News tagged with signal transduction pathway
'Switch off, light on': Molecular biologist discovers new control mechanism in cell signalling
Manuela Baccarini of the Centre for Molecular Biology of the University of Vienna, Austria, investigates a group of proteins which are important for cell division and therefore also for uncontrolled cell growth as occurring ...
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Understanding bacterial sensors: Researchers piece together model of chemoreceptor arrays
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly all motile bacteria can sense and respond to their surroundings—finding food, avoiding poisons, and targeting cells to infect, for example—through a process called chemotaxis. ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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How the 'Quarter' Horse won the rodeo
American Quarter Horses are renowned for their speed, agility, and calm disposition. Consequently over four million Quarter horses are used as working horses on ranches, as show horses or at rodeos. New research ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Steroids control gas exchange in plants
Plants leaves are sealed with a gas-tight wax layer to prevent water loss. Plants breathe through microscopic pores called stomata (Greek for mouths) on the surfaces of leaves. Over 40% of the carbon dioxide, CO2, in the ...
Feb 05, 2012 |
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Biologists identify light-regulated mechanism in cyanobacteria as aid to optimizing photosynthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Indiana University biologists have uncovered how a control system works in producing the important light-harvesting antennae that power photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, the microorganisms ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Biochemical cell signals quantified for first time
Just as cell phones and computers transmit data through electronic networks, the cells of your body send and receive chemical messages through molecular pathways. The term "cell signaling" was coined more than 30 years ago ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Scientists pinpoint shape-shifting mechanism critical to protein signaling
In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Microbe provides clues about how cells respond to environmental change
Because they can respond quickly to environmental stress, the bacteria Shewanella are useful models for studying response to environmental change.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Plant biology meets up with computational wizardry
Over time, plants have evolved to adapt to a constantly changing, often hostile, environment. Unfortunately, they are facing a new and difficult challenge ahead.
May 31, 2011 |
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Positioning enzymes with ease
Virtually all processes in the human body rely on a unique class of proteins known as enzymes. To study them, scientists want to attach these molecules to surfaces and hold them fast, but this can often be ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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How do plants fight disease?
How exactly bacterial pathogens cause diseases in plants remains a mystery and continues to frustrate scientists working to solve this problem. Now Wenbo Ma, a young plant pathologist at the University of ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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