Polynucleotide phosphorylase: Not merely an RNase but a pivotal post-transcriptional regulator

Todd A. Cameron, Lisa M. Matz, Nicholas R. De Lay

PLOS Genetics: published October 11, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007654

Amn1 governs post-mitotic cell separation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Ou Fang, Xiaohua Hu, Lin Wang, Ning Jiang, Jixuan Yang, Bo Li, Zewei Luo

PLOS Genetics: published October 1, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007691

A survey of inter-individual variation in DNA methylation identifies environmentally responsive co-regulated networks of epigenetic variation in the human genome

Paras Garg, Ricky S. Joshi, Corey Watson, Andrew J. Sharp

PLOS Genetics: published October 1, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007707

TIMP3 and TIMP1 are risk genes for bicuspid aortic valve and aortopathy in Turner syndrome

Holly Corbitt, Shaine A. Morris, Claus H. Gravholt, Kristian H. Mortensen, Rebecca Tippner-Hedges, Michael Silberbach, Cheryl L. Maslen, GenTAC Registry Investigators

PLOS Genetics: published October 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007692

A systems biology approach uncovers the core gene regulatory network governing iridophore fate choice from the neural crest

Kleio Petratou, Tatiana Subkhankulova, James A. Lister, Andrea Rocco, Hartmut Schwetlick, Robert N. Kelsh

PLOS Genetics: published October 4, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007402

Direct-to-consumer DNA testing of 6,000 dogs reveals 98.6-kb duplication associated with blue eyes and heterochromia in Siberian Huskies

Petra E. Deane-Coe, Erin T. Chu, Andrea Slavney, Adam R. Boyko, Aaron J. Sams

PLOS Genetics: published October 4, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007648

Rhinoceros beetle horn development reveals deep parallels with dung beetles

Takahiro Ohde, Shinichi Morita, Shuji Shigenobu, Junko Morita, Takeshi Mizutani, Hiroki Gotoh, Robert A. Zinna, Moe Nakata, Yuta Ito, Kenshi Wada, Yasuhiro Kitano, Karen Yuzaki, Kouhei Toga, Mutsuki Mase, Koji Kadota, Jema Rushe, Laura Corley Lavine, Douglas J. Emlen, Teruyuki Niimi

PLOS Genetics: published October 4, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007651

FoxO6 regulates Hippo signaling and growth of the craniofacial complex

Zhao Sun, Clarissa S. G. da Fontoura, Myriam Moreno, Nathan E. Holton, Mason Sweat, Yan Sweat, Myoung Keun Lee, Jed Arbon, Felicitas B. Bidlack, Daniel R. Thedens, Peggy Nopoulos, Huojun Cao, Steven Eliason, Seth M. Weinberg, James F. Martin, Lina Moreno-Uribe, Brad A. Amendt

PLOS Genetics: published October 4, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007675

INDUCER OF CBF EXPRESSION 1 is a male fertility regulator impacting anther dehydration in Arabidopsis

Donghui Wei, Mingjia Liu, Hu Chen, Ye Zheng, Yuxiao Liu, Xi Wang, Shuhua Yang, Mingqi Zhou, Juan Lin

PLOS Genetics: published October 4, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007695

Heritability informed power optimization (HIPO) leads to enhanced detection of genetic associations across multiple traits

Guanghao Qi, Nilanjan Chatterjee

PLOS Genetics: published October 5, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007549

Human genetic variation in GLS2 is associated with development of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

William K. Scott, Felix Mba Medie, Felicia Ruffin, Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel, Derek D. Cyr, Shengru Guo, Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Robert L. Skov, Niels E. Bruun, Anders Dahl, Christian J. Lerche, Andreas Petersen, Anders Rhod Larsen, Trine Kiilerich Lauridsen, Helle Krogh Johansen, Henrik Ullum, Erik Sørensen, Christian Hassager, Henning Bundgaard, Henrik C. Schønheyder, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Louise Bruun Østergaard, Magnus Arpi, Flemming Rosenvinge, Lise T. Erikstrup, Mahtab Chehri, Peter Søgaard, Paal S. Andersen, Vance G. Fowler Jr.

PLOS Genetics: published October 5, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007667

Recombination hotspots in an extended human pseudoautosomal domain predicted from double-strand break maps and characterized by sperm-based crossover analysis

Nitikorn Poriswanish, Rita Neumann, Jon H. Wetton, John Wagstaff, Maarten H. D. Larmuseau, Mark A. Jobling, Celia A. May

PLOS Genetics: published October 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007680

Single copy/knock-in models of ALS SOD1 in C. elegans suggest loss and gain of function have different contributions to cholinergic and glutamatergic neurodegeneration

Saba N. Baskoylu, Jill Yersak, Patrick O’Hern, Sarah Grosser, Jonah Simon, Sarah Kim, Kelsey Schuch, Maria Dimitriadi, Katherine S. Yanagi, Jeremy Lins, Anne C. Hart

PLOS Genetics: published October 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007682

Reactive oxygen species mediate conical cell shaping in Arabidopsis thaliana petals

Xie Dang, Peihang Yu, Yajun Li, Yanqiu Yang, Yu Zhang, Huibo Ren, Binqinq Chen, Deshu Lin

PLOS Genetics: published October 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007705

LytTR Regulatory Systems: A potential new class of prokaryotic sensory system

Zhengzhong Zou, Hua Qin, Amanda E. Brenner, Rahul Raghavan, Jess A. Millar, Qiang Gu, Zhoujie Xie, Jens Kreth, Justin Merritt

PLOS Genetics: published October 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007709

Quantifying how constraints limit the diversity of viable routes to adaptation

Sam Yeaman, Aleeza C. Gerstein, Kathryn A. Hodgins, Michael C. Whitlock

PLOS Genetics: published October 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007717

Interaction of the Warsaw breakage syndrome DNA helicase DDX11 with the replication fork-protection factor Timeless promotes sister chromatid cohesion

Giuseppe Cortone, Ge Zheng, Pasquale Pensieri, Viviana Chiappetta, Rosarita Tatè, Eva Malacaria, Pietro Pichierri, Hongtao Yu, Francesca M. Pisani

PLOS Genetics: published October 10, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007622

Rice transcription factor OsMADS25 modulates root growth and confers salinity tolerance via the ABA–mediated regulatory pathway and ROS scavenging

Ning Xu, Yanli Chu, Hongli Chen, Xingxing Li, Qi Wu, Liang Jin, Guixue Wang, Junli Huang

PLOS Genetics: published October 10, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007662

Coronary artery disease genes SMAD3 and TCF21 promote opposing interactive genetic programs that regulate smooth muscle cell differentiation and disease risk

Dharini Iyer, Quanyi Zhao, Robert Wirka, Ameay Naravane, Trieu Nguyen, Boxiang Liu, Manabu Nagao, Paul Cheng, Clint L. Miller, Juyong Brian Kim, Milos Pjanic, Thomas Quertermous

PLOS Genetics: published October 11, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007681

Antimicrobial peptides modulate long-term memory

Raquel Barajas-Azpeleta, Jianping Wu, Jason Gill, Ryan Welte, Chris Seidel, Sean McKinney, Stephane Dissel, Kausik Si

PLOS Genetics: published October 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007440

Host genetics and the rumen microbiome jointly associate with methane emissions in dairy cows

Gareth Frank Difford, Damian Rafal Plichta, Peter Løvendahl, Jan Lassen, Samantha Joan Noel, Ole Højberg, André-Denis G. Wright, Zhigang Zhu, Lise Kristensen, Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Goutam Sahana

PLOS Genetics: published October 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007580

Genome amplification and cellular senescence are hallmarks of human placenta development

Philipp Velicky, Gudrun Meinhardt, Kerstin Plessl, Sigrid Vondra, Tamara Weiss, Peter Haslinger, Thomas Lendl, Karin Aumayr, Mario Mairhofer, Xiaowei Zhu, Birgit Schütz, Roberta L. Hannibal, Robert Lindau, Beatrix Weil, Jan Ernerudh, Jürgen Neesen, Gerda Egger, Mario Mikula, Clemens Röhrl, Alexander E. Urban, Julie Baker, Martin Knöfler, Jürgen Pollheimer

PLOS Genetics: published October 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007698

MutLγ promotes repeat expansion in a Fragile X mouse model while EXO1 is protective

Xiaonan Zhao, Yongwei Zhang, Kenneth Wilkins, Winfried Edelmann, Karen Usdin

PLOS Genetics: published October 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007719

A synonymous RET substitution enhances the oncogenic effect of an in-cis missense mutation by increasing constitutive splicing efficiency

Valeria Pecce, Marialuisa Sponziello, Giuseppe Damante, Francesca Rosignolo, Cosimo Durante, Livia Lamartina, Giorgio Grani, Diego Russo, Cira Rosaria di Gioia, Sebastiano Filetti, Antonella Verrienti

PLOS Genetics: published October 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007678

ProxECAT: Proxy External Controls Association Test. A new case-control gene region association test using allele frequencies from public controls

Audrey E. Hendricks, Stephen C. Billups, Hamish N. C. Pike, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Eleftheria Zeggini, Stephanie A. Santorico, Inês Barroso, Josée Dupuis

PLOS Genetics: published October 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007591

A genome-wide Drosophila epithelial tumorigenesis screen identifies Tetraspanin 29Fb as an evolutionarily conserved suppressor of Ras-driven cancer

Tamara Zoranovic, Jan Manent, Lee Willoughby, Ricardo Matos de Simoes, John E. La Marca, Sofya Golenkina, Xia Cuiping, Susanne Gruber, Belinda Angjeli, Elisabeth Eva Kanitz, Shane J. F. Cronin, G. Gregory Neely, Andreas Wernitznig, Patrick O. Humbert, Kaylene J. Simpson, Constantine S. Mitsiades, Helena E. Richardson, Josef M. Penninger

PLOS Genetics: published October 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007688

Recovery of novel association loci in Arabidopsis thaliana and Drosophila melanogaster through leveraging INDELs association and integrated burden test

Baoxing Song, Richard Mott, Xiangchao Gan

PLOS Genetics: published October 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007699

A novel framework for inferring parameters of transmission from viral sequence data

Casper K. Lumby, Nuno R. Nene, Christopher J. R. Illingworth

PLOS Genetics: published October 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007718

A distinct strain of Arsenophonus symbiont decreases insecticide resistance in its insect host

Rui Pang, Meng Chen, Lei Yue, Ke Xing, Tengchao Li, Kui Kang, Zhikun Liang, Longyu Yuan, Wenqing Zhang

PLOS Genetics: published October 17, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007725

Identification of UHRF2 as a novel DNA interstrand crosslink sensor protein

Anna Motnenko, Chih-Chao Liang, Di Yang, David Lopez-Martinez, Yasunaga Yoshikawa, Bao Zhan, Katherine E. Ward, Jiayang Tian, Wilhelm Haas, Paolo Spingardi, Benedikt M. Kessler, Skirmantas Kriaucionis, Steven P. Gygi, Martin A. Cohn

PLOS Genetics: published October 18, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007643

A central role for PBP2 in the activation of peptidoglycan polymerization by the bacterial cell elongation machinery

Patricia D. A. Rohs, Jackson Buss, Sue I. Sim, Georgia R. Squyres, Veerasak Srisuknimit, Mandy Smith, Hongbaek Cho, Megan Sjodt, Andrew C. Kruse, Ethan C. Garner, Suzanne Walker, Daniel E. Kahne, Thomas G. Bernhardt

PLOS Genetics: published October 18, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007726

Suppressor mutations reveal an NtrC-like response regulator, NmpR, for modulation of Type-IV Pili-dependent motility in Myxococcus xanthus

Daniel J. Bretl, Kayla M. Ladd, Samantha N. Atkinson, Susanne Müller, John R. Kirby

PLOS Genetics: published October 22, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007714

Deleterious variation shapes the genomic landscape of introgression

Bernard Y. Kim, Christian D. Huber, Kirk E. Lohmueller

PLOS Genetics: published October 22, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007741

The Trihelix transcription factor GT2-like 1 (GTL1) promotes salicylic acid metabolism, and regulates bacterial-triggered immunity

Ronny Völz, Soon-Kap Kim, Jianing Mi, Kiruthiga G. Mariappan, Xiujie Guo, Jean Bigeard, Santiago Alejandro, Delphine Pflieger, Naganand Rayapuram, Salim Al-Babili, Heribert Hirt

PLOS Genetics: published October 23, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007708

Repeat elements organise 3D genome structure and mediate transcription in the filamentous fungus Epichloë festucae

David J. Winter, Austen R. D. Ganley, Carolyn A. Young, Ivan Liachko, Christopher L. Schardl, Pierre-Yves Dupont, Daniel Berry, Arvina Ram, Barry Scott, Murray P. Cox

PLOS Genetics: published October 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007467

CXXC1 is not essential for normal DNA double-strand break formation and meiotic recombination in mouse

Hui Tian, Timothy Billings, Petko M. Petkov

PLOS Genetics: published October 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007657

3 minutes to precisely measure morphogen concentration

Tanguy Lucas, Huy Tran, Carmina Angelica Perez Romero, Aurélien Guillou, Cécile Fradin, Mathieu Coppey, Aleksandra M. Walczak, Nathalie Dostatni

PLOS Genetics: published October 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007676

