CHESTER, England, Dec. 21 -- Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications, a structural biology communications journal from the International Union of Crystallography, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition: Editorial: * Shaping the future of Acta Crystallographica F: unveiling our vision Research Communications: * The crystal structure of the human smacovirus 1 Rep domain * Direct relationship between dimeric form and activi  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 23 -- Addiction Biology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society for the Study of Addiction that says it focuses on neuroscience and aims to advance understanding of the action of drugs of abuse and addictive processes, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 28, Issue 12): INVITED REVIEWS: * A systematic review of the acute effects of alcohol on emotion recognition of facial expressions ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Brain  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 23 -- Addiction Biology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society for the Study of Addiction that says it focuses on neuroscience and aims to advance understanding of the action of drugs of abuse and addictive processes, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2023 edition (Vol. 28, Issue 11): ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Abnormal neuroanatomical patterns as potential diagnostic biomarkers for cocaine use disorder * Enhanced expression of parv  more

PARIS, France, Dec. 22 -- Apidologie, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features behavior, ecology, pollination, genetics, physiology, toxicology and pathology from the National Institute of Agricultural Research, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 55, Issue 1): * Honey bees collecting pollen from the body surface of foraging bumble bees: a recurring behaviour * Identifying drivers of sewage-associated pollutants in pollinators across urba  more

CLAYTON SOUTH, Australia, Dec. 19 -- The Australian Journal of Botany, a peer-reviewed journal that says it encompasses all approaches to understanding plant biology, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 71, No. 8): * Extinction debt varies in two threatened Mediterranean-type woodland communities undergoing rapid urbanisation * Pre-dispersal seed-predation affects fruit crop and seed fitness in a highly fragmented savanna tree * The use of li  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Biometrics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it emphasizes the role of statistics and mathematics in the biosciences from the International Biometric Society, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 79, Issue 4): BIOMETRIC METHODOLOGY: * Optimal test procedures for multiple hypotheses controlling the familywise expected loss * Optimizing treatment allocation in randomized clinical trials by leveraging baseline covariates   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 -- Cell Death and Differentiation, a journal that says it devotes itself to scientific excellence in the field of cell biology, molecular biology and biochemistry of cell death and disease, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 30, Issue 12): Review Article: * The BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax mediates anticancer effects through dendritic cell activation * Deer antlers: the fastest growing tissue with least cancer occurrence Art  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Journal of Bacteriology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features bacteria, archaea and their viruses and molecular mechanisms by which they interact with each other and with their hosts and their environments from the American Society for Microbiology, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 205, No. 12): Commentary: * Life, the genome and everything Research Articles: * Identification of recG genetic interacti  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a journal that says it features laboratory diagnosis of human and animal infections from the American Society for Microbiology, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 61, No. 12): Photo Quiz: * Photo Quiz: An unexpected isolate on the routine bacteriology bench * Answer to the Photo Quiz: An unexpected isolate on the routine bacteriology bench The Brief Case: * The Brief Case: A tr  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 18 -- The Journal of Economic Entomology, a journal that says it features sections on apiculture and social insects, insecticides, biological control, household and structural insects, crop protection, forest entomology from the Entomological Society of America, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 116, Issue 6): APICULTURE & SOCIAL INSECTS: * Exploratory comparison of flower visiting behavior and pollination ability   more

LONDON, England, Dec. 22 -- The Journal of Experimental Botany, a journal that says it features improvement of plants for the sustainable production of food, fuel and renewable materials from the Society of Experimental Biology, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 75, Issue 1): Extra Botany: - Insights * Advances in virus-induced flowering in tomato * Reciprocal regulation of cellulose and lignin biosynthesis by the transcription factor OsTC  more

BEIJING, China, Dec. 18 -- The Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features molecular and cell biology as well as other disciplines of life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2023 edition (Vol. 15, Issue 4): Articles: * The actin-bundling protein Fascin-1 modulates ciliary signalling * Accurate prediction of pan-cancer types using machine learning with minimal number of DNA methylation sites * CSF2 upregulates CXCL3  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- mBio, an open-access journal that says it offers streamlined review in microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 14, No. 6): Editorials: * Time to rethink academic publishing: the peer reviewer crisis * An account of American Academy of Microbiology reforms and pandemic operations * The value of observational registry studies for the next infectious disease emergency   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 23 -- Molecular Biology of the Cell, a journal that says it features cell biology, genetics and developmental biology from the American Society for Cell Biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 35, Issue 1): Special Issue on Forces On and Within Cells: * Heterologous expression of Dictyostelium discoideum NE81 in mouse embryo fibroblasts reveals conserved mechanoprotective roles of lamins * Cortical tension promo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- mSystems, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society for Microbiology that says it encompasses biological and biochemical findings, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 8, No. 6): Letter to the Editor: * Should the microbiota of raw milk cheeses play a role in the definition of geographical indications and quality schemes within the European Union? Observations: * Defining microbial community functions in chron  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 21 -- Nature Metabolism, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers understanding of metabolic and homeostatic processes in a cellular or broader physiological context, from fundamental cell biology to basic biomedical and translational research, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 5, Issue 12): News & Views: * The thyroid gland under Notch control * Mitochondrial DNA editing with mitoARCUS * Linking neuropsychiatric   more

CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 19 -- Parasitology, a journal that says it covers parasitology and host-parasite relationships, including parasite biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics, ecology and epidemiology in the context of the biological, medical and veterinary sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2023 edition: Review Article: * Neglected Tropical Diseases in Italy: introducing IN-NTD, the Italian network for NTDs * The contribution of citizen sc  more

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 19 -- Phytotaxa, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on botanical taxonomy, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 20, 2023, edition (Vol. 630, No. 3): Article: * xSorbaronia fallax (C.K.Schneid.) C.K.Schneid. nothosubsp. mitschurinii (A.K.Skvortsov & Maitul.) nothosubsp. nov., with taxonomical notes on Aronia xprunifolia 'Floribunda' sensu Cinovskis (Maleae, Amygdaloideae, Rosaceae) * Prodromus of a fern flora of Bolivia. XLII. U  more

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 20 -- Phytotaxa, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on botanical taxonomy, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 21, 2023, edition (Vol. 630, No. 4): Article: * Agaricus sect. Xanthodermatei (Agaricales) of West Bengal, India * A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the names and new combination published between 1886 and 1931 in Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) by British botanist Nicholas Edward Brown (1849-193  more