This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Molecular Biology headlines.
Combined treatment with l
-carnitine and a pan-caspase inhibitor effectively reverses amiodarone-induced injury in cultured human lung epithelial cells
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Source: Apoptosis - February 29, 2008 Tags: Apoptosis Source Type: news
Alterations of proliferative and differentiation potentials of human embryonic stem cells during long-term culture.
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Source: exp Mol Med - February 29, 2008 Authors: Park YB, Kim YY, Oh SK, Chung SG, Ku SY, Kim SH, Choi YM, Moon SY Tags: Exp Mol Med Source Type: news
Etoposide-induced Smad6 expression is required for the G1 to S phase transition of the cell cycle in CMT-93 mouse intestinal epithelial cells.
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Source: exp Mol Med - February 29, 2008 Authors: Lee YS, Lee EK, Han IO, Park SH Tags: Exp Mol Med Source Type: news
Comprehensive analysis of the metabolome of Pseudomonas putida S12 grown on different carbon sources
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Source: RSC - Mol. BioSyst. latest articles - February 29, 2008 Authors: Mariet J. van der WerfKarin M. Overkamp Bas Muilwijk Maud M. Koek Bianca J. C. van der Werff-van der Vat Renger H. Jellema Leon Coulier Thomas Hankemeier Source Type: news
New chromogenic substrates for feruloyl esterases
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 29, 2008 Authors: Laurence MarmuseMichele Asther Emeline Fabre David Navarro Laurence Lesage-Meessen Marcel Asther Michael O'Donohue Sebastien Fort Hugues Driguez Source Type: news
The regulatory network of E. coli metabolism as a Boolean
dynamical system exhibits both homeostasis and flexibility of
response
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Source: BMC Systems Biology - Latest articles - February 29, 2008 Authors: Areejit Samal and Sanjay Jain Source Type: news
Rutin inhibits osteoclast formation by decreasing reactive oxygen species and TNF-alpha by inhibiting activation of NF-kappaB.
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Source: exp Mol Med - February 29, 2008 Authors: Kyung TW, Lee JE, Shin HH, Choi HS Tags: Exp Mol Med Source Type: news
Nur77 upregulates HIF-alpha by inhibiting pVHL-mediated degradation.
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Source: exp Mol Med - February 29, 2008 Authors: Kim BY, Kim H, Cho EJ, Youn HD Tags: Exp Mol Med Source Type: news
There's more than one way to skin a cat: Yet another way to assess mitotic index by cytometry
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Source: Cytometry Part A - February 28, 2008 Authors: Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz Source Type: news
Enzyme-catalysed synthesis and reactions of benzene oxide/oxepine derivatives of methyl benzoates
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 28, 2008 Authors: Derek R. BoydNarain D. Sharma John S. Harrison John. F. Malone W. Colin McRoberts John T. G. Hamilton David B. Harper Source Type: news
How many events is enough? Are you positive?
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Source: Cytometry Part A - February 28, 2008 Authors: Mario Roederer Source Type: news
Crystal structure of human IPS-1/MAVS/VISA/Cardif caspase activation recruitment domain
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Source: BMC Structural Biology - Latest articles - February 28, 2008 Authors: Jane A Potter, Richard E Randall and Garry L Taylor Source Type: news
Approach to the hyacinthacines: first non-chiral pool synthesis of (+)-hyacinthacine A1
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 28, 2008 Authors: P. Venkatram ReddyAmael Veyron Peter Koos Alexandre Bayle Andrew E. Greene Philippe Delair Source Type: news
Enkephalin-encoding herpes simplex virus-1 decreases inflammation and hotplate sensitivity in a chronic pancreatitis model
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Source: Molecular Pain - February 28, 2008 Authors: Hong Yang, Terry A McNearney, Rong Chu, Ying Lu, Yong Ren, David C Yeomans, Steven P Wilson and Karin N Westlund Source Type: news
Synthesis of sialoclusters appended to calix[4]arene platforms via multiple azide-alkyne cycloaddition. New inhibitors of hemagglutination and cytopathic effect mediated by BK and influenza A viruses
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 28, 2008 Authors: Alberto MarraLisa Moni Daniele Pazzi Alfredo Corallini Deborah Bridi Alessandro Dondoni Source Type: news
Cyclic tetrapeptides via the ring contraction strategy: chemical techniques useful for their identification
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 28, 2008 Authors: Douglas A. HortonGregory T. Bourne Justin Coughlan Sonya M. Kaiser Carolyn M. Jacobs Alun Jones Andreas Ruhmann Jill Y. Turner Mark L. Smythe Source Type: news
NeuroAIDS: Characteristics and Diagnosis of the Neurological Complications of AIDS.
