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Volume 3(3);  2008
Research Articles
Induction of Tachykinin Production in Airway Epithelia in Response to Viral Infection
James P. Stewart, Anja Kipar, Helen Cox, Catherine Payne, Sylvia Vasiliou, and John P. Quinn
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1673. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001673.
PMCID: PMC2248620
Case-Control Study of Fetal Microchimerism and Breast Cancer
Vijayakrishna K. Gadi, Kathleen E. Malone, Katherine A. Guthrie, Peggy L. Porter, and J. Lee Nelson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1706. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001706.
PMCID: PMC2248618
Peripherally-Derived BDNF Promotes Regeneration of Ascending Sensory Neurons after Spinal Cord Injury
Xing-Yun Song, Fang Li, Feng-He Zhang, Jin-Hua Zhong, and Xin-Fu Zhou
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1707. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001707.
PMCID: PMC2246162
Signaling Signatures and Functional Properties of Anti-Human CD28 Superagonistic Antibodies
Zoe Waibler, Linda Y. Sender, Camilla Merten, Roland Hartig, Stefanie Kliche, Matthias Gunzer, Peter Reichardt, Ulrich Kalinke, and Burkhart Schraven
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1708. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001708.
PMCID: PMC2246163
SnoRNA Snord116 (Pwcr1/MBII-85) Deletion Causes Growth Deficiency and Hyperphagia in Mice
Feng Ding, Hong Hua Li, Shengwen Zhang, Nicola M. Solomon, Sally A. Camper, Pinchas Cohen, and Uta Francke
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1709. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001709.
PMCID: PMC2248623
SIRT1 Overexpression Antagonizes Cellular Senescence with Activated ERK/S6k1 Signaling in Human Diploid Fibroblasts
Jing Huang, Qini Gan, Limin Han, Jian Li, Hai Zhang, Ying Sun, Zongyu Zhang, and Tanjun Tong
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1710. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001710.
PMCID: PMC2249701
When Did HIV Incidence Peak in Harare, Zimbabwe? Back-Calculation from Mortality Statistics
Ben Lopman and Simon Gregson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1711. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001711.
PMCID: PMC2248619
Identifying Selected Regions from Heterozygosity and Divergence Using a Light-Coverage Genomic Dataset from Two Human Populations
Taras K. Oleksyk, Kai Zhao, Francisco M. De La Vega, Dennis A. Gilbert, Stephen J. O'Brien, and Michael W. Smith
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1712. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001712.
PMCID: PMC2248624
Monomeric Tartrate Resistant Acid Phosphatase Induces Insulin Sensitive Obesity
Pernilla Lång, Vanessa van Harmelen, Mikael Rydén, Maria Kaaman, Paolo Parini, Claes Carneheim, A. Ian Cassady, David A. Hume, Göran Andersson, and Peter Arner
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1713. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001713.
PMCID: PMC2248616
Ganglion Cell Adaptability: Does the Coupling of Horizontal Cells Play a Role?
Karin Dedek, Chethan Pandarinath, Nazia M. Alam, Kerstin Wellershaus, Timm Schubert, Klaus Willecke, Glen T. Prusky, Reto Weiler, and Sheila Nirenberg
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1714. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001714.
PMCID: PMC2246161
Heterogeneous Adaptive Trajectories of Small Populations on Complex Fitness Landscapes
Daniel E. Rozen, Michelle G. J. L. Habets, Andreas Handel, and J. Arjan G. M. de Visser
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1715. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001715.
PMCID: PMC2248617
Relativistic Compression and Expansion of Experiential Time in the Left and Right Space
Carmelo Mario Vicario, Patrizia Pecoraro, Patrizia Turriziani, Giacomo Koch, Carlo Caltagirone, and Massimiliano Oliveri
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1716. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001716.
PMCID: PMC2248621
A Visual Data Mining Tool that Facilitates Reconstruction of Transcription Regulatory Networks
Daniel C. Jupiter and Vincent VanBuren
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1717. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001717.
PMCID: PMC2248622
Adaptor SKAP-55 Binds p21ras Activating Exchange Factor RasGRP1 and Negatively Regulates the p21ras-ERK Pathway in T-Cells
Helga Schneider, Hongyan Wang, Monika Raab, Elke Valk, Xin Smith, Matt Lovatt, Zhonglin Wu, Braudel Maqueira-Iglesias, Klaus Strebhardt, and Christopher E. Rudd
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1718. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001718.
PMCID: PMC2249700
The Effect of Central Loops in miRNA:MRE Duplexes on the Efficiency of miRNA-Mediated Gene Regulation
Wenbin Ye, Qing Lv, Chung-Kwun Amy Wong, Sean Hu, Chao Fu, Zhong Hua, Guoping Cai, Guoxi Li, Burton B. Yang, and Yaou Zhang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1719. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001719.
PMCID: PMC2248708
The Balance between Plasmacytoid DC versus Conventional DC Determines Pulmonary Immunity to Virus Infections
Joost J. Smit, Dennis M. Lindell, Louis Boon, Mirjam Kool, Bart N. Lambrecht, and Nicholas W. Lukacs
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1720. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001720.
PMCID: PMC2249704
Has the DOTS Strategy Improved Case Finding or Treatment Success? An Empirical Assessment
Ziad Obermeyer, Jesse Abbott-Klafter, and Christopher J. L. Murray
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1721. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001721.
PMCID: PMC2253827
Integration of Gene Dosage and Gene Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Identification of HSP90 as Potential Target
Mariëlle I. Gallegos Ruiz, Karijn Floor, Paul Roepman, José A. Rodriguez, Gerrit A. Meijer, Wolter J. Mooi, Ewa Jassem, Jacek Niklinski, Thomas Muley, Nico van Zandwijk, Egbert F. Smit, Kristin Beebe, Len Neckers, Bauke Ylstra, and Giuseppe Giaccone
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1722. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001722.
PMCID: PMC2254495
Transcriptome of Aphanomyces euteiches: New Oomycete Putative Pathogenicity Factors and Metabolic Pathways
Elodie Gaulin, Mohammed-Amine Madoui, Arnaud Bottin, Christophe Jacquet, Catherine Mathé, Arnaud Couloux, Patrick Wincker, and Bernard Dumas
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1723. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001723.
PMCID: PMC2248709
B Cell Response Is Required for Granuloma Formation in the Early Infection of Schistosoma japonicum
Fang Ji, Zhanjie Liu, Jianping Cao, Na Li, Zhijian Liu, Jinxin Zuo, Yan Chen, Xinzhi Wang, and Jian Sun
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1724. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001724.
PMCID: PMC2248706
Overestimates of Survival after HAART: Implications for Global Scale-Up Efforts
Gregory P. Bisson, Tendani Gaolathe, Robert Gross, Caitlin Rollins, Scarlett Bellamy, Mpho Mogorosi, Ava Avalos, Harvey Friedman, Diana Dickinson, Ian Frank, and Ndwapi Ndwapi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1725. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001725.
