Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumor growth by increasing cancer stemness in an oestrogen independent manner. Targeting vimentin and/or the long ...

Short chains of amino acids can form drug delivery nanoparticles and boost the properties of potential medicines ...

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing ...

For each structural strain of tau fibrils, they identified amino acids without which the strain cannot form its signature ...

"Ammonia is, of course, essential for many biological processes," Glavin said. "It was likely a key chemical building block ...

Here we explore peptide inhibitors of Cdc20, a substrate-recognition subunit and activator of the E3 ubiquitin ligase the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) that is essential in mitosis and ...

This time, by using L-alanine, an amino acid with a similar structure, the team created raw material for a nylon-type biodegradable plastic. Artificial photosynthesis technology was developed with ...

Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells showe how changes in the viral polymerase -- a protein involved in ...

The international team describes their results and the underlying molecular mechanism in Cell Metabolism. Ergothioneine is a natural compound found in certain fungi such as oyster or shiitake ...

Unit of Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultat de Medicina, Av. Can Domènech s/n, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain ...

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Most traditional optical biosensors operate through molecular recognition, where ligand binding causes conformational changes that lead to ...