The short and long of protein tails: How they aid membrane insertion and may impact genetic disorders
The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.
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Breakthrough study in Nature Materials reveals DNA nanorafts reshape synthetic cells for controlled membrane dynamics and ...
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A bacterial antiviral system detects and directly fights against infection
Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...
Dietary supplement shown to restore cardiac function
A dietary supplement developed at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has been found to stop the progression of heart ...
Brain cells mimic muscle signaling to enhance learning and memory
This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...
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Melbourne Supplement Restores Cardiac Function
A dietary supplement developed at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has been found to stop the progression of heart ...
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Brain Cells Use Muscle-Like Signals to Strengthen Learning and Memory
New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.
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New discovery links brain and muscle cells in signal transmission
The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...
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Protein identified as key to preventing fat build-up and related diseases
Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have made a breakthrough in ...
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Megakaryocytes assemble a three-dimensional cage of extracellular matrix that controls their maturation and anchoring to the vascular niche
Megakaryocytes form a three-dimensional (3D) cage composed of laminin and collagen IV connected to the basement membrane surrounding them. This microarchitecture stabilizes megakaryocytes within their ...