PMCID: PMC2254493
Common Variants within MECP2 Confer Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Amr H. Sawalha, Ryan Webb, Shizhong Han, Jennifer A. Kelly, Kenneth M. Kaufman, Robert P. Kimberly, Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme, Judith A. James, Timothy J. Vyse, Gary S. Gilkeson, Chan-Bum Choi, R. Hal Scofield, Sang-Cheol Bae, Swapan K. Nath, and John B. Harley
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1727. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001727.
PMCID: PMC2253825
Exploring Action Dynamics as an Index of Paired-Associate Learning
Rick Dale, Jennifer Roche, Kristy Snyder, and Ryan McCall
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1728. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001728.
PMCID: PMC2253184
Nanofibrous Scaffolds Incorporating PDGF-BB Microspheres Induce Chemokine Expression and Tissue Neogenesis In Vivo
Qiming Jin, Guobao Wei, Zhao Lin, James V. Sugai, Samuel E. Lynch, Peter X. Ma, and William V. Giannobile
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1729. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001729.
PMCID: PMC2248711
Tempo and Mode of Diversification of Lake Tanganyika Cichlid Fishes
Julia J. Day, James A. Cotton, and Timothy G. Barraclough
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1730. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001730.
PMCID: PMC2248707
Quantitative Evaluation of DNA Methylation Patterns for ALVE and TVB Genes in a Neoplastic Disease Susceptible and Resistant Chicken Model
Ying Yu, Huanmin Zhang, Fei Tian, Larry Bacon, Yuan Zhang, Wensheng Zhang, and Jiuzhou Song
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1731. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001731.
PMCID: PMC2254315
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Apical Protein Involved in Erythrocyte Binding and Invasion
Thilan Wickramarachchi, Yengkhom S. Devi, Asif Mohmmed, and Virander S. Chauhan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1732. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001732.
PMCID: PMC2253826
Early and Late Pathogenic Events of Newborn Mice Encephalitis Experimentally Induced by Itacaiunas and Curionópolis Bracorhabdoviruses Infection
José Antonio Picanço Diniz, Zaire Alves dos Santos, Marcio Augusto Galvão Braga, Ádila Liliane Barros Dias, Daisy Elaine Andrade da Silva, Daniele Barbosa de Almeida Medeiros, Vera Lucia Reis de Souza Barros, Jannifer Oliveira Chiang, Kendra Eyllen de Freitas Zoghbi, Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma, Christina Maeda Takiya, Vivaldo Moura Neto, Wanderley de Souza, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, and Cristovam Wanderley Picanço Diniz
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1733. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001733.
PMCID: PMC2253828
Nonvirally Modified Autologous Primary Hepatocytes Correct Diabetes and Prevent Target Organ Injury in a Large Preclinical Model
Nelson K. F. Chen, Jen San Wong, Irene H. C. Kee, Siang Hui Lai, Choon Hua Thng, Wai Har Ng, Robert T. H. Ng, Soo Yong Tan, Shu Yen Lee, Mark E. H. Tan, Jaichandran Sivalingam, Pierce K. H. Chow, and Oi Lian Kon
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1734. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001734.
PMCID: PMC2249706
Auditory Cortical Contrast Enhancing by Global Winner-Take-All Inhibitory Interactions
Simone Kurt, Anke Deutscher, John M. Crook, Frank W. Ohl, Eike Budinger, Christoph K. Moeller, Henning Scheich, and Holger Schulze
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1735. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001735.
PMCID: PMC2253823
Retention of Memory through Metamorphosis: Can a Moth Remember What It Learned As a Caterpillar?
Douglas J. Blackiston, Elena Silva Casey, and Martha R. Weiss
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1736. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001736.
PMCID: PMC2248710
The Human TPR Protein TTC4 Is a Putative Hsp90 Co-Chaperone Which Interacts with CDC6 and Shows Alterations in Transformed Cells
Gilles Crevel, Dorothy Bennett, and Sue Cotterill
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1737. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001737.
PMCID: PMC2253824
MicroRNA Biogenesis Is Required for Mouse Primordial Germ Cell Development and Spermatogenesis
Katsuhiko Hayashi, Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Masahiro Kaneda, Fuchou Tang, Petra Hajkova, Kaiqin Lao, Donal O'Carroll, Partha P. Das, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Eric A. Miska, and M. Azim Surani
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1738. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001738.
PMCID: PMC2254191
Estimating Heritabilities and Genetic Correlations: Comparing the ‘Animal Model’ with Parent-Offspring Regression Using Data from a Natural Population
Mikael Åkesson, Staffan Bensch, Dennis Hasselquist, Maja Tarka, and Bengt Hansson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1739. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001739.
PMCID: PMC2254494
Architecture of an Antagonistic Tree/Fungus Network: The Asymmetric Influence of Past Evolutionary History
Corinne Vacher, Dominique Piou, and Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1740. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001740.
PMCID: PMC2254192
S100A7-Downregulation Inhibits Epidermal Growth Factor-Induced Signaling in Breast Cancer Cells and Blocks Osteoclast Formation
Vikram Paruchuri, Anil Prasad, Kevin McHugh, Hari K. Bhat, Kornelia Polyak, and Ramesh K. Ganju
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1741. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001741.
PMCID: PMC2254193
Automated 3D Phenotype Analysis Using Data Mining
Ilya Plyusnin, Alistair R. Evans, Aleksis Karme, Aristides Gionis, and Jukka Jernvall
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1742. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001742.
PMCID: PMC2254194
Hibernation in an Antarctic Fish: On Ice for Winter
Hamish A. Campbell, Keiron P. P. Fraser, Charles M. Bishop, Lloyd S. Peck, and Stuart Egginton
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1743. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001743.
PMCID: PMC2254195
Frequent Fires in Ancient Shrub Tundra: Implications of Paleorecords for Arctic Environmental Change
Philip E. Higuera, Linda B. Brubaker, Patricia M. Anderson, Thomas A. Brown, Alison T. Kennedy, and Feng Sheng Hu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1744. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001744.
PMCID: PMC2254503
Seed Dispersal Anachronisms: Rethinking the Fruits Extinct Megafauna Ate
Paulo R. Guimarães, Jr., Mauro Galetti, and Pedro Jordano
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1745. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001745.
PMCID: PMC2258420
Association Analysis of the FTO Gene with Obesity in Children of Caucasian and African Ancestry Reveals a Common Tagging SNP
Struan F. A. Grant, Mingyao Li, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Cecilia E. Kim, Kiran Annaiah, Erin Santa, Joseph T. Glessner, Tracy Casalunovo, Edward C. Frackelton, F. George Otieno, Julie L. Shaner, Ryan M. Smith, Marcin Imielinski, Andrew W. Eckert, Rosetta M. Chiavacci, Robert I. Berkowitz, and Hakon Hakonarson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1746. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001746.
