To prevent this, cells have developed a sophisticated system to mark unwanted proteins for degradation with a small protein called ubiquitin. Ubiquitin chains Ubiquitin is a cellular tag that marks ...

Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, ...

Ubiquitin marks proteins for degradation, whereby ubiquitin molecules can be combined in different types and numbers forming ...

Rutgers’ biophysicists, bioengineers and plant biologists capture first live images of cellulose construction leading to ...

From growth hormones to cancer drugs, small molecules play a crucial role in our health. Monitoring them is essential to ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

Transgenic animals continue to play an essential role in many aspects of zebrafish research, including the development of disease models. The most widely used system for zebrafish transgenesis is the ...

Genes have to be expressed in the right place, at the time, and at the right levels. Scientists wanted to know more about how ...

Could your morning coffee give you stronger bones, thicker hair, and more radiant skin? Maybe if you mix this in.

In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns ...

Single-molecule imaging, a technique that uses fluorescent markers to track proteins with precision, plays a crucial role in cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and drug discovery.

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal.