The easily angered sage Durvasa from Indian mythology is adapted here to represent mistranslating cells (right). Sages on the left depict relatively "calm" wild type cells. Durvasa gets into trouble from indiscriminate cursing; likewise, mistranslating cells incur a cost. However, just as Durvasa has a short fuse, they accumulate more Lon protease (more fireballs in the chest) and are better prepared for danger than wild type cells. On encountering DNA damaging agents (the demon), mistranslating cells quickly activate the SOS response (thunderbolts from Durvasa), ensuring survival; whereas normal cells (calm sages) respond slowly and are more likely to die. See Samhita et al.
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Perspectives
The emerging role of transcriptional regulation in the oocyte-to-zygote transition
PLOS Genetics: published March 5, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008602
ESCRTing proteasomes to the lysosome
PLOS Genetics: published March 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008631
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Bayesian network analysis incorporating genetic anchors complements conventional Mendelian randomization approaches for exploratory analysis of causal relationships in complex data
PLOS Genetics: published March 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008198
Inhibition of the oligosaccharyl transferase in Caenorhabditis elegans that compromises ER proteostasis suppresses p38-dependent protection against pathogenic bacteria
PLOS Genetics: published March 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008617
The SNAP hypothesis: Chromosomal rearrangements could emerge from positive Selection during Niche Adaptation
PLOS Genetics: published March 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008615
Murine cytomegalovirus infection exacerbates complex IV deficiency in a model of mitochondrial disease
PLOS Genetics: published March 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008604
Disentangling group specific QTL allele effects from genetic background epistasis using admixed individuals in GWAS: An application to maize flowering
PLOS Genetics: published March 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008241
The Lid/KDM5 histone demethylase complex activates a critical effector of the oocyte-to-zygote transition
PLOS Genetics: published March 5, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008543
Histone H4 dosage modulates DNA damage response in the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata via homologous recombination pathway
PLOS Genetics: published March 5, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008620
FLS2 is a CDK-like kinase that directly binds IFT70 and is required for proper ciliary disassembly in Chlamydomonas
PLOS Genetics: published March 5, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008561
Transcription-replication conflicts as a source of common fragile site instability caused by BMI1-RNF2 deficiency
PLOS Genetics: published March 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008524
Recessive missense LAMP3 variant associated with defect in lamellar body biogenesis and fatal neonatal interstitial lung disease in dogs
PLOS Genetics: published March 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008651
The influence of rare variants in circulating metabolic biomarkers
PLOS Genetics: published March 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008605
Global mistranslation increases cell survival under stress in Escherichia coli
PLOS Genetics: published March 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008654
A putative silencer variant in a spontaneous canine model of retinitis pigmentosa
PLOS Genetics: published March 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008659
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Tracking human population structure through time from whole genome sequences
PLOS Genetics: published March 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008552
Long transposon-rich centromeres in an oomycete reveal divergence of centromere features in Stramenopila-Alveolata-Rhizaria lineages
PLOS Genetics: published March 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008646
Drosophila insulin-like peptide 2 mediates dietary regulation of sleep intensity
PLOS Genetics: published March 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008270
Non-lethal exposure to H2O2 boosts bacterial survival and evolvability against oxidative stress
PLOS Genetics: published March 12, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008649
A fly model establishes distinct mechanisms for synthetic CRISPR/Cas9 sex distorters
PLOS Genetics: published March 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008647
Quantitative genetic analysis deciphers the impact of cis and trans regulation on cell-to-cell variability in protein expression levels
PLOS Genetics: published March 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008686
A kinesin Klp10A mediates cell cycle-dependent shuttling of Piwi between nucleus and nuage
PLOS Genetics: published March 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008648
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A homozygous missense variant in CACNB4 encoding the auxiliary calcium channel beta4 subunit causes a severe neurodevelopmental disorder and impairs channel and non-channel functions
PLOS Genetics: published March 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008625
The alarmones (p)ppGpp are part of the heat shock response of Bacillus subtilis
PLOS Genetics: published March 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008275
Reciprocal c-di-GMP signaling: Incomplete flagellum biogenesis triggers c-di-GMP signaling pathways that promote biofilm formation
PLOS Genetics: published March 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008703
Cell cycle transcriptomics of Capsaspora provides insights into the evolution of cyclin-CDK machinery
PLOS Genetics: published March 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008584
RNA Polymerase II CTD phosphatase Rtr1 fine-tunes transcription termination
PLOS Genetics: published March 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008317
Transcriptional regulation of genes bearing intronic heterochromatin in the rice genome
PLOS Genetics: published March 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008637
Modeling cancer genomic data in yeast reveals selection against ATM function during tumorigenesis
PLOS Genetics: published March 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008422
A Snf1-related nutrient-responsive kinase antagonizes endocytosis in yeast
PLOS Genetics: published March 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008677
Autophagy compensates for defects in mitochondrial dynamics
PLOS Genetics: published March 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008638
Girdin is a component of the lateral polarity protein network restricting cell dissemination
PLOS Genetics: published March 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008674
GLP-1 Notch—LAG-1 CSL control of the germline stem cell fate is mediated by transcriptional targets lst-1 and sygl-1
PLOS Genetics: published March 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008650
WHIMP links the actin nucleation machinery to Src-family kinase signaling during protrusion and motility
PLOS Genetics: published March 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008694
E2f5 is a versatile transcriptional activator required for spermatogenesis and multiciliated cell differentiation in zebrafish
PLOS Genetics: published March 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008655
The Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of the Evi1 proto-oncogene, egl-43, coordinates G1 cell cycle arrest with pro-invasive gene expression during anchor cell invasion
PLOS Genetics: published March 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008470
Pericentromeric heterochromatin is hierarchically organized and spatially contacts H3K9me2 islands in euchromatin
PLOS Genetics: published March 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008673
pH-dependent activation of cytokinesis modulates Escherichia coli cell size
PLOS Genetics: published March 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008685
Light affects tissue patterning of the hypocotyl in the shade-avoidance response
PLOS Genetics: published March 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008678
Evidence of defined temporal expression patterns that lead a gram-negative cell out of dormancy
PLOS Genetics: published March 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008660
Rsph4a is essential for the triplet radial spoke head assembly of the mouse motile cilia
PLOS Genetics: published March 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008664
Pleiotropy facilitates local adaptation to distant optima in common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
PLOS Genetics: published March 25, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008707
Germ cell-intrinsic effects of sex chromosomes on early oocyte differentiation in mice
PLOS Genetics: published March 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008676
The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes
PLOS Genetics: published March 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008645
DNA methylation and cis-regulation of gene expression by prostate cancer risk SNPs
PLOS Genetics: published March 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008667
Corrections
Correction: Metagenomic sequencing suggests a diversity of RNA interference-like responses to viruses across multicellular eukaryotes
PLOS Genetics: published March 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008679
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Correction: Mck1 kinase is a new player in the DNA damage checkpoint pathway
PLOS Genetics: published March 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008710
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Correction: Co-Evolution of Mitochondrial tRNA Import and Codon Usage Determines Translational Efficiency in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas
PLOS Genetics: published March 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008719
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What is ancestry?
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