PMCID: PMC2262153
T Cell Receptor Engagement Triggers Its CD3ε and CD3ζ Subunits to Adopt a Compact, Locked Conformation
Ruth M. Risueño, Wolfgang W. A. Schamel, and Balbino Alarcón
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1747. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001747.
PMCID: PMC2254190
Laterality and Flight: Concurrent Tests of Side-Bias and Optimality in Flying Tree Swallows
James T. Mandel, John M. Ratcliffe, David J. Cerasale, and David W. Winkler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1748. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001748.
PMCID: PMC2254502
Control of Muscle Mitochondria by Insulin Entails Activation of Akt2-mtNOS Pathway: Implications for the Metabolic Syndrome
Paola Finocchietto, Fernando Barreyro, Silvia Holod, Jorge Peralta, María C. Franco, Carlos Méndez, Daniela P. Converso, Alvaro Estévez, Maria C. Carreras, and Juan J. Poderoso
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1749. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001749.
PMCID: PMC2258147
Swelling-Activated Ca2+ Channels Trigger Ca2+ Signals in Merkel Cells
Henry Haeberle, Leigh A. Bryan, Tegy J. Vadakkan, Mary E. Dickinson, and Ellen A. Lumpkin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1750. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001750.
PMCID: PMC2365925
Automatic Physiological Waveform Processing for fMRI Noise Correction and Analysis
Daniel J. Kelley, Terrence R. Oakes, Larry L. Greischar, Moo K. Chung, John M. Ollinger, Andrew L. Alexander, Steven E. Shelton, Ned H. Kalin, and Richard J. Davidson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1751. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001751.
PMCID: PMC2268243
Quantitative Trait Loci for Bone Lengths on Chromosome 5 Using Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Imaging in the Twins UK Cohort
Usha Chinappen-Horsley, Glen M. Blake, Ignac Fogelman, Bernet Kato, Kourosh R. Ahmadi, and Tim D. Spector
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1752. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001752.
PMCID: PMC2262137
Direct Isolation, Culture and Transplant of Mouse Skeletal Muscle Derived Endothelial Cells with Angiogenic Potential
Nicholas Ieronimakis, Gayathri Balasundaram, and Morayma Reyes
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1753. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001753.
PMCID: PMC2262143
The Impact of the Human DNA Topoisomerase II C-Terminal Domain on Activity
Emma L. Meczes, Kathryn L. Gilroy, Katherine L. West, and Caroline A. Austin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1754. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001754.
PMCID: PMC2262138
DICER-LIKE2 Plays a Primary Role in Transitive Silencing of Transgenes in Arabidopsis
Sizolwenkosi Mlotshwa, Gail J. Pruss, Angela Peragine, Matthew W. Endres, Junjie Li, Xuemei Chen, R. Scott Poethig, Lewis H. Bowman, and Vicki Vance
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1755. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001755.
PMCID: PMC2262140
Screen for Localized Proteins in Caulobacter crescentus
Jay H. Russell and Kenneth C. Keiler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1756. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001756.
PMCID: PMC2262157
Osteopontin and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Association: A Probable Gene-Gender Interaction
Shizhong Han, Joel M. Guthridge, Isaac T. W. Harley, Andrea L. Sestak, Xana Kim-Howard, Kenneth M. Kaufman, Bahram Namjou, Harshal Deshmukh, Gail Bruner, Luis R. Espinoza, Gary S. Gilkeson, John B. Harley, Judith A. James, and Swapan K. Nath
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1757. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001757.
PMCID: PMC2258418
Transcriptional Regulation of PIK3CA Oncogene by NF-κB in Ovarian Cancer Microenvironment
Nuo Yang, Jia Huang, Joel Greshock, Shun Liang, Andrea Barchetti, Kosei Hasegawa, Sarah Kim, Antonis Giannakakis, Chunsheng Li, Anne O'Brien-Jenkins, Dionyssios Katsaros, Ralf Bützow, George Coukos, and Lin Zhang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1758. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001758.
PMCID: PMC2258145
SirT1 Regulates Energy Metabolism and Response to Caloric Restriction in Mice
Gino Boily, Erin L. Seifert, Lisa Bevilacqua, Xiao Hong He, Guillaume Sabourin, Carmen Estey, Cynthia Moffat, Sean Crawford, Sarah Saliba, Karen Jardine, Jian Xuan, Meredith Evans, Mary-Ellen Harper, and Michael W. McBurney
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1759. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001759.
PMCID: PMC2258149
Origins of Spatial Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia: An Event-Related fMRI and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
Junghee Lee, Bradley S. Folley, John Gore, and Sohee Park
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1760. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001760.
PMCID: PMC2257999
The Hippo Pathway Promotes Notch Signaling in Regulation of Cell Differentiation, Proliferation, and Oocyte Polarity
Jianzhong Yu, John Poulton, Yi-Chun Huang, and Wu-Min Deng
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1761. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001761.
PMCID: PMC2258146
L-Type Ca2+ Channel Function Is Linked to Dystrophin Expression in Mammalian Muscle
Oliver Friedrich, Frederic von Wegner, Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Rainer H. A. Fink, and Petra Rohrbach
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1762. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001762.
PMCID: PMC2408559
Hsp110 Chaperones Regulate Prion Formation and Propagation in S. cerevisiae by Two Discrete Activities
Heather Sadlish, Heike Rampelt, James Shorter, Renee D. Wegrzyn, Claes Andréasson, Susan Lindquist, and Bernd Bukau
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1763. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001763.
PMCID: PMC2258148
The Phylogeny of the Four Pan-American MtDNA Haplogroups: Implications for Evolutionary and Disease Studies
Alessandro Achilli, Ugo A. Perego, Claudio M. Bravi, Michael D. Coble, Qing-Peng Kong, Scott R. Woodward, Antonio Salas, Antonio Torroni, and Hans-Jürgen Bandelt
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1764. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001764.
PMCID: PMC2258150
Fetuin-A Induces Cytokine Expression and Suppresses Adiponectin Production
Anita M. Hennige, Harald Staiger, Corinna Wicke, Fausto Machicao, Andreas Fritsche, Hans-Ulrich Häring, and Norbert Stefan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1765. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001765.
PMCID: PMC2258416
Sub-Nucleocapsid Nanoparticles: A Nasal Vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Xavier Roux, Catherine Dubuquoy, Guillaume Durand, Thi-Lan Tran-Tolla, Nathalie Castagné, Julie Bernard, Agnès Petit-Camurdan, Jean-François Eléouët, and Sabine Riffault
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1766. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001766.
