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Related Articles Negative Regulation of the Acetyltransferase TIP60-p53 Interplay by UHRF1 (ubiquitin-like with PHD and RING finger domains 1). J Biol Chem. 2013 May 15; Authors: Dai C, Shi D, Gu W Abstract Numerous studies indicate the importance of acetylation in p53-mediated stress responses upon DNA damage. We and others...

Related Articles Non-redundant function of zeins and their correct stoichiometric ratio drive protein body formation in maize endosperm. Plant Physiol. 2013 May 15; Authors: Guo X, Yuan L, Chen H, Sato SJ, Clemente TE, Holding DR Abstract Zeins, the maize prolamin storage proteins, accumulate at very high levels in developing...

Related Articles 4-Coumarate: CoA Ligase Partitions Metabolites for Eugenol Biosynthesis. Plant Cell Physiol. 2013 May 14; Authors: Rastogi S, Kumar R, Chanotiya CS, Shanker K, Gupta MM, Nagegowda DA, Shasany AK Abstract Biosynthesis of eugenol is shared with lignin at the initial steps, involving conversion of hydroxycinnamic acids to their...

Related Articles MKK5 regulates high light-induced gene expression of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 and 2 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 2013 May 14; Authors: Xing Y, Cao Q, Zhang Q, Qin L, Jia W, Zhang J Abstract Superoxide dismutases (SODs) convert the superoxide radical to hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen...

Viruses and Antiviral Immunity in Drosophila. Dev Comp Immunol. 2013 May 13; Authors: Xu J, Cherry S Abstract Viral pathogens present many challenges to organisms, driving the evolution of a myriad of antiviral strategies to combat infections. A wide variety of viruses infect invertebrates, including both natural pathogens that are...

Small RNAs: a new frontier in mosquito biology. Trends Parasitol. 2013 May 13; Authors: Lucas KJ, Myles KM, Raikhel AS Abstract The discovery of small non-coding RNAs has revolutionized our understanding of regulatory networks governing multiple functions in animals and plants. However, our knowledge of mosquito small RNAs is limited....

InVivo RNAi Screen for BMI1 Targets Identifies TGF-/BMP-ER Stress Pathways as Key Regulators of Neural- and Malignant Glioma-Stem Cell Homeostasis. Cancer Cell. 2013 May 13;23(5):660-76 Authors: Gargiulo G, Cesaroni M, Serresi M, de Vries N, Hulsman D, Bruggeman SW, Lancini C, van Lohuizen M Abstract In mouse and human neural...

Intracellular distribution of human SIRT7 and mapping of the nucle(ol)ar localization signal. FEBS J. 2013 May 17; Authors: Kiran S, Chatterjee NM, Singh S, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R, Ramakrishna G Abstract Sirtuins belong to a class of NAD-dependent deacetylases and consists of seven distinct isoforms of which SIRT7 is the...

Senescence-associated superoxide dismutase influences mitochondrial gene expression in budding tunicates. Dev Growth Differ. 2013 May 16; Authors: Kawamura K, Sunanaga T Abstract A recent study has shown that in the budding tunicate Polyandrocarpa misakiensis, the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) dramatically attenuates the gene activity during senescence. In this study, we...

Small GTPase Sar1 is crucial for proglutelin and -globulin export from the endoplasmic reticulum in rice endosperm. J Exp Bot. 2013 May 16; Authors: Tian L, Dai LL, Yin ZJ, Fukuda M, Kumamaru T, Dong XB, Xu XP, Qu LQ Abstract Rice seed storage proteins glutelin and -globulin are synthesized...