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Protein synthesis is one of the central elements in every living cell. For this process, mRNAs coding for genes are simultaneously competing for the same translation machinery (ribosomes and amino acids). But the ultimate determinants of cellular functions ...
Even though Vibrio cholerae is a well-known human pathogen, it is also a normal member of aquatic habitats. Within this environment it often forms biofilms on the chitin-containing exoskeleton of crustaceans and their molts. Chitin not only serves as nutri ...
CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) is a nuclear zinc-finger protein that displays insulating activity in a variety of biological assays. For example, CTCF-binding sites have been suggested to isolate Hox gene clusters from neighboring transcriptional interference ...
We consider the problem of learning dynamical models of genetic regulatory networks from time-lapse measurements of gene expression. In our previous work [Porreca et al,Bioinformatics,2010], we described a method for the structural and parametric identific ...
α-Synuclein aggregates in Lewy bodies and plays a central role in the pathogenesis of a group of neurodegenerative disorders, known as "Synucleinopathies", including Parkinson's disease. Parkin mutations result in loss of parkin E3-ubiquitin ligase activit ...
RNA interference has become an increasingly important tool for all aspects of molecular biology. Nevertheless, there is a technological challenge for performing gene knock-down with chemical transfection agents, as many relevant cell types are refractory t ...
Global folding of polypeptides entering the endoplasmic reticulum ( ER) starts as soon as they emerge from the narrow Sec61 translocon. Attainment of the native structure can take from several minutes to hours, depending on the gene product. Until then, no ...
Recombinant protein-based biologics are increasingly relevant in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently, mammalian cell-based bioprocesses are a routine manufacturing procedure for complex proteins such as recombinant antibodies, and the number of new biol ...
