So the cells are ... "The largely stable structure of the spliceosome center enabled us to obtain high-resolution information ...

Caltech researchers demonstrated a new method to use light to control active matter—a kind of material made up of individual ...

Specificity also entails recognition of and selective activity towards particular ubiquitin chain types, at least eight of which are now known to coexist in yeast and mammalian cells. DUBs might ...

But filopodia can also wreak havoc: metastatic cancer cells use them to invade new regions of the body. Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength.

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical ... Most neurons that carry signals regarding movement and higher-level functions, such as thinking and reading, are ...

Researchers created replicas of 3D cell structures inside Minecraft and made them available for anyone to use in their own installation of the game.

Vimentin is a type III intermediate filament (IF) protein normally expressed in cells that develop into connective tissue, ...

Rhobo6, a light microscopy probe, gives scientists an unprecedented look at the extracellular matrix -- the collection of organized molecular structures that fills the spaces between cells in our ...

Understanding how tumors change their metabolism to resist treatments is a growing focus in cancer research. As cancer cells adapt to therapies, their metabolism often shifts, which can help them ...

Table 1 below provides an overview of the key features of a prokaryotic cell: Table 1. The structure and function of key prokaryotic cell structures. Prokaryotes have ribosomes but they are smaller ...