This is a selection of articles from the June 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Biomedical Science headlines.
Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Invasion
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Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - June 30, 2008 Tags: Biomedicine (general) Source Type: news
The Genetics and Molecular Biology of Neural Tumors (Sandberg et al.)
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Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - June 30, 2008 Tags: Human Genetics (general) Source Type: news
Effect of different antihypertensive treatments on Ras / MAPKinases / Akt activation in hypertension and diabetes
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Source: Clinical Science - June 30, 2008 Authors: L Fernández-Campo, M T. Grande, J Diego, I Fuentes-Calvo, J Florencio Macías-Núñez, A Sánchez-Rodríguez, J Grande, L García-Ortiz, J M. López-Novoa, C Martínez-Salgado Tags: CS Cardiovascular System Source Type: news
Alpha-isoforms of soluble and membrane-linked folate binding protein in human blood.
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Source: Bioscience Reports - June 30, 2008 Authors: Høier-Madsen M, Holm J, Hansen SI Tags: Biosci Rep Source Type: news
Identification and characterization of mature beta-hexosaminidases associated to human placenta lysosomal membrane.
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Source: Bioscience Reports - June 30, 2008 Authors: Magini A, Mencarelli S, Tancini B, Ciccarone VV, Urbanelli L, Hasilik A, Emiliani C Tags: Biosci Rep Source Type: news
The NgAOX1a gene cloned from Nicotiana glutinosa is implicated in response to abiotic and biotic stresses.
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Source: Bioscience Reports - June 30, 2008 Authors: Wang J, Wang X, Liu C, Zhang J, Zhu C, Guo X Tags: Biosci Rep Source Type: news
In vitro characterization of native mammalian smooth muscle protein synaptopodin 2.
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Source: Bioscience Reports - June 30, 2008 Authors: Schroeter MM, Beall B, Heid HW, Chalovich JM Tags: Biosci Rep Source Type: news
LPS and Poly I:C Induce Chromatin Modifications at a Novel Upstream Region of the IL-23 p19 Promoter
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Source: Inflammation - June 28, 2008 Tags: Inflammation Source Type: news
Starvation Hormone Makes Mice Small
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Source: NIGMS - Results - June 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Ronin Keeps ES Cells' Potential
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Source: NIGMS - Results - June 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Hear it, watch it, read it.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Gough NR Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
A cunning stunt: an alternative mechanism of eukaryotic translation initiation.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Morley SJ, Coldwell MJ Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
An emerging picture of synapse formation: a balance of two opposing pathways.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Ono F Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Synaptic patterning by morphogen signaling.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Williamson WR, Hiesinger PR Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Back from the dormant stage: second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose essential for Toxoplasma gondii pathogenicity.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Guse AH Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Cell stress gives a red light to the mitochondrial cell death pathway.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Guicciardi ME, Gores GJ Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Dissociation of heterotrimeric g proteins in cells.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Lambert NA Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
GABA effects on neurogenesis: an arsenal of regulation.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Yuan TF Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
TCR triggering by the pMHC complex: valency, affinity, and dynamics.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Varma R Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Silent assassin: oncogenic ras directs epigenetic inactivation of target genes.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Cheng X Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
ROCO kinase activity is controlled by internal GTPase function.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Weiss B Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Context-dependent activation or inhibition of Wnt-beta-catenin signaling by Kremen.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Cselenyi CS, Lee E Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
pVHL: a multipurpose adaptor protein.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Frew IJ, Krek W Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Science Signaling Podcast: 06 May 2008.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Adler EM, Vanhook AM Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Focus Issue: A Niche of One's Own.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Adler EM, Foley JF Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Eph, a protein family coming of age: more confusion, insight, or complexity?
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Lackmann M, Boyd AW Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Watching molecules talking to each other.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Friedrich K, Janssen O, Hass R Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Focal adhesion kinase versus p53: apoptosis or survival?
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Cance WG, Golubovskaya VM Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Matrix elasticity, cytoskeletal tension, and TGF-beta: the insoluble and soluble meet.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Wells RG, Discher DE Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Human ITPK1: a reversible inositol phosphate kinase/phosphatase that links receptor-dependent phospholipase C to Ca2+-activated chloride channels.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Saiardi A, Cockcroft S Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Science signaling podcast: 17 june 2008.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Adler EM, Vanhook AM Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Meeting report: cGMP matters.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Kemp-Harper B, Feil R Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Intracellular signaling by Akt: bound to be specific.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Franke TF Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
SRC-3 transcription-coupled activation, degradation, and the ubiquitin clock: is there enough coactivator to go around in cells?
