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December 23, 2014 ; 111 (51)From the Cover
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- Antiviral immunity of Anopheles gambiae is highly compartmentalized, with distinct roles for RNA interference and gut microbiota
- Inducible RNAi in vivo reveals that the transcription factor BATF is required to initiate but not maintain CD8+ T-cell effector differentiation
- Mechanism by which a recently discovered allosteric inhibitor blocks glutamine metabolism in transformed cells
- β-Catenin–related protein WRM-1 is a multifunctional regulatory subunit of the LIT-1 MAPK complex
- Immunological consequences of intragenus conservation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis T-cell epitopes
- Cryptic carbon and sulfur cycling between surface ocean plankton
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Simulating the emergence of life’s building blocks
Researchers have simulated events thought to have produced the building blocks of the genetic code. -
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Adaptation to ethanol among human ancestors
A study suggests that human predecessors first consumed ethanol approximately 10 million years ago, around the time that these ancestral apes were adapting to life on the forest floor. -
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Environmental impacts of vehicle fuel alternatives
A model of the environmental health impacts of alternative vehicle fuels suggests that an increase in vehicles powered by renewable energies such as wind, water, and solar may reduce vehicle pollution, whereas vehicles powered by corn ethanol and electricity from coal may increase pollution. -
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