News tagged with protein network

Scientists develop new way to decipher hidden messages in symbols

(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost all information, in a sense, can be represented by symbols. In order to extract this embedded information, the symbols and the rules governing their sequence formation need to be deciphered. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (41) | comments 6 | with audio podcast feature

How nerve cells grow: Researchers decode a molecular process that controls the growth

Brain researcher Hiroshi Kawabe has discovered the workings of a process that had been completely overlooked until now, and that allows nerve cells in the brain to grow and form complex networks. The study ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 19, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dead Sea-dwelling microbes reveal roots of protein common to all higher life forms

(PhysOrg.com) -- We have more in common with Dead Sea-dwelling microbes than previously thought. University of Florida researchers have found that one of the most common proteins in complex life forms may have evolved from ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Manipulating single molecules to unravel secrets of protein folding

Physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are opening a new window into the life of biological cells, using a technique that lets them grab the ends of a single protein molecule and pull, making ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find a brake that acts when cellular motors run too far

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has shown how microtubules are interconnected into large networks. Like the poles of a tent, microtubules give shape to cells. By sliding microtubules along ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Aging: Worms, Flies & Yeast Are More Like Us than Previously Expected

When it comes to the aging process, yeast, nematode worms and fruit flies have more in common with humans than previously expected. In addition to highlighting the similarities between species, a large-scale human protein ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Building a complete metabolic model

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, University of California, San Diego, The Scripps Research Institute, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation and other institutions have constructed ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Insight into cells could lead to new approach to medicines

A surprising discovery about the complex make-up of our cells could lead to the development of new types of medicines, a study suggests.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify 'Facebook neurons'

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that within the brain's neocortex lies a subnetwork of highly active neurons that behave much like people in social networks. Like Facebook, these neuronal ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Unraveling biological networks

A new approach to disentangling the complexities of biological networks, such as the way in which proteins interact in our body's cells has been developed by researchers in China. The team's algorithm could allow biologists ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists watch cell-shape process for first time

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science, with colleagues at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, observed for the first time a fundamental process of cellular organization in living plant cells: the birth ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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How the brain cell works: A dive into its inner network

University of Miami biology professor Akira Chiba is leading a multidisciplinary team to develop the first systematic survey of protein interactions within brain cells. The team is aiming to reconstruct genome-wide ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists isolate protein that may be 'boon' to medicine

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have isolated a unique protein that appears to have a dual function and could lead to a "boon in medicine." The findings are published in the August issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene causes blue light to have a banana odor

German scientists have succeeded to genetically modify Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae allowing them to smell blue light. The research team can activate single receptor neurons out of 28 olfactory neurons in ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3