Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the protein DELE1 detects organelle stress. This offers a possible new approach for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2022
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Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change—measuring how they evolve and how their biology changes as temperatures and carbon dioxide levels rise. That could tell us a ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2022
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Researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered a novel molecular process that corals use to control the subcellular environment of the algae that live inside them.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2022
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Genetic mutations that almost completely disrupt a natural molecular signaling system in plants can confer the surprising benefit of making the plants more tolerant to high salt levels, a RIKEN-led team has found. This discovery ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 10, 2022
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Many people have heard of the circadian rhythms or biological processes that follow a 24-hour cycle. Sleeping at night and being awake during the day is a well-known example of a circadian rhythm. Less well known are the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 8, 2022
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When exposed to stress, bacteria allow their metabolism to take a break during which they suppress, for example, the incorporation of proteins into membranes. Scientists from Marburg, Freiburg and Munich have discovered this ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2022
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Most organisms have proteins that react to light. Even creatures that don't have eyes or other visual organs use these proteins to regulate many cellular processes, such as transcription, translation, cell growth and cell ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 17, 2022
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Specific nuclear proteins act as a glue to pack genetic material in an absurdly small space in the human body. Proteins "gluing" DNA are called linker histones, and hold their secret in their electric charge. They are strongly ...
Biochemistry
Jan 13, 2022
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Fluorescence light microscopy has the unique ability to observe cellular processes over a scale that bridges four orders of magnitude. Yet, its application to living cells is fundamentally limited by the very rapid and unceasing ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 13, 2021
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By combining two microscopy methods, EPFL researchers are able to see what is happening inside a cell and on its membrane simultaneously, giving unprecedented insight into the cellular processes that occur during infection, ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 10, 2021
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