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April, 2018; 7 (4)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

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    Contrast thresholds reveal different visual masking functions in humans and praying mantises
    Ghaith Tarawneh, Vivek Nityananda, Ronny Rosner, Steven Errington, William Herbert, Sandra Arranz-Paraíso, Natalie Busby, Jimmy Tampin, Jenny Read, Ignacio Serrano-Pedraza
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio029439 doi: 10.1242/bio.029439 Published 26 April 2018

    Summary: We investigate alternative explanations for a reported difference between human and insect responses to masked moving gratings, and demonstrate that it is a genuine feature of their visual systems.

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    Functional characterization of DYRK1A missense variants associated with a syndromic form of intellectual deficiency and autism
    Esti Wahyu Widowati, Sabrina Ernst, Ralf Hausmann, Gerhard Müller-Newen, Walter Becker
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio032862 doi: 10.1242/bio.032862 Published 26 April 2018

    Summary: We have analyzed the functional consequences of amino acid substitutions in the protein kinase DYRK1A that have been identified as pathogenic in patients with microcephaly, intellectual disability and autism.

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    Functional domains of the FSHD-associated DUX4 protein
    Hiroaki Mitsuhashi, Satoshi Ishimaru, Sachiko Homma, Bryant Yu, Yuki Honma, Mary Lou Beermann, Jeffrey Boone Miller
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio033977 doi: 10.1242/bio.033977 Published 26 April 2018

    Summary: Aberrant expression of DUX4 underlies facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. This study identified functional domains of DUX4 and demonstrated that multiple pathological changes are related to DUX4-mediated transcriptional activation.

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    The Drosophila TGF-beta/Activin-like ligands Dawdle and Myoglianin appear to modulate adult lifespan through regulation of 26S proteasome function in adult muscle
    Shaughna Langerak, Myung-Jun Kim, Hannah Lamberg, Michael Godinez, Mackenzie Main, Lindsey Winslow, Michael B. O'Connor, Changqi C. Zhu
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio029454 doi: 10.1242/bio.029454 Published 26 April 2018

    Summary: This article has, for the first time, demonstrated that fruit fly TGF-beta, or Activin-type ligand Daw, or Myo-initiated Activin signaling in adult fruit fly muscle tissues works as an anti-ageing factor by regulating 26S proteasome activities in those tissues.

  • Open Access
    Juvenile hormone reveals mosaic developmental programs in the metamorphosing optic lobe of Drosophila melanogaster
    Lynn M. Riddiford, James W. Truman, Aljoscha Nern
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio034025 doi: 10.1242/bio.034025 Published 23 April 2018

    Summary: Developmental gradients and steroid surges interact during optic lobe development. Early, ectopic juvenile hormone treatment alters steroid receptor levels, suppresses late events but not early events linked to developmental gradients.

  • Open Access
    Biosynthesis and assembly of the Collagen IV-like protein Pericardin in Drosophila melanogaster
    Ariane C. Wilmes, Nora Klinke, Barbara Rotstein, Heiko Meyer, Achim Paululat
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio030361 doi: 10.1242/bio.030361 Published 23 April 2018

    Summary: We identified two new pericardin alleles. Both mutants could be rescued with a genomic duplication of a fosmid coding for the pericardin locus. Biochemical analysis revealed that Pericardin is highly glycosylated and forms redox-dependent multimers.

  • Open Access
    Suppression of miR-26a attenuates physiological disturbances arising from exposure of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to ammonia
    Yan Zhao, Haotian Zhou, Christian Larbi Ayisi, Yan Wang, Jun Wang, Xiaowu Chen, Jinling Zhao
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio029082 doi: 10.1242/bio.029082 Published 18 April 2018

    Summary: Our work increases the available information about the regulation of miR-26a and indicates that miR-26a may be involved in the remission of physiological disorders upon ammonia stress in tilapia.

