News tagged with phosphorylation
Cancers' sweet tooth may be weakness
Nov 18, 2009 |
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The pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.
A balancing act in Parkinson's disease: Phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Both genetic and pathologic data indicate a role for the neuronal protein alpha-synuclein in Parkinson disease. Previous studies have indicated that phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein at amino acid 129 (Ser129) is a key event ...
Researchers identify one of the necessary processes in the formation of long-term memory
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A new study that was carried out at the University of Haifa has identified another component in the chain of actions that take place in the neurons in the process of forming memories. This discovery joins a line of findings ...
Chronic kidney disease linked to malfunctioning mitochondria
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been linked to oxidative stress caused by dysregulation of the genes that control mitochondria. A study in the open access journal BMC Genomics has revealed alterations in respiration gene e ...
Mighty mice: Treatment targeted to muscle improves motor neuron disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 12, 2009 |
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New research with transgenic mice reveals that a therapy directed at the muscle significantly improves disease symptoms of a genetic disorder characterized by destruction of the neurons that control movement. The study, published ...
What makes stem cells tick?
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made the first comparative, large-scale phosphoproteomic analysis of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) ...
Building memories with actin
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Memories aren't made of actin filaments. But their assembly is crucial for long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synapse sensitivity that researchers think helps to lay down memories. In the July 13, ...
Protein can help cells or cause cancer, researcher finds
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A Purdue University scientist has discovered a key process in cell growth that can lead to the formation of tumors.
