News tagged with motor proteins
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Lipid droplets lead a Spartin existence
Spartin, a protein linked to the neuronal disease Troyer syndrome, was thought to function in endocytosis. In the March 23, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, Eastman et al. identify an unexpected role f ...
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Motor proteins may be vehicles for drug delivery
Specialized motor proteins that transport cargo within cells could be turned into nanoscale machines for drug delivery, according to bioengineers. Chemical alteration of the proteins' function could also help inhibit the ...
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Study offers clues to beating hearing loss
Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a significant step forward in understanding the causes of some forms of deafness.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds has shed new light on the little-understood motor protein called dynein, thought to be involved in progressive neurological ...
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Researchers 'unzip' molecules to measure interactions keeping DNA packed in cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever battled a stuck zipper knows it's a good idea to see what's stuck, where and how badly -- and then to pull hard. A Cornell research team's experiments involve the "unzipping" ...
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Dartmouth researchers find new protein function
A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds to the growing knowledge about the fundamental ...
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly, an essential step in their ability ...
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Dec 24, 2008 |
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