It has long been known that the pathogens causing sleeping sickness evade the immune system by exchanging their surface proteins. But now scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have found an additional parasite ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 10, 2018
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A team of investigators from the University of Georgia recently demonstrated the first method for synthesizing asymmetrical N-glycans. According to the study, published in the journal Science on July 25, the approach could ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 8, 2013
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Scientists from Germany today reported a major advance toward opening the doors of a carbohydrate-based medicine chest for the 21st Century. Much more than just potatoes and pasta, these carbohydrates may form the basis ...
Biochemistry
Mar 22, 2009
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It was only a matter of time before scientists found a way to recycle the 750 000 tonnes of crustacean shells which are disposed of in the EU every year.
Materials Science
May 29, 2013
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Protein nanopores are present in cell membranes and act as biological gateways. This means that they can also be used for the detection of specific bioactive molecular chains, like sugar chains, such as molecules from the ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 8, 2018
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The body's cell machinery often attaches sugar chains onto proteins to create molecules that play a crucial role in everything from protective immunity to structural stability. However, distinguishing between the different ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 30, 2012
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A group of scientists at Nagoya University has succeeded in discovering AMOR, a sugar chain molecule that increases the fertilization efficiency in plants. AMOR was found to be responsible for activating pollen tubes to lead ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2016
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Bacteria are particularly ingenious when it comes to survival strategies. They often create a biofilm to protect themselves from a hostile environment, for example during treatment with antibiotics. A biofilm is a bacterial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 14, 2014
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ETH researchers have succeeded in determining the 3-D structure of the enzyme that attaches sugar chains to proteins – a breakthrough that they recently published in the journal Science.
Biochemistry
Feb 8, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Many human proteins are modified by the attachment of short sugar chains called glycans. The patterns of attachment, or glycosylations, are known to be specific to organs, tissues and cell types, but the mechanisms ...
Biochemistry
May 2, 2014
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