Orna Yeger

TL;DR: The previously reported regulation of transport by the dietary NaCl intake involves modulations in the level of mRNA that codes either for the Na+ channel or a posttranscriptional regulator of the channel.

TL;DR: It was shown that the augmentation of transport induced by incubating whole cells in Ca2+-free solution involves the activation or recruitment of channels that are not vulnerable to PGO prior to incubation, and this effect is compatible with a model in which the conductive path of the channel contains a functional arginine.

TL;DR: The fact that the apical Na+ conductance in vesicles, can effectively be modulated by minor variations of the internal pH near the physiological value, raises the possibility that channels are being regulated by pH changes which alter their apparent affinity to cytoplasmic Ca2+, rather than, or in addition to changes in the cytopalasmic level of free Ca2+.

TL;DR: A mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, which unlike the wild type, developed biofilms was identified, which suggested that the planktonic nature of the wild-type strain is a result of a self-suppression mechanism, which depends on the deposition of a factor to the extracellular milieu.