The role of p53 in limiting somatic cell reprogramming
Yan Liu, Ruben Hoya-Arias and Stephen D Nimer

Quieting cross talk – the quorum sensing regulator LsrR as a possible target for fighting bacterial infections
Christopher M Byrd and William E Bentley

A new role for plant R2R3-MYB transcription factors in cell cycle regulation
Eleonora Cominelli and Chiara Tonelli

Efficient generation of hepatocyte-like cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Zhihua Song, Jun Cai, Yanxia Liu, Dongxin Zhao, Jun Yong, Shuguang Duo, Xijun Song, Yushan Guo, Yang Zhao, Han Qin, Xiaolei Yin, Chen Wu, Jie Che, Shichun Lu, Mingxiao Ding and Hongkui Deng

p28^GANK inhibits endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced cell death via enhancement of the endoplasmic reticulum adaptive capacity
Rong-Yang Dai, Yao Chen, Jing Fu, Li-Wei Dong, Yi-Bin Ren, Guang-Zhen Yang, You-Wen Qian, Jie Cao, Shan-Hua Tang, Sheng-Li Yang and Hong-Yang Wang

LsrR-binding site recognition and regulatory characteristics in Escherichia coli AI-2 quorum sensing
Ting Xue, Liping Zhao, Haipeng Sun, Xianxuan Zhou and Baolin Sun

Downregulation of cyclooxygenase-1 is involved in gastric mucosal apoptosis via death signaling in portal hypertensive rats
Bin Wu, Lixian Zeng, Ying Lin, Zhuofu Wen, Guihua Chen, Ryuichi Iwakiri and Kazuma Fujimoto

Dual function of Arabidopsis ATAF1 in abiotic and biotic stress responses
Yaorong Wu, Zhiyong Deng, Jianbin Lai, Yiyue Zhang, Cuiping Yang, Bojiao Yin, Qingzhen Zhao, Ling Zhang, Yin Li, Chengwei Yang and Qi Xie

An R2R3-type transcription factor gene AtMYB59 regulates root growth and cell cycle progression in Arabidopsis
Rui-Ling Mu, Yang-Rong Cao, Yun-Feng Liu, Gang Lei, Hong-Feng Zou, Yong Liao, Hui-Wen Wang, Wan-Ke Zhang, Biao Ma, Ji-Zhou Du, Ming Yuan, Jin-Song Zhang and Shou-Yi Chen

Inhibition of cytokinesis by overexpression of NudCL that is localized to the centrosome and midbody
Yuqi Cai, Yuehong Yang, Minhong Shen and Tianhua Zhou

A transcription factor with a bHLH domain regulates root hair development in rice
Wona Ding, Zhiming Yu, Yanli Tong, Wei Huang, Hanmin Chen and Ping Wu