Nature

Mechanisms and function of substrate recruitment by F-box proteins

F-box proteins are the substrate-targeting subunits of S phase kinase-associated protein 1 (SKP1)–cullin 1 (CUL1)–F-box protein (SCF) ubiquitin ligase complexes. In mammals, approximately 70 F-box ...
Nature

Function and evolution of the plant MADS-box gene family

The function of MADS-box genes in flower and fruit development has been uncovered at a rapid pace over the past decade. Evolutionary biologists can now analyse the expression pattern of MADS-box genes ...
Network World

Readers debate multi-function vs. single function security boxes

Many readers responded to the recent newsletter on multi-function security boxes that support VPNs, and raised new issues. Redundancy was brought up over and over. If a single device performs many ...
Design-Reuse

Pipeline AES S-box Implementation Starting with Substitution Table

The SubByte transformation, carried out by S-box, is the most time consuming procedure in Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. A look-up table is commonly used for SubByte transformation in ...