| | Book Review/Science in the Media Beautiful Minds—For How Long Lori Marino PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e189. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060189.PMCID: PMC2486313 Perspectives Protecting Migration Corridors: Challenges and Optimism for Mongolian Saiga Joel Berger, Julie K Young, and Kim Murray Berger PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e165. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060165.PMCID: PMC2486290 Improved Tropical Forest Management for Carbon Retention Francis E Putz, Pieter A Zuidema, Michelle A Pinard, Rene G. A Boot, Jeffrey A Sayer, Douglas Sheil, Plinio Sist, Elias, and Jerome K Vanclay PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e166. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060166.PMCID: PMC2459208 Synopses From Structure to Function: Mapping the Connection Matrix of the Human Brain Liza Gross PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e164. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060164.PMCID: PMC2443196 Shedding Light on Animal Cryptochromes Kira E O'Day PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e168. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060168.PMCID: PMC2443195 Starting Over: The Search for Endogenous NKT Cell Ligands Caitlin Sedwick PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e181. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060181.PMCID: PMC2459207 Essay Going, Going, Gone: Is Animal Migration Disappearing David S Wilcove and Martin Wikelski PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e188. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060188.PMCID: PMC2486312 Feature Across the Curious Parallel of Language and Species Evolution John Whitfield PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e186. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060186.PMCID: PMC2475544 Unsolved Mystery Controlling Size in Multicellular Organs: Focus on the Leaf Hirokazu Tsukaya PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e174. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060174.PMCID: PMC2459211 Primer The Soup in My Fly: Evolution, Form and Function of Seminal Fluid Proteins Tracey Chapman PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e179. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060179.PMCID: PMC2486303 Considering the First Steps toward a Stable and Orderly Way of Bacterial Life Karen Otto PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e180. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060180.PMCID: PMC2459212 Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei: Joining the DOTs Chris Stockdale, Michal R Swiderski, J. David Barry, and Richard McCulloch PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e185. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060185.PMCID: PMC2486309 Oscillating Per-Cision Ying-Hui Fu PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e192. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060192.PMCID: PMC2486315 The Threat of Instability: Neurodegeneration Predicted by Protein Destabilization and Aggregation Propensity Elizabeth M Meiering PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e193. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060193.PMCID: PMC2486316 Community Page A Gene Wiki for Community Annotation of Gene Function Jon W Huss, III, Camilo Orozco, James Goodale, Chunlei Wu, Serge Batalov, Tim J Vickers, Faramarz Valafar, and Andrew I Su PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e175. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060175.PMCID: PMC2443188 WikiPathways: Pathway Editing for the People Alexander R Pico, Thomas Kelder, Martijn P van Iersel, Kristina Hanspers, Bruce R Conklin, and Chris Evelo PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e184. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060184.PMCID: PMC2475545 Research Articles Neuronal Correlates of the Set-Size Effect in Monkey Lateral Intraparietal Area Puiu F Balan, Jeff Oristaglio, David M Schneider, and Jacqueline Gottlieb PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e158. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060158.PMCID: PMC2443194 Mapping the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex Patric Hagmann, Leila Cammoun, Xavier Gigandet, Reto Meuli, Christopher J Honey, Van J Wedeen, and Olaf Sporns PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e159. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060159.PMCID: PMC2443193 Human and Drosophila Cryptochromes Are Light Activated by Flavin Photoreduction in Living Cells Nathalie Hoang, Erik Schleicher, Sylwia Kacprzak, Jean-Pierre Bouly, Marie Picot, William Wu, Albrecht Berndt, Eva Wolf, Robert Bittl, and Margaret Ahmad PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e160. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060160.PMCID: PMC2443192 A Histone Methyltransferase Modulates Antigenic Variation in African Trypanosomes Luisa M Figueiredo, Christian J Janzen, and George A.M Cross PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e161. