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Semisynthesis of Homogeneous Glycoproteins

Enzyme with a Sugar Antenna: Researchers achieve semisynthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins

Chemistry /

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all human proteins, as well as many important pharmaceutical agents, are glycoproteins, which means that they contain sugar components. In general, natural glycoproteins ...





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Researchers illuminate mechanisms that regulate DNA damage control and replication

Biology /

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated important new roles for the protein kinase complex Cdc7/Dbf4 or Cdc7/Drf1 (Ddk) in monitoring damage control during DNA replication and reinitiating ...


Scientists advance facile synthesis of nanoparticles with multiple functions

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanostructured materials have garnered great interest worldwide due to their unique size-dependent properties for chemical, electronic, structural, medical and consumer applications.


New activity found for a potential anti-cancer agent

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pateamine A (PatA), a natural product first isolated from marine sponges, has attracted considerable attention as a potential anti-cancer agent, and now a new activity has been found for it, which may reveal yet another anti-cancer ...


Microscale Chemical Factory

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created Jul 04, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Miniaturization is invading the world of chemical syntheses. Since typical chemical syntheses take place in several reaction steps with various separation or purification steps in between, microchemistry has almost always ...


Drug shows promise for T315I-mutated chronic myeloid leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results from a phase II clinical trial indicate a novel drug may provide a treatment option for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who do not respond to current therapies, researchers from The University of Texas M. ...


'Birth control' for centrioles

'Birth control' for centrioles

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Like DNA, centrioles need to duplicate only once per cell cycle. Rogers et al. uncover a long-sought mechanism that limits centriole copying, showing that it depends on the timely demolition of a protein that ...


Clinical tests begin on medication to correct Fragile X defect

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NIH-supported scientists at Seaside Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass., are beginning a clinical trial of a potential medication designed to correct a central neurochemical defect underlying Fragile X syndrome, the most common ...


Scientists obtain first direct observations of protein-synthesis mechanism

Scientists obtain first direct observations of protein-synthesis mechanism

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created Apr 07, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 0

Research by UC Santa Cruz molecular biologist Harry Noller and his collaborators has led to the first direct observations of the mechanism for protein synthesis in living cells. Their new findings on ribosomes, ...


Virtual engineer reduces ‘transpiration phase’ in new designs

Virtual engineer reduces 'transpiration phase' in new designs

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

When designing new products, a lot of time is lost carrying out repetitive and uninspiring work. In order to shorten this 'transpiration phase' and create more room for real inspiration, University of Twente ...


Early-stage gene transcription creates access to DNA

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A gene contained in laboratory yeast has helped an international team of researchers uncover new findings about the process by which protein molecules bind to control sequences in genes in order to initiate gene expression, ...



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