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Volume 6(11);  November 2008
Synopses
Undercover Agents Fight Autoimmunity
Caitlin Sedwick
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e281. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060281.
PMCID: PMC2581626
A Social Amoeba Discriminates in Favor of Kin
Robin Meadows
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e290. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060290.
PMCID: PMC2586371
For New Neurons in an Old Brain, cdk5 Shows the Way
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e291. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060291.
PMCID: PMC2581631
Gut Reaction: Pyrosequencing Provides the Poop on Distal Gut Bacteria
Kira O'Day
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e295. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060295.
PMCID: PMC2586365
Essays
Where Do Introns Come From?
Francesco Catania and Michael Lynch
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e283. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060283.
PMCID: PMC2586383
Foundations of Neuroeconomics: From Philosophy to Practice
John A Clithero, Dharol Tankersley, and Scott A Huettel
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e298. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060298.
PMCID: PMC2586372
Community Page
Metagenome Annotation Using a Distributed Grid of Undergraduate Students
Pascal Hingamp, Céline Brochier, Emmanuel Talla, Daniel Gautheret, Denis Thieffry, and Carl Herrmann
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e296. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060296.
PMCID: PMC2586363
Research Articles
Evolution Acts on Enhancer Organization to Fine-Tune Gradient Threshold Readouts
Justin Crocker, Yoichiro Tamori, and Albert Erives
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e263. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060263.
PMCID: PMC2577699
Network Hubs Buffer Environmental Variation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sasha F Levy and Mark L Siegal
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e264. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060264.
PMCID: PMC2577700
S-Nitrosylation of Surfactant Protein-D Controls Inflammatory Function
Chang-Jiang Guo, Elena N Atochina-Vasserman, Elena Abramova, Joseph P Foley, Aisha Zaman, Erika Crouch, Michael F Beers, Rashmin C Savani, and Andrew J Gow
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e266. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060266.
PMCID: PMC2581630
Cdk5 Regulates Accurate Maturation of Newborn Granule Cells in the Adult Hippocampus
Sebastian Jessberger, Stefan Aigner, Gregory D Clemenson, Jr., Nicolas Toni, D. Chichung Lie, Özlem Karalay, Rupert Overall, Gerd Kempermann, and Fred H Gage
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e272. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060272.
PMCID: PMC2581629
Phase Coupling of a Circadian Neuropeptide With Rest/Activity Rhythms Detected Using a Membrane-Tethered Spider Toxin
Ying Wu, Guan Cao, Beth Pavlicek, Xuan Luo, and Michael N Nitabach
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e273. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060273.
PMCID: PMC2577701
Specific Immunosuppression with Inducible Foxp3-Transduced Polyclonal T cells
Kristian G Andersen, Tracey Butcher, and Alexander G Betz
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e276. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060276.
PMCID: PMC2581628
Chromatin- and Transcription-Related Factors Repress Transcription from within Coding Regions throughout the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome
Vanessa Cheung, Gordon Chua, Nizar N Batada, Christian R Landry, Stephen W Michnick, Timothy R Hughes, and Fred Winston
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e277. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060277.
PMCID: PMC2581627
A Novel Gene Family Controls Species-Specific Morphological Traits in Hydra
Konstantin Khalturin, Friederike Anton-Erxleben, Sylvia Sassmann, Jörg Wittlieb, Georg Hemmrich, and Thomas C. G Bosch
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e278. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060278.
PMCID: PMC2586386
The Pervasive Effects of an Antibiotic on the Human Gut Microbiota, as Revealed by Deep 16S rRNA Sequencing
Les Dethlefsen, Sue Huse, Mitchell L Sogin, and David A Relman
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e280. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060280.
PMCID: PMC2586385
Drosophila Neurotrophins Reveal a Common Mechanism for Nervous System Formation
Bangfu Zhu, Jenny A Pennack, Peter McQuilton, Manuel G Forero, Kenji Mizuguchi, Ben Sutcliffe, Chun-Jing Gu, Janine C Fenton, and Alicia Hidalgo
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e284. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060284.
