In the process of protein synthesis there is a “stochastic” component, i.e., involving random chance, which influences the time the process takes. This aspect has been investigated by two research ...

New structures discovered within cilia show a relationship between certain proteins and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. The discovery sheds new light on the microstructure of cilia. Cilia are microscopic ...

What makes prions adopt toxic, self-perpetuating conformations? The question has baffled researchers for years. In the May 9 Nature online, Peter Tessier and Susan Lindquist from Boston’s Whitehead ...

In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," Alice is stuck in a never-ending race with the Red Queen yet never gains a ...

Rush hour never ceases at the nucleus’ border. Gene products begin their lives in the nucleus as strands of mRNA that ship out into the cytoplasm, where they serve as templates for protein synthesis.

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 50, No. 331 (FEBRUARY 1999), pp. 165-174 (10 pages) Vacuolar proteins are synthesized and translocated into the endoplasmic reticulum and transported to the ...

Rare-earth metals are essential parts of electronic components in phones, vehicles, displays, and wind turbines. A new study shows that a recently discovered protein from bacteria outperforms many ...