澗水湛如藍
凡所有相,皆是虛妄;若見諸相非相,即見如來。
──《金剛經》
All that has characteristics is false and ephemeral.
If you see all characteristics to be non-characteristics,
then you see the Tathāgata.
-- The Diamond Sutra
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Selected Papers 022610
biophysics
Measurement of the Membrane Curvature Preference of Phospholipids Reveals Only Weak Coupling between Lipid Shape and Leaflet Curvature
Curvature and Shape Determination of Growing Bacteria
biochemistry
Topology Links RNA Secondary Structure with Global Conformation, Dynamics, and Adaptation
The Transition State for Peptide Bond Formation Reveals the Ribosome as a Water Trap
prokaryotic cytoskeleton
P1 Plasmid Segregation: Accurate Redistribution by Dynamic Plasmid Pairing and Separation
Examination of the interaction between FtsZ and MinCN in E. coli suggests how MinC disrupts Z rings
MreB Drives De Novo Rod Morphogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus via Remodeling of the Cell Wall
cytoskeleton
The Kinesin-8 Kif18A Dampens Microtubule Plus-End Dynamics
cell biology
Lipid Rafts As a Membrane-Organizing Principle [review]
CRISPR/Cas, the Immune System of Bacteria and Archaea [review]
Elevated ATPase Activity of KaiC Applies a Circadian Checkpoint on Cell Division in Synechococcus elongatus
Actin Dynamics Drive Membrane Reorganization and Scission in Clathrin-Independent Endocytosis
cell biology, modeling
Noise Can Induce Bimodality in Positive Transcriptional Feedback Loops Without Bistability
Building Biological Memory by Linking Positive Feedback Loops
Discrete, Continuous, and Stochastic Models of Protein Sorting in the Golgi Apparatus
Modeling the Resonant Release of Synaptic Transmitter by Hair Cells as an Example of Biological Oscillators with Cooperative Steps
neuroscience
Decorrelated Neuronal Firing in Cortical Microcircuits
The Asynchronous State in Cortical Circuits
ecology
Mixed-Power Scaling of Whole-Plant Respiration from Seedlings to Giant Trees
evolution
Lack of Evolvability in Self-Sustaining Autocatalytic Networks Constraints Metabolism-First Scenarios for the Origin of Life
Network Analyses Structure Genetic Diversity in Independent Genetic Worlds
evolution, theoretical biology
Competition-Colonization Dynamics in an RNA Virus
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