The structure and function of key prokaryotic cell structures ... circular molecule that contains all the genetic information necessary for the cell's functions and reproduction. Bacteria are ...

As one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in the U.S. unfolds in Kansas, UC San Diego researchers and their colleagues ...

A study reveals AI's role in identifying antimicrobial compounds for tuberculosis, enhancing drug development through ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in ... and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus ...

to construct its own tail-like structure out of actin filaments. “If you slow down the leading ribosome, the ribosome after it goes and hits it . . . just like a pile-up in a freeway.” Some ...

With this strategy, he discovered over 400 bacterial proteins that contain a signature 3D histone structure called a histone fold ... As a small predatory cell, it invades a prey bacterium, expands in ...

Bacterial cells differ fundamentally in their structure from animal and human cells. For example, bacteria have a rigid cell wall, whereas human cells are surrounded only by a simple membrane.

Yersinia bacteria use a membrane protein ... researchers can culture organoids as flat 2D sheets. This flat structure holds many advantages: the cells are easier to culture and examine, and ...