Investigators led by Neil Kelleher, Ph.D., professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, have developed an automated technique for imaging and identifying proteoforms ...
Biotechnology
Nov 10, 2023
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Striving for the protein equivalent of the Human Genome Project, an international team of researchers has created an initial catalog of the human "proteome," or all of the proteins in the human body. In total, using 30 different ...
Biotechnology
May 28, 2014
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To get a clear picture of what's happening inside a cell, scientists need to know the locations of thousands of proteins and other molecules. MIT chemists have now developed a technique that can tag all of the proteins in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 1, 2013
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With few exceptions, all known forms of life on our planet rely on the same genetic code to specify the amino acid composition of proteins. Although different hypotheses abound, just how individual amino acids were assigned ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 12, 2010
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Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments, from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles survive in hostile conditions could inform scientists about life on Earth ...
Astrobiology
Mar 15, 2024
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The interactions between algae and bacteria are essential to the primary productivity of Earth's oceans and surface waters. Bacteria can increase the productivity of algae by producing key factors, such as vitamins, iron-chelating ...
Ecology
Jan 29, 2024
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Similar to humans and animals, which adapt their diet or behavior to given environmental conditions, the function and protein composition of single cells also depends on which resources are available in their immediate environment.
Biotechnology
Oct 3, 2023
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Boston College chemists have developed a strategy to monitor the presence or absence of iron-sulfur clusters, which are essential to the function of diverse proteins, the team reported recently in the journal Nature Chemical ...
Biochemistry
Feb 8, 2023
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An article published in the Journal of Proteome Research by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Butantan Institute in Brazil reports the findings of a study that characterized for the first time ...
Biochemistry
Jan 18, 2023
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New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) researchers have unveiled a new lab technique they say represents a "paradigm shift" in how pharmaceutical laboratories test and produce new protein-based drugs, such as therapeutic ...
Biochemistry
Sep 27, 2022
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