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Kinase interaction analysis predicts actions of the WNK-OSR1/SPAK pathway - Communications Biology

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By Ji-Ung Jung, Purbita Saha
| Nature Verified
Abstract The WNK-OSR1/SPAK protein kinase pathway regulates ion homeostasis and cell volume, but its other functions are not well understood. To discover undefined signaling functions, we utilized experimentally-derived binding specificity to predict interactions and relative affinities with the conserved C-terminal (CCT) domains of OSR1 and SPAK, which bind short linear motifs.
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15 Bizarre and Surprising Bird Facts

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By Purbita Saha
| Birds and Blooms Verified
The Mystery of the First Bird Migration Birds have been migrating for hundreds of thousands of years, but did they head north or south first? According to evolutionary scientists, they probably flew from colder regions down to the tropics, then made the return trip when the world around them warmed. This would explain why the majority of modern bird species in North America migrate every spring and fall. Not all birds migrate by flying.
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All About Owl Pellets and Where to Find Them

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By Purbita Saha, Kimberly Kaufman, As a teenager, Megan White
| Birds and Blooms Verified
What Are Owl Pellets? A tight ball of fur and bones lies in the leaf litter under the evergreens—a telltale sign that an owl is nearby. The nocturnal raptors cough up these grisly artifacts at their roosts once a day. After snatching up a rodent or fellow bird, they swallow their prey whole, squeezing together the indigestible bits in their gizzard and discarding what’s called an “owl pellet.” Or in other words, owl puke.
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