News tagged with protein protein interactions

Major networking opportunity: The IMEx Consortium brings interactomes to light

A new service makes it simple to find solid, experimental data about protein interactions. Writing in the journal Nature Methods, the IMEx consortium describes how a non-redundant experimental dataset will m ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Predicting how proteins will partner

Growing up with a father who taught at Cornell University, and surrounded by friends whose parents were also on Cornell faculty, Amy Keating had little doubt that she would follow the same path.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell protein interactions favor fats

For cells to signal each other to carry out their vital work, could the cell membrane's lipids -- or fats -- play a role in buttering-up the process? A research group led by University of Illinois at Chicago chemistry professor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop novel technique to map protein interactions leading to better understanding of disease mechanisms

Scientists have developed a powerful new technique, named BioID, to screen for both interacting and neighboring proteins in their native cellular environment. Elucidating protein interactions is key to better understanding ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shedding light on how body fends off bacteria

To invade organisms such as humans, bacteria make use of a protein called flagellin, part of a tail-like appendage that helps the bacteria move about. Now, for the first time, a team led by scientists at The ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Shedding light on why it is so 'tough' to make healthier hot dogs

In part of an effort to replace animal fat in hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers and other foods with healthier fat, scientists are reporting an advance in solving the mystery of why hot dogs develop an unpleasant tough texture ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Researchers build largest protein interaction map to date

Researchers have built a map that shows how thousands of proteins in a fruit fly cell communicate with each other . This is the largest and most detailed protein interaction map of a multicellular organism, demonstrating ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New equation predicts molecular forces in hydrophobic interactions

The physical model to describe the hydrophobic interactions of molecules has been a mystery that has challenged scientists and engineers since the 19th century. Hydrophobic interactions are central to explaining ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mass. schools team up for supercomputer center

(AP) -- At a gritty industrial site occupied a century ago by a textile mill, five universities are collaborating to install supercomputers that will recreate the start of the universe and perform other research.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New membrane lipid measuring technique may help fight disease

Could controlling cell-membrane fat play a key role in turning off disease?

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research team achieves first 2-color STED microscopy of living cells

Researchers are able to achieve extremely high-resolution microscopy through a process known as stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy. This cutting-edge imaging system has pushed the performance of microscopes significantly ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists take a giant step for people -- with plants!

Science usually progresses in small steps, but on rare occasions, a new combination of research expertise and cutting-edge technology produces a 'great leap forward.' An international team of scientists, whose ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacterial protein caught in the act of secreting sticky appendages

(PhysOrg.com) -- New atomic-level "snapshots" published in the June 2, 2011, issue of Nature reveal details of how bacteria such as E. coli produce and secrete sticky appendages called pili, which help the mi ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Similarities cause protein misfolding

A large number of illnesses stem from misfolded proteins, molecules composed of amino acids. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now studied protein misfolding using a special spectroscopic technique. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2