Collagen IV provides crucial structural support for cells and tissues, but it’s unstable at body temperature. Researchers now ...

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Mutations in EGLN1, the gene encoding for hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl-4-hydroxylase 2 (PHD2), cause erythrocytosis and in rare cases the development of neuroendocrine tumors. In the presence ...

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay ...

This is a valuable and rigorous study that addresses the question of what determines the spatial organization of endocytic zones at synapses. The authors use compelling approaches, in both Drosophila ...

This peptide (a chain of amino acids) has a tendency to clump together ... water-repellent ends of the peptide, which is known as the C-terminal region. Accordingly, the researchers hope that ...

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More than half of proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes undergo N-terminal methionine excision (NME). While it is known that the penultimate amino acid affects the efficiency of NME in several ...

N-terminal amino acid residues 1-33 were sufficient for nuclear localization. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of 293T cells transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP), GFP-Siva, GFP-Siva1-33, ...