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ASM Articles in the Spotlight Print E-mail

ASM Articles in the Spotlight. The ASM journals Eukaryotic Cell, Infection and Immunity, and the Journal of Virology highlight current articles of interest in their Spotlight sections:
http://ec.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT
http://iai.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT
http://jvi.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT

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Unbelievably Fast Vaccine Development Potential Print E-mail

Bioengineered nano- and microstructures manufactured by microorganisms are becoming increasingly attractive in various fields, notably the medical sciences, because they can be amazingly functional.

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Do Land Mammal Diseases Threaten Cetaceans? Insights From a Killer Whale Retrovirus Print E-mail

 

Whales and dolphins are threatened by poorly understood infectious diseases, global climate disruption, and human encroachment.
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More Tantalizing Hope for Low-Carbon Footprint Biodiesel from Algae Print E-mail

 

The potential that oleaginous algae could help feed the nation's demand for low-carbon footprint liquid fuels-in this case, biodiesel-makes them a hot topic.
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How Organelles Really Look in N. crassa and Where Calcium Is Stashed Print E-mail

 

Textbook drawings of organelles are not all that representative of the real thing, according to Barry J. Bowman of the University of California, Santa Cruz, et al.
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A Model for Cell Constriction During Division Print E-mail

 

Cell division in most bacteria is driven by a ring-like complex of division proteins that assemble in a certain order at the prospective cell constriction site, called the septal ring (SR).
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