PCNA ubiquitylation ensures timely completion of unperturbed DNA replication in fission yeast.

abstract：:We recently reported that centrosomal protein 164 (CEP164) regulates both cilia and the DNA damage response in the autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease nephronophthisis. Here we examine the functional role of CEP164 in nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies and concomitant fibrosis. Live cell imaging of RPE-FU...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Slaats GG,Ghosh AK,Falke LL,Le Corre S,Shaltiel IA,van de Hoek G,Klasson TD,Stokman MF,Logister I,Verhaar MC,Goldschmeding R,Nguyen TQ,Drummond IA,Hildebrandt F,Giles RH

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylated Spo0A is a master regulator of stationary phase development in the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis, controlling the formation of spores, biofilms, and cells competent for transformation. We have monitored the rate of transcription of the spo0A gene during growth in sporulation medium using promoter fu...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mirouze N,Prepiak P,Dubnau D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inability of native Saccharomyces cerevisiae to convert xylose from plant biomass into biofuels remains a major challenge for the production of renewable bioenergy. Despite extensive knowledge of the regulatory networks controlling carbon metabolism in yeast, little is known about how to reprogram S. cerevisiae to...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sato TK,Tremaine M,Parreiras LS,Hebert AS,Myers KS,Higbee AJ,Sardi M,McIlwain SJ,Ong IM,Breuer RJ,Avanasi Narasimhan R,McGee MA,Dickinson Q,La Reau A,Xie D,Tian M,Reed JL,Zhang Y,Coon JJ,Hittinger CT,Gasch AP,La

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria is a formidable barrier that is difficult for antimicrobial drugs to penetrate. Thus, the list of treatments effective against these organisms is small and with the rise of new resistance mechanisms is shrinking rapidly. New therapies to treat Gram-negative bacterial infecti...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Paradis-Bleau C,Kritikos G,Orlova K,Typas A,Bernhardt TG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SKN-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans Nrf1/2/3 ortholog, promotes both oxidative stress resistance and longevity. SKN-1 responds to oxidative stress by upregulating genes that detoxify and defend against free radicals and other reactive molecules, a SKN-1/Nrf function that is both well-known and conserved. Here we show th...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Li X,Matilainen O,Jin C,Glover-Cutter KM,Holmberg CI,Blackwell TK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massively parallel pyrosequencing of hypervariable regions from small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes can sample a microbial community two or three orders of magnitude more deeply per dollar and per hour than capillary sequencing of full-length SSU rRNA. As with full-length rRNA surveys, each sequence read is a...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Huse SM,Dethlefsen L,Huber JA,Mark Welch D,Relman DA,Sogin ML

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of gene regulation by sequence variation in non-coding regions of the genome is now recognised as a significant cause of human disease and disease susceptibility. Sequence variants in cis-regulatory elements (CREs), the primary determinants of spatio-temporal gene regulation, can alter transcription factor ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Bhatia S,Gordon CT,Foster RG,Melin L,Abadie V,Baujat G,Vazquez MP,Amiel J,Lyonnet S,van Heyningen V,Kleinjan DA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How do adapting populations navigate the tensions between the costs of gene expression and the benefits of gene products to optimize the levels of many genes at once? Here we combined independently-arising beneficial mutations that altered enzyme levels in the central metabolism of Methylobacterium extorquens to uncov...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Chou HH,Delaney NF,Draghi JA,Marx CJ

更新日期：2014-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Elg1, the major subunit of a Replication Factor C-like complex, is critical to ensure genomic stability during DNA replication, and is implicated in controlling chromatin structure. We investigated the consequences of Elg1 loss for the dynamics of chromatin re-formation following DNA replication. Measurement of Okazak...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Gali VK,Dickerson D,Katou Y,Fujiki K,Shirahige K,Owen-Hughes T,Kubota T,Donaldson AD

