A new study provides insights into how a family of immune proteins in plants confers disease resistance. The study builds on previous research by the same research group, which highlighted the structural similarities of this ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 28, 2024
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New insights into how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) curates and assembles its lipid envelope have been gleaned by RIKEN biologists. These findings into HIV biology could help to inform the search for new treatments. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2024
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Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp pekinensis) is one of the most important leafy vegetables cultivated worldwide. Clubroot disease caused by a soil-borne obligate biotrophic Plasmodiophora brassicae (Pb) severely affects ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 16, 2024
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Strawberries owe their distinctive flavor to a complex mixture of sugars, acids, and over 900 volatile compounds, primarily esters, which are produced and degraded by alcohol acyltransferases (AATs) and carboxylesterases ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 8, 2024
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A study that assesses the effects of hypochlorous acid (HOCI), commonly known as bleach, as it is generated during the immune response of a cell (phagocytosis) when fighting a common fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, reveals ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2023
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Studying signaling within cells can predict the risk of adverse drug reactions of novel obesity and type II diabetes treatments before they reach the patient, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published ...
Biochemistry
Oct 11, 2023
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Two studies by scientists at the University of Chicago have demonstrated a new way to look into the inner workings of cells—in particular, to track the flow of ions inside the many tiny organelles inside the cell.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 5, 2023
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In a study published in Nature Plants, a research team led by Prof. Chao Daiyin from the Center of Excellence for Molecular Plant Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a novel protein family in plants named ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 4, 2023
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A study led by Dr. Yin-Zheng Wang (Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences) has found that the stigma of Chirita pumila has movement and proved that the motion is associated with water sensitivity. Further, through ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2023
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The ability to sense mechanical stimuli, like touch or blood pressure, is essential to physiological processes in humans and across the animal kingdom. In a new study, Scripps Research scientists show how the sensory ion ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2023
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