News tagged with motor domains
Motor proteins may be vehicles for drug delivery
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 ...
Mar 20, 2009 |
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How a Cell's Mitotic Motors Direct Key Life Processes
University of Massachusetts Amherst biologists have discovered a secret of how cells organize chromosomes to prepare for dividing. Their unexpected finding is reported in this week’s issue of the journal, Current Biology.
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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At a crossroads: New research predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at intersections
In 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2.3 million automobile crashes occurred at intersections across the United States, resulting in some 7,000 deaths. More than 700 of ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Study links Fragile X Syndrome proteins and RNA editing mistakes at nerve-muscle junction
The most common form of heritable cognitive impairment is Fragile X Syndrome, caused by mutation or malfunction of the FMR1 gene. Loss of FMR1 function is also the most common genetic cause of autism. Understanding ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 30, 2011 |
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Young children show improved verbal IQ
Canadian scientists who specialize in learning, memory and language in children have found exciting evidence that pre-schoolers can improve their verbal intelligence after only 20 days of classroom instruction using interactive, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Team finds stable RNA nano-scaffold within virus core
With the discovery of a RNA nano-scaffold that remains unusually stable in the body, researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have overcome another barrier to the development of therapeutic RNA nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Early motor experiences give infants a social jump start
In a new study published today in the journal Developmental Science (Epub ahead of print), researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Vanderbilt University found that early motor experiences can shape infants' prefer ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 09, 2011 |
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How much sleep's enough? Navy wants to know
It is unarguable that lack of sleep can affect cognitive and motor performance, but the U.S. Navy wants to know what happens when exposure to motion is also a factor.
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Localizing language in the brain
New research from MIT suggests that there are parts of our brain dedicated to language and only language, a finding that marks a major advance in the search for brain regions specialized for sophisticated ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Scientists discover how molecular motors go into 'energy save mode'
The transport system inside living cells is a well-oiled machine with tiny protein motors hauling chromosomes, neurotransmitters and other vital cargo around the cell. These molecular motors are responsible ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Control of gene expression: Mediator MED26 shifts an idling polymerase into high gear
Look up "transcription"—the copying of a gene's DNA into RNA intermediaries—in any old molecular biology text book, and it all seems very simple: RNA polymerase II, the enzyme that catalyzes the ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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New light shed on cell division
Genes control everything from eye color to disease susceptibility, and inheritance - the passing of the genes from generation to generation after they have been duplicated - depends on centromeres. Located in the little pinched ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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