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Volume 6(8);  August 2008
Book Review/Science in the Media
Redefining “Natural” in Agriculture
Tony Trewavas
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e199. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060199.
PMCID: PMC2517620
Synopses
Tasting the Bitter Sunlight
Jami L Milton
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e205. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060205.
PMCID: PMC2494561
An Enzymatic Palimpsest
Kira E O'Day
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e217. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060217.
PMCID: PMC2525691
A New Role for a Long-Studied DNA-Wrangling Enzyme
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e218. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060218.
PMCID: PMC2525692
Essay
Is Sleep Essential?
Chiara Cirelli and Giulio Tononi
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e216. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060216.
PMCID: PMC2525690
Unsolved Mystery
Where Does Bluetongue Virus Sleep in the Winter?
Anthony Wilson, Karin Darpel, and Philip Scott Mellor
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e210. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060210.
PMCID: PMC2525685
Primer
The Thief in the Mirror
Frans B. M de Waal
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e201. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060201.
PMCID: PMC2517621
Retinoblastoma Makes Its Mark on Imprinting in Plants
Liliana M Costa and José F Gutierrez-Marcos
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e212. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060212.
PMCID: PMC2525687
The Spectrum of Mitochondrial Mutation Differs across Species
Kristi L Montooth and David M Rand
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e213. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060213.
PMCID: PMC2525688
Whisker-Mediated Texture Discrimination
Mathew E Diamond, Moritz von Heimendahl, and Ehsan Arabzadeh
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e220. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060220.
PMCID: PMC2525693
Defining a Link between Perceptual Learning and Attention
Yuko Yotsumoto and Takeo Watanabe
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e221. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060221.
PMCID: PMC2525694
Community Page
SAW: Breaking Down Barriers between Art and Science
Anne Osbourn
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e211. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060211.
PMCID: PMC2525686
Research Articles
TSCOT + Thymic Epithelial Cell-Mediated Sensitive CD4 Tolerance by Direct Presentation
Sejin Ahn, Gwanghee Lee, Soo Jung Yang, Deokjae Lee, Seunghyuk Lee, Hyo Sun Shin, Min Cheol Kim, Kee Nyung Lee, Douglas C Palmer, Marc R Theoret, Eric J Jenkinson, Graham Anderson, Nicholas P Restifo, and Moon Gyo Kim
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e191. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060191.
PMCID: PMC2494558
Retinoblastoma and Its Binding Partner MSI1 Control Imprinting in Arabidopsis
Pauline E Jullien, Assaf Mosquna, Mathieu Ingouff, Tadashi Sakata, Nir Ohad, and Frédéric Berger
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e194. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060194.
PMCID: PMC2504488
Bacterial Inclusion Bodies Contain Amyloid-Like Structure
Lei Wang, Samir K Maji, Michael R Sawaya, David Eisenberg, and Roland Riek
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e195. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060195.
PMCID: PMC2494559
OSM-11 Facilitates LIN-12 Notch Signaling during Caenorhabditis elegans Vulval Development
Hidetoshi Komatsu, Michael Y Chao, Jonah Larkins-Ford, Mark E Corkins, Gerard A Somers, Tim Tucey, Heather M Dionne, Jamie Q White, Khursheed Wani, Mike Boxem, and Anne C Hart
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e196. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060196.
PMCID: PMC2504490
Stimulus Coding Rules for Perceptual Learning
Jun-Yun Zhang, Shu-Guang Kuai, Lu-Qi Xiao, Stanley A Klein, Dennis M Levi, and Cong Yu
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e197. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060197.
PMCID: PMC2504489
A Novel Molecular Solution for Ultraviolet Light Detection in Caenorhabditis elegans
Stacey L Edwards, Nicole K Charlie, Marie C Milfort, Brandon S Brown, Christen N Gravlin, Jamie E Knecht, and Kenneth G Miller
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e198. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060198.
PMCID: PMC2494560
Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognition
Helmut Prior, Ariane Schwarz, and Onur Güntürkün
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e202. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060202.
PMCID: PMC2517622
The NDR/LATS Family Kinase Cbk1 Directly Controls Transcriptional Asymmetry
Emily Mazanka, Jess Alexander, Brian J Yeh, Patrick Charoenpong, Drew M Lowery, Michael Yaffe, and Eric L Weiss
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e203. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060203.
PMCID: PMC2517623
Direct Estimation of the Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Rate in Drosophila melanogaster
Cathy Haag-Liautard, Nicole Coffey, David Houle, Michael Lynch, Brian Charlesworth, and Peter D Keightley
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e204. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060204.
PMCID: PMC2517619
An Enzymatic Atavist Revealed in Dual Pathways for Water Activation
Donghong Min, Helen R Josephine, Hongzhi Li, Clemens Lakner, Iain S MacPherson, Gavin J. P Naylor, David Swofford, Lizbeth Hedstrom, and Wei Yang
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e206. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060206.
PMCID: PMC2525682
Dual Role of Topoisomerase II in Centromere Resolution and Aurora B Activity
Paula A Coelho, Joana Queiroz-Machado, Alexandre M Carmo, Sara Moutinho-Pereira, Helder Maiato, and Claudio E Sunkel
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e207. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060207.
PMCID: PMC2525683
Evolution of Genomic Imprinting with Biparental Care: Implications for Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes
Francisco Úbeda
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e208. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060208.
PMCID: PMC2525684
Texture Coding in the Rat Whisker System: Slip-Stick Versus Differential Resonance
Jason Wolfe, Dan N Hill, Sohrab Pahlavan, Patrick J Drew, David Kleinfeld, and Daniel E Feldman
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e215. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060215.
PMCID: PMC2525689
Correction
Correction: 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, Alex Berndt, Eva Wolf, Robert Bittl, and Margaret Ahmad
PLoS Biol. 2008 August; 6(8): e200. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060200.
PMCID: PMC2525676
Corrects: Nathalie Hoang, et al. Human and Drosophila Cryptochromes Are Light Activated by Flavin Photoreduction in Living Cells . PLoS Biol. 2008 July; 6(7): e160.
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