Elizabeth Kellogg

Aug 1, 2024 | science.org | Yangyang Zhu |Zuanning Yuan |Simon Dedman |Elizabeth Kellogg

AbstractIn the words of English novelist Anne Brontë, “…he that dares not grasp the thorn / Should never crave the rose” (1). If Brontë had lived in a warmer climate, she might have written a similar line about wild eggplant, cucumber, or rice, species that all produce sharp pointed epidermal outgrowths called prickles (inaccurately called thorns in roses). Prickles function as a physical defense against herbivores. On page 514 of this issue, Satterlee et al.

Sep 13, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Eva Nogales |Elizabeth Kellogg

Microtubules (MTs) are ubiquitous cytoskeletal elements of eukaryotic cells that play a myriad of roles, all of them involving a number of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) that recognize, bind, and often regulate MT activity. Polymers of repeating αβ-tubulin subunits, MTs are made of protofilaments that associate in parallel and a staggered manner to give rise to a pseudo-helical array of tubulin dimers.

Feb 28, 2023 | nerdwallet.com | Elizabeth Kellogg

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