News tagged with human protein
New insight into an old reaction: Adenylylation regulates cell signaling
Apr 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
Aging: Worms, Flies & Yeast Are More Like Us than Previously Expected
Mar 13, 2009 |
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When it comes to the aging process, yeast, nematode worms and fruit flies have more in common with humans than previously expected. In addition to highlighting the similarities between species, a large-scale human protein ...
Discovery opens door for drugs to fight bird flu, other influenza epidemics
Aug 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza.
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Engineered human fusion protein inhibits HIV-1 replication
Sep 08, 2009 |
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In 2004, Jeremy Luban and colleagues from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, reported that New World owl monkeys (Aotus genus) make a fusion protein - AoT5Cyp - that potently blocks HIV-1 infection. The human genome encodes ...
Scientists pinpoint protein link to fat storage
Sep 17, 2009 |
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A protein found present in all cells in the body could help scientists better understand how we store fat.
Discovery of novel genes could unlock mystery of what makes us uniquely human
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Humans and chimpanzees are genetically very similar, yet it is not difficult to identify the many ways in which we are clearly distinct from chimps. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have made a ...
How proteins talk to each other: Caspase-3 cleaves in unforeseen ways
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have identified novel cleavage sites for the enzyme caspase-3 (an enzyme that proteolytically cleaves target proteins). Using an advanced proteomic technique called ...
Study identifies two chemicals that could lead to new drugs for genetic disorders
Sep 28, 2009 |
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UCLA scientists have identified two chemicals that convince cells to ignore premature signals to stop producing important proteins. Published in the Sept. 28 edition of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the findings could ...
Researchers induce HIV-neutralizing antibodies that recognize HIV-1 envelope protein, lipids
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 01, 2009 |
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For the first time, researchers have experimentally induced antibodies that neutralize HIV-1 and simultaneously recognize both HIV-1 envelope protein and lipids. The results were reported by U.S. Military HIV Research Program ...
'Moonlighting' molecules discovered
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Since the completion of the human genome sequence, a question has baffled researchers studying gene control: How is it that humans, being far more complex than the lowly yeast, do not proportionally contain in our genome ...
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 ...
Scientists discover influenza's Achilles heel: Antioxidants
Oct 29, 2009 |
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As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains of the flu—antioxidants. In an article appearing in ...
Scientists demonstrate role of protein in distinguishing chromosome ends from DNA breaks
Sep 17, 2009 |
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The Stowers Institute's Baumann Lab has demonstrated how human cells protect chromosome ends from misguided repairs that can lead to cancer. The work, published in The EMBO Journal, a publication of the European Molecular Biolog ...
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