Until now, RNA and proteins were thought to interact only briefly during cellular processes. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, have discovered that this is not the case. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2023
0
9
Ethylene is a versatile gaseous plant hormone that plays an important role in rice growth, development, and environmental adaptation. Translational control allows the mRNA to be translated in an mRNA-selective, signal-responsive, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 4, 2023
0
20
According to a recently published research paper, an approach has been developed to create artificial allosteric sites (where by binding an effector molecule, activity at the distal active site is regulated) in protein complexes. ...
Biochemistry
Jul 6, 2023
0
3
To keep their vital functions in balance, many organisms use small snippets of RNA to "silence" messenger RNAs that code for certain proteins. New research from FMI scientists has revealed a molecular hub that integrates ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 27, 2023
0
1
A recent Nature Communications paper by the Stoffel group (IMHS) in collaboration with the Tuschl and Chao labs reports the development of viP-CLIP, a method capable of identifying RBP networks in tissues, and the identification ...
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2023
0
3
In a multidisciplinary study newly published in the Journal of Cell Biology, the Barral group (D-BIOL/IBC) together with the Steinmetz group (PSI) and the Stelling group (D-BSSE), sheds light on how the motor domain of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2023
0
11
An interdisciplinary research team of the Institutes of Physical Chemistry and Physics of the University of Freiburg and the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt-am-Main has discovered a new, direction-dependent ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 31, 2023
0
23
A new biosensor engineered by Penn State researchers offers scientists the first dynamic glimpses of manganese, an elusive metal ion that is essential for life.
Biotechnology
Mar 9, 2023
0
51
Every biologist knows that small structures can sometimes have a big impact: Millions of signaling molecules, hormones, and other biomolecules are bustling around in our cells and tissues, playing a leading role in many of ...
Evolution
Feb 17, 2023
1
323
The Hirohide Saito Laboratory has developed cyclic RNA switches that can control gene expression in a cell type-specific manner using miRNAs and RNA-binding proteins and has successfully constructed an artificial gene circuit ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2023
0
2
