Galectin-9 is one of the best-studied of the tandem-repeat galectins with glycan binding in both the N-and C-terminal domains. The protein lacks a signal sequence, like most galectins, and is synthesized in the cytosol on free polyribosomes.
As a cheerleader on the sidelines in high school, Sheila Johnson never imagined that one day she'd buy a professional sports team of her own! Now, as the first African-American woman to become a billionaire (even before Oprah!) and the first woman to be a majority owner of a WNBA team, she reserves her cheers for her beloved Washington Mystics.
Meet the new First Lady of the United States of America: Melania Trump. Here are 17 facts about president-elect Donald Trump's wife: First non-U.S. born FLOTUS in almost 200 years. Melania Trump was born Melanija Knavs on April 26, 1970, in Slovenia, which was then part of communist Yugoslavia. She's the first FLOTUS from a communist nation and the first foreign-born first lady since Louisa Adams, the England-born wife of John Quincy Adams, who served as the sixth U.S. president from 1825-1829.