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Volume 4(8);  August 2006
Synopses
Avoiding Punishment Is Its Own Reward
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e247. Published online 2006 July 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040247.
PMCID: PMC1484500
Math and Fossils Resolve a Debate on Dinosaur Metabolism
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e255. Published online 2006 July 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040255.
PMCID: PMC1489188
Inhibiting Hedgehog: New Insights into a Developmentally Important Signaling Pathway
Mary Hoff
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e258. Published online 2006 July 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040258.
PMCID: PMC1502142
In the Ant's Garden, Fungal Parasites Are Closely Matched to Their Fungal Hosts
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e259. Published online 2006 July 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040259.
PMCID: PMC1489190
Melanopsin Photopigment Comes in Two Distinct Forms
Mason Inman
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e263. Published online 2006 July 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040263.
PMCID: PMC1514792
The Cyanophage Molecular Mixing Bowl of Photosynthesis Genes
Emma Hill
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e264. Published online 2006 July 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040264.
PMCID: PMC1484496
Ancient Protein Partners Take on Additional Roles in Multicellular Animals
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e266. Published online 2006 July 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040266.
PMCID: PMC1484499
Accelerated Growth following Poor Early Nutrition Impairs Later Learning
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e270. Published online 2006 July 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040270.
PMCID: PMC1502145
Mapping Evolution: Linking Adaptive Traits to Genomic Location
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e275. Published online 2006 July 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040275.
PMCID: PMC1514793
Wnt Sets the Stage for Spinal Cord Patterning in the Chick
Françoise Chanut
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e280. Published online 2006 July 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040280.
PMCID: PMC1502143
Regenerating Zebrafish Hearts Reveal the Molecular Agents of Repair
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e281. Published online 2006 August 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040281.
PMCID: PMC1523228
Cultivating Bacteria's Taste for Toxic Waste
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e282. Published online 2006 August 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040282.
PMCID: PMC1526765
The Red Queen Gets a New Lease on Life
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e285. Published online 2006 August 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040285.
PMCID: PMC1523231
Smashing Protein Complex Ions to Bits Reveals Their Structural Organization
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e287. Published online 2006 August 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040287.
PMCID: PMC1523232
Keeping Things under Control at the Neuromuscular Junction
Mary Hoff
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e289. Published online 2006 July 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040289.
PMCID: PMC1514789
Essay
Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Well-Being
Sandra Díaz, Joseph Fargione, F. Stuart Chapin, III, and David Tilman
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e277. Published online 2006 August 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040277.
PMCID: PMC1543691
Feature
Beyond Neutrality—Ecology Finds Its Niche
Virginia Gewin
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e278. Published online 2006 August 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040278.
PMCID: PMC1543692
Community Page
Amassing Efforts against Alien Invasive Species in Europe
Susan M Shirley and Salit Kark
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e279. Published online 2006 August 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040279.
PMCID: PMC1543693
Research Articles
Repression of Smoothened by Patched-Dependent (Pro-)Vitamin D3 Secretion
Maarten F Bijlsma, C. Arnold Spek, Danica Zivkovic, Sandra van de Water, Farhad Rezaee, and Maikel P Peppelenbosch
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e232. Published online 2006 July 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040232.
PMCID: PMC1502141
Is Avoiding an Aversive Outcome Rewarding? Neural Substrates of Avoidance Learning in the Human Brain
Hackjin Kim, Shinsuke Shimojo, and John P O'Doherty
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e233. Published online 2006 July 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040233.
PMCID: PMC1484497
Prevalence and Evolution of Core Photosystem II Genes in Marine Cyanobacterial Viruses and Their Hosts
Matthew B Sullivan, Debbie Lindell, Jessica A Lee, Luke R Thompson, Joseph P Bielawski, and Sallie W Chisholm
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e234. Published online 2006 July 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040234.
PMCID: PMC1484495
Ancient Host–Pathogen Associations Maintained by Specificity of Chemotaxis and Antibiosis
Nicole M Gerardo, Sarah R Jacobs, Cameron R Currie, and Ulrich G Mueller
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e235. Published online 2006 July 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040235.
