T-DNA-genome junctions form early after infection and are influenced by the chromatin state of the host genome.

abstract：:Conjugation is one mechanism for intra- and inter-species horizontal gene transfer among bacteria. Conjugative elements have been instrumental in many bacterial species to face the threat of antibiotics, by allowing them to evolve and adapt to these hostile conditions. Conjugative plasmids are transferred to plasmidle...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Baharoglu Z,Bikard D,Mazel D

更新日期：2010-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have exploited the high selectivity of the homing endonuclease I-PpoI for the X-linked Anopheles gambiae 28S ribosomal genes to selectively target X chromosome carrying spermatozoa. Our data demonstrated that in heterozygous males, the expression of I-PpoI in the testes induced a strong bias toward Y chromosome-car...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Windbichler N,Papathanos PA,Crisanti A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi Anemia (FA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hypersensitivity to inter-strand crosslinks (ICLs). FANCD2, a central factor of the FA pathway, is essential for the repair of double strand breaks (DSBs) generated during fork collapse at ICLs. While lesions different from ICLs can also trigg...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Federico MB,Vallerga MB,Radl A,Paviolo NS,Bocco JL,Di Giorgio M,Soria G,Gottifredi V

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizobial infection of legume root hairs requires a rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton to enable the establishment of plant-made infection structures called infection threads. In the SCAR/WAVE (Suppressor of cAMP receptor defect/WASP family verpolin homologous protein) actin regulatory complex, the conserved N-te...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Qiu L,Lin JS,Xu J,Sato S,Parniske M,Wang TL,Downie JA,Xie F

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although kinetochores normally play a key role in sister chromatid separation and segregation, chromosome fragments lacking kinetochores (acentrics) can in some cases separate and segregate successfully. In Drosophila neuroblasts, acentric chromosomes undergo delayed, but otherwise normal sister separation, revealing ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Vicars H,Karg T,Warecki B,Bast I,Sullivan W

更新日期：2021-01-29 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：:It is known that genetic variants can affect gene expression, but it is not yet completely clear through what mechanisms genetic variation mediate this expression. We therefore compared the cis-effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on gene expression between blood samples from 1,240 human subjects and four ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fu J,Wolfs MG,Deelen P,Westra HJ,Fehrmann RS,Te Meerman GJ,Buurman WA,Rensen SS,Groen HJ,Weersma RK,van den Berg LH,Veldink J,Ophoff RA,Snieder H,van Heel D,Jansen RC,Hofker MH,Wijmenga C,Franke L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, the absence or irreversible loss of hair cells, the sensory mechanoreceptors in the cochlea, accounts for a large majority of acquired and congenital hearing disorders. In the auditory and vestibular neuroepithelia of the inner ear, hair cells are accompanied by another cell type called supporting cells. Th...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Behra M,Bradsher J,Sougrat R,Gallardo V,Allende ML,Burgess SM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We resequenced and phased 27 kb of DNA within 580 kb of the MHC class II region in 158 population chromosomes, most of which were conserved extended haplotypes (CEHs) of European descent or contained their centromeric fragments. We determined the single nucleotide polymorphism and deletion-insertion polymorphism allel...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Larsen CE,Alford DR,Trautwein MR,Jalloh YK,Tarnacki JL,Kunnenkeri SK,Fici DA,Yunis EJ,Awdeh ZL,Alper CA

更新日期：2014-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a devastating progeria most often caused by mutations in the CSB gene encoding a SWI/SNF family chromatin remodeling protein. Although all CSB mutations that cause CS are recessive, the complete absence of CSB protein does not cause CS. In addition, most CSB mutations are located beyond exon ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Newman JC,Bailey AD,Fan HY,Pavelitz T,Weiner AM

更新日期：2008-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding cell proliferation mechanisms has been a long-lasting goal of the scientific community and specifically of cancer researchers. Previous genome-scale studies of cancer proliferation determinants have mainly relied on knockdown screens aimed to gauge their effects on cancer growth. This powerful approach h...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Waldman YY,Geiger T,Ruppin E

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Marine viruses play a critical role not only in the global geochemical cycles but also in the biology and evolution of their hosts. Despite their importance, viral diversity remains underexplored mostly due to sampling and cultivation challenges. Direct sequencing approaches such as viromics has provided new insights ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： López-Pérez M,Haro-Moreno JM,Gonzalez-Serrano R,Parras-Moltó M,Rodriguez-Valera F

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with known genetic, epigenetic, and environmental risk factors. To assess the role of DNA methylation in SLE, we collected CD4+ T-cells, CD19+ B-cells, and CD14+ monocytes from 49 SLE patients and 58 controls, and performed genome-wide DNA methylation analysi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Absher DM,Li X,Waite LL,Gibson A,Roberts K,Edberg J,Chatham WW,Kimberly RP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most powerful techniques for studying the function of a gene is to disrupt the expression of that gene using genetic engineering strategies such as targeted recombination or viral integration of gene trap cassettes. The tremendous utility of these tools was recognized this year with the awarding of the Nobe...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Osokine I,Hsu R,Loeb GB,McManus MT