PMCID: PMC2262139
Prospects for Malaria Eradication in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ricardo Águas, Lisa J. White, Robert W. Snow, and M. Gabriela M. Gomes
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1767. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001767.
PMCID: PMC2262141
Molecular Mapping of Movement-Associated Areas in the Avian Brain: A Motor Theory for Vocal Learning Origin
Gesa Feenders, Miriam Liedvogel, Miriam Rivas, Manuela Zapka, Haruhito Horita, Erina Hara, Kazuhiro Wada, Henrik Mouritsen, and Erich D. Jarvis
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1768. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001768.
PMCID: PMC2258151
Nucleotide Sequence Variation within the PI3K p85 Alpha Gene Associates with Alcohol Risk Drinking Behaviour in Adolescents
Sylvane Desrivières, Kristina Krause, Anne Dyer, Josef Frank, Dorothea Blomeyer, Mark Lathrop, Karl Mann, Tobias Banaschewski, Manfred Laucht, and Gunter Schumann
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1769. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001769.
PMCID: PMC2262154
A Novel Non-Lens βγ−Crystallin and Trefoil Factor Complex from Amphibian Skin and Its Functional Implications
Shu-Bai Liu, Ying-Ying He, Yun Zhang, Wen-Hui Lee, Jin-Qiao Qian, Ren Lai, and Yang Jin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1770. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001770.
PMCID: PMC2262142
Positive Feedback and Noise Activate the Stringent Response Regulator Rel in Mycobacteria
Kamakshi Sureka, Bhaswar Ghosh, Arunava Dasgupta, Joyoti Basu, Manikuntala Kundu, and Indrani Bose
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1771. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001771.
PMCID: PMC2258413
Clinical and Microbiological Features of HIV-Associated Tuberculous Meningitis in Vietnamese Adults
M. Estee Torok, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Pham Phuong Mai, Nguyen Duy Phong, Nguyen Thi Dung, Ly Van Chuong, Sue J. Lee, M. Caws, Menno D. de Jong, Tran Tinh Hien, and Jeremy J. Farrar
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1772. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001772.
PMCID: PMC2262136
A Novel Campylobacter jejuni Sequence Type from a Culture-Negative Patient in The Gambia
Gerard A. J. Morris, Usman N. Ikumapayi, Martin Antonio, Stephen R. C. Howie, and Richard A. Adegbola
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1773. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001773.
PMCID: PMC2258414
Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Is Associated with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Middle-Aged Normal Population
Peter Garvin, Lennart Nilsson, John Carstensen, Lena Jonasson, and Margareta Kristenson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1774. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001774.
PMCID: PMC2258002
Haptic Guidance Improves the Visuo-Manual Tracking of Trajectories
Jérémy Bluteau, Sabine Coquillart, Yohan Payan, and Edouard Gentaz
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1775. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001775.
PMCID: PMC2258003
The Anti-Proliferative Effects of the CHFR Depend on the Forkhead Associated Domain, but not E3 Ligase Activity Mediated by Ring Finger Domain
Tomokazu Fukuda, Yasuyuki Kondo, and Hitoshi Nakagama
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1776. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001776.
PMCID: PMC2258000
Human Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Uncoupling Is Associated with Cold Induced Adaptive Thermogenesis
Sander L. J. Wijers, Patrick Schrauwen, Wim H. M. Saris, and Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1777. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001777.
PMCID: PMC2258415
Metaproteomics Provides Functional Insight into Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment
Paul Wilmes, Margaret Wexler, and Philip L. Bond
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1778. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001778.
PMCID: PMC2289847
Open-Label Comparative Clinical Study of Chlorproguanil−Dapsone Fixed Dose Combination (Lapdap™) Alone or with Three Different Doses of Artesunate for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Daniel G. Wootton, Hyginus Opara, Giancarlo A. Biagini, Maxwell K. Kanjala, Stephan Duparc, Paula L. Kirby, Mary Woessner, Colin Neate, Maggie Nyirenda, Hannah Blencowe, Queen Dube-Mbeye, Thomas Kanyok, Stephen Ward, Malcolm Molyneux, Sam Dunyo, and Peter A. Winstanley
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1779. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001779.
PMCID: PMC2258152
Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia
Lee R. Berger, Steven E. Churchill, Bonita De Klerk, and Rhonda L. Quinn
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1780. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001780.
PMCID: PMC2268239
Conservation Patterns of HIV-1 RT Connection and RNase H Domains: Identification of New Mutations in NRTI-Treated Patients
André F. A. Santos, Renan B. Lengruber, Esmeralda A. Soares, Abhay Jere, Eduardo Sprinz, Ana M. B. Martinez, Jussara Silveira, Fernando S. Sion, Vinay K. Pathak, and Marcelo A. Soares
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1781. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001781.
PMCID: PMC2262134
Topological Analysis of MAPK Cascade for Kinetic ErbB Signaling
Takashi Nakakuki, Noriko Yumoto, Takashi Naka, Mikako Shirouzu, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, and Mariko Hatakeyama
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1782. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001782.
PMCID: PMC2262155
PAX4 Enhances Beta-Cell Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Chee Gee Liew, Nadia N. Shah, Sarah J. Briston, Ruth M. Shepherd, Cheen Peen Khoo, Mark J. Dunne, Harry D. Moore, Karen E. Cosgrove, and Peter W. Andrews
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1783. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001783.
PMCID: PMC2262135
Decreased Expression of Sprouty2 in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Correlation with BDNF Expression
Anilkumar Pillai
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1784. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001784.
PMCID: PMC2262156
Ovulation Order Mediates a Trade-Off between Pre-Hatching and Post-Hatching Viability in an Altricial Bird
Keith W. Sockman
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1785. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001785.
PMCID: PMC2262150
A Naturally Occurring Plant Cysteine Protease Possesses Remarkable Toxicity against Insect Pests and Synergizes Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin
Srinidi Mohan, Peter W. K. Ma, W. Paul Williams, and Dawn S. Luthe
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1786. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001786.
PMCID: PMC2262944
Rural-Urban Differences in Maternal Responses to Childhood Fever in South East Nigeria
Benjamin S. C. Uzochukwu, Emmanuel O. Onwujekwe, Chima A. Onoka, and Maduka D. Ughasoro
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1788. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001788.
PMCID: PMC2258001
Cardiomyocyte Formation by Skeletal Muscle-Derived Multi-Myogenic Stem Cells after Transplantation into Infarcted Myocardium
Tetsuro Tamaki, Akira Akatsuka, Yoshinori Okada, Yoshiyasu Uchiyama, Kayoko Tono, Mika Wada, Akio Hoshi, Hideki Iwaguro, Hiroto Iwasaki, Akira Oyamada, and Takayuki Asahara
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1789. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001789.
