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[Report] Nuclear Actin Network Assembly by Formins Regulates the SRF Coactivator MAL
A dynamic polymeric actin structure inside the nucleus is part of the serum response in mammalian tissue culture cells.
Authors: Christian Baarlink, Haicui Wang, Robert Grosse
Authors: Christian Baarlink, Haicui Wang, Robert Grosse
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[Report] Wnt Stabilization of β-Catenin Reveals Principles for Morphogen Receptor-Scaffold Assemblies
The scaffold protein Axin has an active role in modulating signaling through the Wnt pathway.
Authors: Sung-Eun Kim, He Huang, Ming Zhao, Xinjun Zhang, Aili Zhang, Mikhail V. Semonov, Bryan T. MacDonald, Xiaowu Zhang, Jose Garcia Abreu, Leilei Peng, Xi He
Authors: Sung-Eun Kim, He Huang, Ming Zhao, Xinjun Zhang, Aili Zhang, Mikhail V. Semonov, Bryan T. MacDonald, Xiaowu Zhang, Jose Garcia Abreu, Leilei Peng, Xi He
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[Report] Activation of the Yeast Hippo Pathway by Phosphorylation-Dependent Assembly of Signaling Complexes
A scaffold protein provides a two-step regulatory mechanism to control the exit from mitosis in yeast.
Authors: Jeremy M. Rock, Daniel Lim, Lasse Stach, Roksana W. Ogrodowicz, Jamie M. Keck, Michele H. Jones, Catherine C. L. Wong, John R. Yates III, Mark Winey, Stephen J. Smerdon, Michael B. Yaffe, Angelika Amon
Authors: Jeremy M. Rock, Daniel Lim, Lasse Stach, Roksana W. Ogrodowicz, Jamie M. Keck, Michele H. Jones, Catherine C. L. Wong, John R. Yates III, Mark Winey, Stephen J. Smerdon, Michael B. Yaffe, Angelika Amon
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[Report] ATAXIN-2 Activates PERIOD Translation to Sustain Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila
Fruit fly circadian clock function requires protein translation regulated by an RNA-binding protein.
Authors: Chunghun Lim, Ravi Allada
Authors: Chunghun Lim, Ravi Allada
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[Report] A Role for Drosophila ATX2 in Activation of PER Translation and Circadian Behavior
Fruit fly circadian clock function requires protein translation regulated by an RNA-binding protein.
Authors: Yong Zhang, Jinli Ling, Chunyan Yuan, Raphaëlle Dubruille, Patrick Emery
Authors: Yong Zhang, Jinli Ling, Chunyan Yuan, Raphaëlle Dubruille, Patrick Emery
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[Podcast] Science Podcast: 17 May Show
Listen to stories on fracking, troubling science software, the science of taste, and more.
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[Review] Impact of Shale Gas Development on Regional Water Quality
Authors: R. D. Vidic, S. L. Brantley, J. M. Vandenbossche, D. Yoxtheimer, J. D. Abad
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News in Brief: Highlights from the Biology of Genomes meeting
An enormous tree's enormous genome, genes for strong-swimming sperm and more presented May 7-11 in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
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Book Review : Fatal Flaws: How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain by Jay Ingram
Learn how scientists discovered misshapen proteins called prions and found that these agents cause mad cow and other neurological diseases.
Yale Univ., 2013, 282 p., $30
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Book Review : Robot Futures by Illah Reza Nourbakhsh
A robotics professor ponders the societal implications of living with robots as part of daily life and offers a vision for a harmonious future.
MIT, 2013, 133 p., $24.95
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Book Review : The World's Rarest Birds by Erik Hirschfeld, Andy Swash and Robert Still
This guide, filled with photos and descriptions of conservation efforts, illustrates the perils faced by rare and endangered avian species.
Princeton Univ., 2013, 360 p., $45
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Book Review : Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre by Tim Gallagher
A naturalist dodges drug traffickers and other dangers in Mexico while searching for the imperial woodpecker, last seen in 1956.
Atria, 2013, 277 p., $26
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Invasive frogs may spread deadly amphibian fungus
Imported African species implicated in B. dendrobatidis epidemic
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Book Review : Are We Being Watched?: The Search for Life in the Cosmos by Paul Murdin
An astronomer looks at how and where life may have emerged and whether Earthlings are alone in the universe.
Thames & Hudson, 2013, 224 p., $24.95
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Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven rover.
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Galaxy's Ring of Fire
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NASA Helps Pinpoint Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise
A new study of glaciers worldwide from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.
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Ecologists reaching out #reachingoutsci
By Nadine Lymn, ESA director of public affairs Since the earliest days of the Ecological Society of America’s existence (it’s 98 years old) ecologists have sought to share scientific information. In the 1950s, the Society created a public affairs committee and its members actively engaged with federal policy makers on some of the key [...]
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Book Review : BOOK REVIEW: Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes
Review by Allison Bohac
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