News tagged with molecular mimicry
Computers aid in cracking deception in plants
Jun 25, 2009 |
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If the growing presence of computer 'geeks' on television crime shows is any indicator, computers are increasingly becoming essential tools for detecting and combating skullduggery. However, television detectives ...
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Mimicry at the molecular level protects genome integrity
Apr 13, 2009 |
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The new study, which was published on April 12, 2009, in an advanced online edition of the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, draws new parallels between the Rad60 DNA repair factor and SUMO, a small ubiquitin-like modifi ...
Molecules autonomously propelled by polymerizing DNA strands
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have fabricated a motor that runs autonomously, and is powered only by the free energy of DNA hybridization. The molecular motor was inspired by bacterial ...
How one virus uses mimicry to replicate successfully
Oct 31, 2007 |
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Both viruses and cancers subvert the growth-control machinery in a cell to serve their own needs. According to a new study, at least one virus uses mimicry to gain access to that machinery.
Vitamin A pushes breast cancer to form blood vessel cells
Jul 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that vitamin A, when applied to breast cancer cells, turns on genes that can push stem cells embedded in a tumor to morph into endothelial cells. These cells ...
Apolipoprotein(a): A natural regulator of inflammation
Dec 24, 2008 |
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In a study to be published in the January 09 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Hoover-Plow and co-workers in seeking to define a role of apo(a) in leukocyte recruitment have identified a novel activity of apo(a) ...
Cytomegalovirus exacerbates atherosclerosis through an autoimmune mechanism
May 30, 2007 |
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Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Classic risk factors including smoking, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol levels are known to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of the ...
Molecular anchor links the 2 inheritable diseases Fanconi anemia and Bloom's syndrome
Dec 24, 2009 |
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A new study establishes a molecular link that bridges two rare inherited disorders and explains why these diseases result in genetic instability. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 24th issue of the journal ...
Leading pathogen in newborns can suppress immune cell function
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a bacterial pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis in newborn infants, is able to shut down immune cell function in order to promote its own survival, according to researchers ...
Geneticist reveals molecular view of key epigenetic regulator
Dec 09, 2009 |
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In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Michael Kobor reported the structure and function of a key player in regulating chromatin in yeast and humans.
The Watchdogs of chromosome-segregation
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Oct 29, 2007 |
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Chromosomes are duplicated before they are segregated in equal parts to daughter-cells during cell division. An important regulator of this chromosome-separation is the "chromosomal passenger complex", a protein ...
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