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Plant Transcription Factors @ uni-potsdam.de
We present the Plant Transcription Factor Database (PlnTFDB), and the putative complete set of TFs in the algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Ostreococcus tauri and the vascular plants _Oryza sati…
Received 26 June 2007 12:09 UTC; Posted 26 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Bioinformatics, Plant Biology
Bacterial Capnine Blocks Transcription of Human Antimicrobial Peptides
The US CDC believes that 65% of all infections in developed countries may be caused by pathogens in biofilms. Electron Microscopy has shown that these bacterial communities can evade phagocytosis, ...
Received 21 June 2007 16:29 UTC; Posted 22 June 2007
Posted to: Immunology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics
Plants at risk from climate change
The popular garden flower Cyclamen grows natively in the Mediterranean. Climate change could make the region unsuitable for 18/21 species in 50 years time. Ant-dispersed Cyclamen can’t hope to mi…
Received 21 June 2007 09:07 UTC; Posted 21 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Phyloclimatic Modelling: Phylogenies, Palaeo-climate and Environmental Preferences
A new technique is demonstrated for the interpretation of the role played by climate in plant diversity through the optimisation of climate variables on phylogenetic trees. This is achieved by calc…
Received 21 June 2007 07:25 UTC; Posted 21 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Adaptive evolution and then what?
Traits determining ecological interactions and dynamics are generally subject to natural selection. That genetically based individual variation in ecological traits can influence population dynamic…
Received 16 June 2007 13:48 UTC; Posted 18 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Fluctuating population dynamics promotes the evolution of phenotypic plasticity
An increasing number of studies are showing evidence in support of sympatric speciation. One basic question remains, however. When a population has undergone a branching in its phenotype, is this d…
Received 16 June 2007 13:37 UTC; Posted 16 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology
Molecular Static and Dynamic Analyses reveal Flaw in Murine Model used by US FDA to Detect Drug Carcinogenicity
The US FDA currently accepts carcinogenicity studies of pharmaceutical drugs based on murine models. In addition to 6 month studies with p53(+/-) and ras.H2 transgenic mice, lifetime studies (typic…
Received 15 June 2007 18:05 UTC; Posted 15 June 2007
Posted to: Biotechnology, Cancer, Immunology, Pharmacology, Bioinformatics
Intact mitochondria migrate in membrane tubular network connections formed between human stem cells
The hypothesis of mitochondrial transfer between eukaryotic animal cells is intriguing, although its route of action and physiological role is unknown. Our goal was to examine intercellular connect…
Received 12 June 2007 16:02 UTC; Posted 13 June 2007
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology
DARPP-32 is a robust integrator of dopamine and glutamate signals
Integration of neurotransmitter and neuromodulator signals in the striatum plays a central role in the functions and dysfunctions of the basal ganglia. DARPP-32 is a key actor of this integration i…
Received 30 November 2006 13:14 UTC; Posted 30 November 2006
Posted to: Neuroscience
