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Volume 3(11);  November 2005
Editorial
Scientific Longevity
Hemai Parthasarathy
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e409. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030409.
PMCID: PMC1283408
Synopses
Molecular Signatures of the Developing Hair Follicle
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e366. Published online 2005 September 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030366.
PMCID: PMC1216329
Charting the Interplay between Structure and Dynamics in Complex Networks
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e369. Published online 2005 October 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030369.
PMCID: PMC1239926
Temperature Regulates the Zebrafish Clock
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e379. Published online 2005 September 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030379.
PMCID: PMC1233579
Wild Gorillas Handy with a Stick
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e385. Published online 2005 October 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030385.
PMCID: PMC1236727
Genetic and Behavioral Investigations into Odor Discrimination and Memory
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e388. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030388.
PMCID: PMC1255744
New Environments Set the Stage for Changing Tastes in Mates
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e389. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030389.
PMCID: PMC1262629
Social Opportunity Produces Brain Changes in Fish
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e390. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030390.
PMCID: PMC1255745
Experimentally Validated Model Accounts for T Cells' Discriminating Ways
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e391. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030391.
PMCID: PMC1262630
Geographic Spread of an AIDS-Resistant Mutation
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e397. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030397.
PMCID: PMC1255746
Antisocial Behavior in Cooperative Bacteria (or, Why Can't Bacteria Just Get Along?)
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e398. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030398.
PMCID: PMC1275526
Retrocopied Genes May Enhance Male Fitness
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e399. Published online 2005 October 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030399.
PMCID: PMC1251494
A Well-Studied Disease-Resistance Gene Shows No Signs of Selection
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e400. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030400.
PMCID: PMC1275527
Charting the Path of the Deadly Ebola Virus in Central Africa
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e403. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030403.
PMCID: PMC1262631
Alternative mRNA Splicing: Control by Combination
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e406. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030406.
PMCID: PMC1262632
A Role for Selection in the Evolution of Genetic Robustness
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e407. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030407.
PMCID: PMC1275528
Stimulating the Brain Makes the Fingers More Sensitive
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e408. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030408.
PMCID: PMC1255747
Arp2/3: Structural Insights into a Primary Engine of Cell Motility
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e411. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030411.
PMCID: PMC1278938
Essay
The Cell Nucleus and Aging: Tantalizing Clues and Hopeful Promises
Paola Scaffidi, Leslie Gordon, and Tom Misteli
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e395. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030395.
PMCID: PMC1283398
Feature
Jump-Starting a Cellular World: Investigating the Origin of Life, from Soup to Networks
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e396. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030396.
PMCID: PMC1283399
Book Review/Science in the Media
Darwin's Other Books: “Red” and “Transmutation” Notebooks, “Sketch,” “Essay,” and Natural Selection
Niles Eldredge
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e382. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030382.
PMCID: PMC1283389
Primer
An Ideal Society? Neighbors of Diverse Origins Interact to Create and Maintain Complex Mini-Organs in the Skin
Sarah E Millar
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e372. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030372.
PMCID: PMC1283383
Motifs, Control, and Stability
John Doyle and Marie Csete
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e392. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030392.
PMCID: PMC1283396
Community Page
Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihoods in India
Kartik Shanker, Ankila Hiremath, and Kamal Bawa
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e394. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030394.
PMCID: PMC1283397
Research Articles
Molecular Dissection of Mesenchymal–Epithelial Interactions in the Hair Follicle
Michael Rendl, Lisa Lewis, and Elaine Fuchs
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e331. Published online 2005 September 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030331.
PMCID: PMC1216328
The Geographic Spread of the CCR5 Δ32 HIV-Resistance Allele
John Novembre, Alison P Galvani, and Montgomery Slatkin
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e339. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030339.
PMCID: PMC1255740
Dynamic Properties of Network Motifs Contribute to Biological Network Organization
Robert J Prill, Pablo A Iglesias, and Andre Levchenko
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e343. Published online 2005 October 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030343.
PMCID: PMC1239925
Temperature Regulates Transcription in the Zebrafish Circadian Clock
Kajori Lahiri, Daniela Vallone, Srinivas Babu Gondi, Cristina Santoriello, Thomas Dickmeis, and Nicholas S Foulkes
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e351. Published online 2005 September 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030351.
