Scientists first observed the biological phenomenon of restriction and modification in the 1950s, but they did not identify and isolate restriction enzymes until the late 1960s. 3 In 1970, Hamilton ...

Lung cancer is a particularly challenging form of cancer. It often strikes unexpectedly and aggressively with little warning, ...

Enzymes are crucial to life. They are nature's little catalysts. In the gut, they help us digest food. They can enhance perfumes or get laundry cleaner with less energy. Enzymes also make potent ...

Deubiquitinases (DUBs) are enzymes used by cells to trim protein ... The study is published in Nature Chemical Biology. Cells adopt a simple trick to modify proteins for specific functions like ...

Enzymes! There are tens of thousands of chemical ... These short films will be relevant for teaching biology and science in general at KS3 and KS4 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and ...

Enzymes catalyze nearly all of the chemical reactions that occur in biological systems. Enzymes are generally proteins but also include catalytic DNA and catalytic RNA. As effective biological ...

A gene regulating testosterone in ruffs produces three male morphs with unique behaviors, offering insights into vertebrate ...

An enzyme is specific for its substrate or substrates like a key is for its lock. Are you a teacher looking for more resources for your lessons? This video from the Biology with Dr. Chris van ...

Annotations of enzyme function provide critical starting ... to have such annotations for performing day-to-day work in biology. Here we describe the process and some of the current challenges ...

A new technology is poised to transform the discovery of microbial species and enzymes with specific in situ metabolic functions. The technology, FISH-scRACS-seq (Fluorescence In Situ ...

Researchers discovered that ALPK2, a heart-specific enzyme, may protect against HFpEF by activating TPM1 in heart muscle ...