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Dartmouth researchers find new protein function
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds to the growing knowledge about the fundamental ...
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Biologist modifies theory of cells' engines
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Dec 11, 2008 |
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Biologists have known for decades that cells use tiny molecular motors to move chromosomes, mitochondria, and many other organelles within the cell, but no one has been able to understand what "steers" these engines to their ...
Motor proteins may be vehicles for drug delivery
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Specialized motor proteins that transport cargo within cells could be turned into nanoscale machines for drug delivery, according to bioengineers. Chemical alteration of the proteins' function could also help inhibit the ...
Alzheimer's molecule is a smart speed bump on the nerve-cell transport highway
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that proteins carrying chemical cargo in nerve cells react differently when exposed to the tau protein, which plays an important ...
MIT engineers show how tiny cell proteins generate force to 'walk'
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Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have shown how a cell motor protein exerts the force to move, enabling functions such as cell division.
Bionanomachines: Proteins as resistance fighters
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Friction limits the speed and efficiency of macroscopic engines. Is this also true for nanomachines? A Dresden research team used laser tweezers to measure the friction between a single motor ...
Tug of War in the Cells
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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Transport processes in the cells of our body resemble the transport of goods on the roads. Molecular motors, which are special protein molecules, act as trucks. They carry the cellular cargo on piggy-back ...
Biological motors sort molecules one by one on a chip
May 11, 2006 |
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Researchers from Delft University of Technology’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience have discovered how to use the motors of biological cells in extremely small channels on a chip. Based on this, they built a ...
Molecular motors cooperate in moving cellular cargo, study shows
Apr 07, 2005 |
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Researchers using an extremely fast and accurate imaging technique have shed light on the tiny movements of molecular motors that shuttle material within living cells. The motors cooperate in a delicate choreography of steps, ...
NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted ...
Protein-dependent 'switch' regulates intracellular trafficking in epithelial cells
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Dec 11, 2007 |
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With findings highlighted on a recent cover of Developmental Cell, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have shed important new light on key trafficking mechanisms within epithelial cells. Epithelial ...
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