Around the Blogs

For a survey of 10 interesting articles posted recently, out there in the molecular and cellular blogosphere…

RNA, Protein, and Information - Discussion on the importance of findings that “junk” DNA does indeed get transcribed.

DriPs and the Inefficiency of Translation - A reminder that molecular biology, even in processes that appear precise and machine-like, is messy.

Where is the Message? - Looking at the subcellular distribution of mRNA transcripts. Beautiful micrographs.

Telling a Cell to Make an Eye - A surprising and unexpected finding: the signal for an eye to develop is the production of a short burst of ATP, the energy storage unit of the cell.

Generating Force at the Leading Edge - A blog post on expansion, collapse, and generation of traction on the apical side of migrating cells.

Too Simple for Chemotaxis? - A new approach to recreating chemotaxis in an artificial system.

RAB25 and alpha5beta1 Integrin: Invasion of the Pseudopods - A Rab GTPase found to promote cell invasion into FN-rich matrices by recycling integrins.

Circadian Rhythms Revisited (and maybe even explained!) - Three kinases that appear to act as timekeepers in cyanobacteria.

Another Highly Radiation-Resistant Bacterial Species - Deinococcus radiodurans has company.

Videos of AMPA-R Insertion - Real-time imaging of an important neurotransmitter receptor being inserted into the synapse.