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Evolution still scientifically stable

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 13

An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.


Cells use import machinery to export their goods as well

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the bustling economy of the cell, little bubbles called vesicles serve as container ships, ferrying cargo to and from the port — the cell membrane. Some of these vesicles, called post-Golgi vesicles, export ...


Researchers Find Tools Needed To Build a Cellular Shredder

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers have discovered a set of cellular chaperones needed to assemble a proteasome, the cellular workhorse that recycles proteins and is crucial for the existence of all eukaryotic cells.


Scientists develop first fully automated pipeline for multiprotein complex production

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most cellular processes are carried out by molecular machines that consist of many interacting proteins. These protein complexes lie at the heart of life science research, but they are notoriously hard to study. Their abundance ...


New insight into an old reaction: Adenylylation regulates cell signaling

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study reveals the importance of adenylylation in the regulation of cell signaling from bacteria to higher organisms. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 10th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, provid ...