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Cells on the move

Cells on the move reach forward with lamellipodia and filopodia, cytoplasmic sheets and rods supported by branched networks or tight bundles of actin filaments. Cells without functional lamellipodia are still ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transcriptional elongation control takes on new dimensions

Life is complicated enough, so you can forgive the pioneers of DNA biology for glossing over transcriptional elongation control by RNA polymerase II, the quick and seemingly bulletproof penultimate step in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ready, go!

Just like orchestra musicians waiting for their cue, RNA polymerase II molecules are poised at the start site of many developmentally controlled genes, waiting for the "Go!"- signal to read their part of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Artificial light quality affects herbivore preference for seedlings

In horticultural production, growers often depend on systems that use artificial light to produce high-quality transplants. Although the systems are efficient, fluorescent lamps can produce plants with shorter shoots than ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mechanism uncovered behind Salmonella virulence and drug susceptibility

Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects its virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics by changing its production of proteins in a previously unheard of manner. This a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Uncapping the mystery behind the mechanism of cap removal from actin filaments

In this study, Shuichi Takeda at Nagoya University and colleagues present the X-ray crystal structures of the actin capping protein (CP) complexed with its inhibitors, V-1 and CARMIL, and demonstrate that the two regulators ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Acellular dermal matrix and short bowel syndrome

Short bowel syndrome has puzzled surgeons for a long time and the curative effect are unsatisfactory. In recent years, acellular dermal matrix (ADM) has been used in many fields for tissue regeneration or scarless healing. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists make fundamental discovery about how gene expression functions in bacteria

Researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered and characterized a general mechanism that controls transcription elongation in bacteria. The mechanism, described in the April 23 issue of Science, relies on phy ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Atomic force microscope research could lead to better health care

Where biology, chemistry and physics intersect, a Kansas State University professor expects to find applications to improve human health.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0