Poised polymerases: on your mark...get set...go!

Recent global analyses have determined that many Drosophila and human genes have engaged polymerase molecules trapped immediately downstream of promoters. These results strongly implicate RNA polymerase II elongation control as a major regulator of differentiation and development.     

ATM: Ready,Set, Go

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认准的事,就要坚持认真做下去

王绍教授是我国著名神经生理学家,长期致力于神经科学领域研究工作,他以研究针刺镇痛原理为起点,着重对缰核神经元的疼痛相关属性和各项生理功能进行了系列深入的探讨,证明其是机体稳态调节中心,为该领域研究工作的蓬勃发展作出了重要贡献。王绍教授为人师表,非常注重对青年学者的培养,积极与他们分享自己的科研感受和人生经历,这种处世风度同样值得敬佩和学习。     

Priming: getting ready for battle

Infection of plants by necrotizing pathogens or colonization of plant roots with certain beneficial microbes causes the induction of a unique physiological state called "priming." The primed state can also be induced by treatment of plants with various natural and synthetic compounds. Primed plants display either faster, stronger, or both activation of the various cellular defense responses that are induced following attack by either pathogens or insects or in response to abiotic stress. Although the phenomenon has been known for decades, most progress in our understanding of priming has been made over the past few years. Here, we summarize the current knowledge of priming in various induced-resistance phenomena in plants.