A team of scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Marburg and Stockholm University have elucidated an ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown bacterial protein, the structure of which is being used in the design of protein nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to tumors.

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

to construct its own tail-like structure out of actin filaments. “If you slow down the leading ribosome, the ribosome after it goes and hits it . . . just like a pile-up in a freeway.” Some ...

A previously unknown protein in a family of bacteria found in soil and the human gut microbiome has been discovered – which could help drug delivery in cancer treatment.

Animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells are different in terms of structure but also have many similarities. Transport across membranes All cells are enclosed by a cell membrane, which is ...

With this strategy, he discovered over 400 bacterial proteins that contain a signature 3D histone structure called a histone fold ... As a small predatory cell, it invades a prey bacterium, expands in ...