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Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Activin/Nodal signalling before implantation: setting the stage for embryo patterning

Dec 5, 2014 - Activins and Nodal are members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) family of growth factors. Their Smad2/3-dependent signalling pathway is well known for its implication in the patterning of the embryo after implantation. Although this

Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences

Spinal processing: anatomy and physiology of spinal nociceptive mechanisms

Feb 19, 1985 - The processing of nociceptive input that occurs at the spinal level represents the first stage of effective control over its access to higher regions of the central nervous system. Recent developments in both the anatomy and physiology of

Journal - Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London

Minute examination of the organ of taste in man

Jan 1, 1851 - The author commences by describing his mode of observation, which differs from that followed by previous observers. It consists in removing from the living tongue one of the papillæ, and immediately subjecting it to examination. He then proceeds to

Journal - Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Editorial

Dec 1, 2015 - Volume 61 of Biographical Memoirs contains 26 accounts of Fellows and Foreign Members who died recently. This is a greater number than has been the case for some years. Of the 26 memoirs, 20 come from the physical and engineering sciences and only 6

Journal - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character

The ascent of water in trees: (Second paper)

Jul 8, 1907 - The physical conditions in the vessels interpose no obstacle to the exertion of a pumping action on their contents controlled by the medullary ray cells. There are many theoretical ways in which surface tension action could be brought into play in

Journal - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

No extension of lifespan by ablation of germ line in Drosophila

Dec 21, 2005 - Increased reproduction is frequently associated with a reduction in longevity in a variety of organisms. Traditional explanations of this ‘cost of reproduction’ suggest that trade-offs between reproduction and longevity should be obligate.

Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Eukaryotic organisms in Proterozoic oceans

May 5, 2006 - The geological record of protists begins well before the Ediacaran and Cambrian diversification of animals, but the antiquity of that history, its reliability as a chronicle of evolution and the causal inferences that can be drawn from it remain

Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences

Antibiotics: opportunities for genetic manipulation

Aug 31, 1989 - New antibiotics can still be discovered by the development of novel screening procedures. Notable successes over the last few years include the monobactams, β- lactamase inhibitors (clavulanic acid) and new glycopeptides in the antibacterial held;