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Volume 3(11);  November 2007
Review
Lessons from “Lower” Organisms: What Worms, Flies, and Zebrafish Can Teach Us about Human Energy Metabolism
Amnon Schlegel and Didier Y. R Stainier
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e199. Published online 2007 November 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030199.
PMCID: PMC2098794
Research Articles
Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans
Sijia Wang, Cecil M Lewis, Jr., Mattias Jakobsson, Sohini Ramachandran, Nicolas Ray, Gabriel Bedoya, Winston Rojas, Maria V Parra, Julio A Molina, Carla Gallo, Guido Mazzotti, Giovanni Poletti, Kim Hill, Ana M Hurtado, Damian Labuda, William Klitz, Ramiro Barrantes, Maria Cátira Bortolini, Francisco M Salzano, Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler, Luiza T Tsuneto, Elena Llop, Francisco Rothhammer, Laurent Excoffier, Marcus W Feldman, Noah A Rosenberg, and Andrés Ruiz-Linares
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e185. Published online 2007 November 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030185.
PMCID: PMC2082466
Unexpected Novel Relational Links Uncovered by Extensive Developmental Profiling of Nuclear Receptor Expression
Stéphanie Bertrand, Bernard Thisse, Raquel Tavares, Laurent Sachs, Arnaud Chaumot, Pierre-Luc Bardet, Héctor Escrivà, Maryline Duffraisse, Oriane Marchand, Rachid Safi, Christine Thisse, and Vincent Laudet
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e188. Published online 2007 November 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030188.
PMCID: PMC2065881
C. elegans Germ Cells Switch between Distinct Modes of Double-Strand Break Repair During Meiotic Prophase Progression
Michiko Hayashi, Gregory M Chin, and Anne M Villeneuve
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e191. Prepublished online 2007 September 20. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030191.
PMCID: PMC2048528
Identification of Two Independent Risk Factors for Lupus within the MHC in United Kingdom Families
Michelle M. A Fernando, Christine R Stevens, Pardis C Sabeti, Emily C Walsh, Alasdair J. M McWhinnie, Anila Shah, Todd Green, John D Rioux, and Timothy J Vyse
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e192. Prepublished online 2007 September 20. Published online 2007 November 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030192.
PMCID: PMC2065882
The GLUT9 Gene Is Associated with Serum Uric Acid Levels in Sardinia and Chianti Cohorts
Siguang Li, Serena Sanna, Andrea Maschio, Fabio Busonero, Gianluca Usala, Antonella Mulas, Sandra Lai, Mariano Dei, Marco Orrù, Giuseppe Albai, Stefania Bandinelli, David Schlessinger, Edward Lakatta, Angelo Scuteri, Samer S Najjar, Jack Guralnik, Silvia Naitza, Laura Crisponi, Antonio Cao, Gonçalo Abecasis, Luigi Ferrucci, Manuela Uda, Wei-Min Chen, and Ramaiah Nagaraja
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e194. Prepublished online 2007 September 26. Published online 2007 November 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030194.
PMCID: PMC2065883
Allelic Heterogeneity at the Equine KIT Locus in Dominant White (W) Horses
Bianca Haase, Samantha A Brooks, Angela Schlumbaum, Pedro J Azor, Ernest Bailey, Ferial Alaeddine, Meike Mevissen, Dominik Burger, Pierre-André Poncet, Stefan Rieder, and Tosso Leeb
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e195. Prepublished online 2007 September 26. Published online 2007 November 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030195.
PMCID: PMC2065884
A High-Density Admixture Scan in 1,670 African Americans with Hypertension
Rahul C Deo, Nick Patterson, Arti Tandon, Gavin J McDonald, Christopher A Haiman, Kristin Ardlie, Brian E Henderson, Sean O Henderson, and David Reich
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e196. Prepublished online 2007 September 26. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030196.
PMCID: PMC2077893
Gene Family Evolution across 12 Drosophila Genomes
Matthew W Hahn, Mira V Han, and Sang-Gook Han
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e197. Published online 2007 November 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030197.
PMCID: PMC2065885
Meiotic Pairing and Segregation of Achiasmate Sex Chromosomes in Eutherian Mammals: The Role of SYCP3 Protein
Roberto de la Fuente, María Teresa Parra, Alberto Viera, Adela Calvente, Rocío Gómez, José Ángel Suja, Julio S Rufas, and Jesús Page
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e198. Prepublished online 2007 September 27. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030198.
PMCID: PMC2048527
Mutations in Drosophila Greatwall/Scant Reveal Its Roles in Mitosis and Meiosis and Interdependence with Polo Kinase
Vincent Archambault, Xinbei Zhao, Helen White-Cooper, Adelaide T. C Carpenter, and David M Glover
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e200. Prepublished online 2007 October 2. Published online 2007 November 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030200.
