As research laboratories and clinics collaborate to achieve precision medicine, both
communities are required to understand mandated electronic health/medical record …

Introduction: Cytokines are a diverse group of peptides produced by different cell types
including cancer cells and various subpopulations of immune system cells. They exert their …

Although plasma proteins have important roles in biological processes and are the direct
targets of many drugs, the genetic factors that control inter-individual variation in plasma …

Abstract Over the past 35 years,~ 1700 articles have characterized protein O-GlcNAcylation.
Found in almost all living organisms, this post-translational modification of serine and …

Since its 2015 update, MaizeGDB, the Maize Genetics and Genomics database, has
expanded to support the sequenced genomes of many maize inbred lines in addition to the …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have reproducibly associated variants within
introns of FTO with increased risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D),,. Although the …

Abstract WormBase (www. wormbase. org) is a central repository for research data on the
biology, genetics and genomics of Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes. The …

This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the concept of the'model organism'in
contemporary biology. Thinking about model organisms enables us to examine how living …

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are important for cellular functions beyond
nucleocytoplasmic trafficking, including genome organization and gene expression. This …

Abstract The Arabidopsis Information Portal (https://www. araport. org) is a new online
resource for plant biology research. It houses the Arabidopsis thaliana genome sequence …