Cells rely on complex molecular machines composed of protein assemblies to perform essential functions such as energy production, gene expression, and protein synthesis. To better understand how these machines work, scientists ...
Biotechnology
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Myelotoxicity is the primary dose-limiting effect of the commonly used chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which may endanger the life of the patient. Ribosome biogenesis is a key pathway regulating hematopoietic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 8, 2023
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UT Southwestern researchers have identified a four-protein complex that appears to play a key role in generating ribosomes—organelles that serve as protein factories for cells—as well as a surprising part in neurodevelopmental ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2022
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet characterize a GTPase involved in ribosome biogenesis in mitochondria. The study, published in Nucleic Acid Research, reveals new details of a complex process that enables mitochondria ...
Biotechnology
Dec 7, 2020
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Findings from a recent research project, conducted by a Marshall University scientist and assistant professor in the Marshall University College of Science, with researchers in Texas, was recently published in the December ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 20, 2019
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With five-year survival rates being around 30 percent for patients with distant metastatic disease, cutaneous melanoma is the leading cause of skin cancer-related deaths. The major causes of the low survival rate for melanoma ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2018
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