News tagged with ribosome
Related topics: protein , amino acids
Researchers uncover chemical basis for extra 'quality control' in protein production
December 9, 2009 -Even small errors made by cells during protein production can have profound disease effects, and nature has developed ways to uncover these mistakes and correct them. Though in the case of one essential ...
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Explained: RNA interference
Every high school biology student learns the basics of how genes are expressed: DNA, the cell’s master information keeper, is copied into messenger RNA, which carries protein-building instructions to the ribosome, ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Two-pronged protein attack could be source of SARS virulence
Ever since the previously unknown SARS virus emerged from southern China in 2003, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston virologists have focused on finding the source of the pathogen's virulence — its ability to ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Scientists visualize assembly line gears in ribosomes, cell's protein factory
Even as research on the ribosome, one of the cell's most basic machines, is recognized with a Nobel Prize, scientists continue to achieve new insights on the way ribosomes work.
Oct 15, 2009 |
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2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize
(AP) -- Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells - a feat that has spurred the development ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Study Reveals Unexpected Ancient Cellular Structure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at North Carolina State University have effectively lifted the veil from the structure of an ancient and important RNA-protein complex essential for the biosynthesis and function of the ribosome, ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Extremophile Yields a Key Cog in Life's Protein Factory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering at single molecules within an organism that makes its home near thermal vents, Yale University scientists have discovered the structure of a key player in the creation of protein-making ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Systems Biology Reveals Diversity in Key Environmental Cleanup Microbe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have completed the first thorough, system-level assessment of the diversity of an environmentally important genus of microbes known as Shewanella. Microbes belonging to that genus ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Genomic study yields plausible cause of colony collapse disorder
Researchers report this week that they have found a surprising but reliable marker of colony collapse disorder, a baffling malady that in 2007-2008 killed off more than a third of commercial honey bees in ...
Aug 24, 2009 |
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New images capture cell's ribosomes at work, could aid in molecular war against disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time captured elusive nanoscale movements of ribosomes at work, shedding light on how these cellular factories take ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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One secret to how TB sticks with you
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is arguably the world's most successful infectious agent because it knows how to avoid elimination by slowing its own growth to a crawl. Now, a report in the July 10 issue of the journal Cell, ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Study provides greater understanding of lyme disease-causing bacteria
Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by the tick-borne bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and usually begins with a skin lesion, after which the bacteria spread throughout the body to the nervous system, heart or joints. About ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Cellular discovery may lead to targeted treatment for rare form of anemia
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified the specific biological mechanisms believed to lead to a rare and incurable blood disease known as Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA). Scientists say with further investigation, ...
Mar 15, 2009 |
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Life secret exposed: Scientists unlock mystery of molecular machine
A major mystery about the origins of life has been resolved. According to a study published in the journal Nature, two Université de Montréal scientists have proposed a new theory for how a universal molecu ...
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Lost in translation: Perfectionist protein-maker trashes errors
The enzyme machine that translates a cell's DNA code into the proteins of life is nothing if not an editorial perfectionist.
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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