A University of Arkansas research team shed new light on the molecular properties that drive the nervous system. Their work was recently published in Biochemistry, one of the top journals in the field. Kelsey Sparks, an alumna ...
Biochemistry
Sep 8, 2014
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Proteins impart shape and stability to cells, drive metabolic processes and transmit signals. To perform these manifold tasks, they fold into complex three-dimensional shapes. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 23, 2014
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UWA scientists researching the seminal fluid of field crickets (teleogryllus oceanicus) are a step closer to knowing why the insect's competitive fertilisation success increases with age.
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A route for constructing protein nanomachines engineered for specific applications may be closer to reality.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 5, 2014
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Some three billion base pairs make up the human genome—the floor plan of life. In 2003, the Human Genome Project announced the successful decryption of this code, a tour de force that continues to supply a stream of insights ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 6, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A research team with members from the U.K., Germany and the U.S. has identified an amino acid sequence in effector proteins in two pathogens that helps explain how a firmly established pathogen can leap from ...
Using a cell's own internal machinery, Yale researchers have produced proteins not found in nature that can cause cancer in mice, they report Dec. 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 17, 2013
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A new method to identify previously hidden details about the structures of proteins may speed the process of novel drug design, according to scientists at Rice University.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2013
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A research group at Bonn University, Germany, and international collaborators discovered a novel receptor, which allows the immune system of modern humans to recognize dangerous invaders, and subsequently elicits an immune ...
Biochemistry
Nov 22, 2013
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Certain proteins are known to require Translation Factor EF-P for their synthesis, and a new study enlarges the size of the set. As some of its members are involved in bacterial pathogenicity, the results are also of therapeutic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 10, 2013
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