Research Insights
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Evolutionary turnover of key amino acids explains conservation of function without conservation of sequence in transcriptional activation domains
In folded protein domains protein function is frequently more conserved than amino acid sequence because highly diverged sequences can fold into equivalent D structures with identical function
Class switching toward IgG4 six months after primary mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination in kidney patients
Class switching toward spike Sbinding IgG antibodies after mRNAbased COVID vaccination has been observed an antibody subclass with strong neutralizing but limited effector activity
Visual perturbation training to reduce visual dependency in Parkinson’s disease: A randomized controlled trial
Decreased gait automaticity and increased visual dependency are important contributors to falls in people with Parkinsons disease
Assessment of dispersion metrics for estimating single-cell transcriptional variability
Singlecell RNA sequencing data enables analysis of transcript levels of single cells across different cell types and conditions Recent work has highlighted the value of measuring genespecific transcriptional variability
Controllable protein design via autoregressive direct coupling analysis conditioned on principal components
We present FeatureDCA a statistical framework for protein sequence modeling and generation that extends Direct Coupling Analysis DCA
A novel transformer-based platform for the prediction and design of biosynthetic gene clusters for (un)natural products
Biosynthetic gene clusters BGCs comprising sets of functionally related genes responsible for synthesizing complex natural products are a rich source of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential
The RPA-binding domain and the KKRK motif in Rad26ATRIP cooperate at the perturbed DNA replication fork for initiating checkpoint signaling
Rad is the homolog of human ATRIP and budding yeast Ddc in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Like ATRIP and Ddc Rad works with RadATRMec to initiate checkpoint signalling
A live cell biosensor protocol for high-resolution screening of therapy-resistant cancer cells
The Genetically Encoded Death Indicator GEDI is a ratiometric dualfluorescence biosensor that enables realtime detection of cell death through calcium influx Originally developed for use in neurodegeneration models
Disproportionality analysis of drug-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy using spontaneous reports: A 20-year signal detection study based on the FAERS database
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PML is a rare often fatal demyelinating disease caused by JC virus reactivation in immunocompromised patients With the increasing use of immunosuppressants and biologics
An interpretable machine learning framework for adverse drug reaction prediction from drug-target interactions
Adverse drug reactions ADRs present challenges to patient safety and healthcare systems Current pharmacovigilance methods such as the Yellow Card Scheme YCS provide valuable postmarketing data
