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Bacterial ammonia and formaldehyde production requires prior processing of a dehydrogenase to form a cofactor.
Authors: Lyndal M. R. Jensen, Ruslan Sanishvili, Victor L. Davidson, Carrie M. Wilmot
Models of metabolic regulation show how the stability of specific components is maintained within a varying environment.
Authors: Guy Shinar, Martin Feinberg
Skin wounds can be repaired by primitive stem cells into fully differentiated tissue, complete with hairs and sebaceous glands.
Authors: Hugo J. Snippert, Andrea Haegebarth, Maria Kasper, Viljar Jaks, Johan H. van Es, Nick Barker, Marc van de Wetering, Maaike van den Born, Harry Begthel, Robert G. Vries, Daniel E. Stange, Rune Toftgård, Hans Clevers
Mechanical forces acting on a cell-surface receptor affect the activation of a signaling pathway involved in breast cancer.
Authors: Khalid Salaita, Pradeep M. Nair, Rebecca S. Petit, Richard M. Neve, Debopriya Das, Joe W. Gray, Jay T. Groves
Methods recently developed for taxonomic analysis are fast and do not compromise accuracy.
Author: Sebastien Roch
Prenatal hormonal signaling can match a mother bird’s capacity to provide food with her offsprings’ expectations.
Authors: Camilla A. Hinde, Rufus A. Johnstone, Rebecca M. Kilner
Comparison of melanosome shape and density between fossil feathers and modern ones reveals the appearance and color of a theropod.
Authors: Quanguo Li, Ke-Qin Gao, Jakob Vinther, Matthew D. Shawkey, Julia A. Clarke, Liliana D’Alba, Qingjin Meng, Derek E. G. Briggs, Richard O. Prum
Analysis of gravity data reveals that Saturn’s moon Titan has a partially differentiated internal structure.
Authors: Luciano Iess, Nicole J. Rappaport, Robert A. Jacobson, Paolo Racioppa, David J. Stevenson, Paolo Tortora, John W. Armstrong, Sami W. Asmar
