Methanogenesis marker 16 metalloprotein is the primary coenzyme M synthase in Methanosarcina acetivorans

Grayson L. Chadwick, Madison C. Williams, Katie E. Shalvarjian, Dipti D. Nayak

PLOS Genetics: published May 2, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011695

Centromere-size reduction and chromatin state dynamics following intergenomic hybridization in cotton

Jinlei Han, Guanjing Hu, Yan Dai, Xin Zhang, Jingjing Tian, Jialiang Zhou, Xinqi Xu, Qi Chen, Xiaobing Kou, Lei Xu, Xinyu Wu, Ziying Sun, Jiahui Geng, Lin Li, Chenyu Qiu, Teame Gereziher Mehari, Baohua Wang, Hui Zhang, Xinlian Shen, Zhenzhen Xu, Jonathan F. Wendel, Kai Wang

PLOS Genetics: published May 2, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011689

Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation

Oliver JD Charity, Gaetan Thilliez, Haider Al-Khanaq, Luke Acton, Rafał Kolenda, Matt Bawn, Liljana Petrovska, Robert A. Kingsley

PLOS Genetics: published May 2, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011688

SQST-1/p62-regulated SKN-1/Nrf mediates a phagocytic stress response via transcriptional activation of lyst-1/LYST

Aladin Elkhalil, Alec Whited, Piya Ghose

PLOS Genetics: published May 2, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011696

Glycolytic disruption restricts Drosophila melanogaster larval growth via the cytokine Upd3

Madhulika Rai, Hongde Li, Robert A. Policastro, Robert Pepin, Gabriel E. Zentner, Travis Nemkov, Angelo D’Alessandro, Jason M. Tennessen

PLOS Genetics: published May 2, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011690

Coordination of cell envelope biology by Escherichia coli MarA protein potentiates intrinsic antibiotic resistance

Alexandra E. Trigg, Prateek Sharma, David C. Grainger

PLOS Genetics: published May 5, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011639

A novel male accessory gland peptide reduces female post-mating receptivity in the brown planthopper

Yi-Jie Zhang, Ning Zhang, Ruo-Tong Bu, Dick R. Nässel, Cong-Fen Gao, Shun-Fan Wu

PLOS Genetics: published May 6, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011699

Unveiling the intercompartmental signaling axis: Mitochondrial to ER Stress Response (MERSR) and its impact on proteostasis

Jeson J. Li, Nan Xin, Chunxia Yang, Bo G. Kim, Larissa A. Tavizon, Ruth Hong, Jina Park, Travis I. Moore, Rebecca George Tharyan, Adam Antebi, Hyun-Eui Kim

PLOS Genetics: published May 8, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011700

Chondroitin sulfate regulates proliferation of Drosophila intestinal stem cells

Collin Knudsen, Ayano Moriya, Eriko Nakato, Rishi Gulati, Takuya Akiyama, Hiroshi Nakato

PLOS Genetics: published May 9, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011686

Functional characterization of eicosanoid signaling in Drosophila development

Daiki Fujinaga, Cebrina Nolan, Naoki Yamanaka

PLOS Genetics: published May 9, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011705

The fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus) has an XY sex chromosome system with polymorphic inversions on both X and Y chromosomes

Zuyao Liu, Amy L. Herbert, Yingguang Frank Chan, Marek Kučka, David M. Kingsley, Catherine L. Peichel

PLOS Genetics: published May 9, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011465

Coordinated transcriptomic and metabolomic responses in rice reveal lignin-based physical barriers as key mechanisms of nonhost resistance to rust fungi

Ce Zhang, Liru Jian, Tao Guan, Yiping Wang, Huihui Pang, Yiqian Xu, Yaoyao Xing, Jiawen Wang, Zhensheng Kang, Jing Zhao

PLOS Genetics: published May 9, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011679

Loss of Heterozygosity associated with ubiquitous environments in yeast

Nikilesh Vijayan, Sameer Joshi, Praseetha Sarath, Koodali T. Nishant

PLOS Genetics: published May 12, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011692

Molecular insights into region-specific sexual dichromatism: Comparative transcriptome analysis of red cheek pigmentation in zebra finches

Gee-Way Lin, Chih-Kuan Chen, Ting-Xin Jiang, Ya-Chen Liang, Pin-Chi Tang, Ping Wu, Randall B. Widelitz, Chih-Feng Chen, Cheng-Ming Chuong

PLOS Genetics: published May 12, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011693

Incomplete paralog compensation generates selective dependency on TRA2A in cancer

Amanda R. Lee, Anna Tangiyan, Isha Singh, Peter S. Choi

PLOS Genetics: published May 14, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011685

An antisense RNA regulates production of DnaA and affects sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Emma L. Sedivy, Janet L. Smith, Alan D. Grossman

PLOS Genetics: published May 14, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011625

DNA duplication in Burkholderia thailandensis induces biofilm formation by activating a two-component regulatory system

Lillian C. Lowrey, Katlyn B. Mote, Peggy A. Cotter

PLOS Genetics: published May 20, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011528

