Category: 7. Science

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  • Pan-cancer analysis of DTX3L as a potential prognostic and immunological biomarker

  • Vela-Rodríguez, C. et al. Oligomerization mediated by the D2 domain of DTX3L is critical for DTX3L-PARP9 reading function of mono-ADP-ribosylated androgen receptor. Protein Sci. 33, e4945. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4945 (2024).

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  • New study traces how Earth’s alpine plant diversity evolved-Xinhua

    KUNMING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — A newly published study in the scientific journal Science Advances unveils the deep-time processes responsible for the exceptional plant diversity characterizing the world’s mountain regions.

    While the richness…

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  • Bacteria Resisting Viral Infection Can Still Sink Carbon to Ocean Floor

    Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but many operate in constant threat of being infected by…

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  • Hidden kinase state enables rapid and repeated protein phosphorylation

    Hidden kinase state enables rapid and repeated protein phosphorylation

    Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have characterized a hidden intermediate state at the center of Src kinase function. This hidden state allows the kinase to repeatedly modify its target, without needing to release…

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  • Five favourite fonts, made before Caxton’s days

    Five favourite fonts, made before Caxton’s days

    When a senior colleague asked if I’d like to write about my favourite fonts, my thoughts turned to treasures to be found in Francis Bond’s Fonts and Font Covers (1908) or even in the modestly titled Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and…

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  • New algorithm finds the shortest path to any point in record time

    New algorithm finds the shortest path to any point in record time

    Shortest path algorithms sit at the heart of modern graph theory and many of the systems that move people, data, and goods around the world. 

    After nearly seventy years of relying on the same classic approach, researchers have now created a…

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  • Cycad plants generate heat, and scientists now know why

    Cycad plants generate heat, and scientists now know why

    Long before flowers flashed bright colors or released sweet scents, cycad plants were already signaling their pollinators in a much different way – by generating heat internally.

    New research shows that cycads – some of the oldest living seed…

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