An Africa-wide genomic evolution of insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles funestus involves selective sweeps, copy number variations, gene conversion and transposons.

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：:Heteromorphic sex-determining regions or mating-type loci can contain large regions of non-recombining sequence where selection operates under different constraints than in freely recombining autosomal regions. Detailed studies of these non-recombining regions can provide insights into how genes are gained and lost, a...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： De Hoff PL,Ferris P,Olson BJ,Miyagi A,Geng S,Umen JG

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is a progressive muscular dystrophy caused by decreased epigenetic repression of the D4Z4 macrosatellite repeats and ectopic expression of DUX4, a retrogene encoding a germline transcription factor encoded in each repeat. Unaffected individuals generally have more than 10 repeats a...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Krom YD,Thijssen PE,Young JM,den Hamer B,Balog J,Yao Z,Maves L,Snider L,Knopp P,Zammit PS,Rijkers T,van Engelen BG,Padberg GW,Frants RR,Tawil R,Tapscott SJ,van der Maarel SM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblasts are ubiquitous mesenchymal cells with many vital functions during development, tissue repair, and disease. Fibroblasts from different anatomic sites have distinct and characteristic gene expression patterns, but the principles that govern their molecular specialization are poorly understood. Spatial organi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Rinn JL,Bondre C,Gladstone HB,Brown PO,Chang HY

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS), commonly caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 (chr21), occurs in approximately one out of 700 live births. Precisely how an extra chr21 causes over 80 clinically defined phenotypes is not yet clear. Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS) analysis at single base resolution revealed D...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Jin S,Lee YK,Lim YC,Zheng Z,Lin XM,Ng DP,Holbrook JD,Law HY,Kwek KY,Yeo GS,Ding C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient adaptation to iron starvation is an essential virulence determinant of the most common human mold pathogen, Aspergillus fumigatus. Here, we demonstrate that the cytosolic monothiol glutaredoxin GrxD plays an essential role in iron sensing in this fungus. Our studies revealed that (i) GrxD is essential for gr...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Misslinger M,Scheven MT,Hortschansky P,López-Berges MS,Heiss K,Beckmann N,Heigl T,Hermann M,Krüger T,Kniemeyer O,Brakhage AA,Haas H

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:GATA transcription factors play a crucial role in the regulation of immune functions across metazoans. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the GATA transcription factor ELT-2 is involved in the control of not only infections but also recovery after an infection. We identified RPT-6, part of the 19S proteasome subunit, as an EL...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Olaitan AO,Aballay A

更新日期：2018-09-28 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：:Polymyxin is the last line of defense against severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant gram-negative pathogens. The emergence of transferable MCR-1/2 polymyxin resistance greatly challenges the renewed interest in colistin (polymyxin E) for clinical treatments. Recent studies have suggested that Moraxella spec...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wei W,Srinivas S,Lin J,Tang Z,Wang S,Ullah S,Kota VG,Feng Y

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies typically target inherited autosomal variants, but less studied genetic mechanisms can play a role in complex disease. Sex-linked variants aside, three genetic phenomena can induce differential risk in maternal versus paternal lineages of affected individuals: 1. maternal effects, refle...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Weinberg CR,Shi M,DeRoo LA,Taylor JA,Sandler DP,Umbach DM

更新日期：2014-03-20 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：: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：:Mycoplasmas are commonly described as the simplest self-replicating organisms, whose evolution was mainly characterized by genome downsizing with a proposed evolutionary scenario similar to that of obligate intracellular bacteria such as insect endosymbionts. Thus far, analysis of mycoplasma genomes indicates a low le...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sirand-Pugnet P,Lartigue C,Marenda M,Jacob D,Barré A,Barbe V,Schenowitz C,Mangenot S,Couloux A,Segurens B,de Daruvar A,Blanchard A,Citti C

更新日期：2007-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic concepts are based on the assumption that phenotypes arise from the expression of genetic variants. However, the presence of non-Mendelian inheritance patterns provides a direct challenge to this view and suggests an important role for alternative mechanisms of gene regulation and inheritance. Over the past fe...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Liebers R,Rassoulzadegan M,Lyko F

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major force driving bacterial evolution. Because of their ability to cross inter-species barriers, bacterial plasmids are essential agents for HGT. This ability, however, poses specific requisites on plasmid physiology, in particular the need to overcome a multilevel selection proce...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fernandez-Lopez R,Del Campo I,Revilla C,Cuevas A,de la Cruz F

