The information encoded in our genes is translated into proteins, which ultimately mediate biological functions in an organism. Messenger RNA (mRNA) plays an important role, as it is the molecular template used for translation. ...
Biotechnology
Sep 8, 2014
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Microbiologists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that an identical protein is used differently by two species of bacteria to help them cope with distinct types of environmental stress. The discovery reveals an ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 1, 2014
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have figured out a key step in how "free" calcium—the kind not contained in bones—is managed in the body, a finding that could aid in the development of new treatments for a variety ...
Biochemistry
Jan 23, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Increasingly, biologists have come to realize that RNA is not merely a transitional state between DNA and proteins but plays a major role in determining whether and how genes are turned into a protein product. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2014
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A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shines a new light on molecular tools our cells use to govern regulated gene expression. The study was published on line in advance ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 10, 2013
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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found unexpected similarities between proteins that were thought to be fundamentally different.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2013
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MIT researchers have shown that they can turn genes on or off inside yeast and human cells by controlling when DNA is copied into messenger RNA—an advance that could allow scientists to better understand the function of ...
Biotechnology
Sep 3, 2013
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In work published this week in Nature's Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health, led by Associate Professor Giles Duffield and Assistant Professor Zain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 30, 2013
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The cells in our bodies can divide as often as once every 24 hours, creating a new, identical copy. DNA binding proteins called transcription factors are required for maintaining cell identity. They ensure that daughter cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 15, 2013
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A team of researchers working at Germany's Technische Universität Braunschweig has succeeded in using a previously known DNA origami construction technique to build a nanoantenna with a docking site. First published in the ...
