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Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

Recent News

Researchers uncover protein responsible for cold sensation

Nature Neuroscience report from a collaboration of the labs of MCDB's Bo Duan and LSI's Shawn Xu fills "a gap in temperature-sensing puzzle"

New from Shan Lab: When plants are attacked

Phosphatidic acid is the very first molecule to activate the immune system. The Shan Lab discovered that a tiny enzyme, a lipid kinase called DGK5, is responsible for this burst. Their findings are reported in Cell.

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