PMCID: PMC2262151
Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Italy: An Individual Based Model Considering Different Scenarios
Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti, Stefano Merler, Caterina Rizzo, Marco Ajelli, Marco Massari, Piero Manfredi, Cesare Furlanello, Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, and Mimmo Iannelli
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1790. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001790.
PMCID: PMC2258437
Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal Novel Genes with Sexually Dimorphic Expression in the Zebrafish Gonad and Brain
Rajini Sreenivasan, Minnie Cai, Richard Bartfai, Xingang Wang, Alan Christoffels, and Laszlo Orban
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1791. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001791.
PMCID: PMC2262149
Infection of Semen-Producing Organs by SIV during the Acute and Chronic Stages of the Disease
Anna Le Tortorec, Roger Le Grand, Hélène Denis, Anne-Pascale Satie, Karim Mannioui, Pierre Roques, Anne Maillard, Sylvanne Daniels, Bernard Jégou, and Nathalie Dejucq-Rainsford
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1792. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001792.
PMCID: PMC2268241
Attainment of Brown Adipocyte Features in White Adipocytes of Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Null Mice
Kristoffer Ström, Ola Hansson, Stéphanie Lucas, Pernilla Nevsten, Céline Fernandez, Cecilia Klint, Sofia Movérare-Skrtic, Frank Sundler, Claes Ohlsson, and Cecilia Holm
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1793. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001793.
PMCID: PMC2258419
Modulation of Brain Resting-State Networks by Sad Mood Induction
Ben J. Harrison, Jesus Pujol, Hector Ortiz, Alex Fornito, Christos Pantelis, and Murat Yücel
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1794. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001794.
PMCID: PMC2263138
The Grasping Side of Odours
Federico Tubaldi, Caterina Ansuini, Roberto Tirindelli, and Umberto Castiello
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1795. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001795.
PMCID: PMC2266792
Characterization and Subcellular Targeting of GCaMP-Type Genetically-Encoded Calcium Indicators
Tianyi Mao, Daniel H. O'Connor, Volker Scheuss, Junichi Nakai, and Karel Svoboda
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1796. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001796.
PMCID: PMC2262942
The Orexigenic Effect of Ghrelin Is Mediated through Central Activation of the Endogenous Cannabinoid System
Blerina Kola, Imre Farkas, Mirjam Christ-Crain, Gábor Wittmann, Francesca Lolli, Faisal Amin, Judith Harvey-White, Zsolt Liposits, George Kunos, Ashley B. Grossman, Csaba Fekete, and Márta Korbonits
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1797. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001797.
PMCID: PMC2258435
Global Identification of Myc Target Genes Reveals Its Direct Role in Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Its E-Box Usage In Vivo
Jonghwan Kim, Ji-hoon Lee, and Vishwanath R. Iyer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1798. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001798.
PMCID: PMC2258436
Trade-Offs between the Metabolic Rate and Population Density of Plants
Jian-Ming Deng, Tao Li, Gen-Xuan Wang, Jing Liu, Ze-Long Yu, Chang-Ming Zhao, Ming-Fei Ji, Qiang Zhang, and Jian-quan Liu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1799. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001799.
PMCID: PMC2265546
Klebsiella pneumoniae Multiresistance Plasmid pMET1: Similarity with the Yersinia pestis Plasmid pCRY and Integrative Conjugative Elements
Alfonso J. C. Soler Bistué, Daniel Birshan, Andrew P. Tomaras, Manisha Dandekar, Tung Tran, Jason Newmark, Duyen Bui, Nisha Gupta, Keziah Hernandez, Renee Sarno, Angeles Zorreguieta, Luis A. Actis, and Marcelo E. Tolmasky
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1800. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001800.
PMCID: PMC2262945
Expression of Human nPTB Is Limited by Extreme Suboptimal Codon Content
Fiona Robinson, Richard J. Jackson, and Christopher W. J. Smith
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1801. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001801.
PMCID: PMC2258417
Validity of the Common Cold Questionnaire (CCQ) in Asthma Exacerbations
Heather Powell, Joanne Smart, Lisa G. Wood, Terry Grissell, Darren R. Shafren, Michael J. Hensley, and Peter G. Gibson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1802. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001802.
PMCID: PMC2266793
Integrative Genome-Wide Expression Analysis Bears Evidence of Estrogen Receptor-Independent Transcription in Heregulin-Stimulated MCF-7 Cells
Takeshi Nagashima, Takahiro Suzuki, Shinji Kondo, Yoko Kuroki, Kaoru Takahashi, Kaori Ide, Noriko Yumoto, Aki Hasegawa, Tetsuro Toyoda, Toshio Kojima, Akihiko Konagaya, Harukazu Suzuki, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Yoshiyuki Sakaki, and Mariko Hatakeyama
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1803. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001803.
PMCID: PMC2266794
Awareness and Use of Benzodiazepines in Healthy Volunteers and Ambulatory Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross Sectional Survey
Mustafa Raoof, Haq Nawaz, Rabeeya Nusrat, Aqueel Hussain Pabaney, Ali Raza Randhawa, Rabeea Rehman, Nida Butool Rizvi, and Haider Naqvi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1804. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001804.
PMCID: PMC2265543
Comparative Analysis of Acinetobacters: Three Genomes for Three Lifestyles
David Vallenet, Patrice Nordmann, Valérie Barbe, Laurent Poirel, Sophie Mangenot, Elodie Bataille, Carole Dossat, Shahinaz Gas, Annett Kreimeyer, Patricia Lenoble, Sophie Oztas, Julie Poulain, Béatrice Segurens, Catherine Robert, Chantal Abergel, Jean-Michel Claverie, Didier Raoult, Claudine Médigue, Jean Weissenbach, and Stéphane Cruveiller
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1805. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001805.
PMCID: PMC2265553
Estimation of Relevant Variables on High-Dimensional Biological Patterns Using Iterated Weighted Kernel Functions
Sergio Rojas-Galeano, Emily Hsieh, Dan Agranoff, Sanjeev Krishna, and Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1806. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001806.
PMCID: PMC2396875
Association of the Estrogen Receptor 1 (ESR1) Gene with Body Height in Adult Males from Two Swedish Population Cohorts
Andreas Dahlgren, Per Lundmark, Tomas Axelsson, Lars Lind, and Ann-Christine Syvänen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1807. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001807.
PMCID: PMC2265544
A Gamma-Herpesvirus Glycoprotein Complex Manipulates Actin to Promote Viral Spread
Michael B. Gill, Rachel Edgar, Janet S. May, and Philip G. Stevenson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1808. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001808.
PMCID: PMC2262946
Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy-Induced Hepatotoxicity among Ethiopian HIV-Positive and Negative Patients
Getnet Yimer, Getachew Aderaye, Wondwossen Amogne, Eyasu Makonnen, Eleni Aklillu, Lars Lindquist, Lawrence Yamuah, Beniyam Feleke, and Abraham Aseffa
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1809. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001809.