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Source: Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy - February 27, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (298 K) Source Type: news
Rapid Diagnostics for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Current Status.
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Source: Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy - February 27, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (253 K) Source Type: news
TLR and MBL Gene Polymorphisms in Severe Acute Pancreatitis.
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Source: Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy - February 27, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (239 K) Source Type: news
Regulation and Targeting of the Fission Yeast Formin cdc12p in Cytokinesis.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - February 27, 2008 Authors: Yonetani A, Lustig RJ, Moseley JB, Takeda T, Goode BL, Chang F Tags: Mol Biol Cell Source Type: news
The Nup358-RanGAP Complex is Required for Efficient Importin {alpha}/{beta}-dependent Nuclear Import.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - February 27, 2008 Authors: Hutten S, Flotho A, Melchior F, Kehlenbach RH Tags: Mol Biol Cell Source Type: news
Characterization of a temperature-sensitive mutation that impairs the function of yeast tRNA nucleotidyltransferase
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Source: Yeast - February 27, 2008 Authors: Xunying Shan, Tara A. Russell, Scott M. Paul, David B. Kushner, Paul B. M. Joyce Source Type: news
Multiplexed Dendritic Targeting of {alpha}CaMKII, NG and ARC RNAs by the A2 Pathway.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - February 27, 2008 Authors: Gao Y, Tatavarty V, Korza G, Levin MK, Carson JH Tags: Mol Biol Cell Source Type: news
Block modification of rod-shaped [small pi] conjugated carbon frameworks with donor and acceptor groups toward highly fluorescent molecules: synthesis and emission characteristics
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 27, 2008 Authors: Takanori OchiYoshihiro Yamaguchi Tateaki Wakamiya Yoshio Matsubara Zen-ichi Yoshida Source Type: news
Caveolae Structure and Function.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - February 27, 2008 Authors: Thomas CM, Smart EJ Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: news
Identification of multiple independent horizontal gene transfers into poxviruses using a comparative genomics approach
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles - February 27, 2008 Authors: Kirsten A Bratke and Aoife McLysaght Source Type: news
Performance of Integrated FDG-PET/CT for Differentiating Benign and Malignant Lung Lesions - Results from a Large Prospective Clinical Trial
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Source: Molecular Imaging and Biology - February 26, 2008 Tags: Molecular Imaging and Biology Source Type: news
The evolution of genome size in ants
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles - February 26, 2008 Authors: Neil D Tsutsui, Andrew V Suarez, Joseph C Spagna and J SPENCER Johnston Source Type: news
IkappaB kinase beta (IKKbeta/IKK2/IKBKB)-A key molecule in signaling to the transcription factor NF-kappaB.
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Source: Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews - February 26, 2008 Authors: Schmid JA, Birbach A Tags: Cytokine Growth Factor Rev Source Type: news
IGF2: Epigenetic regulation and role in development and disease.
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Source: Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews - February 26, 2008 Authors: Chao W, D'Amore PA Tags: Cytokine Growth Factor Rev Source Type: news
Characterization of human mesenchymal stem cell secretome at early steps of adipocyte and osteoblast differentiation
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Source: BMC Molecular Biology - Latest articles - February 26, 2008 Authors: Chiara Chiellini, Olivia Cochet, Luc Negroni, Michel Samson, Marjorie Poggi, Gerard Ailhaud, Marie-Christine Alessi, Christian Dani and Ez-Zoubir Amri Source Type: news
Non-equilibrium estimates of gene flow inferred from nuclear genealogies suggest that Iberian and North African wall lizards (Podarcis spp.) are an assemblage of incipient species
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles - February 26, 2008 Authors: Catarina Pinho, D. James Harris and Nuno Ferrand Source Type: news
Muller's Ratchet and compensatory mutation in Caenorhabditis briggsae mitochondrial genome evolution
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles - February 26, 2008 Authors: Dana K Howe and Dee R Denver Source Type: news
Daphnia Halloween genes encode cytochrome P450s mediating the synthesis of the arthropod molting hormones: evolutionary implications
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles - February 25, 2008 Authors: Kim F Rewitz and Lawrence I Gilbert Source Type: news
Liver-specific expression of p53-negative regulator mdm2 leads to growth retardation and fragile liver in zebrafish
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - February 25, 2008 Authors: Li-Je Chen, Chia-Chun Hsu, Jiann-Ruey Hong, Luen-Kuang Jou, Hung-Chia Tseng, Jen-Leih Wu, Yih-Cherng Liou, Guor Mour Her Source Type: news
Direct solid-phase synthesis and fluorescence labeling of large, monodisperse mannosylated dendrons in a peptide synthesizer
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 25, 2008 Authors: Eric Assen B. KantchevChung-Chieh Chang Shu-Fang Cheng Annie-Claude Roche Ding-Kwo Chang Source Type: news
LPS/TLR4 signal transduction pathway.
