While conjugative plasmids typically require bacterial attachment to solid surfaces for facilitation of donor-to-recipient proximity, the pLS20 conjugative plasmid, prevalent among Gram-positive ...

Spillover of avian A(H5N1) influenza virus to mammals may favour adaptation to these new hosts. Air sampling of infected ferrets shows that recent A(H5N1) strains, including one from a human case ...

1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China 2 NHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical ...

This study is a potentially important contribution to the field of protein biosynthesis pathways and their link to aging, especially regarding the thorough analysis of variation in measures expected ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the information-carrying molecule found in all living organisms. In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like ...