PBX1 and PBX3 transcription factors regulate SHH expression in the Frontonasal Ectodermal Zone through complementary mechanisms

Chan Hee Mok, Diane Hu, Marta Losa, Maurizio Risolino, Licia Selleri, Ralph S. Marcucio

PLOS Genetics: published May 21, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011315

Identification of SanA as a novel regulator of peptidoglycan biogenesis in Escherichia coli

Bhargavi Gundavarapu, Krishna Chaitanya Nallamotu, Vishnu Vachana Murapaka, Balaji Venkataraman, Lutikurti Saisree, Manjula Reddy

PLOS Genetics: published May 22, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011712

Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing

Amy Longtin, Marina M. Watowich, Baptiste Sadoughi, Rachel M. Petersen, Sarah F. Brosnan, Kenneth Buetow, Qiuyin Cai, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Michael D. Gurven, James P. Higham, Heather M. Highland, Yi-Ting Huang, Hillard Kaplan, Thomas S. Kraft, Yvonne A. L. Lim, Jirong Long, Amanda D. Melin, Michael J. Montague, Jamie Roberson, Kee Seong Ng, Michael L. Platt, India A. Schneider-Crease, Jonathan Stieglitz, Benjamin C. Trumble, Vivek V. Venkataraman, Ian J. Wallace, Jie Wu, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Angela Jones, Alexander G. Bick, Amanda J. Lea

PLOS Genetics: published May 22, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011667

Contribution of the tobamovirus resistance gene Tm-1 to control of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) resistance in tomato

Avner Zinger, Adi Doron-Faigenboim, Dana Gelbart, Ilan Levin, Moshe Lapidot

PLOS Genetics: published May 23, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011725

New composite phenotypes enhance chronic kidney disease classification and genetic associations

Kim Ngan Tran, Heidi G. Sutherland, Andrew J. Mallett, Lyn R. Griffiths, Rodney A. Lea

PLOS Genetics: published May 23, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011718

Maximal inhibitory effect of MOV10 on LINE-1 retrotransposition requires both the MOV10/LINE-1 association and granule formation

Qian Liu, Yaqi Liu, Yang Mao, Dongrong Yi, Quanjie Li, Jiwei Ding, Saisai Guo, Yongxin Zhang, Jing Wang, Jianyuan Zhao, Ling Ma, Xiaozhong Peng, Shan Cen, Xiaoyu Li

PLOS Genetics: published May 23, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011709

The ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 enhances WNT signaling by antagonizing destruction complex-mediated β-catenin degradation and through a mechanism independent of changes in β-catenin abundance

Joseph K. McKenna, Yalan Wu, Praveen Sonkusre, Caleb K. Sinclear, Raj Chari, Andres M. Lebensohn

PLOS Genetics: published May 27, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011677

Variant-specific priors clarify colocalisation analysis

Jeffrey M. Pullin, Chris Wallace

PLOS Genetics: published May 27, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011697

An integrative approach to prioritize candidate causal genes for complex traits in cattle

Mohammad Ghoreishifar, Iona M. Macleod, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Zhiqian Liu, Thomas J. Lopdell, Mathew D. Littlejohn, Ruidong Xiang, Jennie E. Pryce, Michael E. Goddard

PLOS Genetics: published May 30, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011492

The Slx4-Rad1-Rad10 nuclease differentially regulates deletions and duplications induced by a replication fork barrier

Marina K Triplett, Iffat Ahmed, Swathi Shekharan, Lorraine S Symington

PLOS Genetics: published May 30, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011720

Age-associated decline of Coenzyme A leads to intestinal stem cells dysfunction via disturbing iron homeostasis

Zhiming Liu, Gang Du, Yi Chen, Haiyang Chen

PLOS Genetics: published May 30, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011704

Cross-tissue coordination between SLC nucleoside transporters regulates reproduction in Caenorhabditis elegans

Youchen Guan, Yong Yu, Shihong M. Gao, Lang Ding, Qian Zhao, Meng C. Wang

PLOS Genetics: published May 30, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011425

Correction: A functional regulatory variant of MYH3 influences muscle fiber-type composition and intramuscular fat content in pigs

In-Cheol Cho, Hee-Bok Park, Jin Seop Ahn, Sang-Hyun Han, Jae-Bong Lee, Hyun-Tae Lim, Chae-Kyoung Yoo, Eun-Ji Jung, Dong-Hwan Kim, Wu-Sheng Sun, Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas, Sang-Geum Kim, Yong-Jun Kang, Yoo-Kyung Kim, Hyun-Sook Shin, Pil-Nam Seong, In-Sul Hwang, Beom-Young Park, Seongsoo Hwang, Sung-Soo Lee, Youn-Chul Ryu, Jun-Heon Lee, Moon-Suck Ko, Kichoon Lee, Göran Andersson, Miguel Pérez-Enciso, Jeong-Woong Lee

PLOS Genetics: published May 20, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011715

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