PMCID: PMC2586362
Specialization Does Not Predict Individual Efficiency in an Ant
Anna Dornhaus
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e285. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060285.
PMCID: PMC2586388
Intergenic Locations of Rice Centromeric Chromatin
Huihuang Yan, Paul B Talbert, Hye-Ran Lee, Jamie Jett, Steven Henikoff, Feng Chen, and Jiming Jiang
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e286. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060286.
PMCID: PMC2586382
Kin Discrimination Increases with Genetic Distance in a Social Amoeba
Elizabeth A Ostrowski, Mariko Katoh, Gad Shaulsky, David C Queller, and Joan E Strassmann
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e287. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060287.
PMCID: PMC2586364
The Making of a Compound Inflorescence in Tomato and Related Nightshades
Zachary B Lippman, Oded Cohen, John P Alvarez, Mohamad Abu-Abied, Irena Pekker, Ilan Paran, Yuval Eshed, and Dani Zamir
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e288. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060288.
PMCID: PMC2586368
Gamma-Secretase Represents a Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Invasive Glioma Mediated by the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor
LiMei Wang, Jennifer J Rahn, XueQing Lun, Beichen Sun, John J. P Kelly, Samuel Weiss, Stephen M Robbins, Peter A Forsyth, and Donna L Senger
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e289. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060289.
PMCID: PMC2586378
COPI Complex Is a Regulator of Lipid Homeostasis
Mathias Beller, Carole Sztalryd, Noel Southall, Ming Bell, Herbert Jäckle, Douglas S Auld, and Brian Oliver
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e292. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060292.
PMCID: PMC2586367
Exdpf Is a Key Regulator of Exocrine Pancreas Development Controlled by Retinoic Acid and ptf1a in Zebrafish
Zhi Jiang, Jianbo Song, Fei Qi, An Xiao, Xizhou An, Ning-ai Liu, Zuoyang Zhu, Bo Zhang, and Shuo Lin
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e293. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060293.
PMCID: PMC2586380
Prion Switching in Response to Environmental Stress
Jens Tyedmers, Maria Lucia Madariaga, and Susan Lindquist
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e294. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060294.
PMCID: PMC2586387
Corrections
Correction: Rice XB15, a Protein Phosphatase 2C, Negatively Regulates Cell Death and XA21-Mediated Innate Immunity
Chang-Jin Park, Ying Peng, Xuewei Chen, Christopher Dardick, DeLing Ruan, Rebecca Bart, Patrick E Canlas, and Pamela C Ronald
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e282. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060282.
PMCID: PMC2586369
Corrects: Chang-Jin Park, et al. Rice XB15, a Protein Phosphatase 2C, Negatively Regulates Cell Death and XA21-Mediated Innate Immunity. PLoS Biol. 2008 September; 6(9): e231.
Correction: Impaired Genome Maintenance Suppresses the Growth Hormone–Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Axis in Mice with Cockayne Syndrome
Ingrid van der Pluijm, George A Garinis, Renata M. C Brandt, Theo G. M. F Gorgels, Susan W Wijnhoven, Karin E. M Diderich, Jan de Wit, James R Mitchell, Conny van Oostrom, Rudolf Beems, Laura J Niedernhofer, Susana Velasco, Errol C Friedberg, Kiyoji Tanaka, Harry van Steeg, Jan H. J Hoeijmakers, and Gijsbertus T. J van der Horst
PLoS Biol. 2008 November; 6(11): e304. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060304.
PMCID: PMC2586376
Corrects: Ingrid van der Pluijm, et al. Impaired Genome Maintenance Suppresses the Growth Hormone–Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Axis in Mice with Cockayne Syndrome. PLoS Biol. 2007 January; 5(1): e2.
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