Underneath their smooth surface mitochondria harbor an elaborately folded inner membrane. It holds a multitude of bottleneck like invaginations, which expand into elongated cavities. Now researchers have identified two proteins ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2009
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An enzyme viewed as an executioner, because it can push cells to commit suicide, may actually short circuit a second form of cell death, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered.
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2011
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Genes must be expressed in precise levels and at the exact moment if the complex balance regulating cell activity is to be maintained. Messenger RNA (mRNA) conveys genetic information from DNA to ribosomes, where proteins ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 19, 2018
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A study by Nanyang Technological University (NTU)'s Assistant Professor Li Hoi Yeung, Assistant Professor Koh Cheng Gee and their team have made an important contribution to the understanding of the process that cells go ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 14, 2009
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Programmed cell death – also known as apoptosis – is universal among higher organisms, and is a tightly regulated process that results in the disposal of damaged or unwanted cells. The latter variant is particularly important ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 11, 2015
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Researchers demonstrate for the first time that programmed cell death - a process by which cells deliberately destroy themselves - is involved in mandibular regression in termites. And it appears this regression may be the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2011
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A small piece of RNA, or microRNA (miRNA), ratchets down the activity of the tumor-suppressor gene p53, according to a study by Whitehead Institute and National University of Singapore researchers.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 17, 2009
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Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Tübingen have gained new insights into the structure of the killer protein Bax. The protein induces programmed cell death, the method by which the body disposes ...
Biochemistry
Sep 28, 2018
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Apoptosis is a programmed death mechanism that eliminates unwanted or injured cells from the body. Defects in apoptotic regulation can lead to serious physiological problems such as tissue damage or uncontrolled cancerous ...
Biochemistry
May 8, 2013
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European researchers investigated the molecular mechanisms that drive stress-related responses that cause aging and death in plants. The goal is to generate resilient crop varieties.
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2018
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