PMCID: PMC2065886
AGEMAP: A Gene Expression Database for Aging in Mice
Jacob M Zahn, Suresh Poosala, Art B Owen, Donald K Ingram, Ana Lustig, Arnell Carter, Ashani T Weeraratna, Dennis D Taub, Myriam Gorospe, Krystyna Mazan-Mamczarz, Edward G Lakatta, Kenneth R Boheler, Xiangru Xu, Mark P Mattson, Geppino Falco, Minoru S. H Ko, David Schlessinger, Jeffrey Firman, Sarah K Kummerfeld, William H Wood, III, Alan B Zonderman, Stuart K Kim, and Kevin G Becker
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e201. Prepublished online 2007 October 2. Published online 2007 November 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030201.
PMCID: PMC2098796
Developmental Role and Regulation of cortex, a Meiosis-Specific Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Activator
Jillian A Pesin and Terry L Orr-Weaver
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e202. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030202.
PMCID: PMC2077894
The “Alternative” Choice of Constitutive Exons throughout Evolution
Galit Lev-Maor, Amir Goren, Noa Sela, Eddo Kim, Hadas Keren, Adi Doron-Faigenboim, Shelly Leibman-Barak, Tal Pupko, and Gil Ast
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e203. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030203.
PMCID: PMC2077895
Pre-mRNA Secondary Structures Influence Exon Recognition
Michael Hiller, Zhaiyi Zhang, Rolf Backofen, and Stefan Stamm
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e204. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030204.
PMCID: PMC2077896
Forty Years of Erratic Insecticide Resistance Evolution in the Mosquito Culex pipiens
Pierrick Labbé, Claire Berticat, Arnaud Berthomieu, Sandra Unal, Clothilde Bernard, Mylène Weill, and Thomas Lenormand
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e205. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030205.
PMCID: PMC2077897
Activation of Inflammation/NF-κB Signaling in Infants Born to Arsenic-Exposed Mothers
Rebecca C Fry, Panida Navasumrit, Chandni Valiathan, J. Peter Svensson, Bradley J Hogan, Manlin Luo, Sanchita Bhattacharya, Krittinee Kandjanapa, Sumitra Soontararuks, Sumontha Nookabkaew, Chulabhorn Mahidol, Mathuros Ruchirawat, and Leona D Samson
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e207. Published online 2007 November 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030207.
PMCID: PMC2082467
The ets-Related Transcription Factor GABP Directs Bidirectional Transcription
Patrick J Collins, Yuya Kobayashi, Loan Nguyen, Nathan D Trinklein, and Richard M Myers
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e208. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030208.
PMCID: PMC2077898
POF and HP1 Bind Expressed Exons, Suggesting a Balancing Mechanism for Gene Regulation
Anna-Mia Johansson, Per Stenberg, Fredrik Pettersson, and Jan Larsson
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e209. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030209.
PMCID: PMC2077892
Genome Organization and Gene Expression Shape the Transposable Element Distribution in the Drosophila melanogaster Euchromatin
Pierre Fontanillas, Daniel L Hartl, and Max Reuter
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e210. Prepublished online 2007 October 9. Published online 2007 November 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030210.
PMCID: PMC2098804
Extragenic Accumulation of RNA Polymerase II Enhances Transcription by RNA Polymerase III
Imke Listerman, Anita S Bledau, Inna Grishina, and Karla M Neugebauer
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e212. Published online 2007 November 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030212.
PMCID: PMC2082468
Bub1 Kinase Targets Sgo1 to Ensure Efficient Chromosome Biorientation in Budding Yeast Mitosis
Josefin Fernius and Kevin G Hardwick
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e213. Prepublished online 2007 October 15. Published online 2007 November 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030213.
PMCID: PMC2098806
Rrp1b, a New Candidate Susceptibility Gene for Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis
Nigel P. S Crawford, Xiaolan Qian, Argyrios Ziogas, Alex G Papageorge, Brenda J Boersma, Renard C Walker, Luanne Lukes, William L Rowe, Jinghui Zhang, Stefan Ambs, Douglas R Lowy, Hoda Anton-Culver, and Kent W Hunter
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e214. Prepublished online 2007 October 15. Published online 2007 November 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030214.
PMCID: PMC2098807
Genomic and Functional Studies of Drosophila Sex Hierarchy Regulated Gene Expression in Adult Head and Nervous System Tissues
Thomas D Goldman and Michelle N Arbeitman
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e216. Published online 2007 November 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030216.
PMCID: PMC2082469
Excess Single-Stranded DNA Inhibits Meiotic Double-Strand Break Repair
Rebecca Johnson, Valérie Borde, Matthew J Neale, Anna Bishop-Bailey, Matthew North, Sheila Harris, Alain Nicolas, and Alastair S. H Goldman
PLoS Genet. 2007 November; 3(11): e223. Prepublished online 2007 October 24. Published online 2007 November 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030223.
PMCID: PMC2098809
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