Obscurin is a large modular protein involved in structural and signaling functions. Because obscurin is found in all animal musculature, we discuss differences and especially similarities in obscurin ...

In the second season of Deadwood, sniveling hotel proprietor E.B. Farnum makes the mistake of scamming Francis Wolcott, agent of the ruthless mining magnate George Hearst. “Some ancient Italian maxim ...

It's the 50th anniversary of "Schoolhouse Rock!," the children's television show that made learning a blast. The popular show, which premiered on Jan. 6, 1973 and ran every Saturday morning until the ...

Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes are essential for chromosome organization and functions. Within this family of complexes, the Smc5/6 complex has unique roles in regulating DNA ...

Leaf tissue (∼1 cm diameter disk) was collected from the middle of an infiltrated area 48 h after agroinfiltration. Tissue was ground up in 100 μl of 2X Laemmli extraction buffer, centrifuged at ...

Primate inferotemporal cortex is subdivided into domains for biologically important categories, such as faces, bodies and scenes, as well as domains for culturally entrained categories, such as text ...

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2011. Edited by Michael R. Botchan, University of California, Berkeley, ...