Glycine promotes longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans in a methionine cycle-dependent fashion.

abstract：:Phenotypic variation within an isogenic bacterial population is thought to ensure the survival of a subset of cells in adverse conditions. The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa variably expresses several phenotypes, including antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation, and the production of CupA fimbriae. He...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Turner KH,Vallet-Gely I,Dove SL

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal cargos are differentially targeted to either axons or dendrites, and this polarized cargo targeting critically depends on the interaction between microtubules and molecular motors. From a forward mutagenesis screen, we identified a gain-of-function mutation in the C. elegans α-tubulin gene mec-12 that trigger...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Hsu JM,Chen CH,Chen YC,McDonald KL,Gurling M,Lee A,Garriga G,Pan CL

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic mutations in the nuclear genome are required for tumor formation, but the functional consequences of somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are less understood. Here we identify somatic mtDNA mutations across 527 tumors and 14 cancer types, using an approach that takes advantage of evidence from both geno...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Stewart JB,Alaei-Mahabadi B,Sabarinathan R,Samuelsson T,Gorodkin J,Gustafsson CM,Larsson E

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex program of translational repression, mRNA localization, and translational activation ensures that Oskar (Osk) protein accumulates only at the posterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte. Inappropriate expression of Osk disrupts embryonic axial patterning, and is lethal. A key factor in translational repression i...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kim G,Pai CI,Sato K,Person MD,Nakamura A,Macdonald PM

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary factors, including meat, fruits, vegetables and fiber, are associated with colorectal cancer; however, there is limited information as to whether these dietary factors interact with genetic variants to modify risk of colorectal cancer. We tested interactions between these dietary factors and approximately 2.7 ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Figueiredo JC,Hsu L,Hutter CM,Lin Y,Campbell PT,Baron JA,Berndt SI,Jiao S,Casey G,Fortini B,Chan AT,Cotterchio M,Lemire M,Gallinger S,Harrison TA,Le Marchand L,Newcomb PA,Slattery ML,Caan BJ,Carlson CS,Zanke BW,

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the functional cis-regulatory elements that regulate constitutive and alternative pre-mRNA splicing is fundamental for biology and medicine. Here we undertook a genome-wide comparative genomics approach using available mammalian genomes to identify conserved intronic splicing regulatory elements (ISREs). ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Yeo GW,Van Nostrand EL,Liang TY

更新日期：2007-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Association mapping is a powerful approach for dissecting the genetic architecture of complex quantitative traits using high-density SNP markers in maize. Here, we expanded our association panel size from 368 to 513 inbred lines with 0.5 million high quality SNPs using a two-step data-imputation method which combines ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Yang N,Lu Y,Yang X,Huang J,Zhou Y,Ali F,Wen W,Liu J,Li J,Yan J

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasmic peptide:N-glycanase (Ngly1 in mammals) is a de-N-glycosylating enzyme that is highly conserved among eukaryotes. It was recently reported that subjects harboring mutations in the NGLY1 gene exhibited severe systemic symptoms (NGLY1-deficiency). While the enzyme obviously has a critical role in mammals,...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fujihira H,Masahara-Negishi Y,Tamura M,Huang C,Harada Y,Wakana S,Takakura D,Kawasaki N,Taniguchi N,Kondoh G,Yamashita T,Funakoshi Y,Suzuki T

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although multiple environmental cues regulate the transition to flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana, previous studies have suggested that wild A. thaliana accessions fall primarily into two classes, distinguished by their requirement for vernalization (extended winter-like temperatures), which enables rapid flowering un...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Lempe J,Balasubramanian S,Sureshkumar S,Singh A,Schmid M,Weigel D

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major transition to eusociality required the evolution of a switch to canalize development into either a reproductive or a helper, the nature of which is currently unknown. Following predictions from the 'theory of facilitated variation', we identify sex differentiation pathways as promising candidates because of ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Klein A,Schultner E,Lowak H,Schrader L,Heinze J,Holman L,Oettler J

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In budding yeast, intragenic histone modification is linked with transcriptional elongation through the conserved regulator Paf1C. To investigate Paf1C-related function in higher eukaryotes, we analyzed the effects of loss of Paf1C on histone H3 density and patterns of H3 methylated at K4, K27, and K36 in Arabidopsis ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Oh S,Park S,van Nocker S

更新日期：2008-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy number expansions such as amplifications and duplications contribute to human phenotypic variation, promote molecular diversification during evolution, and drive the initiation and/or progression of various cancers. The mechanisms underlying these copy number changes are still incompletely understood, however. We...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Finn KJ,Li JJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rebound of HIV viremia after interruption of anti-retroviral therapy is due to the small population of CD4+ T cells that remain latently infected. HIV-1 transcription is the main process controlling post-integration latency. Regulation of HIV-1 transcription takes place at both initiation and elongation levels. Pausin...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Vanti M,Gallastegui E,Respaldiza I,Rodríguez-Gil A,Gómez-Herreros F,Jimeno-González S,Jordan A,Chávez S

更新日期：2009-01-01 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

abstract：:Tripartite Motif (TRIM) ubiquitin ligases act in the innate immune response against viruses. One of the best characterized members of this family, TRIM5α, serves as a potent retroviral restriction factor with activity against HIV. Here, we characterize what are likely to be the youngest TRIM genes in the human genome....

