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New Articles Added to ELS in February 2010
ELS was updated with 24 new articles on 15th February 2010. New ELS articles are published on a monthly basis. For more information on the latest additions, click on the title above.
New Editorial Advisory Board Member for Biochemistry
ELS is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Volker Dötsch as Editorial Advisory Board member for the Biochemistry Section. Professor Dötsch has been a Professor in Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt since 2003. He previously held the post of Assistant Professor at the... Read more
Alessandro Finazzi Agrò appointed Scientific Editor for Biochemistry
ELS is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Alessandro Finazzi Agrò as Scientific Editor for the Biochemistry Section. Dr Finazzi Agrò (MD, PhD) has been Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ since 1984, where he has also served as Dean of the Faculty... Read more
FEATURED ARTICLES
Escherichia coli Lactose Operon
The study of Escherichia coli lactose operon laid the foundation of modern molecular biology. It contributed to the elaboration of the concept of genetic regulation, proposed by Jacob and Monod almost 50 years ago, a model which survives essentially unchanged. The operon structure, consisting of structural... Read full article
Brain Evolution and Comparative Neuroanatomy
The central nervous system has changed over the course of time independently in different lineages of animals. The broad array of variation in nervous system structure reflects the diversity of successful niches and lifestyles available in the biological world. Various parts of the central nervous system... Read full article
Sustainable Use of Populations and Overexploitation
Sustainable use refers to exploiting a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged. Sustainability is an internationally accepted minimal goal in managing biological resources. However, many populations are managed under more stringent goals, for example obtaining maximum sustainable... Read full article
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Dr Daniel Wilson
Dr Daniel Wilson, group leader at the Gene Center Munich, and former Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, has long been fascinated by ribosomal regulation of gene expression. One major aim of his group is to understand the mechanisms behind bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Read more on this topic in his recent articles Factor-mediated ribosome assembly in bacteria, Ribosomal proteins: role in ribosomal functions and Inhibitors of the elongation cycle of protein synthesis.
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