Virginia Walbot introduces this special collection of companion papers to the first description of the B73 maize genome, from which geneticists and genome consumers alike will benefit.
Image Credit: David Cavagnaro with assistance from Lois Girton and Marianne Smith
Not only does the cockroach endosymbiont play an essential role in nutrient supply to the host, but also in the catabolic use of amino acids and nitrogen excretion, as suggested by a stoichiometric analysis of the inferred metabolic network.
These results indicate that gene dosage alterations play a causative role in the carcinogenesis and chemoradioresistance of cervical cancer and pinpoint candidate biomarkers of the disease.
The authors report a mechanism by which epithelial cells acquire malignant characteristics when cell polarity is impaired in the absence of lgl2 function.
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