Developing enzymes to clean up pollution by explosives
Scientists at the University of York have uncovered the structure of an unusual enzyme which can be used to reverse the contamination of land by explosives.
View ArticleBiologists reveal structure of cell nucleus 'gatekeeper'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists led by associate professor Thomas Schwartz (MIT) have worked out a rudimentary architectural plan for the nuclear pore complex (NPC), the gatekeeper of the cell's nucleus.
View ArticleSweet as can be: How E. coli gets ahead
Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria such as Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in...
View ArticleShape of things to come: Structure of HIV coat could lead to new drugs
Structural biologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have described the architecture of the complex of protein units that make up the coat surrounding the HIV genome and identified...
View ArticleA challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology
(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To...
View ArticleResearchers find long awaited key to creating drought resistant crops
Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have determined precisely how the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) works at the molecular level to help plants respond to environmental stresses such...
View ArticleScientists ID a protein that splices and dices genes
A novel finding, described today on the Science Express Web site by teams from the National Cancer Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the University of Toronto,...
View ArticleEngineering bacterial cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two teams of Oxford University researchers led by Professors Judith Armitage and David Stuart have made the first steps towards being able to engineer a bacterial cell that can sense...
View ArticleLeonardo's anatomical sketches fascinate modern-day anatomist
Sketched at a time when few dared oppose prevailing medical dogma, the anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci display his rare and courageous curiosity, says a Texas anatomist who co-authored a new...
View ArticleStructure of insulin's docking point identified
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have determined the structure of a previously unseen part of the insulin receptor, making possible new treatments for diabetes.
View ArticleHuman enzyme breaks down potentially toxic nanomaterials
An international study based at the University of Pittsburgh provides the first identification of a human enzyme that can biodegrade carbon nanotubes—the superstrong materials found in products from...
View ArticleThe 3-dimensional transcription film
Gene expression takes place in two stages: the transcription of DNA to RNA by an enzyme called RNA polymerase, followed by the translation of this RNA into proteins, whose behaviour affects the...
View ArticleHow mycobacteria avoid destruction inside human cells
Tuberculosis, or TB, is a dreaded contagious disease of the lungs and other organs. The causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (or M. tuberculosis), infects roughly a third of the world's...
View ArticleScientists elucidate structure details of protein Sam68
German scientists of the Institute of Structural Biology of Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen and the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have succeeded in elucidating the structure of an important region of the...
View ArticleNature study shows how molecules escape from the nucleus
By constructing a microscope apparatus that achieves resolution never before possible in living cells, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have illuminated the...
View ArticleFinding shows potential way to protect neurons in Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, ALS
Cell biologists pondering the death of neurons -- brain cells -- said today that by eliminating one ingredient from the cellular machinery, they prolonged the life of neurons stressed by a pesticide...
View ArticleDynamics of crucial protein 'switch' revealed
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine have published a study that offers a new understanding of a protein...
View ArticleScientists discover switch to speed up stem cell production
A team of scientists from Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have shown how proteins involved in controlling genes work together to carry...
View ArticleNew malaria protein structure upends theory of how cells grow and move
Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have overturned conventional wisdom on how cell movement across all species is controlled, solving the structure of a protein that cuts power to the...
View ArticleNew mechanism in the regulation of human genes
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich and the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen and along with their colleagues from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Centre...
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