Intercellular communication may provide a mechanism to exploit and buffer cell-to-cell variability.
Finding the Perfect Match: Search for Homologous DNA Sequences during DNA Repair
In his review published in BioEssays, James Haber takes a look at how the ends of a broken chromosome find a template with which to repair such a double-strand break.
BET Proteins and Nrf2: Studying their Interplay May Offer New Therapeutic Opportunities
In their “Hypothesis” article published in BioEssays, Nirmalya Chatterjee and Dirk Bohmann discuss the interplay between Nrf2 and BET proteins and the resultant implications for therapies targeting these proteins.
The Host-Associated Microbiome: A Special Issue in Molecular Ecology
Analyses representing the state-of-the-art in our understanding of the complex host–microbiome relationship are presented.
Selective Protein Immobilization without Purification
Protein immobilization directly from cell lysates is demonstrated in a new process that avoids expensive purification steps but expertly maintains target protein selectivity.
Removing Noisy Neighbors is Not Easy
Conservationists remove a pest bird species from Australian forests—only to find that it keeps coming back.
Essential Oils as Antimicrobial Agents
Essential oils could provide a potential solution for the growing problem of multidrug-resistant organisms.
Snail-Scale Study Shrinks Landscape Genetics to Manageable Size
Creative change of scale facilitates a multi-landscape analysis.
Streptococcus and HPV: A Possible Cancer-Promoting Relationship
A possible relationship between commonly-occurring oral bacteria and the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV).
Hawaiian Drosophila: An Ideal Model System for Evolutionary Studies
In their review published in BioEssays, Patrick O’Grady and Rob DeSalle review and discuss why the Hawaiian Drosophila serves as a good evolutionary model clade.