Dormancy

Dormant hematopoietic stem cells (dHSCs) are atop the hematopoietic hierarchy. The molecular identity of dHSCs and the mechanisms… (More)

Metastasis is the primary cause of death in cancer patients and current treatments fail to provide durable responses. Efforts to… (More)

Hydrogen peroxide was initially recognized as a toxic molecule that causes damage at different levels of cell organization and… (More)

Blood in healthy organisms is seen as a 'sterile' environment: it lacks proliferating microbes. Dormant or not-immediately… (More)

Insect heat shock proteins include ATP-independent small heat shock proteins and the larger ATP-dependent proteins, Hsp70, Hsp90… (More)

Microbial dormancy is a widespread phenomenon employed by bacteria to evade environmental threats including antibiotics. This… (More)

Seed dormancy has played a significant role in adaptation and evolution of seed plants. While its biological significance is… (More)

Tumor metastasis can occur years after an apparent cure due to a phenomenon known as metastatic tumor dormancy; in which tumor… (More)

The CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, CRISPR-associated genes) is an adaptive immunity… (More)

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) play a key role in various events of seed life. In orthodox seeds, ROS are produced from… (More)