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Filamentation of asparagine synthetase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Shanshan Zhang, Kang Ding, Qing-Ji Shen, Suwen Zhao, Ji-Long Liu

PLOS Genetics: published October 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007737

Order of removal of conventional and nonconventional introns from nuclear transcripts of Euglena gracilis

Natalia Gumińska, Magdalena Płecha, Bożena Zakryś, Rafał Milanowski

PLOS Genetics: published October 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007761

The Zn₂Cys₆-type transcription factor LeuB cross-links regulation of leucine biosynthesis and iron acquisition in Aspergillus fumigatus

Nanbiao Long, Thomas Orasch, Shizhu Zhang, Lu Gao, Xiaoling Xu, Peter Hortschansky, Jing Ye, Fenli Zhang, Kai Xu, Fabio Gsaller, Maria Straßburger, Ulrike Binder, Thorsten Heinekamp, Axel A. Brakhage, Hubertus Haas, Ling Lu

PLOS Genetics: published October 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007762

Mouse genome-wide association studies and systems genetics uncover the genetic architecture associated with hepatic pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of a constrained ethyl antisense oligonucleotide targeting Malat1

Elaine Pirie, Shayoni Ray, Calvin Pan, Wuxia Fu, Andrew F. Powers, Danielle Polikoff, Colton M. Miller, Katrina M. Kudrna, Edward N. Harris, Aldons J. Lusis, Rosanne M. Crooke, Richard G. Lee

PLOS Genetics: published October 29, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007732

Unraveling the transcriptional regulation of TWIST1 in limb development

Naama Hirsch, Reut Eshel, Reut Bar Yaacov, Tal Shahar, Fania Shmulevich, Idit Dahan, Noam Levaot, Tommy Kaplan, Darío G. Lupiáñez, Ramon Y. Birnbaum

PLOS Genetics: published October 29, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007738

Metabolic adaptations underlying genome flexibility in prokaryotes

Akshit Goyal

PLOS Genetics: published October 29, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007763

The yeast stress inducible Ssa Hsp70 reduces α-synuclein toxicity by promoting its degradation through autophagy

Arpit Gupta, Anuradhika Puri, Prashant Singh, Surabhi Sonam, Richa Pandey, Deepak Sharma

PLOS Genetics: published October 30, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007751

Astrocyte expression of the Drosophila TNF-alpha homologue, Eiger, regulates sleep in flies

William M. Vanderheyden, Alan G. Goodman, Rebecca H. Taylor, Marcos G. Frank, Hans P. A. Van Dongen, Jason R. Gerstner

PLOS Genetics: published October 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007724

Synaptogyrin-2 influences replication of Porcine circovirus 2

Lianna R. Walker, Taylor B. Engle, Hiep Vu, Emily R. Tosky, Dan J. Nonneman, Timothy P. L. Smith, Tudor Borza, Thomas E. Burkey, Graham S. Plastow, Stephen D. Kachman, Daniel C. Ciobanu

PLOS Genetics: published October 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007750

C. elegans ZHP-4 is required at multiple distinct steps in the formation of crossovers and their transition to segregation competent chiasmata

Hanh Nguyen, Sara Labella, Nicola Silva, Verena Jantsch, Monique Zetka

PLOS Genetics: published October 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007776

Correction: Epistatic control of intrinsic resistance by virulence genes in Listeria

Mariela Scortti, Lei Han, Sonsiray Alvarez, Alexandre Leclercq, Alexandra Moura, Marc Lecuit, Jose Vazquez-Boland

PLOS Genetics: published October 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007727

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Correction: Metatranscriptomic Study of Common and Host-Specific Patterns of Gene Expression between Pines and Their Symbiotic Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in the Genus Suillus

Hui-Ling Liao, Yuan Chen, Rytas Vilgalys

PLOS Genetics: published October 19, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007742

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Correction: A homozygous KAT2B variant modulates the clinical phenotype of ADD3 deficiency in humans and flies

Sara Gonçalves, Julie Patat, Maria Clara Guida, Noelle Lachaussée, Christelle Arrondel, Martin Helmstädter, Olivia Boyer, Olivier Gribouval, Marie-Claire Gubler, Geraldine Mollet, Marlène Rio, Marina Charbit, Christine Bole-Feysot, Patrick Nitschke, Tobias B. Huber, Patricia G. Wheeler, Devon Haynes, Jane Juusola, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Caroline Nava, Alexandra Afenjar, Boris Keren, Rolf Bodmer, Corinne Antignac, Matias Simons

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Correction: rbpms2 functions in Balbiani body architecture and ovary fate

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