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Elucidating the detailed mechanisms of motor protein SecDF in protein translocation across the membrane. (May 3, 2017)
Highlights The crystal structures of Sec...
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Fission yeast sheds light on how cancer-causing protein becomes activated. (March 2, 2017)
Abnormal activation of the proto-oncogen...
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Discovery of the sex determination gene in Asparagus officinalis (January 16, 2017)
In flowering plants, some species have m...
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Elucidation of a mechanism regulating active cell detachment from the plant root tip (November 1, 2016)
The tips of plant roots are commonly cov...
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High-affinity monoclonal IgA regulates gut microbiota and prevents colitis in mice (July 5, 2016)
Shinsaku Okai, Fumihito Usui, Shuhei Yok...
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Discovery of a key regulator of plant germ cell formation (June 24, 2016)
In contrast to animals where pluripotent...
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Discovery of the gene controlling toxic constituents in 'green tomatoes' (April 26, 2016)
Steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs) are chol...
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Danger peptide receptor signaling in plants ensures basal immunity upon pathogen-induced depletion of BAK1 (November 19, 2015)
Kohji Yamada, Misuzu Yamashita-Yamada, T...
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Crystal Structures of SecYEG in Lipidic Cubic Phase Elucidate a Precise Resting and a Peptide-Bound State (November 13, 2015)
Highlights ・Crystal structures of full-...
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Plants find their own pollen via the neural-transmission-like signaling transduction system (September 2, 2015)
More than half of flowering plants avoid...
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The mechanism of the force generation for axon outgrowth (August 11, 2015)
During development, axonal tips called g...
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Novel protein transport mechanism for axon outgrowth (July 17, 2015)
Nerve cells extend long processes called...