News tagged with granule proteins

Ovastacin cuts off sperm binding

A study in The Journal of Cell Biology describes how a secreted enzyme helps egg cells avoid being fertilized by more than one sperm.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mutant host cell protein sequesters critical HIV-1 element

Scientists have identified a new way to inhibit a molecule that is critical for HIV pathogenesis. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 16th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, presents a target for develo ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Feathers show their true colors

(Phys.org) -- For millennia birds have been prized, even hunted, for their beautiful plumage but what makes their feathers so colorful?

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research reveals novel transport mechanism for large ribonucleoproteins

The movement of genetic materials, such as RNA and ribosomes, from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is a critical component in a cell's ability to make the proteins necessary for essential biological functions. Until now, it ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Plastic fantastic – the future of biodegradables

Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is biodegradable and is not dependent on fossil resources, this bioplast ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds more effective way to dry ethanol, reduce costs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers have found an alternative environmentally friendly and energy-efficient way to dry corn ethanol, and their proof is in the pudding.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Cancer-killing cells are caught on film in more 3D detail than ever before

Scientists reveal in more detail than ever before how white blood cells kill diseased tissue using deadly granules, in research published today in PLoS Biology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In immune cells, 'super-res' imaging reveals natural killers' M.O.

Making use of a new "super resolution" microscope that provides sharp images at extremely small scales, scientists have achieved unprecedented views of the immune system in action. The new tool, a stimulated ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find eye development error causing cataracts, glaucoma

A Jackson Laboratory research team, working in collaboration with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, show that RNA granules--key players in messenger RNA (mRNA) processing--can ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover new role for mitochondria during RNA processing

Michael Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues, have discovered a new role for mitochondria during ribonucleic acid (RNA) processing. ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microfabrication: The light approach

Materials that conduct electricity but which are also transparent to light are important for electronic displays, cameras and solar cells. The industry’s standard material for these applications is indium ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Secretions of the mind

A molecule called calcium-dependent activator protein for secretion 2 (CAPS2) promotes the secretion of a neurotrophic factor that is critical for the proper development and survival of networks of interneurons ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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