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Volume 4(6);  June 2006
Editorial
Instituting Change
Hemai Parthasarathy
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e224. Published online 2006 June 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040224.
PMCID: PMC1475700
Synopses
Polycombing Drosophila for Dynamic Developmental Footprints
Emma Hill
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e177. Published online 2006 April 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040177.
PMCID: PMC1440716
A New View on Lyme Disease: Rodents Hold the Key to Annual Risk
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e182. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040182.
PMCID: PMC1457014
RNA Polymerase Promotes Splicing, Prevents Degradation
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e183. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040183.
PMCID: PMC1450102
A Tiny Protein Plays a Big Role in DNA Repair
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e184. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040184.
PMCID: PMC1457011
Trapped: A Molecular-Level Look at How Herpes Disables Its Immune Destroyer
Mary Hoff
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e189. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040189.
PMCID: PMC1450326
Inconspicuous Consumption: Uncovering the Molecular Pathways behind Phagocytosis
Mason Inman
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e190. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040190.
PMCID: PMC1457012
Membrane Oscillations Keep Neurons on the Right Track
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e191. Published online 2006 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040191.
PMCID: PMC1459878
Plants Tell Caterpillars When It's Safe to Forage
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e194. Published online 2006 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040194.
PMCID: PMC1459478
X Chromosomes' Shape-Shifting Foreshadows Random Inactivation
Françoise Chanut
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e195. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040195.
PMCID: PMC1457018
Making Hands Jive: How the Body Manages Hand Coordination
Mason Inman
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e196. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040196.
PMCID: PMC1457010
A New Model of Short-Term Motor Adaptation
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e205. Published online 2006 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040205.
PMCID: PMC1463027
More GC Means More RNA
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e206. Published online 2006 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040206.
PMCID: PMC1463024
Male or Female? It Depends on the Dose
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e211. Published online 2006 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040211.
PMCID: PMC1463028
The More the Merrier: Multiple Genomes in a Parasitic Prokaryote
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e212. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040212.
PMCID: PMC1470459
A Novel Phage Protein Mediates the Virus's Removal from Bacterial Chromosomes
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e213. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040213.
PMCID: PMC1470462
Mating Patterns and Bt Resistance: The Case of the European Corn Borer
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e214. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040214.
PMCID: PMC1470465
Bacterial Symbionts May Prove a Double-Edged Sword for the Sharpshooter
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e218. Published online 2006 June 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040218.
PMCID: PMC1472248
Feature
Restoring Nature's Backbone
Henry Nicholls
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e202. Published online 2006 June 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040202.
PMCID: PMC1475691
Book Review/Science in the Media
All for All
John Sulston
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e198. Published online 2006 June 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040198.
PMCID: PMC1475689
Primer
DNA Repair: Dynamic Defenders against Cancer and Aging
Jill O Fuss and Priscilla K Cooper
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e203. Published online 2006 June 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040203.
PMCID: PMC1475692
Community Page
Leveraging the Knowledge of Our Peers: Online Communities Hold the Promise to Enhance Scientific Research
Thomas J Sharpton and Arpan A Jhaveri
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e199. Published online 2006 June 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040199.
PMCID: PMC1475690
Research Articles
Climate, Deer, Rodents, and Acorns as Determinants of Variation in Lyme-Disease Risk
Richard S Ostfeld, Charles D Canham, Kelly Oggenfuss, Raymond J Winchcombe, and Felicia Keesing
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e145. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040145.
PMCID: PMC1457019
Linking Splicing to Pol II Transcription Stabilizes Pre-mRNAs and Influences Splicing Patterns
Martin J Hicks, Chin-Rang Yang, Matthew V Kotlajich, and Klemens J Hertel
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e147. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040147.
PMCID: PMC1450099
Crystal Structure of the HSV-1 Fc Receptor Bound to Fc Reveals a Mechanism for Antibody Bipolar Bridging
Elizabeth R Sprague, Chu Wang, David Baker, and Pamela J Bjorkman
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e148. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040148.
