News & Views in 2005

Immunoaffinity isolation enables the identification of phosphotyrosine peptides on a global level.

The complete genome sequence of the ethanol-producing bacterium Zymomonas mobilis provides new opportunities for industrial alcohol fermentation.

An ingenious screening method exploiting substrate induction of gene expression provides a rapid means of identifying new catabolic pathways in unculturable microorganisms.

The oxidation state of proteins in cells can be analyzed with a simple labeling method.

The bulk production of human red blood cells in culture is a first step toward an alternative source of transfusible blood.