PMCID: PMC1489191
Metazoan Scc4 Homologs Link Sister Chromatid Cohesion to Cell and Axon Migration Guidance
Vlad C Seitan, Peter Banks, Steve Laval, Nazia A Majid, Dale Dorsett, Amer Rana, Jim Smith, Alex Bateman, Sanja Krpic, Arnd Hostert, Robert A Rollins, Hediye Erdjument-Bromage, Paul Tempst, Claire Y Benard, Siegfried Hekimi, Sarah F Newbury, and Tom Strachan
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e242. Published online 2006 July 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040242.
PMCID: PMC1484498
Dinosaur Fossils Predict Body Temperatures
James F Gillooly, Andrew P Allen, and Eric L Charnov
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e248. Published online 2006 July 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040248.
PMCID: PMC1489189
Compensatory Growth Impairs Adult Cognitive Performance
Michael O Fisher, Ruedi G Nager, and Pat Monaghan
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e251. Published online 2006 July 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040251.
PMCID: PMC1502146
An Early Role for Wnt Signaling in Specifying Neural Patterns of Cdx and Hox Gene Expression and Motor Neuron Subtype Identity
Ulrika Nordström, Esther Maier, Thomas M Jessell, and Thomas Edlund
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e252. Published online 2006 July 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040252.
PMCID: PMC1502144
Evolution of Melanopsin Photoreceptors: Discovery and Characterization of a New Melanopsin in Nonmammalian Vertebrates
James Bellingham, Shyam S Chaurasia, Zara Melyan, Cuimei Liu, Morven A Cameron, Emma E Tarttelin, P. Michael Iuvone, Mark W Hankins, Gianluca Tosini, and Robert J Lucas
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e254. Published online 2006 July 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040254.
PMCID: PMC1514791
High-Resolution Mutation Mapping Reveals Parallel Experimental Evolution in Yeast
Ayellet V Segrè, Andrew W Murray, and Jun-Yi Leu
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e256. Published online 2006 July 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040256.
PMCID: PMC1514788
Gene Expression Analysis of Zebrafish Heart Regeneration
Ching-Ling Lien, Michael Schebesta, Shinji Makino, Gerhard J Weber, and Mark T Keating
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e260. Published online 2006 August 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040260.
PMCID: PMC1523227
Tomosyn Inhibits Synaptic Vesicle Priming in Caenorhabditis elegans
Elena O Gracheva, Anna O Burdina, Andrea M Holgado, Martine Berthelot-Grosjean, Brian D Ackley, Gayla Hadwiger, Michael L Nonet, Robby M Weimer, and Janet E Richmond
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e261. Published online 2006 July 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040261.
PMCID: PMC1514790
Similarity Selection and the Evolution of Sex: Revisiting the Red Queen
Aneil F Agrawal
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e265. Published online 2006 August 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040265.
PMCID: PMC1523229
Structural Organization of the 19S Proteasome Lid: Insights from MS of Intact Complexes
Michal Sharon, Thomas Taverner, Xavier I Ambroggio, Raymond J Deshaies, and Carol V Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e267. Published online 2006 August 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040267.
PMCID: PMC1523230
c-Type Cytochrome-Dependent Formation of U(IV) Nanoparticles by Shewanella oneidensis
Matthew J Marshall, Alexander S Beliaev, Alice C Dohnalkova, David W Kennedy, Liang Shi, Zheming Wang, Maxim I Boyanov, Barry Lai, Kenneth M Kemner, Jeffrey S McLean, Samantha B Reed, David E Culley, Vanessa L Bailey, Cody J Simonson, Daad A Saffarini, Margaret F Romine, John M Zachara, and James K Fredrickson
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e268. Published online 2006 August 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040268.
PMCID: PMC1526764
Correction
Correction: Viruses' Life History: Towards a Mechanistic Basis of a Trade-Off between Survival and Reproduction among Phages
François Taddei and Marianne De Paepe
PLoS Biol. 2006 August; 4(8): e273. Published online 2006 August 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040273.
PMCID: PMC1543689
Corrects: Marianne De Paepe, et al. Viruses' Life History: Towards a Mechanistic Basis of a Trade-Off between Survival and Reproduction among Phages. PLoS Biol. 2006 July; 4(7): e193.
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