News tagged with exocytosis
Cells use import machinery to export their goods as well
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Research suggests a new level of regulation for cellular export process by molecules previously assumed to be dedicated to import activities.
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Gene called flower missing link in vesicle uptake in neurons
Sep 03, 2009 |
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As part of the intricate ballet of synaptic transmission from one neuron to the next, tiny vesicles - bubbles containing the chemical neurotransmitters that make information exchange possible -- travel to the tip of neurons ...
Viewing dye-packed vesicles causes them to explode
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Sep 25, 2007 |
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It’s a long-standing question: Can just the act of observing an experiment affect the results? According to a new study by Rockefeller University scientists, if the experiment uses a fluorescent dye called acridine orange, ...
Cells use import machinery to export their goods as well
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Fungal footage fosters foresight into plant, animal disease (w/ Video)
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Mold and mildew may be doomed. Researchers are closer to understanding how these and other fungi grow. "Fungi have a big impact on our dinner plate," said Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist. "We tend ...
Breakthrough technology observes synapse in real time, supporting theory of vesicular recycling
Dec 14, 2007 |
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For the first time, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have observed in real time a cellular mechanism that's crucial to how brain cells communicate.
Multi-tasking molecule holds key to allergic reactions
Aug 07, 2008 |
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As the summer approaches most of us rejoice, reach for the sunscreen and head outdoors. But an ever-growing number of people reach for tissue instead as pollen leaves eyes watering, noses running and spirits dwindling. Hay ...
How neuronal activity leads to Alzheimer's protein cleavage
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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Amyloid precursor protein (APP), whose cleavage product, amyloid-b (Ab), builds up into fibrous plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, jumps from one specialized membrane microdomain to another to be cleaved, ...
Protein 'Tweek' rare but critical in synaptic process
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(July 29, 2009) - Recycling is a critical component in the process of transmitting information from one neuron to the next, and a large protein called Tweek plays a critical role, said an international consortium of researchers ...
Technique used commonly in physics finds application in neuroscience
Aug 03, 2006 |
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To understand how brain cells release compounds (or transmitters) used when the cells communicate with each other, Vladimir Parpura, associate professor of neuroscience, and Umar Mohideen, professor of physics, devised a ...
New tool probes brain circuits
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report in the Jan. 24 online edition of Science that they have created a way to see, for the first time, the effect of blocking and unbloc ...
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