Drought is the least understood natural disaster due to the complex relationship of multiple
contributory factors. Its beginning and end are hard to gauge, and they can last for months or …

Altered energy metabolism is a biochemical fingerprint of cancer cells that represents one of
the “hallmarks of cancer”. This metabolic phenotype is characterized by preferential …

Tumor cells have an increased demand for nutrients; this demand is met by increased
availability of nutrients through vasculogenesis and by enhanced cellular entry of nutrients …

The rapid growth in the electronic commerce over the Internet has fuelled predictions and
speculations about what makes a business-to-consumer (B2C) web site effective. Yet, there …

Commensal gut microflora and dietary fiber protect against colonic inflammation and colon
cancer through unknown targets. Butyrate, a bacterial product from fermentation of dietary …

To better determine the history of modern birds, we performed a genome-scale phylogenetic
analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves using phylogenomic methods …

A Na(+)- and Cl(-)-coupled serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5HT) transporter is expressed
on human neuronal, platelet, placental, and pulmonary membranes. The brain 5HT …

Single-molecule sequencing instruments can generate multikilobase sequences with the
potential to greatly improve genome and transcriptome assembly. However, the error rates of …

IN mammals, active transport of organic solutes across plasma membranes was thought to
be primarily driven by the Na + gradient 1–3 . Here we report the cloning and functional …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across
many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian …