10/04/2024
Research Article
How can we revive a collapsed mutualistic ecological network? Gaurav Baruah and Meike Wittmann use concepts from signal propagation theory and an eco-evolutionary model based on network structures of 115 empirical plant-pollinator networks to reveal that effort should be focused on one or a few key species.
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Current Issue August 2024
10/03/2024
Research Article
Can the absence of inhibition lead to auditory hallucinations? Fuyin Yang, Chen Zhang, Xing Tian and co-authors show that the impairment of motor-based sensory predictions causes erroneous monitoring of imprecise internal auditory representations, thus causing auditory hallucinations.
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10/03/2024
Research Article
The role of long-range interactions (LRI) in retroviral RNA packaging is unclear. Suresha Prabhu, Roland Marquet, Tahir Rizvi and colleagues reveal that a specific packaging signal (Psi) structure, maintained by an extended LRI, is crucial for efficient packaging of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) RNA genome, with Gag binding to key Psi sites essential for selectivity.
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10/01/2024
Research Article
Neuronal serotonergic signaling is involved in many brain functions, but we know little about its function in glial cells. Vanessa Kay Miller and Kendal Broadie show that glial serotonergic signaling is important for experience-dependent synapse elimination and targeting during development in Drosophila.
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09/30/2024
Research Article
Mycobacterium tuberculosis releases 1-tuberculosinyladenosine to block lysosomal function and promote survival in human macrophages. Jacob Mayfield, Branch Moody and co-authors identify over 100 such terpene nucleoside metabolites, revealing how ancestral M. tuberculosis complex bacteria acquired the genes needed to make these unique bioactive lipids.
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09/27/2024
Short Reports
The mechanism of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is thought to differ between yeast and animals, even though the Upf1 RNA helicase is universally conserved. Irène Barbarin-Bocahu, Marc Graille and co-workers use the crystal structure of Upf1 in complex with Nmd4 to show that the metazoan SMG6 NMD factor binds to Upf1 using an evolutionarily conserved binding mode.
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09/19/2024
Perspective
This Perspective article describes PRO-MaP, which aims to increase and improve the reporting of detailed, structured and open methods and reusable step-by-step protocols in the life sciences.
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09/16/2024
Consensus View
There is currently no suitable system to classify circulating dengue virus (DENV) variants. This Consensus View proposes a new nomenclature system and free online tools to identify and track lineages of potential epidemiological and/or clinical importance.
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09/10/2024
Essay
For those who want to share their code but don't know where to start, this Essay distils dozens of articles on reproducibility and research software, collecting the most important practical details of how to provide computational transparency even if you aren't a trained software developer.
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09/09/2024
Perspective
The open science movement has gained ground, but improvements to the practice of science move at a glacial pace. This Perspective explores the misaligned incentives that are hindering progress to more open, reproducible research.
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Translating conservation and biodiversity research from the field into the real world is a complex problem. This collection discusses issues around economics, policy, and how to do research that answers questions that decision makers have.
Symbiosis research has become a holistic and pervasive field with a mature theoretical basis. This collection showcases symbiotic relationships across the tree of life, exploring their evolutionary basis and underlying mechanisms.
PLOS Biology is 20 and we are celebrating with a collection that contains articles that look back at landmark studies that we published, others that look past and future, and others discussing how publishing and open science have evolved and what is to come.
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This collection explores engineering strategies to help us adapt plants to a changing climate, including breeding techniques, genome engineering, synthetic biology and microbiome engineering.
The green collection explores biological solutions that could be applied to reduce CO2 emissions, get rid of non-degradable plastics, produce food in a sustainable manner or generate energy.
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