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Brokered regulatory leverage: Breaking Bad (2)

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First cells may have emerged because building blocks of proteins stabilized membranes 8/12/19 “Amino acids were not just protecting vesicles from disruption by magnesium ions, but they also created multilayered vesicles — like nested membranes,” said lead author Caitlin Cornell, a UW doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry. The researchers also discovered that amino … Brokered regulatory leverage: Breaking Bad (2)

Human Pheromones: Diversity of signaling pathways and a common response (Part 2)

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“Smell the potassium: Surprising find in study of sex- and aggression-triggering vomeronasal organ.” July 29th, 2012. Article excerpts (with my emphasis): Re: The sense of smell “From its [neurogenic] niche within the nose in most land-based vertebrates, it detects pheromones and triggers corresponding basic-instinct behaviors” “…neurons… are studded with specialized receptors that can be activated … Human Pheromones: Diversity of signaling pathways and a common response (Part 2)