Many viruses, including HIV and influenza A, mutate so quickly that identifying effective vaccines or treatments is like trying to hit a moving target. A better understanding of viral propagation and evolution in single cells ...
Biochemistry
Aug 20, 2020
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In an unexpected new finding, biochemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report observing that a damage-containment system in stressed bacteria can become overrun and blocked, but that this leads to cells responding ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 6, 2020
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A protein that is critical for retrovirus replication may select viral genetic material for packaging within the nuclei of host cells, rather than in the cytoplasm, as was previously believed. The research, led by a team ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2020
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USC researchers peering deep inside a living cell have discovered something surprising: Its system for preventing genetic damage linked to diseases can fail so badly that the cell would be better off without it.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 29, 2020
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DNA replication is a process of critical importance to the cell, and must be coordinated precisely to ensure that genomic information is duplicated once and only once during each cell cycle. Using super-resolution technology ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 25, 2020
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Cells can both survive and multiply under more stress than previously thought, shows research from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
Biotechnology
Feb 28, 2020
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Scientists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed a tool to eliminate essential proteins from cells with a flash of light. The new method makes it possible to study the function of essential proteins.
Biotechnology
Jan 21, 2020
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DNA replication is a tightly regulated process that ensures the precise duplication of the genome during cell proliferation. Replication origins determine where replication starts on the genome and regulate the whole genome ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 27, 2019
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Researchers in China have discovered how a Zika virus protein reshapes its host cell to aid viral replication. The study, which will be published December 23 in the Journal of Cell Biology, reveals that the viral protein ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 23, 2019
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The molecules of life are twisted. But how those familiar strands in DNA's double helix manage to replicate without being tangled up has been hard to decipher. A new perspective from Cornell physicists is helping unravel ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 17, 2019
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