PMCID: PMC2265547
High Genetic Stability of Dengue Virus Propagated in MRC-5 Cells as Compared to the Virus Propagated in Vero Cells
Chia-Chyi Liu, Shiang-Chi Lee, Michael Butler, and Suh-Chin Wu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1810. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001810.
PMCID: PMC2265545
Cellular Responses in Sea Fan Corals: Granular Amoebocytes React to Pathogen and Climate Stressors
Laura D. Mydlarz, Sally F. Holthouse, Esther C. Peters, and C. Drew Harvell
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1811. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001811.
PMCID: PMC2267492
Clinical Severity of Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 027: A Case-Case Study
Oliver W. Morgan, Boaventura Rodrigues, Tony Elston, Neville Q. Verlander, Derek F. J. Brown, Jonathan Brazier, and Mark Reacher
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1812. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001812.
PMCID: PMC2265541
The Role of Thioredoxin Reductases in Brain Development
Jonna Soerensen, Cemile Jakupoglu, Heike Beck, Heidi Förster, Jörg Schmidt, Wolfgang Schmahl, Ulrich Schweizer, Marcus Conrad, and Markus Brielmeier
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1813. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001813.
PMCID: PMC2263137
Anchor Side Chains of Short Peptide Fragments Trigger Ligand-Exchange of Class II MHC Molecules
Shashank Gupta, Sabine Höpner, Bernd Rupp, Sebastian Günther, Katharina Dickhaut, Noopur Agarwal, M. Cristina Cardoso, Ronald Kühne, Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller, Günther Jung, Kirsten Falk, and Olaf Rötzschke
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1814. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001814.
PMCID: PMC2265549
The Assembly of the Plasmodial PLP Synthase Complex Follows a Defined Course
Ingrid B. Müller, Julia Knöckel, Matthew R. Groves, Rositsa Jordanova, Steven E. Ealick, Rolf D. Walter, and Carsten Wrenger
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1815. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001815.
PMCID: PMC2266796
Multiple Oncogenic Pathway Signatures Show Coordinate Expression Patterns in Human Prostate Tumors
Chad J. Creighton
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1816. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001816.
PMCID: PMC2263127
Evidence against a Human Cell-Specific Role for LRP6 in Anthrax Toxin Entry
Patricia L. Ryan and John A. T. Young
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1817. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001817.
PMCID: PMC2263128
A Built-In Strategy for Containment of Transgenic Plants: Creation of Selectively Terminable Transgenic Rice
Chaoyang Lin, Jun Fang, Xiaoli Xu, Te Zhao, Jiaan Cheng, Juming Tu, Gongyin Ye, and Zhicheng Shen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1818. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001818.
PMCID: PMC2262152
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Skeletal Muscle Properties in Older Women Alone and Together with Physical Activity
Paula H. A. Ronkainen, Eija Pöllänen, Timo Törmäkangas, Kristina Tiainen, Markku Koskenvuo, Jaakko Kaprio, Taina Rantanen, Sarianna Sipilä, and Vuokko Kovanen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1819. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001819.
PMCID: PMC2265555
Probabilistic Inference of Transcription Factor Binding from Multiple Data Sources
Harri Lähdesmäki, Alistair G. Rust, and Ilya Shmulevich
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1820. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001820.
PMCID: PMC2268002
Identification of Direct Target Genes Using Joint Sequence and Expression Likelihood with Application to DAF-16
Ron X. Yu, Jie Liu, Nick True, and Wei Wang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1821. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001821.
PMCID: PMC2266795
Song Diversity Predicts the Viability of Fragmented Bird Populations
Paola Laiolo, Matthias Vögeli, David Serrano, and José L. Tella
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1822. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001822.
PMCID: PMC2266806
A Dual-Color Fluorescence-Based Platform to Identify Selective Inhibitors of Akt Signaling
Aranzazú Rosado, Fabian Zanella, Beatriz Garcia, Amancio Carnero, and Wolfgang Link
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1823. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001823.
PMCID: PMC2267216
Application of In Vivo Induced Antigen Technology (IVIAT) to Bacillus anthracis
Sean M. Rollins, Amanda Peppercorn, John S. Young, Melissa Drysdale, Andrea Baresch, Margaret V. Bikowski, David A. Ashford, Conrad P. Quinn, Martin Handfield, Jeffrey D. Hillman, C. Rick Lyons, Theresa M. Koehler, Stephen B. Calderwood, and Edward T. Ryan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1824. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001824.
PMCID: PMC2265799
Detailed Enzyme Kinetics in Terms of Biochemical Species: Study of Citrate Synthase
Daniel A. Beard, Kalyan C. Vinnakota, and Fan Wu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1825. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001825.
PMCID: PMC2266798
CD44v4 Is a Major E-Selectin Ligand that Mediates Breast Cancer Cell Transendothelial Migration
Ke Zen, Dan-Qing Liu, Ya-Lan Guo, Chen Wang, Jun Shan, Ming Fang, Chen-Yu Zhang, and Yuan Liu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1826. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001826.
PMCID: PMC2265551
Modulation of Drosophila Retinal Epithelial Integrity by the Adhesion Proteins Capricious and Tartan
Yanlan Mao, Martin Kerr, and Matthew Freeman
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1827. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001827.
PMCID: PMC2265552
A Mouse Model of Pulmonary Metastasis from Spontaneous Osteosarcoma Monitored In Vivo by Luciferase Imaging
Silvia Miretti, Ilaria Roato, Riccardo Taulli, Carola Ponzetto, Michele Cilli, Martina Olivero, Maria Flavia Di Renzo, Laura Godio, Adriana Albini, Paolo Buracco, and Riccardo Ferracini
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1828. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001828.
PMCID: PMC2265554
Highly Specific Gene Silencing by Artificial miRNAs in Rice
Norman Warthmann, Hao Chen, Stephan Ossowski, Detlef Weigel, and Philippe Hervé
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1829. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001829.
PMCID: PMC2262943
Association of a Bovine Prion Gene Haplotype with Atypical BSE
Michael L. Clawson, Juergen A. Richt, Thierry Baron, Anne-Gaëlle Biacabe, Stefanie Czub, Michael P. Heaton, Timothy P. L. Smith, and William W. Laegreid
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1830. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001830.
PMCID: PMC2263129
Amino Acid Similarity Accounts for T Cell Cross-Reactivity and for “Holes” in the T Cell Repertoire
Sune Frankild, Rob J. de Boer, Ole Lund, Morten Nielsen, and Can Kesmir
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1831. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001831.
PMCID: PMC2263130
Electrical Brain Responses in Language-Impaired Children Reveal Grammar-Specific Deficits
Elisabeth Fonteneau and Heather K. J. van der Lely
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1832. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001832.
