Mutation clusters offer insight into predicting pathogenicity

“Trilongins” Offer Insight into Mold Toxicity

Mold contamination inside buildings is a widespread occurrence that can cause a range of adverse health effects in certain people. But with tens of thousands of mold species and many mechanisms through which they may cause harm, much remains unknown about this realm of environmental exposures. Investigators now report that one mold, Trichoderma longibrachiatum, does some of its damage through a...

Behaviors of cavefish offer insight into developmental evolution

Many developmental processes have evolved through natural selection, yet in only a few cases do we understand if and how a change of developmental process produces a benefit. For example, many studies in evolutionary biology have investigated the developmental mechanisms that lead to novel structures in an animal, but only a few have addressed if these structures actually benefit the animal at ...

Genomic insight into pathogenicity of dematiaceous fungus Corynespora cassiicola

Corynespora cassiicola is a common plant pathogen that causes leaf spot disease in a broad range of crop, and it heavily affect rubber trees in Malaysia (Hsueh, 2011; Nghia et al., 2008). The isolation of UM 591 from a patient's contact lens indicates the pathogenic potential of this dematiaceous fungus in human. However, the underlying factors that contribute to the opportunistic cross-infecti...

Insight into the structure and energy of Mo27SxOy clusters

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Mitophagy: New Insight into the Cardiovascular Aging