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The assimilation of nitrate, a most important soil nitrogen source, is tightly regulated in microorganisms and plants. In Aspergillus nidulans, during the transcriptional activation process of nitrate assimilatory genes, the interaction between the pathway-specific transcription factor NirA and the exportin KapK/CRM1 ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Gallmetzer A,Silvestrini L,Schinko T,Gesslbauer B,Hortschansky P,Dattenböck C,Muro-Pastor MI,Kungl A,Brakhage AA,Scazzocchio C,Strauss J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coordination of growth with nutritional status is essential for proper development and physiology. Nutritional information is mostly perceived by peripheral organs before being relayed to the brain, which modulates physiological responses. Hormonal signaling ensures this organ-to-organ communication, and the failu...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sano H,Nakamura A,Texada MJ,Truman JW,Ishimoto H,Kamikouchi A,Nibu Y,Kume K,Ida T,Kojima M

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient approach to characterizing the disease burden of rare genetic variants is to impute them into large well-phenotyped cohorts with existing genome-wide genotype data using large sequenced referenced panels. The success of this approach hinges on the accuracy of rare variant imputation, which remains controv...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Hoffmann TJ,Sakoda LC,Shen L,Jorgenson E,Habel LA,Liu J,Kvale MN,Asgari MM,Banda Y,Corley D,Kushi LH,Quesenberry CP Jr,Schaefer C,Van Den Eeden SK,Risch N,Witte JS

更新日期：2015-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a considerable proportion of serum lipids loci identified in European ancestry individuals (EA) replicate in African Americans (AA), interethnic differences in the distribution of serum lipids suggest that some genetic determinants differ by ethnicity. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of five lipid can...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Bentley AR,Chen G,Shriner D,Doumatey AP,Zhou J,Huang H,Mullikin JC,Blakesley RW,Hansen NF,Bouffard GG,Cherukuri PF,Maskeri B,Young AC,Adeyemo A,Rotimi CN

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessels are vital to sustain life in all vertebrates. While it is known that mural cells (pericytes and smooth muscle cells) regulate vascular integrity, the contribution of other cell types to vascular stabilization has been largely unexplored. Using zebrafish, we identified sclerotome-derived perivascular fibr...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Rajan AM,Ma RC,Kocha KM,Zhang DJ,Huang P

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection and validation of the RNA degradation signals controlling transcriptome stability are essential steps for understanding how cells regulate gene expression. Here we present complete genomic and biochemical annotations of the signals required for RNA degradation by the dsRNA specific ribonuclease III (Rnt1p) a...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Gagnon J,Lavoie M,Catala M,Malenfant F,Elela SA

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Zeins, the predominent storage proteins in maize endosperm, are encoded by multiple genes and gene families. However, only a few transcriptional factors for zein gene regulation have been functionally characterized. In this study, a MADS-box protein, namely ZmMADS47, was identified as an Opaque2 (O2) interacting prote...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Qiao Z,Qi W,Wang Q,Feng Y,Yang Q,Zhang N,Wang S,Tang Y,Song R

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of gene expression, however little attention has been given to the principles governing miRNA silencing efficacy. Here, we utilize the highly conserved Arabidopsis miR159-MYB33/MYB65 regulatory module to explore these principles. Firstly, we show that perfect central co...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Li J,Reichel M,Millar AA

更新日期：2014-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep is a nearly universal behavior that is regulated by diverse environmental stimuli and physiological states. A defining feature of sleep is a homeostatic rebound following deprivation, where animals compensate for lost sleep by increasing sleep duration and/or sleep depth. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Brown EB,Shah KD,Faville R,Kottler B,Keene AC

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Talin serves an essential function during integrin-mediated adhesion in linking integrins to actin via the intracellular adhesion complex. In addition, the N-terminal head domain of talin regulates the affinity of integrins for their ECM-ligands, a process known as inside-out activation. We previously showed that in D...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Ellis SJ,Lostchuck E,Goult BT,Bouaouina M,Fairchild MJ,López-Ceballos P,Calderwood DA,Tanentzapf G

