This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Research headlines.
Selected Update: Stem cells: Safeguarding pluripotency
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Source: Nature Signaling Update - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Selected Update: Gene regulation: Gathering a bouquet of miRNA targets
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Source: Nature Signaling Update - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Research Library: Smad3 and NFAT cooperate to induce Foxp3 expression through its enhancer
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Source: Nature Signaling Update - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA) (G11)
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Mayo Clinic researchers propose new strategies to combat side effects of common breast cancer drug treatment
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Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - February 28, 2008 Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: info
Networking an organism
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Source: Nature Methods - February 28, 2008 Authors: Natalie de Souza Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: info
An origami chip of DNA
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Source: Nature Methods - February 28, 2008 Authors: Irene Kaganman Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: info
A global view of transcriptional regulation by nuclear receptors: gene expression, factor localization, and DNA sequence analysis.
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Source: Nucl Recept Signal - February 28, 2008 Authors: Kininis M, Kraus WL Tags: Nucl Recept Signal Source Type: info
Estrogen receptor beta: an overview and update.
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Source: Nucl Recept Signal - February 28, 2008 Authors: Zhao C, Dahlman-Wright K, Gustafsson JA Tags: Nucl Recept Signal Source Type: info
Structural basis for recognition of Co2+ by RNA aptamers
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Source: FEBS Journal - February 28, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Notice Regarding PAR-06-485 Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Limited Competition for Data Deposition and Analyses of Genome Wide Association Studies of Mental Disorders (Collaborative R01)
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Notice of Change in Council Review Dates for RFA-DK-07-004, RFA-DK-07-006, RFA-DK-07-010 and RFA-DK-07-012
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
The third RNA recognition motif of Drosophila ELAV protein has a role in multimerization
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Toba, G., White, K. Tags: RNA Source Type: info
Assembly and structural analysis of a covalently closed nano-scale DNA cage
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Andersen, F. F., Knudsen, B., Oliveira, C. L. P., Frohlich, R. F., Kruger, D., Bungert, J., Agbandje-McKenna, M., McKenna, R., Juul, S., Veigaard, C., Koch, J., Rubinstein, J. L., Guldbrandtsen, B., Hede, M. S., Karlsson, G., Andersen, A. H., Pedersen, J. Tags: Structural Biology Source Type: info
Saccharomyces cerevisiae HMO1 interacts with TFIID and participates in start site selection by RNA polymerase II
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Kasahara, K., Ki, S., Aoyama, K., Takahashi, H., Kokubo, T. Tags: Molecular Biology Source Type: info
Detection of a circadian enhancer in the mDbp promoter using prokaryotic transposon vector-based strategy
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Kiyohara, Y. B., Nishii, K., Ukai-Tadenuma, M., Ueda, H. R., Uchiyama, Y., Yagita, K. Tags: Genomics Methods Online Source Type: info
Structural insights into RNA-dependent eukaryal and archaeal selenocysteine formation
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Araiso, Y., Palioura, S., Ishitani, R., Sherrer, R. L., O'Donoghue, P., Yuan, J., Oshikane, H., Domae, N., DeFranco, J., Soll, D., Nureki, O. Tags: Structural Biology Source Type: info
Loop dependence of the stability and dynamics of nucleic acid hairpins
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Kuznetsov, S. V., Ren, C.-C., Woodson, S. A., Ansari, A. Tags: Structural Biology Source Type: info
Drosophila Ebi mediates Snail-dependent transcriptional repression through HDAC3-induced histone deacetylation
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Source: The EMBO Journal AOP - February 28, 2008 Authors: Dai QiMattias BergmanHitoshi AiharaYutaka NibuMattias Mannervik Tags: Article Source Type: info
The cucumovirus 2b gene drives selection of inter-viral recombinants affecting the crossover site, the acceptor RNA and the rate of selection
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Shi, B.-J., Symons, R. H., Palukaitis, P. Tags: RNA Source Type: info
Proteomic screen defines the hepatocyte nuclear factor 1{alpha}-binding partners and identifies HMGB1 as a new cofactor of HNF1{alpha}
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Yu, M., Wang, J., Li, W., Yuan, Y. Z., Li, C. Y., Qian, X. H., Xu, W. X., Zhan, Y. Q., Yang, X. M. Tags: Molecular Biology Source Type: info
Conserved elements with potential to form polymorphic G-quadruplex structures in the first intron of human genes
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Source: Nucleic Acids Research - February 28, 2008 Authors: Eddy, J., Maizels, N. Tags: Genomics Source Type: info
Induction of initial heart α-actin, smooth muscle α-actin, in chick pregastrula epiblast: The role of hypoblast and fibroblast growth factor-8
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Source: Development, Growth and Differentiation - February 27, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Do animal personalities emerge?
