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Rutgers to lead $52.7 million protein research program

...d Montelione, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at Rutgers and a resident faculty member of the Ce... protein sequence," said Barry Honig, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University Medical Center and bioinformatics leader of the NESG...

Yale scientists identify structure for RNA quality control

...ment of Cell Biology used both crystallography and biochemistry to visualize how Ro interacts with these RNAs. "T...ment of Cell Biology used both crystallography and biochemistry to visualize how Ro interacts with these RNAs. "The crystal structures of Ro revealed two distinct ...

Field tested: Grasslands won't help buffer climate change as carbon dioxide levels rise

... this fall in biochemistry; and UCLA chemistry and biochemistry graduate student Morgan Beeby. The structure of the carboxysome shows a repeating pattern of six protein molecules packed closely together. "We didn't know six would be the magic number," Yeates said. "What surprises me is how nearly these six prot...

Nighttime Dying Linked To Sleep Apnea From Brain Cell Loss

... this fall in biochemistry; and UCLA chemistry and biochemistry graduate student Morgan Beeby. The structure of the carboxysome shows a repeating pattern of six protein molecules packed closely together. "We didn't know six would be the magic number," Yeates said. "What surprises me is how nearly these six prot...

New discovery blurs distinction between human cells and those of bacteria

... this fall in biochemistry; and UCLA chemistry and biochemistry graduate student Morgan Beeby. The structure of the carboxysome shows a repeating pattern of six protein molecules packed closely together. "We didn't know six would be the magic number," Yeates said. "What surprises me is how nearly these six prot...

Making plant cells work like miniature factories

...te's Center for Designer Crops and a specialist in biochemistry and functional genomics of plant metabolism. Funding from the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division of the DOE's Office of Basic Energy Sciences provides $340,000 for operation and equipment this year and another $680,000 in 2006. ...

Evolution of life on Earth may hold key to finding life in outer space

...d, in addition to being a professor of biology and biochemistry in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, he is an adjunct professor of chemical engineering in the Cullen College of Engineering. The author or co-author of more than 110 peer-reviewed publications, Fox has received numerous honors and awa...

UCSD discovery may provide novel method to generate medically useful proteins

...plained Partho Ghosh, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSD who headed the research team. "Only antibodies have more variation than this protein in phage. However, the genetic mechanism used by the phage to generate this diversity is completely different from that used by animals to produce antibodi...

Results of world's first gene therapy trial for arthritis show approach safe, feasible

...obbins, Ph.D., professor of molecular genetics and biochemistry and orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who was the study's co-principal investigator and then director of the University of Pittsburgh's Viral Vector Core Facility. According to their results, joints treated with...

No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved

... of orthopaedic surgery and molecular genetics and biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, report that treated mice had physiological improvements in the muscles of the heart, diaphragm, abdomen and legs; and they grew faster, were physically more active and lived four times as long as un...

UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn

...ydrate content is what Daniel Gallie, professor of biochemistry at UC Riverside, will present at a congressional seminar in Washington, D.C., this week. Because his research holds promise for efficiently feeding high-protein corn to people and livestock all over the world, Gallie has been invited to speak to an ...

Researchers create functioning artificial proteins using nature's rules

...ian; and Dr. Kevin Gardner, associate professor of biochemistry and pharmacology. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology also participated. ...

Discovery suggests why stem cells run through stop signs

...niversity, and Hannele Ruohola-Baker, professor of biochemistry at the University of Washington, microRNAs can regulate gene expression and give stem cells a green light to pass from the normal stop phase to the stage in which they begin replicating their DNA for later division. In their work, Carthew and Ruohol...

Structures of marine toxins provide insight into their effectiveness as cancer drugs

...re and movement, says Ivan Rayment, a professor of biochemistry in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences who worked with John Allingham, a postdoctoral fellow, on the study. "We're adding to fundamental understanding which will be taken up by others to simplify chemical synthesis of what could potentiall...

MSU researchers receive $4 million grant to uncover gene functions

...dependence on oil," said Robert Last, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and plant biology at MSU. "We also will be able to more efficiently make nutrients important to human health. These include vitamins and heart-healthy oils." The NSF's Arabidopsis 2010 project is a worldwide effort to catalogue...

Secrets to antibody's success against West Nile Virus surprise scientists

...ate professor of pathology & immunology and of biochemistry & molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "Based on what we've learned, we are now developing therapeutic antibodies for related viruses that also are effective at stopping the process of infection after the...

Bacteria are key to 'green' plastics, drugs

... Bennett, professor and chair of the department of biochemistry and cell biology at Rice. "One reason for this is succinate's broad utility -- it can be used to make everything from non-corrosive airport deicers and non-toxic solvents to plastics, drugs and food additives. Succinate's also a priority because some...

University of Nevada, Reno research team discovers hormone that causes malaria mosquito to urinate

... is far more toxic," said Schooley, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources The problem with methoprene, however, is that for a species such as the tobacco hornworm, methoprene causes it to grow larger instead of transforming int...

USC researchers determine mechanism of action of chemotherapy drug

...led by Joseph Hacia, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. The cellular disruption results in increases in the amount of zinc available inside the cancer cells, and because zinc is involved in protein structure an...

Disease diagnosis, bioengineering covered at state nano summit

...t L. Krause, an associate professor of biology and biochemistry at UH, will give a presentation at 11 a.m. on the "Role of Protein Design in Bionanotechnology." Sponsored by the Nanotechnology Foundation of Texas, the 2005 Nano Summit is a daylong forum for Texas natural science, engineering and medical research...

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