News tagged with myosin motor
Researchers reshape basic understanding of cell division
By tracking the flow of information in a cell preparing to split, Johns Hopkins scientists have identified a protein mechanism that coordinates and regulates the dynamics of shape change necessary for division of a single ...
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Nano-motor with a light switch: Light-triggered myosin allows real-time study of cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Molecular "motors" are at the root of most biological movement. They propel cell components, whole cells, and even our muscles on command. Barbara Imperiali and a team from the Massachusetts ...
May 10, 2011 |
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'Relaxation' a critical step in vertebrate brain development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Normal vertebrate brain ventricle formation relies upon the stretchiness or "relaxation" of the neuroepithelium, which is regulated by the motor protein myosin. This process was discovered ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2010 |
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One step at a time: Motor molecules use random walks to make deliveries in living cells
Cells rely on tiny molecular motors to deliver cargo, such as mRNA and organelles, within the cell. The critical nature of this transport system is evidenced by the fact that disruption of motors by genetic defects leads ...
Jul 21, 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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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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Scientists uncover new mechanism of memory formation
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a mechanism that plays a critical role in the formation of long-term memory. The findings shed substantial new light on aspects of how memory ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Cellular Workouts Strengthen Endothelial Cells' Grasp
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Pennsylvania bioengineers have demonstrated that the cells that line blood vessels respond to mechanical forces -- the microscopic tugging and pulling on cellular structures ...
May 13, 2010 |
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Chromosomes make a rapid retreat from nuclear territories
Chromosomes move faster than we first thought. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Genome Biology, details new findings about the way chromosomes move around the nucleus when leaving the proliferative stage ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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