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Jonathan Griffin

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Journal News
From the journals: JBC
Jan. 3, 2020
Articles in the Journal of Biological Chemistry investigate immune receptor binding; barrel-shaped organelles called vaults; de novo dNTP synthesis; and a specific SNARE inhibitor.

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JBC: Paving the way for disease-resistant rice
Dec. 1, 2019
Scientists have found that a rice immune receptor triggers reactions in response to fungal proteins, a first step toward using gene editing to prevent the crop destruction caused by rice blast disease.

Journal News
From the journals: December 2019
Dec. 1, 2019
Chasing the structure of a histone鈥檚 N-terminus tail. Highlighting the role of lipids in mediating endoplasmic reticulum structure. Defining the components of a bacteria鈥檚 biofilm matrix. Researchers tackle these tasks and more in our latest roundup鈥

Journal News
From the journals: November 2019
Nov. 1, 2019
What is mitochondria鈥檚 role in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease? What鈥檚 the best way to differentiate embryonic and mesenchymal stem cells to use MSCs in therapy? How do fatty acids reduce melanin in tumor cells? Researchers tackle these questions 鈥

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JBC: Researchers clock DNA鈥檚 recovery time
Nov. 1, 2019
Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar and colleagues found that DNA in noncancerous tissue damaged by the chemotherapy drug cisplatin is mostly good as new within two days. Their work was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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JLR: Virtual issue sheds light on a key risk factor for heart disease
Oct. 1, 2019
鈥淟ipoprotein (a): Many strides made, yet there is a long road ahead鈥 is a virtual issue of the Journal of Lipid Research assembled by Gissette Reyes鈥揝offer.

Journal News
From the journals: October 2019
Oct. 1, 2019
What鈥檚 the role of ECM proteins in heart regeneration? How can an acid be converted to boost biofuel production? How does the 鈥渕any ceramides鈥 hypothesis le