The enzyme HDAC10 is involved in a variety of cellular processes associated with the development of a number of diseases. However, it is often not known exactly what role HDAC10 plays in the disease process. Scientists from ...
Biochemistry
Oct 12, 2022
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In a surprising discovery with important implications for developmental biology and regenerative medicine, RIKEN biologists have learned how mechanical forces guide the formation of the eyes in chick embryos. Their research ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2022
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Researchers from UNSW Sydney have discovered that a particular transposable element, or jumping gene, in the genome has a profound effect on the immune response to virus infection.
Evolution
Aug 10, 2022
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Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) is a hormone that greatly influences growth in fetuses and children, but also body maintenance and metabolism in adults. IGF regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival by ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 9, 2022
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Researchers determine the structure and dynamics of proteins using NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectroscopy. Until now, however, much higher concentrations were necessary for in-vitro measurements of the biomolecules ...
Biochemistry
Aug 9, 2022
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, knowledge that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 5, 2022
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Organisms grow to fit the space and resources available in their environments, leading to a vast diversity of body sizes and shapes within a population of the same species. What are the genetic and physiological mechanisms ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2022
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Chromosomes undergo precise structural changes at a molecular level during the different phases of cell division. These changes occur at a high level of accuracy to prevent genome instability. Genome instability resulting ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 27, 2022
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Researchers from the Microbeam Technology and Applications Group at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have discovered the high turnover and rescue effect of an important scaffold ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 20, 2022
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Cells have certain proteins that help them adhere to each other while covering body surfaces and organs. Loss of these identifying proteins could result in cellular progression towards cancer and, subsequently, metastasis. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 9, 2022
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