PMCID: PMC1233578
Enhanced Odor Discrimination and Impaired Olfactory Memory by Spatially Controlled Switch of AMPA Receptors
Derya R Shimshek, Thorsten Bus, Jinhyun Kim, Andre Mihaljevic, Volker Mack, Peter H Seeburg, Rolf Sprengel, and Andreas T Schaefer
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e354. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030354.
PMCID: PMC1255741
Modeling T Cell Antigen Discrimination Based on Feedback Control of Digital ERK Responses
Grégoire Altan-Bonnet and Ronald N Germain
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e356. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030356.
PMCID: PMC1262625
Emergence of Young Human Genes after a Burst of Retroposition in Primates
Ana Claudia Marques, Isabelle Dupanloup, Nicolas Vinckenbosch, Alexandre Reymond, and Henrik Kaessmann
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e357. Published online 2005 October 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030357.
PMCID: PMC1251493
Improvement of Tactile Discrimination Performance and Enlargement of Cortical Somatosensory Maps after 5 Hz rTMS
Martin Tegenthoff, Patrick Ragert, Burkhard Pleger, Peter Schwenkreis, Ann-Freya Förster, Volker Nicolas, and Hubert R Dinse
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e362. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030362.
PMCID: PMC1255742
Rapid Behavioral and Genomic Responses to Social Opportunity
Sabrina S Burmeister, Erich D Jarvis, and Russell D Fernald
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e363. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030363.
PMCID: PMC1255743
Divergent Selection and the Evolution of Signal Traits and Mating Preferences
Howard D Rundle, Stephen F Chenoweth, Paul Doughty, and Mark W Blows
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e368. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030368.
PMCID: PMC1262626
Exploitative and Hierarchical Antagonism in a Cooperative Bacterium
Francesca Fiegna and Gregory J Velicer
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e370. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030370.
PMCID: PMC1275521
Wave-Like Spread of Ebola Zaire
Peter D Walsh, Roman Biek, and Leslie A Real
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e371. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030371.
PMCID: PMC1262627
Differential Recruitment of Pre-mRNA Splicing Factors to Alternatively Spliced Transcripts In Vivo
Stephen A Mabon and Tom Misteli
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e374. Published online 2005 October 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030374.
PMCID: PMC1262628
The Case for Selection at CCR5-Δ32
Pardis C Sabeti, Emily Walsh, Steve F Schaffner, Patrick Varilly, Ben Fry, Holli B Hutcheson, Mike Cullen, Tarjei S Mikkelsen, Jessica Roy, Nick Patterson, Richard Cooper, David Reich, David Altshuler, Stephen O'Brien, and Eric S Lander
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e378. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030378.
PMCID: PMC1275522
First Observation of Tool Use in Wild Gorillas
Thomas Breuer, Mireille Ndoundou-Hockemba, and Vicki Fishlock
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e380. Published online 2005 October 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030380.
PMCID: PMC1236726
Evolution of Mutational Robustness in an RNA Virus
Rebecca Montville, Remy Froissart, Susanna K Remold, Olivier Tenaillon, and Paul E Turner
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e381. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030381.
PMCID: PMC1275523
Mechanism of Filament Nucleation and Branch Stability Revealed by the Structure of the Arp2/3 Complex at Actin Branch Junctions
Coumaran Egile, Isabelle Rouiller, Xiao-Ping Xu, Niels Volkmann, Rong Li, and Dorit Hanein
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e383. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030383.
PMCID: PMC1278936
Correction
Correction: Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases
Haitao Yang, Weiqing Xie, Xiaoyu Xue, Kailin Yang, Jing Ma, Wenxue Liang, Qi Zhao, Zhe Zhou, Duanqing Pei, John Ziebuhr, Rolf Hilgenfeld, Kwok Yung Yuen, Luet Wong, Guangxia Gao, Saijuan Chen, Zhu Chen, Dawei Ma, Mark Bartlam, and Zihe Rao
PLoS Biol. 2005 November; 3(11): e428. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030428.
PMCID: PMC1283410
Corrects: Haitao Yang, et al. Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases. PLoS Biol. 2005 October; 3(10): e324.
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