A wilty mutant (scabrous diminutive, sd) of Capsicum annuum L. hyperaccumulates Na+ in all tissues and has a lower K+ content in the roots. This has been shown to be due to a greater efflux of (86)Rb+ (K+) and influx of (22)Na+ in the mutant. In this study, the transporters responsible for these fluxes were investigated by applying patch clamp techniques to protoplasts derived from root cortica...

Although nitric oxide (NO) 1 may not modulate all cellular functions and may not be present in all mammalian cells, the sheer volume of publications on the subject might lead one to conclude that this diminutive molecule is both omnipotent and omnipresent in human biology. This series of four Perspective articles, in the current and following issues of The Journal of Clinical Investigation , wi...

The Slave craton in northern Canada is one of the world's smallest Archean cratons (surface exposure of 300,000 km), but makes up for this diminutive stature with excellent exposure and by hosting the oldest dated rocks on Earth (4.03 Ga, Stern and Bleeker 1998). It records continental accretion processes, albeit cryptically, and potentially offers the best opportunity worldwide to address the ...

Localized involutional lipoatrophy (LIL) is a rare distinctive idiopathic form of localized lipoatrophy. The characteristic histopathologic feature of LIL are diminutive fat lobules composed of small adipocyte resembling fetal fat tissue. LIL is not a well-known disorder, there have been only a few reports on LIL in the English literature.We report a case of localised involutional lipoatrophy i...