WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS: IMPORTANCE OF PROTIST-PROTIST INTERACTIONS IN STRUCTURING MARINE PROTISTAN COMMUNITIES IN THE SAN PEDRO CHANNEL

With a little help from my friends: importance of protist-protist interactions in structuring marine protistan communities in the San Pedro Channel

ABSTRACT Marine protists form complex communities that are shaped by environmental and biological ecosystem properties, as well as ecological interactions between organisms.While all of these factors play a role in shaping protistan communities, the specific ways in which these properties and interactions influence protistan communities remain poor

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From press conferences to media dialogues, Cameroon learned to be more effective in relaying tobacco control messages

Background and challenges to implementation Cameroon ratified the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2006.Eleven years later, the country has still not adopted a national tobacco control bill, something the FCTC recommends be done three years VAGINAL DILATORS into ratification.Knowing how powerful the media

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cAMP/PKA regulates osteogenesis, adipogenesis and ratio of RANKL/OPG mRNA expression in mesenchymal stem cells by suppressing leptin.

BACKGROUND: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a pluripotent cell type that can differentiate into adipocytes, osteoblasts and other cells.The reciprocal relationship between adipogenesis and osteogenesis was previously demonstrated; however, the mechanisms remain largely unknown.METHODS AND FINDINGS: We report that activation of PKA by 3-isobutyl-1

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