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Han K,Lou DI,Sawyer SL

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007814.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sun G,Elowsky C,Li G,Wilson RA

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetative phase change is regulated by a decrease in the abundance of the miRNAs, miR156 and miR157, and the resulting increase in the expression of their targets, SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) transcription factors. To determine how miR156/miR157 specify the quantitative and qualitative changes in lea...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： He J,Xu M,Willmann MR,McCormick K,Hu T,Yang L,Starker CG,Voytas DF,Meyers BC,Poethig RS

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Third-generation cephalosporins are a class of β-lactam antibiotics that are often used for the treatment of human infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, especially Escherichia coli. Worryingly, the incidence of human infections caused by third-generation cephalosporin-resistant E. coli is increasing worldwide. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： de Been M,Lanza VF,de Toro M,Scharringa J,Dohmen W,Du Y,Hu J,Lei Y,Li N,Tooming-Klunderud A,Heederik DJ,Fluit AC,Bonten MJ,Willems RJ,de la Cruz F,van Schaik W

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:As a member of the large Ran-binding protein family, Ran-binding protein 9 (RANBP9) has been suggested to play a critical role in diverse cellular functions in somatic cell lineages in vitro, and this is further supported by the neonatal lethality phenotype in Ranbp9 global knockout mice. However, the exact molecular ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Bao J,Tang C,Li J,Zhang Y,Bhetwal BP,Zheng H,Yan W

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hippo pathway regulates organ size, stem cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in adult organs. Whether the Hippo pathway influences establishment of stem cell niche size to accommodate changes in organ size, however, has received little attention. Here, we ask whether Hippo signaling influences the number of stem ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sarikaya DP,Extavour CG

更新日期：2015-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter-individual variation in gene regulatory elements is hypothesized to play a causative role in adverse drug reactions and reduced drug activity. However, relatively little is known about the location and function of drug-dependent elements. To uncover drug-associated elements in a genome-wide manner, we performed ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Smith RP,Eckalbar WL,Morrissey KM,Luizon MR,Hoffmann TJ,Sun X,Jones SL,Force Aldred S,Ramamoorthy A,Desta Z,Liu Y,Skaar TC,Trinklein ND,Giacomini KM,Ahituv N

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Abeta peptide accumulation is thought to be the primary event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with downstream neurotoxic effects including the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is increasingly implicated as playing a pivotal role in this amyloid cascade. We have d...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sofola O,Kerr F,Rogers I,Killick R,Augustin H,Gandy C,Allen MJ,Hardy J,Lovestone S,Partridge L

更新日期：2010-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress occurs when misfolded proteins accumulate in the ER. The cellular response to ER stress involves complex transcriptional and translational changes, important to the survival of the cell. ER stress is a primary cause and a modifier of many human diseases. A first step to understanding ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Chow CY,Wang X,Riccardi D,Wolfner MF,Clark AG

更新日期：2015-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A universal Tree of Life (TOL) has long been a goal of molecular phylogeneticists, but reticulation at the level of genes and possibly at the levels of cells and species renders any simple interpretation of such a TOL, especially as applied to prokaryotes, problematic. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Doolittle WF,Brunet TD

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:miRNAs are small RNAs directing many developmental processes by posttranscriptional regulation of protein-coding genes. We uncovered a new role for miR-1-1/133a-2 and miR-1-2/133a-1 clusters in the specification of embryonic cardiomyocytes allowing transition from an immature state characterized by expression of smoot...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wystub K,Besser J,Bachmann A,Boettger T,Braun T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated proteasome activity extends lifespan in model organisms such as yeast, worms and flies. This pro-longevity effect might be mediated by improved protein homeostasis, as this protease is an integral module of the protein homeostasis network. Proteasomes also regulate cellular processes through temporal and spat...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Yao Y,Tsuchiyama S,Yang C,Bulteau AL,He C,Robison B,Tsuchiya M,Miller D,Briones V,Tar K,Potrero A,Friguet B,Kennedy BK,Schmidt M

更新日期：2015-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Fpr1 (FK506-sensitive proline rotamase 1), a protein of the FKBP12 (FK506-binding protein 12 kDa) family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is a primary target for the immunosuppressive agents FK506 and rapamycin. Fpr1 inhibits calcineurin and TORC1 (target of rapamycin complex 1) when bound to FK506 and rapamycin, respecti...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kasahara K,Nakayama R,Shiwa Y,Kanesaki Y,Ishige T,Yoshikawa H,Kokubo T

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining how facultative anaerobic organisms sense and direct cellular responses to electron acceptor availability has been a subject of intense study. However, even in the model organism Escherichia coli, established mechanisms only explain a small fraction of the hundreds of genes that are regulated during electr...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Federowicz S,Kim D,Ebrahim A,Lerman J,Nagarajan H,Cho BK,Zengler K,Palsson B

更新日期：2014-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrolithiasis is a common nephrologic disorder with complex etiology. To identify the genetic factor(s) for nephrolithiasis, we conducted a three-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a total of 5,892 nephrolithiasis cases and 17,809 controls of Japanese origin. Here we found three novel loci for nephroli...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Urabe Y,Tanikawa C,Takahashi A,Okada Y,Morizono T,Tsunoda T,Kamatani N,Kohri K,Chayama K,Kubo M,Nakamura Y,Matsuda K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00