October 8, 2018
Image credit: Xie Dang and colleagues
10/10/2018
research article
Here, Ning Xu and colleagues show that transcription factor OsMADS25 positively regulates the root system development and tolerance to salinity and oxidative stress in rice plants, and provide strong evidence that OsMADS25 increases ROS-scavenging capacity and proline accumulation.
Image credit: Ning Xu and colleagues
Current Issue September 2018
10/08/2018
research article
In this study, Saba N. Baskoylu and colleagues report on the first single-copy, ALS knock-in models in C. elegans generated by transposon- or CRISPR/Cas9- mediated genome editing of the endogenous sod-1 gene.
Image credit: Saba N. Baskoylu and colleagues
10/08/2018
research article
Zhengzhong Zou and colleagues provide the first evidence for the existence of a potentially new class of prokaryotic sensory system - LytTR Regulatory Systems (LRS). The authors show that LRS are broadly distributed among prokaryotes and are distinct from the other commonly studied sensory systems such as two-component signal transduction systems and ECF sigma factor systems.
Image credit: Zhengzhong Zou and colleagues
10/04/2018
research article
Here, Takahiro Ohde and colleagues characterize horn development in a rhinoceros beetle, and find surprising similarities to the horns of dung beetles, highlighting deep parallels in the development of rhinoceros and dung beetle horns.
Image credit: Takahiro Ohde and colleagues
10/04/2018
RESEARCH ARTICLE
In order to understand the developmental mechanisms of facial growth, Zhao Sun and colleagues used murine gene expression and bioinformatics analyses combined with human 3D facial variations and genome-wide association studies to identify genes and variants controlling post-natal face growth.
Image credit: Zhao Sun and colleagues
09/28/2018
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Pathogen infection of a plant that is not a host of the disease often results in an active plant defense response. Brian Gilbert and colleagues show that some accessions of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon show some variation in their ability to suppress colonisation by the wheat stripe rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis.
Image credit: Brian Gilbert and colleagues
10/11/2018
review
Here, Cameron, Matz and De Lay highlight both the canonical and unorthodox activities that have been reported for PNPase.
Image credit: Cameron, Matz & De Lay
09/13/2018
review
Bram Henneman and colleagues discuss the many possibilities of archaeal histone involvement in transcription regulation.
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08/23/2018
perspective
Christian E. Rocheleau comments on work from Haley et al, who show that RAB-35 defines a third pathway that functions throughout apoptotic cell clearance in order to make it more robust.
Image credit: Christian E. Rocheleau
08/30/2018
review
Corinne Grey and colleagues discuss the current knowledge about the molecular features of PRDM9 as a DNA-binding protein and epigenetic modifier and how those features contribute to drive double strand break formation.
Image credit: Corine Grey and colleagues
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