The response of microalgae to photooxidative stress resulting from high light exposure is a well-studied phenomenon. However, direct analyses of photosystem II (PSII) D1 protein (the main target of photoinhibition) in diatoms are scarce. In this study, the response of the diatom model species Phaeodactylum tricornutum to short-term exposure to high light was examined and the levels of D1 protei...

Hauling and anchoring the nucleus within immobile or motile cells, tissues, and/or syncytia represents a major challenge. In the past 15 years, Linkers of the Nucleoskeleton to the Cytoskeleton (LINC complexes) have emerged as evolutionary-conserved molecular devices that span the nuclear envelope and provide interacting interfaces for cytoskeletal networks and molecular motors to the nuclear e...

L INC complexes do not maintain the space between nuclear membranes, except in cells exposed to mechanical stress, Cain et al. reveal. SUN proteins in the inner nuclear membrane and KASH proteins in the outer nuclear membrane form LINC complexes that regulate multiple processes by connecting the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton. LINC complexes are also thought to maintain a uniform gap of ~50...

Background There are at least 50 million people with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) or other dementias worldwide. About 50% of AD may develop psychotic symptoms (delusions and hallucinations). However, there is no effective pharmacological therapy for psychosis in all current treatments based on antipsychotics originally designed disorders like schizophrenia. In this study, we identify the molecular ...

Following the description of SAD1/UNC84 (SUN) domain proteins in higher plants, evidence has rapidly increased that plants contain a functional linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex bridging the nuclear envelope (NE). While the SUN domain proteins appear to be highly conserved across kingdoms, other elements of the complex are not and some key components and interactions rema...

Objective(s): Similar characteristics of molecular pathways between cellular reprogramming events and tumorigenesis have been accentuated in recent years. Reprogramming-related transcription factors, also known as Yamanaka factors (OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC), are also well-known oncogenes promoting cancer initiation, progression, and cellular transformation into cancer stem cells. Long non-co...

Abstract: The LInear amplification using Nonlinear Components (LINC) technique is a wellknown power amplifier linearization method to reduce adjacent channel interference in a nonconstant envelope modulation system. Its major drawback is the inherited sensitivity to gain and phase imbalances between the two amplifier branches. In this paper two novel adaptive fulldigital base band methods are d...