Brown algae (Phaeophyceae) are complex photosynthetic organisms with a very different
evolutionary history to green plants, to which they are only distantly related 1 . These …

Background The heterokonts are a particularly interesting group of eukaryotic organisms;
they include many key species of planktonic and coastal algae and several important …

Many animal species comprise discrete phenotypic forms. A common example in natural
populations of insects is the occurrence of different color patterns, which has motivated a rich …

Plasmodium falciparum is the infective agent responsible for malaria tropica. The glycogen
synthase kinase-3 of the parasite (PfGSK-3) was suggested as a potential biological target …

Background Heterokont algae, together with cryptophytes, haptophytes and some alveolates,
possess red-algal derived plastids. The chromalveolate hypothesis proposes that the red-…

Background Most phytophagous insects have morphological, behavioral and physiological
adaptations allowing them to specialize on one or a few plant species. Identifying the …

The pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) is the
main pine defoliator in the Mediterranean region. Its urticating larvae cause severe human …

The specific interactions between RNA-binding proteins and their target RNAs are an
essential level to control gene expression. By combining ultra-violet cross-linking and …

CUGBP1 is an RNA-binding protein controlling alternative splicing, mRNA translation and
stability. In this work we used a motif scoring approach to identify putative CUGBP1 binding …

Natural reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens generally seem to be capable of tolerating infections.
Tolerance and its underlying mechanisms remain difficult to assess using experiments or …