BACKGROUND Infertility affects between 10 and 16% of couples worldwide. Twenty to 30%
of cases of infertility are due to a male factor, 20–35% to a female factor, and 25–40% are …

Significant resources in early drug discovery are spent unknowingly pursuing artifacts and
promiscuous bioactive compounds, while understanding the chemical basis for these …

abstract ULK1 (unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1), the key mediator of MTORC1
signaling to autophagy, regulates early stages of autophagosome formation in response to …

Cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) inactivates bacteria and virus through in situ
production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). While the bactericidal and …

ABSTRACTS Genome-wide association studies are a powerful tool to identify genomic
regions and variants associated with phenotypes. However, only limited mutual confirmation …

CD16a and CD16b are IgG Fc receptors expressed by human natural killer (NK) cells and
neutrophils, respectively. Both CD16 isoforms undergo a rapid down-regulation in …

Parastagonospora nodorum is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes Septoria
nodorum blotch (SNB)(formerly Stagonospora nodorum blotch) on wheat. P. nodorum …

The functions performed by the ER are diverse: synthesis of steroid hormones, synthesis of
proteins for the plasma membrane, lysosomes, as well as proteins meant for exocytosis …

RNA splicing entails the coordinated interaction of more than 150 proteins in the
spliceosome, one of the most complex of the cell's molecular machines. We previously …

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) enhances translation from a subset of messenger
RNAs containing distinct 5′-untranslated region (UTR) sequence features. Here we identify …