Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered that the ancestors of legionella bacteria infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago. It happened soon after eukaryotes began to feed on bacteria. These results, ...
Evolution
Feb 15, 2022
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Interdisciplinary scientific collaboration between two research Institutes of the Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas (FORTH), the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) in Crete, and the Institute ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 4, 2022
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Microbes may be miniscule, but they have a massive impact on Earth and its habitability. They are uniquely different from animals, plants, and other eukaryotic organisms in that they can gain energy from "breathing" a surprisingly ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 1, 2022
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When did the Earth reach oxygen levels sufficient to support animal life? Researchers from McGill University have discovered that a rise in oxygen levels occurred in step with the evolution and expansion of complex, eukaryotic ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2022
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NUS researchers have discovered that a microtubule-associated protein, HMMR, acts as a regulator in controlling chromosome segregation during cell division, an event that is critical for genome stability.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2021
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Researchers at University of California San Diego have produced a single-cell chromatin atlas for the human genome. Chromatin is a complex of DNA and protein found in eukaryotic cells; regions of chromatin at key gene regulatory ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 12, 2021
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The emergence of eukaryotic cells is considered as a critical biological evolutionary event on Earth. The origin of eukaryotes and eukaryosis are frontier issues in both life and Earth sciences. Currently, it is widely accepted ...
Other
Oct 20, 2021
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Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a method to engineer new functionalities into cells. The results were published today in the journal Cell ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 25, 2021
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A gene called PfAP2-HS allows the malaria parasite to defend itself from adverse conditions in the host, including febrile temperatures, according to a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2021
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