Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
A microfluidic device scans individual C. elegans for abnormal traits and sorts wild-type animals from mutants.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
A protein called Coco rouses dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Mimicking a host-cell histone protein offers flu a sneaky tactic to suppress immune response.
Researchers map the expression patterns of 1,000 genes in the human brain.
The DNA forms known as G-quadruplexes are finally discovered in human cells.
Retrotransposons contribute to genetic variability in human brain cells.
EDITOR'S CHOICE IN MICROBIOLOGY The paper S. Alsford et al., “High-throughput decoding of antitrypanosomal drug efficacy and resistance,” Nature, 482:232-36, 2012. The finding Trypanosoma brucei, the single-cell protozoan that causes the tropical