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Source: Nature - February 27, 2008 Authors: François MassolPierre-André Crochet Tags: Brief Communication Arising Source Type: info
Topoisomerase inhibitors as anti-arthritic agents
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Source: Inflammation Research - February 27, 2008 Tags: Inflammation Research Source Type: info
Development and Aging Expression of Cystathionine-Beta Synthase in the Temporal Lobe and Cerebellum of Down Syndrome Patients
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Source: Neuroembryology and Aging - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Postnatal Developmental Changes of Vitreous and Lens Volumes in Sprague-Dawley Rats
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Source: Neuroembryology and Aging - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Warwick & Coventry Primary Care Research
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Source: RDFunding RSS feed - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
CO2 regulator SLAC1 and its homologues are essential for anion homeostasis in plant cells
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Source: Nature AOP - February 27, 2008 Authors: Juntaro NegiOsamu MatsudaTakashi NagasawaYasuhiro ObaHideyuki TakahashiMaki Kawai-YamadaHirofumi UchimiyaMimi HashimotoKoh Iba Tags: Letter Source Type: info
Political debate: it is a risk, but one that's worth taking
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Source: Nature - February 27, 2008 Authors: Neal Lane Tags: Correspondence Source Type: info
Abstractions
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Source: Nature - February 27, 2008 Tags: Authors Source Type: info
In utero Repair of Myelomeningocele: Rationale, Initial Clinical Experience and a Randomized Controlled Prospective Clinical Trial
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Source: Neuroembryology and Aging - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
BWH Researchers Identify Mutated Genes Unique to Mesothelioma Tumors
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Source: BWH for Journalists - February 24, 2008 Source Type: info
SNP discovery and allele frequency estimation by deep sequencing of reduced representation libraries
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Source: Nature Methods - February 24, 2008 Authors: Curtis P Van TassellTimothy P L SmithLakshmi K MatukumalliJeremy F TaylorRobert D SchnabelCynthia Taylor LawleyChristian D HaudenschildStephen S MooreWesley C WarrenTad S Sonstegard Tags: Article Source Type: info
Identification of a serotonin/glutamate receptor complex implicated in psychosis
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Source: Nature AOP - February 24, 2008 Authors: Javier González-MaesoRosalind L. AngTony YuenPokman ChanNoelia V. WeisstaubJuan F. López-GiménezMingming ZhouYuuya OkawaLuis F. CalladoGraeme MilliganJay A. GingrichMarta FilizolaJ. Javier MeanaStuart C. Sealfon Tags: Letter Source Type: info
Preserving cell shape under environmental stress
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Source: Nature AOP - February 24, 2008 Authors: Boaz CookRobert W. HardyWilliam B. McConnaugheyCharles S. Zuker Tags: Letter Source Type: info
Selected Update: Tumour immunology: TGFbeta betrays immunity for tumorigenesis
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Source: Nature Signaling Update - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Centers of Excellence in Genomics Science (CEGS) (P50)
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Notice of Clarification of Funding Ceiling for RFA-OH-08-003
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
The Use of an Anti-CD40 Agonist Monoclonal Antibody During Immunizations Enhances Hybridoma Generation
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Source: Hybridoma - February 22, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody to Botulinum Neurotoxin Type B Light Chain by Phage Display
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Source: Hybridoma - February 22, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Monoclonal Antibody-Based Lateral Flow Assay for Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A
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Source: Hybridoma - February 22, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Value and feasibility of HPV DNA test in cervical scraping smears
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Source: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- - February 22, 2008 Tags: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- Source Type: info
Functional role of dendritic cells in patients with unstable angina
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Source: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- - February 22, 2008 Tags: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- Source Type: info
Effects of postoperative enteral immune-enhancing diet on plasma endotoxin level, plasma endotoxin inactivation capacity and clinical outcome
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Source: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- - February 22, 2008 Tags: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- Source Type: info
Toward a global database for the molecular typing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains
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Source: FEMS Yeast Research - February 22, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
LPS Induces Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Activation in Macrophage-Differentiated Cells in a Reactive Oxygen Species–Dependent Manner
