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Volume 3(12);  December 2007
Correspondence
A Tribute to Marcy Carlson Speer, 1959–2007
Suzanne M Leal
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e230. Published online 2007 December 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030230.
PMCID: PMC2323308
Perspectives
A Bacterial Kind of Aging
Thomas Nyström
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e224. Published online 2007 December 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030224.
PMCID: PMC2134940
Editorial
Entropy Explains Aging, Genetic Determinism Explains Longevity, and Undefined Terminology Explains Misunderstanding Both
Leonard Hayflick
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e220. Published online 2007 December 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030220.
PMCID: PMC2134939
Research Articles
The Role of Carcinine in Signaling at the Drosophila Photoreceptor Synapse
Brendan A Gavin, Susan E Arruda, and Patrick J Dolph
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e206. Prepublished online 2007 October 8. Published online 2007 December 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030206.
PMCID: PMC2134947
Most Caenorhabditis elegans microRNAs Are Individually Not Essential for Development or Viability
Eric A Miska, Ezequiel Alvarez-Saavedra, Allison L Abbott, Nelson C Lau, Andrew B Hellman, Shannon M McGonagle, David P Bartel, Victor R Ambros, and H. Robert Horvitz
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e215. Prepublished online 2007 October 15. Published online 2007 December 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030215.
PMCID: PMC2134938
Localization of Candidate Regions Maintaining a Common Polymorphic Inversion (2La) in Anopheles gambiae
Bradley J White, Matthew W Hahn, Marco Pombi, Bryan J Cassone, Neil F Lobo, Frederic Simard, and Nora J Besansky
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e217. Prepublished online 2007 October 16. Published online 2007 December 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030217.
PMCID: PMC2134946
A RNA Interference Screen Identifies the Protein Phosphatase 2A Subunit PR55γ as a Stress-Sensitive Inhibitor of c-SRC
Pieter J. A Eichhorn, Menno P Creyghton, Kevin Wilhelmsen, Hans van Dam, and René Bernards
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e218. Prepublished online 2007 October 18. Published online 2007 December 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030218.
PMCID: PMC2134945
A Mechanism Misregulating p27 in Tumors Discovered in a Functional Genomic Screen
Carrie M Garrett-Engele, Michael A Tasch, Harry C Hwang, Matthew L Fero, Roger M Perlmutter, Bruce E Clurman, and James M Roberts
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e219. Published online 2007 December 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030219.
PMCID: PMC2134944
Novel Roles for Selected Genes in Meiotic DNA Processing
Philip W Jordan, Franz Klein, and David R. F Leach
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e222. Published online 2007 December 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030222.
PMCID: PMC2134943
Shp2 Knockdown and Noonan/LEOPARD Mutant Shp2–Induced Gastrulation Defects
Chris Jopling, Daphne van Geemen, and Jeroen den Hertog
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e225. Prepublished online 2007 October 29. Published online 2007 December 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030225.
PMCID: PMC2151089
Chromosome Structuring Limits Genome Plasticity in Escherichia coli
Emilie Esnault, Michèle Valens, Olivier Espéli, and Frédéric Boccard
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e226. Prepublished online 2007 November 6. Published online 2007 December 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030226.
PMCID: PMC2134941
Argonaute2 Is Essential for Mammalian Gastrulation and Proper Mesoderm Formation
Reid S Alisch, Peng Jin, Michael Epstein, Tamara Caspary, and Stephen T Warren
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e227. Published online 2007 December 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030227.
PMCID: PMC2323323
Genome-Wide Analysis of Rad52 Foci Reveals Diverse Mechanisms Impacting Recombination
David Alvaro, Michael Lisby, and Rodney Rothstein
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e228. Prepublished online 2007 November 6. Published online 2007 December 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030228.
PMCID: PMC2134942
Experimental Characterization of Cis-Acting Elements Important for Translation and Transcription in Halophilic Archaea
Mariam Brenneis, Oliver Hering, Christian Lange, and Jörg Soppa
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e229. Prepublished online 2007 November 8. Published online 2007 December 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030229.
PMCID: PMC2151090
Patterns and Implications of Gene Gain and Loss in the Evolution of Prochlorococcus
Gregory C Kettler, Adam C Martiny, Katherine Huang, Jeremy Zucker, Maureen L Coleman, Sebastien Rodrigue, Feng Chen, Alla Lapidus, Steven Ferriera, Justin Johnson, Claudia Steglich, George M Church, Paul Richardson, and Sallie W Chisholm
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e231. Prepublished online 2007 November 13. Published online 2007 December 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030231.
PMCID: PMC2151091
Distinct Roles and Regulations for Hoxd Genes in Metanephric Kidney Development
Nicolas Di-Poï, József Zákány, and Denis Duboule
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e232. Prepublished online 2007 November 14. Published online 2007 December 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030232.
PMCID: PMC2151092
Conserved Regulation of MAP Kinase Expression by PUF RNA-Binding Proteins
Myon-Hee Lee, Brad Hook, Guangjin Pan, Aaron M Kershner, Christopher Merritt, Geraldine Seydoux, James A Thomson, Marvin Wickens, and Judith Kimble
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e233. Published online 2007 December 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030233.
PMCID: PMC2323325
dAtaxin-2 Mediates Expanded Ataxin-1-Induced Neurodegeneration in a Drosophila Model of SCA1
Ismael Al-Ramahi, Alma M Pérez, Janghoo Lim, Minghang Zhang, Rie Sorensen, Maria de Haro, Joana Branco, Stefan M Pulst, Huda Y Zoghbi, and Juan Botas
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e234. Prepublished online 2007 November 16. Published online 2007 December 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030234.
PMCID: PMC2323314
Deletion of the MBII-85 snoRNA Gene Cluster in Mice Results in Postnatal Growth Retardation
Boris V Skryabin, Leonid V Gubar, Birte Seeger, Jana Pfeiffer, Sergej Handel, Thomas Robeck, Elena Karpova, Timofey S Rozhdestvensky, and Jürgen Brosius
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e235. Published online 2007 December 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030235.
PMCID: PMC2323313
Human Subtelomeric WASH Genes Encode a New Subclass of the WASP Family
Elena V Linardopoulou, Sean S Parghi, Cynthia Friedman, Gregory E Osborn, Susan M Parkhurst, and Barbara J Trask
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e237. Prepublished online 2007 October 30. Published online 2007 December 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030237.
PMCID: PMC2151093
Sustained Post-Mating Response in Drosophila melanogaster Requires Multiple Seminal Fluid Proteins
K. Ravi Ram and Mariana F Wolfner
PLoS Genet. 2007 December; 3(12): e238. Prepublished online 2007 November 2. Published online 2007 December 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030238.
PMCID: PMC2134937
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