(Phys.org)—Acidity (pH) and its changes play an important role in many physiological processes, including protein folding, and can act as indicators of cancer. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, American researchers have ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 14, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A new method for looking at how proteins fold inside mammal cells could one day lead to better flu vaccines, among other practical applications, say Cornell researchers.
Biochemistry
Jul 26, 2012
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José Onuchic has become an expert at connecting the dots, but finding connections merely implied by the dots … well, that's quite a trick.
Biochemistry
Jun 12, 2012
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An international team of researchers has reported a new understanding of a little-known process that happens in virtually every cell of our bodies.
Biochemistry
Apr 24, 2012
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The gold standard for nanotechnology is nature's own proteins. These biomolecular nanomachines – macromolecules forged from peptide chains of amino acids - are able to fold themselves into a dazzling multitude of shapes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 24, 2012
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Physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are opening a new window into the life of biological cells, using a technique that lets them grab the ends of a single protein molecule and pull, making continuous, ...
General Physics
Oct 27, 2011
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Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have created a microscopic device to assist biologists in making very fast molecular measurements that aid the understanding of protein folding. This development may help elucidate biological ...
Biochemistry
Jun 17, 2010
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In proper society of yesterday, the chaperone insured that couples maintained proper courting rituals. In biology, a group of proteins called chaperonins makes sure that proteins are folded properly to carry out their assigned ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 20, 2010
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For the first time, scientists have built completely flat, two-layer ice. While theoreticians have predicted that such ices are formed by squeezing water molecules between two surfaces, scientists at Pacific Northwest National ...
Materials Science
Sep 9, 2009
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A new method to induce protein folding by taking the pressure off of proteins is up to 100 times faster than previous methods, and could help guide more accurate computer simulations for how complex proteins fold, according ...
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2009
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