News tagged with protein phosphatase
In time for spring, biologist illuminates how seedlings regulate growth
With seedlings and shoots still poking their leafy tops out of the soil, it's hard to read the newly published research of Brown University biologist Alison DeLong without musing that it provides a deeper understanding of ...
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Investigators discover enzyme essential for healthy lung development
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have provided the first evidence that Eya1 protein phosphatase is a crucial regulator of the development of embryonic lung epithelial ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 29, 2011 |
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New research divines structure for class of proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most proteins are shapely, but about one-third of them lack a definitive form, at least that scientists can readily observe. These intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) perform a host of ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Key enzyme discovered to be master regulator in protein-protein reactions
Protein phosphorylation is a process by which proteins are flipped from one activation state to another. It is a crucial function for most living beings, since phosphorylation controls nearly every cellular ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Research spawns new discoveries showing how crops survive drought
(PhysOrg.com) -- Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Scientists identify protein that enhances long-term memory by controlling rest intervals
As most good students realize, repeated studying produces good memory. Those who study a lot realize, further, that what they learn tends to be preserved longer in memory if they space out learning sessions between rest intervals. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Aurora B answers an XIST-ential question
Early in development, mammalian female cells counteract their double dose of X chromosomes by coating one of them with a large RNA named XIST. The RNA binds to the same X chromosome from which it is transcribed ...
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Single host gene may hold key to treating both ebola and anthrax infections
Research published by Army scientists indicates that a minor reduction in levels of one particular gene, known as CD45, can provide protection against two divergent microbes: the virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Tumor suppressor gene in flies may provide insights for human brain tumors
In the fruit fly's developing brain, stem cells called neuroblasts normally divide to create one self-renewing neuroblast and one cell that has a different fate. But neuroblast growth can sometimes spin out of control and ...
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Key protein regulating inflammation may prove relevant to controlling sepsis
Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have identified the protein, WIP1, as the molecular "brake" that curbs severe inflammation ...
May 14, 2009 |
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