Out of Indochina: confirmed specimen record and first molecular identification of Psammophis indochinensis Smith, 1943 (Squamata, Psammophiidae) from Bali, Indonesia

Psammophis indochinensis Smith, Organization 1943 was reported in the eastern Java and Bali of Indonesia despite its primary geographic range being in the Indochina region.We confirm its presence in Bali based on a newly collected specimen and provide morphological and genetic data.The specimen was found in a lowland, urban areas near open grasslan

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Sensing of RNA stress by mTORC1 drives autoinflammation

Loss-of-function mutations in SKIV2L underlie trichohepatoenteric syndrome (THES2), a rare inborn error of immunity characterized by Metal Bowl diarrhea, skin lesions, brittle hair, and immunodeficiency.SKIV2L is part of a multiprotein complex required for exosome-mediated RNA surveillance through RNA decay.In this issue of the JCI, Yang et al.deli

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