Tumbleweeds or fibrils: Tau proteins need to choose
New simulations by Rice University scientists tell a tale of two taus and how they relate to neurological disease.
New simulations by Rice University scientists tell a tale of two taus and how they relate to neurological disease.
Biochemistry
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In both plant and animal cells, protein activity is often regulated by phosphorylation, by which a phosphate group is added to one or more sites on a protein. A team led by Ken Shirasu of RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, ...
Biotechnology
Aug 30, 2010
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Legume plants have the unique ability to interact with nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil, known as rhizobia. Legumes and rhizobia engage in symbiotic relations upon nitrogen starvation, allowing the plant to thrive without ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 12, 2024
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The lab of Kathy Gould, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of cell and developmental biology, used a multi-disciplinary approach that included structural biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology to investigate ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 9, 2022
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Human pluripotent stem cells, which can develop into any cell type in the body, rely heavily on glycolysis, or sugar fermentation, to drive their metabolic activities.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2011
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Researchers from Northwestern University and Yale University have developed a user-friendly technology to help scientists understand how proteins work and fix them when they are broken. Such knowledge could pave the way for ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 10, 2015
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Scientists at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, with collaborators at Michigan State University and the University of Illinois, have unveiled a new way in which plants perceive pathogens to activate immunity.
Biotechnology
Mar 13, 2014
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In a study published in PNAS, the team led by Prof. Zhou Xiaolong and Prof. Wang Enduo from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of the Chinese Academy of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 6, 2023
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Researchers in UC's Department of Cancer Biology are collaborating with material scientists from the University of Houston to create and use nanotubes to capture and understand the regulation of proteins involved in a variety ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 11, 2015
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The same process plants use to respond to environmental stress acts as an on/off switch for a key enzyme in wood formation, NC State researchers have found.
Biotechnology
Jul 8, 2015
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