Vaccinia virus (VACV), a member of the chordopox subfamily of the Poxviridae, abortively infects insect cells.We have investigated VACV infection of Drosophila S2 cells, which are useful for protein expression and genome-wide RNAi screening.Biochemical and electron microscopic analyses indicated FOAM CONDITIONER that VACV entry into Drosophila S2 c
Does altruism and morality lead to socially better outcomes in strategic interactions than selfishness? We shed some light on this complex and non-trivial issue by examining a few canonical strategic interactions played by egoists, altruists and moralists.By altruists, we mean people who do not only care about their own material payoffs but also ab
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) Bowls and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases (REIDs) constitute significant health problems and are becoming of major importance.Up to 75% of EIDs and REIDs have zoonotic origin.Several factors such as the destruction of natural habitats leading humans and animals to live in close proximity, ecological changes due t
Bacterial cytokinesis begins with the assembly of FtsZ into a Z ring at the center of the cell.The Z-ring constriction in Gram-negative bacteria may occur in an environment where the periplasm and the cytoplasm are isoosmotic, but in Gram-positive bacteria the constriction may have to overcome a substantial turgor pressure.We address three potentia