PMCID: PMC1450327
Dynamic Interaction of TTDA with TFIIH Is Stabilized by Nucleotide Excision Repair in Living Cells
Giuseppina Giglia-Mari, Catherine Miquel, Arjan F Theil, Pierre-Olivier Mari, Deborah Hoogstraten, Jessica M. Y Ng, Christoffel Dinant, Jan H. J Hoeijmakers, and Wim Vermeulen
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e156. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040156.
PMCID: PMC1457016
How a Lateralized Brain Supports Symmetrical Bimanual Tasks
Roland S Johansson, Anna Theorin, Göran Westling, Mikael Andersson, Yukari Ohki, and Lars Nyberg
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e158. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040158.
PMCID: PMC1457013
X Chromosomes Alternate between Two States prior to Random X-Inactivation
Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans, Morgan Royce-Tolland, Mary Kate Alexander, Angela A Andersen, Sundeep Kalantry, Joost Gribnau, and Barbara Panning
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e159. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040159.
PMCID: PMC1457015
A Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase-Dependent Signal Transition Regulates ARF1 and ARF6 during Fcγ Receptor-Mediated Phagocytosis
Peter Beemiller, Adam D Hoppe, and Joel A Swanson
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e162. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040162.
PMCID: PMC1457017
Neuronal Oscillations Enhance Stimulus Discrimination by Ensuring Action Potential Precision
Andreas T Schaefer, Kamilla Angelo, Hartwig Spors, and Troy W Margrie
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e163. Published online 2006 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040163.
PMCID: PMC1459879
Plant Volatiles, Rather than Light, Determine the Nocturnal Behavior of a Caterpillar
Kaori Shiojiri, Rika Ozawa, and Junji Takabayashi
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e164. Published online 2006 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040164.
PMCID: PMC1459477
Chromosomal Distribution of PcG Proteins during Drosophila Development
Nicolas Nègre, Jérôme Hennetin, Ling V Sun, Sergey Lavrov, Michel Bellis, Kevin P White, and Giacomo Cavalli
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e170. Published online 2006 April 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040170.
PMCID: PMC1440717
Interacting Adaptive Processes with Different Timescales Underlie Short-Term Motor Learning
Maurice A Smith, Ali Ghazizadeh, and Reza Shadmehr
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e179. Published online 2006 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040179.
PMCID: PMC1463025
High Guanine and Cytosine Content Increases mRNA Levels in Mammalian Cells
Grzegorz Kudla, Leszek Lipinski, Fanny Caffin, Aleksandra Helwak, and Maciej Zylicz
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e180. Published online 2006 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040180.
PMCID: PMC1463026
Resistance Evolution to Bt Crops: Predispersal Mating of European Corn Borers
Ambroise Dalecky, Sergine Ponsard, Richard I Bailey, Céline Pélissier, and Denis Bourguet
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e181. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040181.
PMCID: PMC1470457
The Obligate Human Pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Is Polyploid
Deborah M Tobiason and H. Steven Seifert
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e185. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040185.
PMCID: PMC1470461
Control of Phage Bxb1 Excision by a Novel Recombination Directionality Factor
Pallavi Ghosh, Laura R Wasil, and Graham F Hatfull
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e186. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040186.
PMCID: PMC1470463
Fgf9 and Wnt4 Act as Antagonistic Signals to Regulate Mammalian Sex Determination
Yuna Kim, Akio Kobayashi, Ryohei Sekido, Leo DiNapoli, Jennifer Brennan, Marie-Christine Chaboissier, Francis Poulat, Richard R Behringer, Robin Lovell-Badge, and Blanche Capel
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e187. Published online 2006 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040187.
PMCID: PMC1463023
Metabolic Complementarity and Genomics of the Dual Bacterial Symbiosis of Sharpshooters
Dongying Wu, Sean C Daugherty, Susan E Van Aken, Grace H Pai, Kisha L Watkins, Hoda Khouri, Luke J Tallon, Jennifer M Zaborsky, Helen E Dunbar, Phat L Tran, Nancy A Moran, and Jonathan A Eisen
PLoS Biol. 2006 June; 4(6): e188. Published online 2006 June 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040188.
PMCID: PMC1472245
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