As power plants and energy stores, mitochondria are essential components of almost all cells in plants, fungi and animals. Until now, it has been assumed that these functions underlie a static ...

Retroviruses are viruses that have evolved the ability to write their genetic code into a cell's own DNA. The most ancient ...

Cells have an internal skeleton that maintains their structure and also drives their movement. Known as the cytoskeleton, ...

Two recently published studies led by Brazilian scientists reveal the key roles of multifunctional proteins, STIP1 and Maspin ...

DNA isn't just a long string of genetic code, but an intricate 3D structure folded inside each cell. That means the tools used to study DNA need to be just as sophisticated-able to read not only the ...

Textbook images show peptidoglycan as straight and ordered. The biopolymer peptidoglycan that makes up bacterial cell walls was always assumed to be highly ordered. Textbook images like the one below ...

Scientists have solved the structure of a key protein that senses when our cells swell. Scientists at Scripps Research have solved the structure of a key protein that senses when our cells swell. This ...

Europe’s current jihad generation has at least one advantage over its radical predecessors: new trainees don’t need to leave home to learn the terror trade. That ...

The ultrastructure of epidermal cells of tendrils of Bryonia dioica Jacq. (Cucurbitaceae) was determined using microscopic, histochemical and immunochemical techniques with focus on the tactile blep, ...