更新日期：2014-02-27 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：:The mechanism underlying immune system recognition of different types of pathogens has been extensively studied over the past few decades; however, the mechanism by which healthy self-tissue evades an attack by its own immune system is less well-understood. Here, we established an autoimmune model of melanotic mass fo...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kim MJ,Choe KM

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is a normal resident of the gastrointestinal tract and also the most prevalent fungal pathogen of humans. It last shared a common ancestor with the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae over 300 million years ago. We describe a collection of 143 genetically matched strains of C. albicans, each of which...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Homann OR,Dea J,Noble SM,Johnson AD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary life history theory seeks to explain how reproductive and survival traits are shaped by selection through allocations of an individual's resources to competing life functions. Although life-history traits evolve rapidly, little is known about the genetic and cellular mechanisms that control and couple the...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Large EE,Xu W,Zhao Y,Brady SC,Long L,Butcher RA,Andersen EC,McGrath PT

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aversive learning and memories are crucial for animals to avoid previously encountered stressful stimuli and thereby increase their chance of survival. Neuropeptides are essential signaling molecules in the brain and are emerging as important modulators of learned behaviors, but their precise role is not well understo...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Peymen K,Watteyne J,Borghgraef C,Van Sinay E,Beets I,Schoofs L

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005131.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： PLOS Genetics Staff.

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activates the Unfolded Protein Response, a compensatory signaling response that is mediated by the IRE-1, PERK/PEK-1, and ATF-6 pathways in metazoans. Genetic studies have implicated roles for UPR signaling in animal development and disease, but the function of the UPR under physiolog...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Richardson CE,Kinkel S,Kim DH

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Expansions of trinucleotide CAG/CTG repeats in somatic tissues are thought to contribute to ongoing disease progression through an affected individual's life with Huntington's disease or myotonic dystrophy. Broad ranges of repeat instability arise between individuals with expanded repeats, suggesting the existence of ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Tomé S,Manley K,Simard JP,Clark GW,Slean MM,Swami M,Shelbourne PF,Tillier ER,Monckton DG,Messer A,Pearson CE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intragenomic conflicts arise when a genetic element favours its own transmission to the detriment of others. Conflicts over sex chromosome transmission are expected to have influenced genome structure, gene regulation, and speciation. In the mouse, the existence of an intragenomic conflict between X- and Y-linked mult...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Cocquet J,Ellis PJ,Mahadevaiah SK,Affara NA,Vaiman D,Burgoyne PS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrolysis of ATP by partition ATPases, although considered a key step in the segregation mechanism that assures stable inheritance of plasmids, is intrinsically very weak. The cognate centromere-binding protein (CBP), together with DNA, stimulates the ATPase to hydrolyse ATP and to undertake the relocation that incit...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Ah-Seng Y,Rech J,Lane D,Bouet JY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a genome-scale chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-chip comparison of two modifications (trimethylation of lysine 9 [H3me3K9] and trimethylation of lysine 27 [H3me3K27]) of histone H3 in Ntera2 testicular carcinoma cells and in three different anatomical sources of primary human fibroblasts. We found tha...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： O'Geen H,Squazzo SL,Iyengar S,Blahnik K,Rinn JL,Chang HY,Green R,Farnham PJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we showed that centromere repositioning, that is the shift along the chromosome of the centromeric function without DNA sequence rearrangement, has occurred frequently during the evolution of the genus Equus. In this work, the analysis of the chromosomal distribution of satellite tandem repeats in...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Piras FM,Nergadze SG,Magnani E,Bertoni L,Attolini C,Khoriauli L,Raimondi E,Giulotto E

更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of pathologies are associated with exposure to supraphysiological concentrations of essential metals and to non-essential metals and metalloids. The molecular mechanisms linking metal exposure to human pathologies have not been clearly defined. To address these gaps in our understanding of the molecular biol...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Jin YH,Dunlap PE,McBride SJ,Al-Refai H,Bushel PR,Freedman JH

更新日期：2008-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic regulation of gene expression, including by Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins, may depend on heritable chromatin states, but how these states can be propagated through mitosis is unclear. Using immunofluorescence and biochemical fractionation, we find PcG proteins associated with mitotic chromosomes in Drosophi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Follmer NE,Wani AH,Francis NJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00