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：: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：:Increases in fruit weight of cultivated vegetables and fruits accompanied the domestication of these crops. Here we report on the positional cloning of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) controlling fruit weight in tomato. The derived allele of Cell Size Regulator (CSR-D) increases fruit weight predominantly through enl...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mu Q,Huang Z,Chakrabarti M,Illa-Berenguer E,Liu X,Wang Y,Ramos A,van der Knaap E

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Opportunistic infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be acute or chronic. While acute infections often spread rapidly and can cause tissue damage and sepsis with high mortality rates, chronic infections can persist for weeks, months, or years in the face of intensive clinical intervention. Remarkably, this di...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Turner KH,Everett J,Trivedi U,Rumbaugh KP,Whiteley M

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) is the primary DNA repair pathway thought to underlie chromosomal translocations and other genomic rearrangements in somatic cells. The canonical NHEJ pathway, including DNA ligase IV (Lig4), suppresses genomic instability and chromosomal translocations, leading to the notion that a po...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Simsek D,Brunet E,Wong SY,Katyal S,Gao Y,McKinnon PJ,Lou J,Zhang L,Li J,Rebar EJ,Gregory PD,Holmes MC,Jasin M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling pathways enable cells to sense and respond to their environment. Many cellular signaling strategies are conserved from fungi to humans, yet their activity and phenotypic consequences can vary extensively among individuals within a species. A systematic assessment of the impact of naturally occurring genetic ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Treusch S,Albert FW,Bloom JS,Kotenko IE,Kruglyak L

更新日期：2015-01-08 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：:Iran, despite its size, geographic location and past cultural influence, has largely been a blind spot for human population genetic studies. With only sparse genetic information on the Iranian population available, we pursued its genome-wide and geographic characterization based on 1021 samples from eleven ethnic grou...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mehrjoo Z,Fattahi Z,Beheshtian M,Mohseni M,Poustchi H,Ardalani F,Jalalvand K,Arzhangi S,Mohammadi Z,Khoshbakht S,Najafi F,Nikuei P,Haddadi M,Zohrehvand E,Oladnabi M,Mohammadzadeh A,Jafari MH,Akhtarkhavari T,Gooshki ES

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:General parameters of selection, such as the frequency and strength of positive selection in natural populations or the role of introgression, are still insufficiently understood. The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a particularly well-suited model system to approach such questions, since it has a defined history of spl...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Staubach F,Lorenc A,Messer PW,Tang K,Petrov DA,Tautz D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome reduction has been observed in many bacterial lineages that have adapted to specialized environments. The extreme genome degradation seen for obligate pathogens and symbionts appears to be dominated by genetic drift. In contrast, for free-living organisms with reduced genomes, the dominant force is proposed to ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lee MC,Marx CJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many decades, Salmonella enterica has been subdivided by serological properties into serovars or further subdivided for epidemiological tracing by a variety of diagnostic tests with higher resolution. Recently, it has been proposed that so-called eBurst groups (eBGs) based on the alleles of seven housekeeping gene...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Alikhan NF,Zhou Z,Sergeant MJ,Achtman M

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In many cases protein assemblies are stabilized by covalent bonds, one example of which is the formation of intra- or intermolecular ε-(γ-glutamyl)lysil cross-links catalyzed by transglutaminases (TGases). Because of the potential for unwanted cross-linking reactions, the activities of many TGases have been shown to b...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fernandes CG,Martins D,Hernandez G,Sousa AL,Freitas C,Tranfield EM,Cordeiro TN,Serrano M,Moran CP Jr,Henriques AO

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous lines of evidence point to a genetic basis for facial morphology in humans, yet little is known about how specific genetic variants relate to the phenotypic expression of many common facial features. We conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses of 20 quantitative facial measurements derived from the 3D ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Shaffer JR,Orlova E,Lee MK,Leslie EJ,Raffensperger ZD,Heike CL,Cunningham ML,Hecht JT,Kau CH,Nidey NL,Moreno LM,Wehby GL,Murray JC,Laurie CA,Laurie CC,Cole J,Ferrara T,Santorico S,Klein O,Mio W,Feingold E,Hallgr

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing generates protein diversity and allows for post-transcriptional gene regulation. Estimates suggest that 10% of the genes in Caenorhabditis elegans undergo alternative splicing. We constructed a splicing-sensitive microarray to detect alternative splicing for 352 cassette exons and tested for chang...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Barberan-Soler S,Zahler AM

更新日期：2008-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic models of ribosome dysfunction show selective organ failure, highlighting a gap in our understanding of cell-type specific responses to translation insufficiency. Translation defects underlie a growing list of inherited and acquired cancer-predisposition syndromes referred to as ribosomopathies. We sought to i...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Tourlakis ME,Zhang S,Ball HL,Gandhi R,Liu H,Zhong J,Yuan JS,Guidos CJ,Durie PR,Rommens JM

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00