Background: The nutrient-sensing Tor pathway governs cell growth and is conserved in nearly all eukaryotic organisms from unicellular yeasts to multicellular organisms, including humans. Tor is the target of the immunosuppressive ...

Background: Genetic analyses of human lice have shown that the current taxonomic classification of head lice ( Pediculus humanus capitis) and body lice ( Pediculus humanus humanus) does not reflect their phylogenetic ...