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Volume 3(12);  December 2005
Online Only: Editorial
Opening Access to Cell Biology
Caitlin Sedwick
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e426. Published online 2005 December 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030426.
PMCID: PMC1480541
Synopses
Preparing for Transcription: The Role of Histone H2A.Z
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e413. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030413.
PMCID: PMC1275529
Selection on a Neural Gene Regulator Sheds Light on Human Evolution
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e417. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030417.
PMCID: PMC1283333
Selenium Speeds Reactions
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e419. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030419.
PMCID: PMC1278939
Music to Her Ears? Male Mice Sing an Ultrasonic Tune
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e420. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030420.
PMCID: PMC1275530
A Systematic Way to Find Linear Motifs Mediating Protein–Protein Interactions
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e424. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030424.
PMCID: PMC1283334
Virus Proteins Prevent Cell Suicide Long Enough to Establish Latent Infection
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e430. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030430.
PMCID: PMC1283335
For Some Genes, Acetylation/Deacetylation Cycling Is the Real Turn-On
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e431. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030431.
PMCID: PMC1278940
Synchronized Brain Interactions Associated with Memory and Decision-Making
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e432. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030432.
PMCID: PMC1283336
A Surprising New Path to Tumor Development
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e433. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030433.
PMCID: PMC1283337
Ankyrin-B Binds Disparate Proteins to Keep Calcium Flowing in the Heart
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e434. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030434.
PMCID: PMC1287508
DNA Barcodes Perform Best with Well-Characterized Taxa
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e435. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030435.
PMCID: PMC1287509
Go West, Early Man: Modeling the Origin and Spread of Early Agriculture
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e436. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030436.
PMCID: PMC1287510
An Insecure Role for Securin in Chromosome Segregation
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e437. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030437.
PMCID: PMC1287511
What Makes Mice Fat? How the Brain Controls Energy Balance
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e438. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030438.
PMCID: PMC1287512
Neural Basis of Body Image: How to Lose Inches at the (Perceived) Flick of the Wrist
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e439. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030439.
PMCID: PMC1287513
Essay
Evolution for Everyone: How to Increase Acceptance of, Interest in, and Knowledge about Evolution
David Sloan Wilson
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e364. Published online 2005 December 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030364.
PMCID: PMC1311567
Feature
Eco-Defense against Invasions
Virginia Gewin
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e429. Published online 2005 December 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030429.
PMCID: PMC1311591
Book Reviews/Science in the Media
The Heart of Medicine
Paul W Glimcher
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e425. Published online 2005 December 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030425.
PMCID: PMC1311589
Promoting Science Literacy by Engaging the Public
Anna Liem
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e427. Published online 2005 December 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030427.
PMCID: PMC1311590
Primer
Selenoproteins—Tracing the Role of a Trace Element in Protein Function
Thressa C Stadtman
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e421. Published online 2005 December 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030421.
PMCID: PMC1311585
Research Articles
Different Catalytic Mechanisms in Mammalian Selenocysteine- and Cysteine-Containing Methionine-R-Sulfoxide Reductases
Hwa-Young Kim and Vadim N Gladyshev
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e375. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030375.
PMCID: PMC1278935
Variant Histone H2A.Z Is Globally Localized to the Promoters of Inactive Yeast Genes and Regulates Nucleosome Positioning
Benoît Guillemette, Alain R Bataille, Nicolas Gévry, Maryse Adam, Mathieu Blanchette, François Robert, and Luc Gaudreau
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e384. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030384.
PMCID: PMC1275524
Ultrasonic Songs of Male Mice
Timothy E Holy and Zhongsheng Guo
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e386. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030386.
PMCID: PMC1275525
Ancient and Recent Positive Selection Transformed Opioid cis-Regulation in Humans
Matthew V Rockman, Matthew W Hahn, Nicole Soranzo, Fritz Zimprich, David B Goldstein, and Gregory A Wray
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e387. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030387.
PMCID: PMC1283535
Dynamic Acetylation of All Lysine 4–Methylated Histone H3 in the Mouse Nucleus: Analysis at c-fos and c-jun
Catherine A Hazzalin and Louis C Mahadevan
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e393. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030393.
PMCID: PMC1278937
Impaired DNA Replication within Progenitor Cell Pools Promotes Leukemogenesis
Ganna Bilousova, Andriy Marusyk, Christopher C Porter, Robert D Cardiff, and James DeGregori
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e401. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030401.
PMCID: PMC1283331
Theta Rhythms Coordinate Hippocampal–Prefrontal Interactions in a Spatial Memory Task
Matthew W Jones and Matthew A Wilson
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e402. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030402.
PMCID: PMC1283536
Epstein-Barr Virus Provides a New Paradigm: A Requirement for the Immediate Inhibition of Apoptosis
Markus Altmann and Wolfgang Hammerschmidt
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e404. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030404.
PMCID: PMC1283332
Systematic Discovery of New Recognition Peptides Mediating Protein Interaction Networks
Victor Neduva, Rune Linding, Isabelle Su-Angrand, Alexander Stark, Federico de Masi, Toby J Gibson, Joe Lewis, Luis Serrano, and Robert B Russell
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e405. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030405.
PMCID: PMC1283537
Tracing the Origin and Spread of Agriculture in Europe
Ron Pinhasi, Joaquim Fort, and Albert J Ammerman
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e410. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030410.
PMCID: PMC1287502
Neural Substrate of Body Size: Illusory Feeling of Shrinking of the Waist
H. Henrik Ehrsson, Tomonori Kito, Norihiro Sadato, Richard E Passingham, and Eiichi Naito
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e412. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030412.
PMCID: PMC1287503
Effects of Hypothalamic Neurodegeneration on Energy Balance
Allison Wanting Xu, Christopher B Kaelin, Gregory J Morton, Kayoko Ogimoto, Kimber Stanhope, James Graham, Denis G Baskin, Peter Havel, Michael W Schwartz, and Gregory S Barsh
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e415. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030415.
PMCID: PMC1287504
Securin Is Not Required for Chromosomal Stability in Human Cells
Katrin Pfleghaar, Simone Heubes, Jürgen Cox, Olaf Stemmann, and Michael R Speicher
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e416. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030416.
PMCID: PMC1287505
DNA Barcoding: Error Rates Based on Comprehensive Sampling
Christopher P Meyer and Gustav Paulay
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e422. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030422.
PMCID: PMC1287506
Ankyrin-B Coordinates the Na/K ATPase, Na/Ca Exchanger, and InsP3 Receptor in a Cardiac T-Tubule/SR Microdomain
Peter J Mohler, Jonathan Q Davis, and Vann Bennett
PLoS Biol. 2005 December; 3(12): e423. Published online 2005 November 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030423.
PMCID: PMC1287507
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