Surveying all the proteins on a neuron's surface
Scientists have found a new way to home in on the proteins covering a particular cell's surface. The feat offers insight into how brain cells form intricate networks during development.
Scientists have found a new way to home in on the proteins covering a particular cell's surface. The feat offers insight into how brain cells form intricate networks during development.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 17, 2020
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PNNL chemists, biologists, and data analysts have teamed to create one of the most in-depth portraits ever taken of protein populations across tissue sections that are vanishingly small, each tinier than a speck of dust just ...
Biotechnology
Jan 8, 2020
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Using a new microscopic "fishing" technique, scientists at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and Université de Montréal have successfully snagged thousands of proteins key to the formation of the cell skeleton.
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 23, 2019
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A team led by Professor Patrick Labonté at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Canada, has identified the role of a key process in the replication cycle of the hepatitis D virus, an infection ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 20, 2019
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RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is present in the cells of all living beings and required to synthesize proteins. A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has discovered the structure of a novel RNA-modifying ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 6, 2019
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When cells in our bodies need to move—to attack an infection or heal a wound, for example—cellular proteins send and receive a cascade of signals that directs the cells to the right place at the right time. It's a process ...
Biochemistry
Oct 16, 2019
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Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the University of Málaga (UMA) have discovered a new function in the BAG4 plant protein. In the study, they prove that this protein takes part in the regulation ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2019
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A new study by Yale scientists provides a key insight into a milestone event in the early evolution of life on Earth—the origin of the cell nucleus and complex cells called eukaryotes.
Evolution
Sep 11, 2019
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Cellular functions depend on the functionality of proteins, and these functions are disturbed in diseases. A core aim of cell biological research is to determine the functions of individual proteins and how their disturbances ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 4, 2019
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Research into the self-destruction of cells in humans and plants could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative brain diseases and the development of disease-resistant plants.
Biotechnology
Aug 22, 2019
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