Cellular signal transmission is not only optimized for precision—it also includes a cost cap. The relationship between information and energy, a concept well established in physics and engineering, is likely to fundamentally ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 20, 2020
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have developed and implemented a new way to better understand how human cells communicate with each other, how this communication is disrupted in human diseases ...
Biotechnology
Jul 6, 2020
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Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) have mapped the signaling network in plants and discovered novel insights about how plants process information about their environment. This ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2020
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Researchers have discovered a new set of signals that cells send and receive to prompt one type of fat cell to convert fat into heat. The signaling pathway, discovered in mice, has potential implications for activating this ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 12, 2020
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When an egg cell of almost any sexually reproducing species is fertilized, it sets off a series of waves that ripple across the egg's surface. These waves are produced by billions of activated proteins that surge through ...
General Physics
Mar 23, 2020
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While many of us worry about proteins aggregating in our brains as we age and potentially causing Alzheimer's disease or other types of neurodegeneration, we may not realize that some of the same proteins are aggregating ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 21, 2020
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A new actor in the immune system of plants has been identified. KAUST scientists have identified the protein MAP4K4 is needed to mount proper defenses against environmental pathogens.
Biotechnology
Nov 26, 2019
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During embryonic development, nerve cells form long, thin extensions that wire up the complex network of the brain. Scientists from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn have now identified a protein ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 31, 2019
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Cells need powerhouses known as mitochondria to utilize the energy stored in our food. Most of the proteins required for this powerhouse function are encoded in the nucleus and transported into the mitochondria after they ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 21, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have used highly sophisticated molecular analyses to identify key proteins in the signaling pathways that cancers use to spread in the body. The study could help in personalizing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2019
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