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Pathogenic bacterial proteins interfere with eukaryotic ubiquitination pathways to induce cytopathic effects.
Authors: Jixin Cui, Qing Yao, Shan Li, Xiaojun Ding, Qiuhe Lu, Haibin Mao, Liping Liu, Ning Zheng, She Chen, Feng Shao
Ligand engagement and initiation of signaling has been imaged for a costimulatory receptor for immune cells in the skin.
Authors: Petra Verdino, Deborah A. Witherden, Wendy L. Havran, Ian A. Wilson
A costimulatory receptor for immune cells in the skin is identified.
Authors: Deborah A. Witherden, Petra Verdino, Stephanie E. Rieder, Olivia Garijo, Robyn E. Mills, Luc Teyton, Wolfgang H. Fischer, Ian A. Wilson, Wendy L. Havran
The energy sensor AMPK facilitates gene transcription by localizing to chromatin and phosphorylating histone H2B.
Authors: David Bungard, Benjamin J. Fuerth, Ping-Yao Zeng, Brandon Faubert, Nancy L. Maas, Benoit Viollet, David Carling, Craig B. Thompson, Russell G. Jones, Shelley L. Berger
Bacterial colonization of the mucosa is facilitated if the microbes engage a human receptor that counteracts epithelial exfoliation.
Authors: Petra Muenzner, Verena Bachmann, Wolfgang Zimmermann, Jochen Hentschel, Christof R. Hauck
An online experiment shows how network structure affects the spread of health behavior.
Author: Damon Centola
Future assemblies of animals following mass extinction cannot be predicted by analyses of Phanerozoic fossils.
Author: J. Alroy
Water trapped between mica and graphene layers at ambient conditions was imaged with atomic force microscopy.
Authors: Ke Xu, Peigen Cao, James R. Heath