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Source: Cytokine - February 25, 2008 Authors: Lu YC, Yeh WC, Ohashi PS Tags: Cytokine Source Type: news
Effect of a long term treatment with a low dose granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on postinfarction process in the heart.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - February 24, 2008 Authors: Okada H, Takemura G, Li Y, Ohno T, Li L, Maruyama R, Esaki M, Miyata S, Kanamori H, Ogino A, Nakagawa M, Minatoguchi S, Fujiwar T, Fujiwara H Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: news
Localisation of the low affinity nerve growth factor receptor p75 in human limbal epithelial cells.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - February 24, 2008 Authors: Di Girolamo N, Sarris M, Chiu J, Cheema H, Coroneo MT, Wakefield D Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: news
Transcriptional activity and developmental expression of liver X receptor (lxr) in Zebrafish
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - February 24, 2008 Authors: Amena Archer, Gilbert Lauter, Giselbert Hauptmann, Agneta Mode, Jan-Åke Gustafsson Source Type: news
Primary cilia: Integral to development and disease
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - February 24, 2008 Authors: Peter Satir Source Type: news
Inactivation of zebrafish mrf4 leads to myofibril misalignment and motor axon growth disorganization
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - February 24, 2008 Authors: Yun-Hsin Wang, Chun-Kai Li, Gang-Hui Lee, Huey-Jen Tsay, Huai-Jen Tsai, Yau-Hung Chen Source Type: news
Caspases as therapeutic targets.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - February 24, 2008 Authors: Howley B, Fearnhead HO Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: news
Alternative splicing and expression analysis of bovine DNA methyltransferase 1
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - February 24, 2008 Authors: D. Fischer Russell, D. H. Betts Source Type: news
Diversity of interferon gamma and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in restoring immune dysfunction of dendritic cells and macrophages during polymicrobial sepsis.
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Source: Molecular Medicine - February 24, 2008 Authors: Flohé SB, Agrawal H, Flohé S, Rani M, Bangen JM, Schade FU Tags: Mol Med Source Type: news
Distinct structural elements of the adaptor ClpS are required for regulating degradation by ClpAP
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Source: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology - February 24, 2008 Authors: Jennifer Y HouRobert T SauerTania A Baker Tags: Article Source Type: news
Gene expression profiling demonstrates a novel role for fetal fibrocytes and the umbilical vessels in human fetoplacental development.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - February 24, 2008 Authors: Kim JS, Romero R, Tarca A, Lajeunesse C, Han YM, Kim MJ, Suh YL, Draghici S, Mittal P, Gotsch F, Kusanovic JP, Hassan S, Kim CJ Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: news
Proteasome inhibitor-induced apoptosis is mediated by positive feed-back amplification of PKCdelta proteolytic activation and mitochondrial translocation.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - February 24, 2008 Authors: Sun F, Kanthasamy A, Song C, Yang Y, Anantharam V, Kanthasamy AG Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: news
The development of several organs and appendages is impaired in mice lacking Sp6
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - February 24, 2008 Authors: Valérie Hertveldt, Stéphane Louryan, Thierry van Reeth, Pierre Drèze, Pascale van Vooren, Josiane Szpirer, Claude Szpirer Source Type: news
Proliferation and differentiation of intestinal stem cells during metamorphosis of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - February 24, 2008 Authors: R. Parthasarathy, Subba R. Palli Source Type: news
Hydrothermal Stability of Adenine Under Controlled Fugacities of N(2), CO (2) and H (2).
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Source: Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere - February 23, 2008 Authors: Franiatte M, Richard L, Elie M, Nguyen-Trung C, Perfetti E, Larowe DE Tags: Orig Life Evol Biosph Source Type: news
Raves and risks for erythropoietin.
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Source: Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews - February 23, 2008 Authors: Maiese K, Chong ZZ, Shang YC Tags: Cytokine Growth Factor Rev Source Type: news
Post-Messinian evolutionary relationships across the Sicilian channel: Mitochondrial and nuclear markers link a new green toad from Sicily to African relatives
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles - February 23, 2008 Authors: Matthias Stock, Alessandra Sicilia, Natalia M Belfiore, David Buckley, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Mario Lo Valvo and Marco Arculeo Source Type: news
Inhibitory action of polyunsaturated fatty acids on Cdt1-geminin interaction.