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Source: Antioxidants and Redox Signaling - February 21, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Cooperative Research Partnerships for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (U01)
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Molecular Phenotypes for Lung Diseases (R01)
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Administrative Supplements for Making Knockout Mice
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Notice of Amendment to the Foreign Component Restriction, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54), RFA-RM-06-002, RM-07-002 and RM-07-007
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Participation of NINDS in PA-08-071, Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Brain and Behavioral Research (SBIR [R43/R44])
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Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Nominations open for the BA Award Lectures 2008
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Source: Medical Research Council Funding News - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
A methodological framework to distinguish spectrum effects from spectrum biases and to assess diagnostic and screening test accuracy for patient populations. Application to the Papanicolaou cervical cancer smear test
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Source: BMC Medical Research Methodology - Latest articles - February 21, 2008 Authors: Caroline Elie and Joel Coste Source Type: info
Mutant Huntingtin reduces HSP70 expression through the sequestration of NF-Y transcription factor
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Source: The EMBO Journal AOP - February 21, 2008 Authors: Tomoyuki YamanakaHaruko MiyazakiFumitaka OyamaMasaru KurosawaChika WashizuHiroshi DoiNobuyuki Nukina Tags: Article Source Type: info
Perturbed desmosomal cadherin expression in grainy head-like 1-null mice
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Source: The EMBO Journal AOP - February 21, 2008 Authors: Tomasz WilanowskiJacinta CaddyStephen B TingNikki R HislopLoretta CerrutiAlana AudenLin-Lin ZhaoStephen AsquithSarah EllisRodney SinclairJohn M CunninghamStephen M Jane Tags: Article Source Type: info
Protective effects of a new metalloporphyrin on paraquat-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in N27 cells
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Source: Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica - February 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Energetic neutral atoms as the explanation for the high-velocity hydrogen around HD 209458b
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: M. HolmströmA. EkenbäckF. SelsisT. PenzH. LammerP. Wurz Tags: Letter Source Type: info
Phosphoinositide signalling links O-GlcNAc transferase to insulin resistance
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Xiaoyong YangPat P. OngusahaPhilip D. MilesJoyce C. HavstadFengxue ZhangW. Venus SoJeffrey E. KudlowRobert H. MichellJerrold M. OlefskySeth J. FieldRonald M. Evans Tags: Article Source Type: info
Global trends in emerging infectious diseases
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Kate E. JonesNikkita G. PatelMarc A. LevyAdam StoreygardDeborah BalkJohn L. GittlemanPeter Daszak Tags: Letter Source Type: info
HIF-independent regulation of VEGF and angiogenesis by the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Zoltan AranyShi-Yin FooYanhong MaJorge L. RuasArchana Bommi-ReddyGeoffrey GirnunMarcus CooperDina LaznikJessica ChinsomboonShamina M. RangwalaKwan Hyuck BaekAnthony RosenzweigBruce M. Spiegelman Tags: Letter Source Type: info
Martian stepped-delta formation by rapid water release
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Erin R. KraalMaurits van DijkGeorge PostmaMaarten G. Kleinhans Tags: Letter Source Type: info
Role of melatonin in regulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 via tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 during protection against endometriosis
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Source: Journal of Pineal Research - February 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Networking Technique Enables Gene Discovery
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Source: NIGMS Biomedical Beat - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Exhibition: Cultures in the capital
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Jane Rees Tags: Books and Arts Source Type: info
The developmental genetics of congenital heart disease
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Benoit G. Bruneau Tags: Insight Source Type: info
Interrelationship between serum and sputum inflammatory mediators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Source: Braz J Med Biol Res - February 20, 2008 Authors: Bizeto L, Mazzolini AB, Ribeiro M, Stelmach R, Cukier A, Nunes MP Tags: Braz J Med Biol Res Source Type: info
The search for new cardiovascular biomarkers
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Robert E. GersztenThomas J. Wang Tags: Insight Source Type: info
Architectural healing
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: D. Kirk Hamilton Tags: Books and Arts Source Type: info
Imaging of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Javier SanzZahi A. Fayad Tags: Insight Source Type: info
Proline-catalysed Mannich reactions of acetaldehyde
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Source: Nature AOP - February 20, 2008 Authors: Jung Woon YangCarley ChandlerMichael StadlerDaniela KampenBenjamin List Tags: Letter Source Type: info
Citations in supplementary information are invisible
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Source: Nature - February 20, 2008 Authors: Frank Seeber Tags: Correspondence Source Type: info
A peptide deformylase–ribosome complex reveals mechanism of nascent chain pro
