Six years ago, Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., described the first toxin ever found for the deadly pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This toxin, tuberculosis necrotizing toxin, or TNT, became the founding member of a novel ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 8, 2021
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The human cellular kinome contains over 500 kinases, accounting for almost 2% of all our genes. It is currently impossible to gauge the phosphorylation status, or even phosphorylation potential, of the entire proteome of ...
Bacteria are single-celled organisms that are essential to human health, both in our environment and inside our own bodies. However, certain bacterial species can make us sick.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 9, 2020
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An international research team discovered a mechanism that disease-causing bacteria use to anchor their protective outer membranes. Their findings could inform strategies to disrupt a microbe's cell structure, ultimately ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 6, 2020
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Scientists have identified a key process in the way bacteria protect themselves from attack—and it heralds a new strategy in the hunt for antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
May 1, 2020
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A team of MIT chemists has discovered the structure of a key influenza protein, a finding that could help researchers design drugs that block the protein and prevent the virus from spreading.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 3, 2020
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Body cells are workshops that continuously operate to produce and process substances to maintain metabolism. When a substance enters a cell for processing, it is surrounded by a portion of the cell's outer membrane to form ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2019
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Coagulation factors, which are involved in blood clotting after injury, may offer new strategies for fighting multidrug-resistant bacteria, according to a study published in Cell Research.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 9, 2019
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A German-Swiss team around Professor Oliver Daumke from the MDC has investigated how a protein of the dynamin family deforms the inner mitochondrial membrane. The results, which also shed light on a hereditary disease of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 11, 2019
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Scientists at the University of Birmingham have shed fresh light on the mechanism used by certain types of bacteria to protect themselves against attack.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2019
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