(PhysOrg.com) -- When a cell is preparing to grow or replicate, it starts the way a monarch planning to expand his territory might: by identifying and marshaling the necessary resources, loading them onto the appropriate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2011
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Whitehead Institute researchers have determined that heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) can create heritable traits in brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) by affecting a large portion of the yeast genome. The finding has ...
Biotechnology
Dec 23, 2010
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One year after the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded for the discovery of the bacterial ribosome's atomic structure, French researchers from the Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire have determined ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 1, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandra Tucker shines a blue light on yeast and mammalian cells in her Duke University lab and the edges of them start to glow. The effect is the result of a light-activated switch from a plant that has been ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 31, 2010
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Two regulators of protein filament assembly use dramatically different -- and competing -- methods to inhibit a common target.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2010
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That gels based on proteins from yeasts can be used as drug delivery systems and carriers of antibodies is the most important conclusion from the Helena Teles’ doctoral research at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. ...
Materials Science
Sep 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, it's possible to experimentally capture a global snapshot of the conformation of thousands of RNA molecules in a cell. The finding is important because this scrappy little sister of DNA ...
Biotechnology
Sep 1, 2010
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The protein Hsp90 plays a significant role in the survival of cells that are exposed to stress. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) uncovered this protein's mode of operation some time ago - but now ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2010
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A surprising discovery about the complex make-up of our cells could lead to the development of new types of medicines, a study suggests.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Manchester have identified an extra step in protein production, a major activity of all cells, which they believe impacts particularly on how our cells respond to stresses ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 21, 2010
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