News tagged with cellular signal transduction

From cell division to ageing: Scientists locate main cell switches

(PhysOrg.com) -- Protein function and gene expression are often regulated by reversible modifications of already existing proteins. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and the University ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers make significant strides in identifying cause of bacterial infections

Several bacterial pathogens use toxins to manipulate human host cells, ultimately disturbing cellular signal transduction. Until now, however, scientists have been able to track down only a few of the proteins that interact ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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How the 'Quarter' Horse won the rodeo

American Quarter Horses are renowned for their speed, agility, and calm disposition. Consequently over four million Quarter horses are used as working horses on ranches, as show horses or at rodeos. New research ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study provides new details of fundamental cellular process

A recent Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) study published in the journal Science investigating the molecular structure and function of an essential plant hormone could profoundly change our understanding of a key cell p ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CSHL's DNA Learning Center awarded Science magazine SPORE prize

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center (DNALC) has been awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) for its creation of a science education portal at www.dnalc.org that attracts more than 7 million ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Living cells say: Can you hear me now?

It has long been known that cells release chemical signals in response to outside conditions, triggering reactions inside the cell.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biologists identify light-regulated mechanism in cyanobacteria as aid to optimizing photosynthesis

(PhysOrg.com) -- Indiana University biologists have uncovered how a control system works in producing the important light-harvesting antennae that power photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, the microorganisms ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

How receptors talk to G proteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- The mechanism by which cells respond to stimuli and trigger hormonal responses, as well as the senses of sight, smell, and taste, has for the first time been brought into focus with the help ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Plant biology meets up with computational wizardry

Over time, plants have evolved to adapt to a constantly changing, often hostile, environment. Unfortunately, they are facing a new and difficult challenge ahead.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Designing new molecular tools to study the life and death of a cancer cell

Basic and translational research on cancer, and development of new cancer therapeutics, has focused on different aspects of cancer cellular function. One area of focus is the life and death of a cancer cell. Apoptosis, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shedding light on the elegant mechanisms that control the push and shove of cells in living organisms

The many amazing photomicrographs on display at the entrance to the Electron Microscope Laboratory in the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) were all taken by laboratory leader Shigenobu Yonemura ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neural stem cells maintain high levels of reactive oxygen species, study finds

For years, the majority of research on reactive oxygen species (ROS) – ions or very small molecules that include free radicals – has focused on how they damage cell structure and their potential link to stroke, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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