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Mostramos cómo las emisiones antropogénicas de halógenos, como cloro o bromo, aceleran la oxidación y deposición de mercurio atmosférico y, en consecuencia, aumenta la exposición a sus efectos en personas y ecosistemas.
Read more: Las emisiones de halógenos aumentan la exposición a la contaminación por mercurio
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Polyalanine expansions in PHOX2B cause protein loss of function in Ondine's Syndrome. Antón et al. show how.
Read more: On how homorepeat expansions cause protein disfunction in disease
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Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a neurotoxic, genotoxic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic mycotoxin that contaminates foods for human consumption. We have found an α/β hydrolase capable of hydrolyzing it, which has been analyzed.
Read more: We find a bacterial α/β hydrolase that hydrolyzes the neurotoxic mycotoxin ochratoxin A
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By introducing fluorescent cytosine derivatives into key positions of an i-DNA structure, their formation inside the cell has been observed by using fluorescence microscopy.
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The IP3 3-kinase is capable of binding and phosphorylating various analogs of its substrate, IP3, thus demonstrating new biosynthetic capabilities. This discovery opens new perspectives in the field of drug design.
Read more: Unexpected activity in an enzyme that metabolizes the second messenger IP3
