Covalent bonding is a widely understood phenomenon that joins the atoms of a molecule by a shared electron pair. But in ...

Two new studies represent a big step toward developing innovative molecular therapies capable of disrupting the ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed ...

These include some obvious mechanical activities such as endocytosis, cell motility and membrane resealing, but also others, such as replication and transcription. Taking the motor proteins as an ...

The Cell, Developmental and Molecular Biology graduate program offers world-class facilities and faculty in biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, cell biology, developmental biology. Ohio University ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This complex process, known as cell differentiation, holds the key to ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...

The international team describes their results and the underlying molecular mechanism in Cell Metabolism. Ergothioneine is a natural compound found in certain fungi such as oyster or shiitake ...

Harpreet Singh, professor of physiology and cell biology, and Mahmood Khan, professor of emergency medicine, both in Ohio State's College of Medicine, co-led the study. "We have not only ...