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Source: International Journal of Molecular Medicine - February 22, 2008 Authors: Mizushina Y, Takeuchi T, Takakusagi Y, Sugawara F, Sakaguchi K, Yoshida H, Fujita M Tags: Int J Mol Med Source Type: news
Fourier transform infrared spectromicroscopy and hierarchical cluster analysis of human meningiomas.
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Source: International Journal of Molecular Medicine - February 22, 2008 Authors: Ali K, Lu Y, Christensen C, May T, Hyett C, Griebel R, Fourney D, Meguro K, Resch L, Sharma RK Tags: Int J Mol Med Source Type: news
Significance of mitochondrial calcium and nitric oxide for apoptosis of human breast cancer cells induced by tamoxifen and etoposide.
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Source: International Journal of Molecular Medicine - February 22, 2008 Authors: Parihar A, Parihar MS, Ghafourifar P Tags: Int J Mol Med Source Type: news
Analysis of polymorphisms in the 3' untranslated region of the LDL receptor gene and their effect on plasma cholesterol levels and drug response.
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Source: International Journal of Molecular Medicine - February 22, 2008 Authors: Chen W, Wang S, Ma Y, Zhou Y, Liu H, Strnad P, Kraemer FB, Krauss RM, Liu J Tags: Int J Mol Med Source Type: news
Tissue expression of porcine FoxO1 and its negative regulation during primary preadipocyte differentiation.
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Source: Molecular Biology Reports - February 22, 2008 Authors: Pang WJ, Yu TY, Bai L, Yang YJ, Yang GS Tags: Mol Biol Rep Source Type: news
An iodoetherification-dehydroiodination strategy for the synthesis of complex spiroketals from dihydroxyalkene precursors
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - February 22, 2008 Authors: K. A. TonyXiaohua Li Darrin Dabideen Jialiang Li David R. Mootoo Source Type: news
EAPF/Phafin-2, a novel endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein, facilitates TNF-α-triggered cellular apoptosis through endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial apoptotic pathway
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Source: Journal of Molecular Medicine - February 21, 2008 Tags: Journal of Molecular Medicine Source Type: news
Epigenetic regulation of Hox gene activation: the waltz of methyls
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Source: BioEssays - February 21, 2008 Authors: Natalia Soshnikova, Denis Duboule Tags: What the papers say Source Type: news
Intrinsic disorder in pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes: discovering and analyzing the unfoldomes of early-branching eukaryotes
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Source: RSC - Mol. BioSyst. latest articles - February 21, 2008 Authors: Amrita MohanWilliam J. Sullivan Jr Predrag Radivojac A. Keith Dunker Vladimir N. Uversky Source Type: news
Modular transporters for subcellular cell-specific targeting of anti-tumor drugs
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Source: BioEssays - February 21, 2008 Authors: Alexander S. Sobolev Tags: Challenges Source Type: news
Self-assembled polyhydroxy fatty acids vesicles: a mechanism for plant cutin synthesis
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Source: BioEssays - February 21, 2008 Authors: José A. Heredia-Guerrero, José J. Benítez, Antonio Heredia Tags: Hypotheses Source Type: news
Epithelial topology
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Source: BioEssays - February 21, 2008 Authors: Radhika Nagpal, Ankit Patel, Matthew C. Gibson Tags: Problems and paradigms Source Type: news
The epidermal growth factor receptor and its ligands in female reproduction: Insights from rodent models.
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Source: Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews - February 21, 2008 Authors: Schneider MR, Wolf E Tags: Cytokine Growth Factor Rev Source Type: news
GRIM-19 Is Essential for Maintenance of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - February 20, 2008 Authors: Lu H, Cao X Tags: Mol Biol Cell Source Type: news
Proteasome modulators: essential chemical genetic tools for understanding human diseases
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Source: RSC - Mol. BioSyst. latest articles - February 20, 2008 Authors: Marie WehenkelJin Tae Hong Kyung Bo Kim Source Type: news
Neuronal Death by Oxidative Stress Involves Activation of FOXO3 through a Two-Arm Pathway that Activates Stress Kinases and Attenuates Insulin-like Growth Factor I Signalling.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - February 20, 2008 Authors: Dávila D, Torres-Aleman I Tags: Mol Biol Cell Source Type: news
The Cargo Receptors Surf4, ERGIC-53 and p25 are Required to Maintain the Architecture of ERGIC and Golgi.
