Probing the functional segments, or 'motifs', of proteins has helped scientists identify the minimal ingredients needed for them to form biological patterns. Writing in the journal eLife, the ...

Cracking the human genetic code at the start of the century was a scientific breakthrough that promised to revolutionize medical care. And while it did lead to more targeted approaches to medicine—and ...

Each organ in the human body contains different types of cells arranged in specific ways. These arrangements aid protein interactions, which drive important functions such as nutrient and waste ...

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...

The chains of amino acids that make up proteins are critical to every form of life. The complex ways that these proteins fold and interact has fascinated researchers for decades. Exactly how a protein ...

In our simulations, we could then remove these misfolding events and saw that the protein folded with the typical two-state exponential pattern." To confirm the results of their simulation, the ...

For numerous fundamental processes of life, the formation of certain protein patterns is essential. Protein pattern formation controlled by molecular switches is – like many processes in nature – far ...

Probing the functional segments, or 'motifs', of proteins has helped scientists identify the minimal ingredients needed for them to form biological patterns. Probing the functional segments, or ...