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2011-03-19 new articles we read this week

Evolution

  1. Mallarino R, Grant PR, Grant BR, Herrel A, Kuo WP, Abzhanov A. Two developmental modules establish 3D beak-shape variation in Darwin’s finches. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 8;108(10):4057-62. Epub 2011 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 21368127.

Signal transduction

  1. Pierfelice T, Alberi L, Gaiano N. Notch in the vertebrate nervous system: an old dog with new tricks. Neuron. 2011 Mar 10;69(5):840-55. PubMed PMID: 21382546.

Systems biology

  1. Heo M, Maslov S, Shakhnovich E. Topology of protein interaction network shapes protein abundances and strengths of their functional and nonspecific interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 8;108(10):4258-63. Epub 2011 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 21368118.

Stem cells

  1. Boulting GL, Kiskinis E, Croft GF, Amoroso MW, Oakley DH, Wainger BJ, Williams DJ, Kahler DJ, Yamaki M, Davidow L, Rodolfa CT, Dimos JT, Mikkilineni S, Macdermott AB, Woolf CJ, Henderson CE, Wichterle H, Eggan K. A functionally characterized test set of human induced pluripotent stem cells. Nat Biotechnol. 2011 Mar;29(3):279-86. Epub 2011 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 21293464.
    • Commentary: Kim H, Studer L. IPSCs put to the test. Nat Biotechnol. 2011 Mar;29(3):233-5. PubMed PMID: 21390027.