University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening ...

Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite wild edible for many people. Squirrels and other small mammals feast on the ...

Researchers have successfully uncovered the molecular mechanisms by which bacterial cellulose patches stimulate the regeneration of plant wounds.   - The regeneration process requires the activation ...

A joint research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong has uncovered an unexpected interaction between chemotherapeutic agents and a ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

Many cellular processes have important mechanochemical components. These include some obvious mechanical activities such as endocytosis, cell motility and membrane resealing, but also others, such ...

Microtubules are cylindrical polymers composed of alpha and beta tubulin. They are a major component of the cytoskeleton and mediate crucial cellular functions including formation of the mitotic ...

His lab studies these proteins in diverse organisms, including animals, plants, fungi and single cellular protists ... Ori-McKenney studies tube-like proteins called microtubules that help form cell ...

and in the electrically noisy environment of the human brain The theory proposes that tiny "microtubules" – tubular protein structures found within the cells of all plants, animals, fungi and ...

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the ...

a multi-subunit protein complex that connects chromosomes to the spindle microtubules. Recent research has significantly advanced our understanding of kinetochore function in plants, including ...