PMCID: PMC2268250
Nitric Oxide Antagonizes the Acid Tolerance Response that Protects Salmonella against Innate Gastric Defenses
Travis J. Bourret, Steffen Porwollik, Michael McClelland, Rui Zhao, Todd Greco, Harry Ischiropoulos, and Andrés Vázquez-Torres
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1833. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001833.
PMCID: PMC2266805
Structural Elements Regulating Amyloidogenesis: A Cholinesterase Model System
Létitia Jean, Chiu Fan Lee, Michael Shaw, and David J. Vaux
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1834. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001834.
PMCID: PMC2265548
Ancient DNA Elucidates the Controversy about the Flightless Island Hens (Gallinula sp.) of Tristan da Cunha
Dick S. J. Groenenberg, Albert J. Beintema, René W. R. J. Dekker, and Edmund Gittenberger
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1835. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001835.
PMCID: PMC2266797
Improving Phrap-Based Assembly of the Rat Using “Reliable” Overlaps
Michael Roberts, Aleksey V. Zimin, Wayne Hayes, Brian R. Hunt, Cevat Ustun, James R. White, Paul Havlak, and James Yorke
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1836. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001836.
PMCID: PMC2266800
Hippocampus Shape Analysis and Late-Life Depression
Zheen Zhao, Warren D. Taylor, Martin Styner, David C. Steffens, K. Ranga R. Krishnan, and James R. MacFall
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1837. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001837.
PMCID: PMC2265542
A Role for Gene Duplication and Natural Variation of Gene Expression in the Evolution of Metabolism
Daniel J. Kliebenstein
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1838. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001838.
PMCID: PMC2263126
Population-Wide Emergence of Antiviral Resistance during Pandemic Influenza
Seyed M. Moghadas, Christopher S. Bowman, Gergely Röst, and Jianhong Wu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1839. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001839.
PMCID: PMC2266801
Seeing ‘Where’ through the Ears: Effects of Learning-by-Doing and Long-Term Sensory Deprivation on Localization Based on Image-to-Sound Substitution
Michael J. Proulx, Petra Stoerig, Eva Ludowig, and Inna Knoll
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1840. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001840.
PMCID: PMC2267489
Morphological Evolution of Spiders Predicted by Pendulum Mechanics
Jordi Moya-Laraño, Dejan Vinković, Eva De Mas, Guadalupe Corcobado, and Eulalia Moreno
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1841. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001841.
PMCID: PMC2266996
Stochastic Resonance Reveals “Pilot Light” Expression in Mammalian Genes
Andrey Ptitsyn
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1842. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001842.
PMCID: PMC2266998
Mouse Ribosomal RNA Genes Contain Multiple Differentially Regulated Variants
Hung Tseng, Weichin Chou, Junwen Wang, Xiaohong Zhang, Shengliang Zhang, and Richard M. Schultz
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1843. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001843.
PMCID: PMC2266999
Dynamics of Co-Transcriptional Pre-mRNA Folding Influences the Induction of Dystrophin Exon Skipping by Antisense Oligonucleotides
Keng Boon Wee, Zacharias Aloysius Dwi Pramono, Jian Li Wang, Karl F. MacDorman, Poh San Lai, and Woon Chee Yee
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1844. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001844.
PMCID: PMC2267000
Isotope Analysis Reveals Foraging Area Dichotomy for Atlantic Leatherback Turtles
Stéphane Caut, Elodie Guirlet, Elena Angulo, Krishna Das, and Marc Girondot
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1845. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001845.
PMCID: PMC2267998
Neuroarchitecture of Aminergic Systems in the Larval Ventral Ganglion of Drosophila melanogaster
Matthias Vömel and Christian Wegener
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1848. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001848.
PMCID: PMC2268740
Distinct Methylation Changes at the IGF2-H19 Locus in Congenital Growth Disorders and Cancer
Adele Murrell, Yoko Ito, Gaetano Verde, Joanna Huddleston, Kathryn Woodfine, Margherita Cirillo Silengo, Filippo Spreafico, Daniela Perotti, Agostina De Crescenzo, Angela Sparago, Flavia Cerrato, and Andrea Riccio
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1849. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001849.
PMCID: PMC2268001
T-Cell Assays for Tuberculosis Infection: Deriving Cut-Offs for Conversions Using Reproducibility Data
Anandharaman Veerapathran, Rajnish Joshi, Kalyan Goswami, Sandeep Dogra, Erica E. M. Moodie, M. V. R. Reddy, Shriprakash Kalantri, Kevin Schwartzman, Marcel A. Behr, Dick Menzies, and Madhukar Pai
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1850. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001850.
PMCID: PMC2266993
Notch Signaling Regulates Bile Duct Morphogenesis in Mice
Julie Lozier, Brent McCright, and Thomas Gridley
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1851. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001851.
PMCID: PMC2266994
Hexokinase II Detachment from Mitochondria Triggers Apoptosis through the Permeability Transition Pore Independent of Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels
Federica Chiara, Diego Castellaro, Oriano Marin, Valeria Petronilli, William S. Brusilow, Magdalena Juhaszova, Steven J. Sollott, Michael Forte, Paolo Bernardi, and Andrea Rasola
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1852. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001852.
PMCID: PMC2267038
Haplotype Reconstruction Error as a Classical Misclassification Problem: Introducing Sensitivity and Specificity as Error Measures
Claudia Lamina, Friedhelm Bongardt, Helmut Küchenhoff, and Iris M. Heid
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1853. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001853.
PMCID: PMC2267219
Using Ribosomal Protein Genes as Reference: A Tale of Caution
Lieven Thorrez, Katrijn Van Deun, Léon-Charles Tranchevent, Leentje Van Lommel, Kristof Engelen, Kathleen Marchal, Yves Moreau, Iven Van Mechelen, and Frans Schuit
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1854. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001854.
PMCID: PMC2267211
Plasmodium falciparum Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Pregnancy Malaria Associated Gene Expression
Nicaise Tuikue Ndam, Emmanuel Bischoff, Caroline Proux, Thomas Lavstsen, Ali Salanti, Juliette Guitard, Morten A. Nielsen, Jean-Yves Coppée, Alioune Gaye, Thor Theander, Peter H. David, and Philippe Deloron
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1855. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001855.
PMCID: PMC2267001
Nogo-66 Promotes the Differentiation of Neural Progenitors into Astroglial Lineage Cells through mTOR-STAT3 Pathway
Bin Wang, Zhifeng Xiao, Bing Chen, Jin Han, Yuan Gao, Jing Zhang, Wenxue Zhao, Xia Wang, and Jianwu Dai
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1856. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001856.
PMCID: PMC2266802
Transepithelial Transport and Enzymatic Detoxification of Gluten in Gluten-Sensitive Rhesus Macaques
Michael T. Bethune, Erin Ribka, Chaitan Khosla, and Karol Sestak
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1857. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001857.
