Bacteria have evolved different systems for secreting proteins into the fluid around them or into other cells. Some, for example, have syringe-like exterior structures that can pierce other cells and inject proteins. Another ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 27, 2012
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Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered the workings behind some of the bacteria that kill hundreds of thousands every year, possibly paving the way for new antibiotics that could treat infections ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 9, 2012
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All living organisms are made up of cells, behind these intricate life forms lie complex cellular processes that allow our bodies to function. Researchers working on protein secretion — a fundamental process in biology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine have published a study that offers a new understanding of a protein critical to physiological ...
Biochemistry
May 17, 2011
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Pancreatic β-cells are essential for secreting insulin to regulate glucose homeostasis. During metabolic stress they respond by increasing insulin production and secretion and proliferation to meet the increased metabolic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 7, 2023
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Casein makes up the majority of the proteins in cheese and quark. Although casein itself does not taste bitter, its digestion in the stomach also produces bitter-tasting protein fragments (peptides). This has been proven ...
Biochemistry
Oct 11, 2022
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Our many different organ systems are in constant communication with each other. During exercise, for example, muscles send out signals to fat and liver tissue to release their energy sources. While these communication networks ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2022
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Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have made progress in the study of heavy ion mutagenesis breeding and the cellulase synthetic mechanism of enzyme-producing strains. ...
Biotechnology
Aug 2, 2022
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have identified an enzyme that controls how much collagen cells secrete. As collagen imbalance is linked to a range of human diseases, the study provides clues to ...
Biochemistry
Jun 11, 2018
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Xanthomonas citri, the bacterium that causes citrus canker, a disease responsible for major damage to lemon and orange groves in worldwide scale, has a veritable arsenal of weapons to overcome constant competition with other ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2018
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