News tagged with yeast cell wall

Pretreatment, proper harvest time boost ethanol from switchgrass

Adding a pretreatment step would allow producers to get more ethanol from switchgrass harvested in the fall, according to a Purdue University study.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find new genes for cancer, other diseases in plants, yeast and worms

From deep within the genomes of organisms as diverse as plants, worms and yeast, scientists have uncovered new genes responsible for causing human diseases such as cancer and deafness.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mounting a multi-layered attack on fungal infections

Unravelling a microbe's multilayer defence mechanisms could lead to effective new treatments for potentially lethal fungal infections in cancer patients and others whose natural immunity is weakened.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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First aid for winemakers

Whether or not a wine turns out to be as outstanding as the winemaker hopes depends on the quality of the yeasts; they control the fermentation process and create the distinctive flavor. A new sensor allows ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A surprising molecular switch: Lipids help control the development of cell polarity

In a standard biology textbook, cells tend to look more or less the same from all sides. But in real life cells have fronts and backs, tops and bottoms, and they orient many of their structures according to ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toward more cost-effective production of biofuels from plant lignocellulosic biomass

In 1925, Henry Ford observed that fuel is present in all vegetative matter that can be fermented and predicted that Americans would some day grow their own fuel. Last year, global biofuel production reached ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Making tomorrow's bioenergy yeasts strong

Cornstalks, wheat straw, and other rough, fibrous, harvest-time leftovers may soon be less expensive to convert into cellulosic ethanol, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists' studies of a promising new ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hidden soil fungus, now revealed, is in a class all its own

A type of fungus that's been lurking underground for millions of years, previously known to science only through its DNA, has been cultured, photographed, named and assigned a place on the tree of life.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mannan oligosaccharides offer health benefits to pigs

Feeding mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) can fine-tune the immune system of pigs, suggests a new University of Illinois study.

Biology / Other

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patent for arrays of nanoscale electrical probes awarded to NJIT today

Reginald C. Farrow and Zafer Iqbal, research professors at NJIT, were awarded a patent today for an improved method of fabricating arrays of nanoscale electrical probes. Their discovery may lead to improved diagnostic tools ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists investigate an innovative protein family in plants

A team of European researchers has succeeded in revealing how a family of proteins work, which until now remained a mystery, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria poison themselves from within

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research group led by Anton Meinhart at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has shown that proteins from the zeta toxin group trigger a self-destructive mechanism ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study sheds light on RNA 'on/off switches'

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shed new light on a molecular switch that turns genes on or off in response to a cell's energy needs.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast


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