In this mini-review, we discuss emerging evidence that phenazines play multiple roles and contribute to the behavior and ecological fitness of the producing bacterium.
Except for the soprano responsible for Alice, each cast member sings multiple roles and contributes to a choral backing that takes the place of an orchestral accompaniment.
Multiple immunological molecules and pathways with redundant roles contribute to the outcome of sepsis.
It is possible that the DNA sequence periodicity in prokaryotes can play multiple roles, including facilitating transcription initiation, contributing to DNA folding in the nucleoid, and promoting positive or negative supercoiling, but most likely to different extent in different genomes.
Here, we discuss emerging evidence that phenazines play multiple roles for the producing organism and contribute to their behavior and ecological fitness.
Increased paperwork requirements and having multiple roles within the health service, are contributing to a build up of mental stress, making it difficult to concentrate amidst distractions and leading to a sense of 'always feeling stretched'.
Instead, results from in vitro assays suggest that tumor αvβ3 may have multiple roles downstream of primary tumor growth that contribute to enhanced metastasis to bone.
Although the mechanism responsible for VAV3 involvement in gemcitabine and AraC response is unclear, given the multiple roles of VAV3 in cancer development, it was not surprising that this gene might contribute to variation in response to chemotherapeutic agents.
These and other initiatives could be considered as contributing towards developing ethical mindfulness among research staff [ 43], including a critical awareness at all levels of their multiple roles and identities.
Zeaxanthin is a carotenoid with multiple roles in photoprotection: it enhances NPQ itself [12], it establishes a long term quenching effect by binding to Lhc proteins [13] and it contributes to ROS scavenging [14].
