Harvesting a new KASH crop

Harvesting a new KASH crop

A new SUN role – no KASH required?

In eukaryotic cells, a close physical association between the microtubule-organising centre (MTOC) and the nucleus is essential, and its disruption leads to severe cellular abnormalities. MTOC–nucleus attachment is maintained by SUN and KASH proteins, which are found in the inner and outer nuclear membranes, respectively, and typically interact to form nuclear-envelope-spanning LINC complexes. ...

Nitrogen Farming: Harvesting a Different Crop

The streams of North America convey excessive amounts of nitrate-nitrogen, the effects of which range from eutrophication of local surface waters to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. The vast majority of the nitrate load can be attributed to agricultural sources. The diffuse nature of these sources defies the more traditional treatment strategies. The concrete and steel structures of point-source ...

TILLING: Harvesting functional genomics for crop improvement

Slade et al. describe the application of TILLING to the identification of an allelic series of variants in the granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI) gene in hexaploid and tetraploid wheat. GBSSI or Waxy plays a critical role in the synthesis of amylose, which, in addition to amylopectin, comprises the starch fraction of the seed. Reduction or loss of GBSSI function results in starch with a de...

KASH and SUN proteins

KASH and SUN proteins Quick guides at-bat, including which fielders were involved, and so on. At that point, I was amused to see that my friend Kyle was also keeping score, but that he marked every at-bat with a simple and uninformative ‘X’ when each batter was retired; consequently, his whole data sheet on the opposing team was just one string of Xs after another. Although I was feeling the su...