investigations in the cortex reveal inhomogeneous sampling of auditory space that is difficult to reconcile with localization behavior under the assumption of local spatial coding. Most neurons respond maximally to sounds located ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Stecker GC,Harrington IA,Middlebrooks JC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vascular networks in vertebrates are essential to tissue survival. Establishment of a fully functional vasculature is complex and requires a number of steps including vasculogenesis and angiogenesis that are followed by differentiation into specialized vascular tissues (i.e., arteries, veins, and lymphatics) and...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Ricard N,Simons M

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiation of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis into a dormant spore is among the most well-characterized developmental pathways in biology. Classical genetic screens performed over the past half century identified scores of factors involved in every step of this morphological process. More recently, transcript...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Meeske AJ,Rodrigues CD,Brady J,Lim HC,Bernhardt TG,Rudner DZ

更新日期：2016-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Inspiratory breathing movements depend on pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) interneurons that express calcium (Ca2+)-activated nonselective cationic current (ICAN) to generate robust neural bursts. Hypothesized to be rhythmogenic, reducing ICAN is predicted to slow down or stop breathing; its contributions to motor patt...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Picardo MCD,Sugimura YK,Dorst KE,Kallurkar PS,Akins VT,Ma X,Teruyama R,Guinamard R,Kam K,Saha MS,Del Negro CA

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Task-related activity in the ventral thalamus, a major target of basal ganglia output, is often assumed to be permitted or triggered by changes in basal ganglia activity through gating- or rebound-like mechanisms. To test those hypotheses, we sampled single-unit activity from connected basal ganglia output and thalami...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Schwab BC,Kase D,Zimnik A,Rosenbaum R,Codianni MG,Rubin JE,Turner RS

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization and the mechanisms of condensation of mitotic chromosomes remain unsolved despite many decades of efforts. The lack of resolution, tight compaction, and the absence of function-specific chromatin labels have been the key technical obstacles. The correlation between DNA sequence composition and its con...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Strukov YG,Sural TH,Kuroda MI,Sedat JW

更新日期：2011-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B (CDKN1B)/p27, previously known as a cell cycle inhibitor, is also localized within mitochondria. The migratory capacity of endothelial cells, which need intact mitochondria, is completely dependent on mitochondrial p27. Mitochondrial p27 improves mitochondrial memb...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Ale-Agha N,Goy C,Jakobs P,Spyridopoulos I,Gonnissen S,Dyballa-Rukes N,Aufenvenne K,von Ameln F,Zurek M,Spannbrucker T,Eckermann O,Jakob S,Gorressen S,Abrams M,Grandoch M,Fischer JW,Köhrer K,Deenen R,Unfried K,Altsch

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this Formal Comment the authors respond to objections to their previous Essay, reiterating that comparative linguistics is not an easy undertaking. ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Bolhuis JJ,Beckers GJL,Huybregts MAC,Berwick RC,Everaert MBH

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation termination at premature termination codons (PTCs) triggers degradation of the aberrant mRNA, but the mechanism by which a termination event is defined as premature is still unclear. Here we show that the physical distance between the termination codon and the poly(A)-binding protein PABPC1 is a crucial de...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Eberle AB,Stalder L,Mathys H,Orozco RZ,Mühlemann O

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:How often do people visit the world's protected areas (PAs)? Despite PAs covering one-eighth of the land and being a major focus of nature-based recreation and tourism, we don't know. To address this, we compiled a globally-representative database of visits to PAs and built region-specific models predicting visit rate...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Balmford A,Green JM,Anderson M,Beresford J,Huang C,Naidoo R,Walpole M,Manica A

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological development of fungi and their combined production of secondary metabolites are both acting in defence and protection. These processes are mainly coordinated by velvet regulators, which contain a yet functionally and structurally uncharacterized velvet domain. Here we demonstrate that the velvet domain o...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Ahmed YL,Gerke J,Park HS,Bayram Ö,Neumann P,Ni M,Dickmanns A,Kim SC,Yu JH,Braus GH,Ficner R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key feature of most social relationships is that we like seeing good things happen to others. Research has implicated the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in attaching value to social outcomes. For example, single neurons in macaque ACC selectively code reward delivery to the self, a partner, both monkeys, or neither...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Basile BM,Schafroth JL,Karaskiewicz CL,Chang SWC,Murray EA

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although psychological and computational models of time estimation have postulated the existence of neural representations tuned for specific durations, empirical evidence of this notion has been lacking. Here, using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) adaptation paradigm, we show that the inferior parietal...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Hayashi MJ,Ditye T,Harada T,Hashiguchi M,Sadato N,Carlson S,Walsh V,Kanai R

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Birds utilize a unique structure, called a syrinx, for the production of their vocalizations. The origins of the syrinx are not well understood. New work, utilizing first principles-based models, suggests that a key element in selection for the early syrinx might be the position of this vocal structure: although the l...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Habib MB

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic heterogeneity can confer clonal groups of organisms with new functionality. A paradigmatic example is the bistable expression of virulence genes in Salmonella typhimurium, which leads to phenotypically virulent and phenotypically avirulent subpopulations. The two subpopulations have been shown to divide lab...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Arnoldini M,Vizcarra IA,Peña-Miller R,Stocker N,Diard M,Vogel V,Beardmore RE,Hardt WD,Ackermann M

更新日期：2014-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current understanding of biology is heavily based on a small number of genetically tractable model organisms. Most eukaryotic phyla lack such experimental models, and this limits our ability to explore the molecular mechanisms that ultimately define their biology, ecology, and diversity. In particular, marine prot...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Waller RF,Cleves PA,Rubio-Brotons M,Woods A,Bender SJ,Edgcomb V,Gann ER,Jones AC,Teytelman L,von Dassow P,Wilhelm SW,Collier JL

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic combination therapies are important for the efficient treatment of many types of infections, including those caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Combination treatment strategies are typically used under the assumption that synergies are conserved across species and strains, even though recent results ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Fatsis-Kavalopoulos N,Roemhild R,Tang PC,Kreuger J,Andersson DI

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bax/Bak-mediated mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) is essential for "intrinsic" apoptotic cell death. Published studies used synthetic liposomes to reveal an intrinsic pore-forming activity of Bax, but it is unclear how other mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) proteins might facilitate this function...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Kushnareva Y,Andreyev AY,Kuwana T,Newmeyer DD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HAPLESS2 (HAP2) is a broadly conserved, gamete-expressed transmembrane protein that was shown recently to be structurally homologous to viral class II fusion proteins, which initiate fusion with host cells via insertion of fusion loops into the host membrane. However, the functional conformation of the HAP2 fusion loo...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Fedry J,Forcina J,Legrand P,Péhau-Arnaudet G,Haouz A,Johnson M,Rey FA,Krey T

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tools enabling closed-loop experiments are crucial to delineate causal relationships between the activity of genetically labeled neurons and specific behaviors. We developed the Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality (PiVR) system to conduct closed-loop optogenetic stimulation of neural functions in unrestrained animals. PiVR i...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Tadres D,Louis M

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The macronuclear genome of the ciliate Oxytricha trifallax displays an extreme and unique eukaryotic genome architecture with extensive genomic variation. During sexual genome development, the expressed, somatic macronuclear genome is whittled down to the genic portion of a small fraction (∼5%) of its precursor "silen...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Swart EC,Bracht JR,Magrini V,Minx P,Chen X,Zhou Y,Khurana JS,Goldman AD,Nowacki M,Schotanus K,Jung S,Fulton RS,Ly A,McGrath S,Haub K,Wiggins JL,Storton D,Matese JC,Parsons L,Chang WJ,Bowen MS,Stover NA,Jones T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although compound heterozygosity, or the presence of two different mutant alleles of the same gene, is common in human recessive disease, its potential to impact disease outcome has not been well documented. This is most likely because of the inherent difficulty in distinguishing specific biallelic effects from differ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Andressoo JO,Jans J,de Wit J,Coin F,Hoogstraten D,van de Ven M,Toussaint W,Huijmans J,Thio HB,van Leeuwen WJ,de Boer J,Egly JM,Hoeijmakers JH,van der Horst GT,Mitchell JR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusion proteins composed of the histone methyltransferase mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) and a variety of unrelated fusion partners are highly leukemogenic. Despite their prevalence, particularly in pediatric acute leukemia, many molecular details of their transforming mechanism are unknown. Here, we provide mechanistic...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Mueller D,García-Cuéllar MP,Bach C,Buhl S,Maethner E,Slany RK

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporarily holding information in mind is an important part of many cognitive processes, such as reasoning and language. The amount of information that can be actively held "in mind" at any time is greatly limited-research suggests that we can only actively hold three or four pieces of information at once. A central ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Hakim N,Vogel EK

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Long distance migration of differentiating granule cells from the cerebellar upper rhombic lip has been reported in many vertebrates. However, the knowledge about the subcellular dynamics and molecular mechanisms regulating directional neuronal migration in vivo is just beginning to emerge. Here we show by time-lapse ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Rieger S,Senghaas N,Walch A,Köster RW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms by which floral homeotic genes act as major developmental switches to specify the identity of floral organs are still largely unknown. Floral homeotic genes encode transcription factors of the MADS-box family, which are supposed to assemble in a combinatorial fashion into organ-specific multim...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Kaufmann K,Muiño JM,Jauregui R,Airoldi CA,Smaczniak C,Krajewski P,Angenent GC

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling of the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) via its soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) is responsible for the proinflammatory properties of IL-6 and constitutes an attractive therapeutic target, but how the sIL-6R is generated in vivo remains largely unclear. Here, we use liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to iden...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Riethmueller S,Somasundaram P,Ehlers JC,Hung CW,Flynn CM,Lokau J,Agthe M,Düsterhöft S,Zhu Y,Grötzinger J,Lorenzen I,Koudelka T,Yamamoto K,Pickhinke U,Wichert R,Becker-Pauly C,Rädisch M,Albrecht A,Hessefort M,Stahnke

更新日期：2017-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001154.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： PLOS Biology Staff.

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid destruction of the planet's biodiversity has prompted the nations of the world to set a target of achieving a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. However, we do not yet have an adequate way of monitoring progress towards achieving this target. Here we present a method for produ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Butchart SH,Stattersfield AJ,Bennun LA,Shutes SM,Akçakaya HR,Baillie JE,Stuart SN,Hilton-Taylor C,Mace GM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00