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Lonard DM, O'Malley BW Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Geranylgeranylation but not GTP-loading of Rho GTPases determines T cell function.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Waiczies S, Bendix I, Zipp F Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Teaching resources. Using web-based discussion forums as a model of the peer-review process and a tool for assessment.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Jenkins SL, Iyengar R, Diverse-Pierluissi MA, Chan AM, Devi LA, Sobie EA, Ting AT, Weinstein DC Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Exosomes secreted by bacterially infected macrophages are proinflammatory.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: O'Neill HC, Quah BJ Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
A cytoskeletal platform for local translation in axons.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Van Horck FP, Holt CE Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
ETosis: a novel cell death pathway.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Wartha F, Henriques-Normark B Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Notch and integrin affinity: a sticky situation.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Karsan A Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Teaching resource. Quantitative models of mammalian cell signaling pathways.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Iyengar R Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Is zinc a neuromodulator?
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Kay AR, Tóth K Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Steering in quadruplet: the complex signaling pathways directing chemotaxis.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Rericha EC, Parent CA Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Bacterial-modulated signaling pathways in gut homeostasis.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Lee WJ Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Diversification of the function of cell-to-cell signaling in regulation of virulence within plant pathogenic xanthomonads.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Dow M Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Physiological and pathological actions of calpains in glutamatergic neurons.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Liu J, Liu MC, Wang KK Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
VGF, a new player in antidepressant action?
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Malberg JE, Monteggia LM Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
NFAT is well placed to direct both enhancer looping and domain-wide models of enhancer function.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Cockerill PN Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Notch signaling in osteoblasts.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Canalis E Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Matrix metalloproteinase-7 and the 20S proteasome contribute to cellular senescence.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Bertram C, Hass R Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Nuclear ubiquitin ligases, NF-kappaB degradation, and the control of inflammation.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Natoli G, Chiocca S Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
The endoplasmic reticulum takes center stage in cell cycle regulation.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Fearon P, Cohen-Fix O Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Science Signaling Podcast: 08 April 2008.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Adler EM, Foley JF Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Focus issue: mechanisms of gene regulation.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Foley JF Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Metabotropic glutamate receptors and fragile x mental retardation protein: partners in translational regulation at the synapse.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Ronesi JA, Huber KM Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
In vivo imaging of T cell priming.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Henrickson SE, Mempel TR, Mazo IB, Liu B, Artyomov MN, Zheng H, Peixoto A, Flynn M, Senman B, Junt T, Wong HC, Chakraborty AK, von Andrian UH Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Calpain in the CNS: from synaptic function to neurotoxicity.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Liu J, Liu MC, Wang KK Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Pharmacological PKA inhibition: all may not be what it seems.
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Source: Science Signaling - June 26, 2008 Authors: Murray AJ Tags: Sci Signal Source Type: news
Protein in Mosquitoes Metabolizes DDT
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Source: NIGMS - Results - June 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Chemists Use 'Green Chemistry' to Produce Widely Used Compound
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Source: NIGMS - Results - June 26, 2008 Source Type: news
EUREKA Program Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
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Source: NIGMS - What's New - June 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Protein Puzzlers
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Source: NIGMS Computing Life - June 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Protein Puzzlers
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Source: NIGMS Computing Life - June 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Bridging fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - June 25, 2008 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: news
The renal cortical interstitium: morphological and functional aspects
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - June 25, 2008 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: news
Numbat: an interactive software tool for fitting Deltachi-tensors to molecular coordinates using pseudocontact shifts.
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Source: Journal of Bimolecular NMR - June 24, 2008 Authors: Schmitz C, Stanton-Cook MJ, Su XC, Otting G, Huber T Tags: J Biomol NMR Source Type: news
Dinucleotide polyphosphates contribute to purinergic signalling via inhibition of adenylate kinase activity.
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Source: Bioscience Reports - June 24, 2008 Authors: Yegutkin G, Jankowski J, Jalkanen S, Günthner T, Zidek W, Jankowski V Tags: Biosci Rep Source Type: news
Using relaxation dispersion NMR spectroscopy to determine structures of excited, invisible protein states.
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Source: Journal of Bimolecular NMR - June 24, 2008 Authors: Hansen DF, Vallurupalli P, Kay LE Tags: J Biomol NMR Source Type: news
Influenza Vaccines for the Future
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Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - June 23, 2008 Tags: Virology Source Type: news
Comparative Hepatitis
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Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - June 23, 2008 Tags: Medical Microbiology (general) Source Type: news
Protein-Protein Interactions as New Drug Targets
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Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - June 23, 2008 Tags: Pharmacology / Toxicology Source Type: news
Variations in mass transfer to single endothelial cells.