PMCID: PMC2267209
Australia's Oldest Marsupial Fossils and their Biogeographical Implications
Robin M. D. Beck, Henk Godthelp, Vera Weisbecker, Michael Archer, and Suzanne J. Hand
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1858. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001858.
PMCID: PMC2267999
Genomics of Signaling Crosstalk of Estrogen Receptor α in Breast Cancer Cells
Peter Dudek and Didier Picard
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1859. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001859.
PMCID: PMC2268000
Tool-Use Training in a Species of Rodent: The Emergence of an Optimal Motor Strategy and Functional Understanding
Kazuo Okanoya, Naoko Tokimoto, Noriko Kumazawa, Sayaka Hihara, and Atsushi Iriki
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1860. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001860.
PMCID: PMC2268009
Extracellular Transglutaminase 2 Is Catalytically Inactive, but Is Transiently Activated upon Tissue Injury
Matthew Siegel, Pavel Strnad, R. Edward Watts, Kihang Choi, Bana Jabri, M. Bishr Omary, and Chaitan Khosla
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1861. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001861.
PMCID: PMC2267210
p16INK4a Translation Suppressed by miR-24
Ashish Lal, Hyeon Ho Kim, Kotb Abdelmohsen, Yuki Kuwano, Rudolf Pullmann, Jr., Subramanya Srikantan, Ramesh Subrahmanyam, Jennifer L. Martindale, Xiaoling Yang, Fariyal Ahmed, Francisco Navarro, Derek Dykxhoorn, Judy Lieberman, and Myriam Gorospe
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1864. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001864.
PMCID: PMC2274865
The Deleted in Brachydactyly B Domain of ROR2 Is Required for Receptor Activation by Recruitment of Src
Shiva Akbarzadeh, Lee M. Wheldon, Steve M. M. Sweet, Sonia Talma, Faraz Khosravi Mardakheh, and John K. Heath
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1873. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001873.
PMCID: PMC2268744
Malaria Liver Stage Susceptibility Locus Identified on Mouse Chromosome 17 by Congenic Mapping
Lígia Antunes Gonçalves, Paulo Almeida, Maria Manuel Mota, and Carlos Penha-Gonçalves
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1874. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001874.
PMCID: PMC2267218
Differences in Muscle Protein Synthesis and Anabolic Signaling in the Postabsorptive State and in Response to Food in 65–80 Year Old Men and Women
Gordon I. Smith, Philip Atherton, Dennis T. Villareal, Tiffany N. Frimel, Debbie Rankin, Michael J. Rennie, and Bettina Mittendorfer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1875. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001875.
PMCID: PMC2267222
Massive Autophosphorylation of the Ser/Thr-Rich Domain Controls Protein Kinase Activity of TRPM6 and TRPM7
Kristopher Clark, Jeroen Middelbeek, Nick A. Morrice, Carl G. Figdor, Edwin Lasonder, and Frank N. van Leeuwen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1876. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001876.
PMCID: PMC2267223
A Marked Effect of Electroconvulsive Stimulation on Behavioral Aberration of Mice with Neuron-Specific Mitochondrial DNA Defects
Takaoki Kasahara, Mie Kubota, Taeko Miyauchi, Mizuho Ishiwata, and Tadafumi Kato
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1877. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001877.
PMCID: PMC2267493
An Integrative Genomic and Epigenomic Approach for the Study of Transcriptional Regulation
Maria E. Figueroa, Mark Reimers, Reid F. Thompson, Kenny Ye, Yushan Li, Rebecca R. Selzer, Jakob Fridriksson, Elisabeth Paietta, Peter Wiernik, Roland D. Green, John M. Greally, and Ari Melnick
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1882. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001882.
PMCID: PMC2266992
The Efficacy of Tetracyclines in Peripheral and Intracerebral Prion Infection
Ada De Luigi, Laura Colombo, Luisa Diomede, Raffaella Capobianco, Michela Mangieri, Claudia Miccolo, Lucia Limido, Gianluigi Forloni, Fabrizio Tagliavini, and Mario Salmona
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1888. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001888.
PMCID: PMC2268013
Genome-Wide Detection of Serpentine Receptor-Like Proteins in Malaria Parasites
Luciana Madeira, Pedro A. F. Galante, Alexandre Budu, Mauro F. Azevedo, Bettina Malnic, and Célia R. S. Garcia
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1889. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001889.
PMCID: PMC2268965
Contribution of Recipient-Derived Cells in Allograft Neointima Formation and the Response to Stent Implantation
Xiaoli Ma, Benjamin Hibbert, Dawn White, Richard Seymour, Stewart C. Whitman, and Edward R. O'Brien
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1894. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001894.
PMCID: PMC2267220
The Efficacy of Pharmacotherapy for Decreasing the Expansion Rate of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Idris Guessous, Daniel Periard, Diane Lorenzetti, Jacques Cornuz, and William A. Ghali
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1895. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001895.
PMCID: PMC2267254
Mapping Peptidergic Cells in Drosophila: Where DIMM Fits In
Dongkook Park, Jan A. Veenstra, Jae H. Park, and Paul H. Taghert
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1896. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001896.
PMCID: PMC2266995
Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise
Antoine Lutz, Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, Tom Johnstone, and Richard J. Davidson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1897. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001897.
PMCID: PMC2267490
Host Genetic Factors and Vaccine-Induced Immunity to Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Branwen J. Hennig, Katherine Fielding, John Broxholme, Mathurin Diatta, Maimuna Mendy, Catrin Moore, Andrew J. Pollard, Pura Rayco-Solon, Giorgio Sirugo, Marianne A. van der Sande, Pauline Waight, Hilton C. Whittle, Syed M. Zaman, Adrian V. Hill, and Andrew J. Hall
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1898. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001898.
PMCID: PMC2268746
Corrections
Correction: Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia
Lee R. Berger, Steven E. Churchill, Bonita De Klerk, and Rhonda L. Quinn
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): 10.1371/annotation/0b1a375a-ea43-4586-824f-05bc5b359d63. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/annotation/0b1a375a-ea43-4586-824f-05bc5b359d63.
PMCID: PMC2637093
Corrects: Lee R. Berger, et al. Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1780.
Correction: Architecture of an Antagonistic Tree/Fungus Network: The Asymmetric Influence of Past Evolutionary History
Corinne Vacher, Dominique Piou, and Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): 10.1371/annotation/c03a4beb-a3fa-4b78-8724-b3c8ce28c415. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1371/annotation/c03a4beb-a3fa-4b78-8724-b3c8ce28c415.
PMCID: PMC2637094
Corrects: Corinne Vacher, et al. Architecture of an Antagonistic Tree/Fungus Network: The Asymmetric Influence of Past Evolutionary History. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(3): e1740.
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