FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIATIONS ON REGULATORY MOTIFS.

Functional characterization of variations on regulatory motifs.

Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression through specific interactions with short promoter elements.The same regulatory protein may recognize a variety of related sequences.Moreover, once they are detected it is hard to predict whether highly similar sequence motifs will be recognized by the same TF and regulate similar gene expression

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Basic principles of the virulence of Cryptococcus

Among fungal pathogens, Cryptococcus neoformans has gained great importance among the scientific community of several reasons.This fungus is the causative agent of cryptococcosis, a disease mainly associated to HIV immunosuppression and characterized by the appearance of meningoencephalitis.Cryptococcal meningitis is responsible feline 1-hcpch vacc

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Cyber Sanctions as a Tool of Competition in Global Cyberspace

This paper delves into the issue of cyber sanctions as a novel tool in the context of the transforming global order and the fierce competition amongst great powers, which is gradually extending into cyberspace due to the growing role of information and communication technologies.The contours of geopolitical rivalry are refl ected in cyberspace, cre

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