Protein allows poison dart frogs to accumulate toxins safely, study finds
The poisonous frog Diablito, Oophaga sylvatica, is native to Colombia and Ecuador. Credit: Marie-Thérèse Fischer (CC BY 4.0) Scientists have ...
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Secret Vulnerabilities of Cancer’s ‘Death Star’ Protein Revealed
A three-dimensional image showing the human protein KRAS (blue) interacting with RAF1 (yellow), one of its main partners. The blue ...
Researchers discover for the first time a link between a hemoglobin-like protein and normal heart development
cygb2 The mutant phenotype exhibits organ laterality defects. A CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing cygb2. Two different gRNAs were targeted to exon ...
Fungus-fighting protein could help beat serious autoimmune diseases and cancer
A 3D printed stencil of the structure of the DECTIN-1 protein. Credit: Tracey Nearmy/ANU An immune system protein programmed to ...
Prion protein orchestrates liquid-liquid phase separation with copper
by Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (INBEB) The prion protein forms functional condensates that ...
identification of an inflammatory protein responsible for complications
Chronic kidney failure is a pathology affecting several million people worldwide. Vascular calcification is one of the dreaded complications of ...