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060161.PMCID: PMC2443197 Novel Intermolecular Iterative Mechanism for Biosynthesis of Mycoketide Catalyzed by a Bimodular Polyketide Synthase Tarun Chopra, Srijita Banerjee, Sarika Gupta, Gitanjali Yadav, Swadha Anand, Avadhesha Surolia, Rajendra P Roy, Debasisa Mohanty, and Rajesh S Gokhale PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e163. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060163.PMCID: PMC2443190 A Short–Time Scale Colloidal System Reveals Early Bacterial Adhesion Dynamics Christophe Beloin, Ali Houry, Manuel Froment, Jean-Marc Ghigo, and Nelly Henry PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e167. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060167.PMCID: PMC2443189 Protein Aggregation and Protein Instability Govern Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient Survival Qi Wang, Joshua L Johnson, Nathalie Y.R Agar, and Jeffrey N Agar PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e170. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060170.PMCID: PMC2486295 Persistent Leatherback Turtle Migrations Present Opportunities for Conservation George L Shillinger, Daniel M Palacios, Helen Bailey, Steven J Bograd, Alan M Swithenbank, Philippe Gaspar, Bryan P Wallace, James R Spotila, Frank V Paladino, Rotney Piedra, Scott A Eckert, and Barbara A Block PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e171. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060171.PMCID: PMC2459209 Humans Lack iGb3 Due to the Absence of Functional iGb3-Synthase: Implications for NKT Cell Development and Transplantation Dale Christiansen, Julie Milland, Effie Mouhtouris, Hilary Vaughan, Daniel G Pellicci, Malcolm J McConville, Dale I Godfrey, and Mauro S Sandrin PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e172. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060172.PMCID: PMC2459210 Visuomotor Transformation in the Fly Gaze Stabilization System Stephen J Huston and Holger G Krapp PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e173. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060173.PMCID: PMC2475543 Population Genomic Analysis of Strain Variation in Leptospirillum Group II Bacteria Involved in Acid Mine Drainage Formation Sheri L Simmons, Genevieve DiBartolo, Vincent J Denef, Daniela S. Aliaga Goltsman, Michael P Thelen, and Jillian F Banfield PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e177. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060177.PMCID: PMC2475542 Proteomics Reveals Novel Drosophila Seminal Fluid Proteins Transferred at Mating Geoffrey D Findlay, Xianhua Yi, Michael J MacCoss, and Willie J Swanson PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e178. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060178.PMCID: PMC2486302 Spinal Cord Injury Reveals Multilineage Differentiation of Ependymal Cells Konstantinos Meletis, Fanie Barnabé-Heider, Marie Carlén, Emma Evergren, Nikolay Tomilin, Oleg Shupliakov, and Jonas Frisén PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e182. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060182.PMCID: PMC2475541 Activating PER Repressor through a DBT-Directed Phosphorylation Switch Saul Kivimäe, Lino Saez, and Michael W Young PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e183. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060183.PMCID: PMC2486307 Multivariate Patterns in Object-Selective Cortex Dissociate Perceptual and Physical Shape Similarity Johannes Haushofer, Margaret S Livingstone, and Nancy Kanwisher PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e187. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060187.PMCID: PMC2486311 Corrections Correction: Notch-Deficient Skin Induces a Lethal Systemic B-Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Secreting TSLP, a Sentinel for Epidermal Integrity Shadmehr Demehri, Zhenyi Liu, Jonghyeob Lee, Meei-Hua Lin, Seth D Crosby, Christopher J Roberts, Perry W Grigsby, Jeffrey H Miner, Andrew G Farr, and Raphael Kopan PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e169. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060169.PMCID: PMC2486294 Corrects: Shadmehr Demehri, et al. Notch-Deficient Skin Induces a Lethal Systemic B-Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Secreting TSLP, a Sentinel for Epidermal Integrity. PLoS Biol. 2008 May; 6(5): e123. Correction: Transcription Factors Bind Thousands of Active and Inactive Regions in the Drosophila Blastoderm Xiao-yong Li, Stewart MacArthur, Richard Bourgon, David Nix, Daniel A Pollard, Venky N Iyer, Aaron Hechmer, Lisa Simirenko, Mark Stapleton, Cris L Luengo Hendriks, Hou Cheng Chu, Nobuo Ogawa, William Inwood, Victor Sementchenko, Amy Beaton, Richard Weiszmann, Susan E Celniker, David W Knowles, Tom Gingeras, Terence P Speed, Michael B Eisen, and Mark D Biggin PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e190. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060190.PMCID: PMC2486314 Corrects: Xiao-yong Li, et al. Transcription Factors Bind Thousands of Active and Inactive Regions in the Drosophila Blastoderm . PLoS Biol. 2008 February; 6(2): e27. |