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Phototactic purple bacteria
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An early haematopoietic defect in mice lacking the transcription factor GATA-2
Blood cell development relies on the expansion and maintenance of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the embryo. By gene targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells, we demonstrate that the transcription ...
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Amyloid-associated proteins α1-antichymotrypsin and apolipoprotein E promote assembly of Alzheimer β-protein into filaments
THE protease inhibitor α,-antichymotrypsin and the lipid transport protein apolipoprotein E (apoE) are intimately associated with the 42-amino-acid β-peptide (Aβ) in the filamentous amyloid deposits of Alzheim...
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Ypt1p implicated in v-SNARE activation
SYNAPTOBREVIN-LIKE membrane proteins that reside on transport vesicles, called the vesicle SNARE (v-SNARE), play a key role in ensuring that a vesicle targets and fuses with its correct acceptor compartment1–3. H...
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Sequence specificity and transcriptional activation in the binding of lactoferrin to DNA
LACTOFERRIN, an iron-binding glycoprotein found in high concentrations in human milk and other epithelial secretions1 and in the secondary (specific) granules of neutrophils2, is thought to be responsible for pri...
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A kinase–cyclin pair in the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme
THE RNA polymerase II holoenzyme consists of RNA polymerase II, a subset of general transcription factors, and regulatory proteins known as SRB proteins1,2. The genes encoding SRB proteins were isolated as suppre...
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The receptor DEC-205 expressed by dendritic cells and thymic epithelial cells is involved in antigen processing
DENDRITIC cells and thymic epithelial cells perform important immunoregulatory functions by presenting antigens in the form of peptides bound to cell-surface major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules to...
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Interaction between the retinoblastoma protein and the oncoprotein MDM2
INACTIVATION of tumour-suppressor genes leads to deregulated cell proliferation and is a key factor in human tumorigenesis. Both p53 and retinoblastoma genes are frequently mutated in human cancers1,2, and the si...
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Elevation of auditory thresholds by spontaneous cochlear oscillations
THEinner ear sometimes acts as a robust sound generator, continuously broadcasting sounds (spontaneous otoacoustic emissions) which can be intense enough to be heard by other individuals standing nearby1–4. Parad...
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Seismic anisotropy as an indicator of mantle flow beneath the Himalayas and Tibet
SEVERAL models have been proposed for the geodynamical evolution of the Tibet–Himalayas collision zone1–6. It is now generally recognized that the high elevations of the region have been caused by mechanical thic...
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Formation of 'bullets' by hydrodynamical instabilities in stellar outflows
IMAGES of young stars1 and supernova remnants2 often reveal small, high-density knots of material which are interpreted as 'bullets' ejected by the source and propagating at supersonic speeds into the surrounding...
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A sex difference in the human brain and its relation to transsexuality
TRANSSEXUALS have the strong feeling, often from childhood onwards, of having been born the wrong sex. The possible psycho-genie or biological aetiology of transsexuality has been the subject of debate for man...
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Involvement of Ral GTPase in v-Src-induced phospholipase D activation
AN early response to the tyrosine kinase activity of v-Src is an increase in phospholipase D (PLD) activity1, which leads to the generation of biologically active lipid second messengers, including phosphatidic a...
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Impairment of antigen-specific T-cell priming in mice lacking CD40 ligand
LACK of functional expression of CD40 ligand (CD40L) on T cells results in hyper-IgM syndrome (HIGMl), a human immunodeficiency associated with a severely impaired humoral immune response that is consistent wi...
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Two mechanisms of quantized calcium release in skeletal muscle
SKELETAL muscle uses voltage sensors in the transverse tubular membrane1–3 that are linked by protein–protein interactions4–6 to intracellular ryanodine receptors7–10, which gate the release of calcium from the s...
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Efficient integration of an intron RNA into double-stranded DNA by reverse splicing
SOME group II introns are mobile elements as well as catalytic RNAs1,2. Introns aI1 and aI2 found in the gene COX1 in yeast mitochondria encode reverse transcriptases which promote site-specific insertion of the ...
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Neural tube, skeletal and body wall defects in mice lacking transcription factor AP-2
THE retinoic acid-inducible transcription factor AP-2 is expressed in epithelial and neural crest cell lineages during murine development1–5. AP-2 can regulate neural and epithelial gene transcription, and is ass...
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Using antibodies to perturb the coordination sphere of a transition metal complex
METAL ions in the active sites of many metalloenzymes exhibit distinctive spectral and chemical features which are different from those of small inorganic complexes1,2. These features are the result of the unusu...
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Structural basis of RNA folding and recognition in an AMP–RNA aptamer complex
THE catalytic properties of RNA1,2 and its well known role in gene expression and regulation are the consequence of its unique solution structures. Identification of the structural determinants of ligand recognit...
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Human homologues of yeast helicase