Unlike what we commonly refer to as ‘genes’, phantom genes or ‘Long noncoding RNA’ (LncRNAs) do not lead to the production of proteins that our…
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Many people who have had their DNA sequenced upload the data to websites to find relatives who match. UC Davis geneticists have found it may…
Artwork depicting the way bacterial proteins mimic gluten proteins, causing an immune response to celiac disease. Credit: Artist in residence Erica Tandori, from the Rossjohn…
Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have identified a completely new mechanism by which mosquitoes that carry malaria are becoming resistant to insecticide.…
Insights from their study may provide a novel therapeutic approach for diseases such as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s. Associate Professor Roger Pocock, from the Monash Biomedicine…
A visualization of the FACT protein. Credit: Liu et al. 2019 Scientists Now Know What DNA’s Chaperone Looks Like Researchers have discovered the structure of…
Using a combination of computation and experiment, researchers were able to map the shape of VISTA, a ‘checkpoint’ protein that defends cancer cells from immune…
Researchers identified changes in the genetic code used to translate DNA into protein. Credit: Tomislav Alajbeg Crack open a biology textbook and you will find…
Molecular simulation of an engineered aerolysin pore (light blue color) embedded into a membrane bilayer (cream color) and translocating DNA (red color). Credit: Chan Cao,…
The microprotein PIGBOS (magenta) shown sitting on the outer membranes of mitochondria (green), where it is poised to make contact with other organelles in the…
A puma kitten, at home in her nursery, peers through a hole in a redwood log in the Sana Cruz Mountains. Scientists have now sequenced…
The segments of the CysLT1 receptor responsible for its activation are shown in orange, next to other G protein-coupled receptors. Credit: Luginina et al./Science Advances…
The configurational ensemble (a collection of 3D structures) of an intrinsically disordered protein, the N-terminal of c-Src kinase, which is a major signaling protein in…
Molecular Link Between Chronic Pain and Depression Revealed Researchers at Hokkaido University have identified the brain mechanism linking chronic pain and depression in rats. Their…