News tagged with golgi apparatus
Stretching the Golgi: a link between form and function
A research team at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has provided a surprisingly simple explanation for the mechanism and features of the "Golgi apparatus" - a structure that has baffled ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Stem cells poised to self-destruct for the good of the embryo
Embryonic stem cells — those revered cells that give rise to every cell type in the body — just got another badge of honor. If they suffer damage that makes them a threat to the developing embryo, ...
May 03, 2012 |
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Amoeba offers key clue to photosynthetic evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isn't available, energy is generated by breaking ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Structural and functional secrets of a zinc transporter protein with a role in human disease
Up to one-tenth of the proteins encoded in the human genome incorporate zinc, making this element indispensable to biological function. Indeed, most organisms employ a host of specialized transporter proteins ...
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Nanotubes: Cellular membranes on supply
(PhysOrg.com) -- When unfolding a tent for the first time, you may wonder how the huge tarpaulin fits into a bag the size of a football. Biologists wonder about something similar: when a cell divides, the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Researchers discover mechanism for signaling receptor recycling
An international team of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University's Manojkumar Puthenveedu has discovered the mechanism by which signaling receptors recycle, a critical piece in understanding signaling ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Parasite and bacterium illustrate convergent evolution: Both hijack cells' 'post office'
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii and the pathogenic bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis exemplify convergent evolution, the development of a similar biological trait in unrelated lineages, according to research presen ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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A new target in polycystic kidney disease
In work suggesting a new approach to treating polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a leading cause of kidney failure, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston were able to block the formation of fluid-filled cysts, the hallmark ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 13, 2010 |
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New approach which can help to predict neurodegenerative diseases
New investigations, initiated by research workers at CIC bioGUNE and led by Dr. Aitor Hierro, have opened possibilities for making progress in the knowledge and prediction of neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Transportation governed by simple rules
(PhysOrg.com) -- All life on earth is threatened by chaos. In this sense, a cell is like a ship which could at any moment sink in a sea of chaos. It must constantly consume energy to maintain the same level ...
Apr 30, 2010 |
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The downside of microtubule stability
Stalled microtubules might be responsible for some cases of the neurological disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, Tanabe and Takei report in the Journal of Cell Biology . A mutant protein makes the mi ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 15, 2009 |
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