Research demonstrates a molecular dance that keeps your heart beating
It might look like a little game at the molecular scale.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Machine-learning model finds SARS-COV-2 growing more infectious
A novel machine learning model developed by researchers at Michigan State University suggests that mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 genome have made the virus more infectious.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 20, 2020
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New understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 tool could improve gene editing
Within a mere eight years, CRISPR-Cas9 has become the go-to genome editor for both basic research and gene therapy. But CRISPR-Cas9 also has spawned other potentially powerful DNA manipulation tools that could help fix genetic ...
Biotechnology
Jul 30, 2020
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A histone modifier that facilitates an epigenetic switch
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is associated with switching between chromatin states characterized by distinct histone modifications.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 30, 2020
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From Jekyll to Hyde: New study pinpoints mutation that makes E. coli deadlier
As far as humans are concerned, bacteria can be classified as either harmful, pathogenic bacteria and harmless or beneficial non-pathogenic bacteria. To develop better treatments for diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 25, 2020
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Researchers reveal origins of complex hemoglobin by resurrecting ancient proteins
Most biological processes are carried out by complexes of multiple proteins that work together to carry out some function. How these complicated structures could have evolved is one of modern biology's great puzzles, because ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 20, 2020
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The mutations that determine if a protein becomes an active enzyme or an iron scaffold
Researchers in Germany identified the precise structural differences that determine if a protein becomes an active enzyme or an iron scaffold. This finding, reported in Nature Communications, provides deeper insight into ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 22, 2020
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Predicting the evolution of genetic mutations
Quantitative biologists David McCandlish and Juannan Zhou at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have developed an algorithm with predictive power, giving scientists the ability to see how specific genetic mutations can combine ...
Biotechnology
Apr 14, 2020
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Mutation reduces energy waste in plants
To this end, the team identified several thousand proteins, determined their respective amounts in mutant and reference lines and combined the findings with measurements of photosynthetic performance. Their findings were ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2020
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Study finds 'silent' genetic variations can alter protein folding
Proteins, the workhorse of the human cell, help digest our food, carry oxygen through the body, fight off invading microbes, and so much more—but they only function when folded properly into specific, three dimensional ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 2, 2020
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