On depletion of combined nitrogen, the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 forms N2-fixing heterocysts from vegetative cells. To protect the oxygen-sensitive nitrogenase, a heterocyst-specific layer composed ...

Protein synthesis is one of the costliest processes in the cell. Therefore, the initiation of translation is a tightly regulated process. One major control mechanism targets the activity or formation of the so-called eIF4F ...

The attachment of viruses to host cells and subsequent viral entry are key steps in viral infection. Receptor recognition also serves an essential function in target cell selection. Mammalian orthoreoviruses (reoviruses) ...