News articles tagged with 'binding'
Transcription factors may dictate differences between individuals
— 19 Mar 2010 14:19 | HealthResearchers are only beginning to understand how individual variation in gene regulation can have a lasting impact on one's health and susceptibility to certain diseases. Now, an ambitious…
Flexible neck in cell-receptor DC-SIGN targets more pathogens
— 14 Jul 2009 17:49 | HealthPathogen recognition is the foundation of the body's immune response and survival against infection. A small cell-receptor protein called DC-SIGN is part of the immune system, and recognises…
A new gene silencing platform - silence is golden
— 9 Feb 2009 05:10 | HealthA team of researchers led by Rutgers' Samuel Gunderson has developed a novel gene silencing platform with very significant improvements over existing RNAi approaches. This may enable…
How chromosomes meet in the dark
— 27 Dec 2008 14:38 | HealthA research group lead by scientists at the University of Warwick has discovered the trigger that pulls together X chromosomes in female cells at a crucial stage of embryo development.…
Bound by attention: Bringing rats and humans together
— 19 Nov 2008 17:48 | HealthWhen picking through a basket of fruit, it doesn't seem very difficult to recognise a green pear from a green apple. This is easy, thanks to 'feature binding' - a process by which our…
Gaps in adhesion
— 18 Nov 2008 15:56 | ChemistryChemists can learn from some shellfish. Mussels, for example, produce an adhesive that sticks strongly to metal and stone, even under water. Chemists have reproduced the protein responsible…
Views suggest function of enzyme that regulates light-detecting signals in eye
— 8 Oct 2008 05:02 | BiologyAn atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington (UW) clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated.…
Scientists discover new DNA binding activity of E. coli protein
— 31 Jul 2008 09:53 | BiologyNortheastern University scientists have discovered a new and unique DNA binding property of a protein in E. coli. Penny J. Beuning, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry…
Novel idea for how anti-ageing products delay ripening of fruit and wilting of flowers
— 3 May 2008 19:45 | ChemistryWhen plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers…
Double binding sites on tumour target may provide future combination therapy
— 9 Apr 2008 13:17 | HealthResearchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues at Merck Serono Research in Germany have found that two drugs bind to receptor sites on some tumours…
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