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitotic and cytokinetic processes harness cell machinery to drive chromosomal segregation and the physical separation of dividing cells. Here, we investigate the functional requirements for exocyst complex function during cell division in vivo, and demonstrate a common mechanism that directs anaphase cell elongation a...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Giansanti MG,Vanderleest TE,Jewett CE,Sechi S,Frappaolo A,Fabian L,Robinett CC,Brill JA,Loerke D,Fuller MT,Blankenship JT

更新日期：2015-11-03 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：:UV-induced DNA damage causes repression of RNA synthesis. Following the removal of DNA lesions, transcription recovery operates through a process that is not understood yet. Here we show that knocking-out of the histone methyltransferase DOT1L in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF(DOT1L)) leads to a UV hypersensitivity ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Oksenych V,Zhovmer A,Ziani S,Mari PO,Eberova J,Nardo T,Stefanini M,Giglia-Mari G,Egly JM,Coin F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGFβs act through canonical and non-canonical pathways, and canonical signals are transduced via Smad2 and Smad3. However, the contribution of canonical vs. non-canonical pathways in cartilage is unknown because the role of Smad2 in chondrogenesis has not been investigated in vivo. Therefore, we analyzed mice in which...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wang W,Song B,Anbarchian T,Shirazyan A,Sadik JE,Lyons KM

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Over half of all proteins are glycosylated, and alterations in glycosylation have been observed in numerous physiological and pathological processes. Attached glycans significantly affect protein function; but, contrary to polypeptides, they are not directly encoded by genes, and the complex processes that regulate th...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lauc G,Essafi A,Huffman JE,Hayward C,Knežević A,Kattla JJ,Polašek O,Gornik O,Vitart V,Abrahams JL,Pučić M,Novokmet M,Redžić I,Campbell S,Wild SH,Borovečki F,Wang W,Kolčić I,Zgaga L,Gyllensten U,Wilson JF,Wright

更新日期：2010-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of expression profiling with linkage analysis has increasingly been used to identify genes underlying complex phenotypes. The effects of gender on the regulation of many physiological traits are well documented; however, "genetical genomic" analyses have not yet addressed the degree to which their conc...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wang S,Yehya N,Schadt EE,Wang H,Drake TA,Lusis AJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) is a helical repeat motif found in an exceptionally large family of RNA-binding proteins that functions in mitochondrial and chloroplast gene expression. PPR proteins harbor between 2 and 30 repeats and typically bind single-stranded RNA in a sequence-specific fashion. However, the b...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Barkan A,Rojas M,Fujii S,Yap A,Chong YS,Bond CS,Small I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory infectious diseases are the third cause of worldwide death. The nasopharynx is the portal of entry and the ecological niche of many microorganisms, of which some are pathogenic to humans, such as Neisseria meningitidis and Moraxella catarrhalis. These microbes possess several surface structures that intera...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Veyrier FJ,Biais N,Morales P,Belkacem N,Guilhen C,Ranjeva S,Sismeiro O,Péhau-Arnaudet G,Rocha EP,Werts C,Taha MK,Boneca IG

更新日期：2015-07-10 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

abstract：:The differentiation of cells into distinct cell types, each of which is heritable for many generations, underlies many biological phenomena. White and opaque cells of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans are two such heritable cell types, each thought to be adapted to unique niches within their human host. To systemat...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Tuch BB,Mitrovich QM,Homann OR,Hernday AD,Monighetti CK,De La Vega FM,Johnson AD

更新日期：2010-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the striking findings of comparative developmental genetics was that expression patterns of core transcription factors are extraordinarily conserved in bilaterians. However, it remains unclear whether cis-regulatory elements of their target genes also exhibit common signatures associated with conserved embryoni...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Haeussler M,Jaszczyszyn Y,Christiaen L,Joly JS

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00