last updated November 2008
Archive: November 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- A new cog in a critical signaling machine
A previously uncharacterized protein regulates the activity of a receptor in a key molecular mechanism, the Wnt signaling pathway
cell biology
- Molecules in motion
A computer simulation has revealed valuable information about the mechanism and regulation of an essential transporter protein
- New lead for drugs against HIV
Derivatives of a common antibiotic can increase resistance to the AIDS-causing virus in white blood cells
- Deciphering developmental signaling
A genetic screen reveals that in humans and toads a specific phospholipid mediates a signaling pathway with multifarious roles
- Prion propagation
Mutations in yeast lead to the formation of infectious prions
cell cycle, apoptosis and differentiation
- Mediating stress
A link has been found between the two alternative pathways that are followed by cells subjected to stress
immunology
- Deciphering how malaria damages the brain
Australian researches demonstrate that aggressive T lymphocytes directed against malaria protozoa cause cerebral malaria in mice
protein structure and function
- Base-flipping assists regulation of gene activity
DNA maintains a constant pattern of methylation via a newly identified mechanism
transcription and RNA processing
- When insulators are not necessarily barriers
The gene locus H19/Igf2 harbors independent transcriptional insulator and chromatin barrier activity