  • Open Access
    Fank1 and Jazf1 promote multiciliated cell differentiation in the mouse airway epithelium
    Jo-Anne Johnson, Julie K. Watson, Marko Z. Nikolić, Emma L. Rawlins
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio033944 doi: 10.1242/bio.033944 Published 16 April 2018

    Summary: Transcription factors controlling ciliated cell differentiation are still being determined. Here, we show that Fank1 and Jazf1 are necessary and sufficient for ciliated cell differentiation in the mouse airways.

  • Open Access
    Food supply and size class depending variations in phytodetritus intake in the benthic foraminifer Ammonia tepida
    Julia Wukovits, Patrick Bukenberger, Annekatrin Julie Enge, Maximillian Gerg, Wolfgang Wanek, Margarete Watzka, Petra Heinz
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio030056 doi: 10.1242/bio.030056 Published 13 April 2018

    Summary: The food intake of Ammonia tepida (marine Protist) is strongly related to food supply and individual size. Specifically, juveniles play a major role in coastal phytodetritus processing.

  • Open Access
    The hidden function of egg white antimicrobials: egg weight-dependent effects of avidin on avian embryo survival and hatchling phenotype
    Eva Krkavcová, Jakub Kreisinger, Ludmila Hyánková, Pavel Hyršl, Veronika Javůrková
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio031518 doi: 10.1242/bio.031518 Published 9 April 2018

    Summary: This is the first experimental study to evaluate the effects of increased concentration of egg white antimicrobial protein avidin on embryo viability, hatchling morphology and immune phenotype in birds.

  • Open Access
    Concerted evolution of body mass and cell size: similar patterns among species of birds (Galliformes) and mammals (Rodentia)
    Marcin Czarnoleski, Anna Maria Labecka, Dominika Dragosz-Kluska, Tomasz Pis, Katarzyna Pawlik, Filip Kapustka, Wincenty M. Kilarski, Jan Kozłowski
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio029603 doi: 10.1242/bio.029603 Published 9 April 2018

    Summary: In Galliformes birds and Rodentia mammals, larger species evolved larger cells of different cell types; in Galliformes birds, large-cell species evolved lower metabolic rates per unit mass.

  • Open Access
    Maternal immunization increases nestling energy expenditure, immune function, and fledging success in a passerine bird
    Gary Burness, Deanna Moher, Noah Ben-Ezra, Ryan J. Kelly, Dennis Hasselquist, Eunice H. Chin
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio028803 doi: 10.1242/bio.028803 Published 4 April 2018

    Summary: Exposure of female birds to a simulated pathogen prior to egg laying increases the metabolic rate, immune function, and fledging success of her nestlings.

  • Open Access
    Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog) oocytes: a novel heterologous expression system for aquaporins
    Jessica Kabutomori, Olivia Beloto-Silva, R. Ryan Geyer, Raif Musa-Aziz
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio031880 doi: 10.1242/bio.031880 Published 29 March 2018

    Summary: A unique and highly available heterologous expression system using Lithobates catesbeianus oocytes has been developed for researchers who have restricted or prohibited access to Xenopus laevis frogs and/or oocytes.

METHODS & TECHNIQUES

  • Open Access
    An optimised pipeline for parallel image-based quantification of gene expression and genotyping after in situ hybridisation
    Tomasz Dobrzycki, Monika Krecsmarik, Florian Bonkhofer, Roger Patient, Rui Monteiro
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio031096 doi: 10.1242/bio.031096 Published 9 April 2018

    Summary: Our optimised protocol to genotype zebrafish mutant embryos after in situ hybridisation and digitally quantify the in situ signal will help to standardise existing experimental designs and methods of analysis.

CORRECTION

  • Open Access
    Correction: Optogenetic activation of EphB2 receptor in dendrites induced actin polymerization by activating Arg kinase
    Clifford Locke, Kazuya Machida, Chandra L. Tucker, Yi Wu, Ji Yu
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio034694 doi: 10.1242/bio.034694 Published 23 April 2018
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    Interdomain interactions regulate the localization of a lipid transfer protein at ER-PM contact sites

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