Cells communicate through proteins embedded in their cell membranes. These proteins have diverse functions and can be compared with antennas, switches and…
Protein trans-splicing catalyzed by split inteins is a powerful technique for Assembling a polypeptide backbone from two separate parts. As shown in the figure, the N and C terminal intein fragments associate and fold into the active domain thereby linking the
flanking sequences with a peptide bond. However, split inteins with robust efficiencies and short fragments suitable for Peptide synthesis are rare and have mostly been artificially created exhibiting poor to moderate coupling efficiencies only.
Those techniques include spacing plants properly and using harvest aids to defoliate the plant when it matures.Growers in the U.S. want to mechanically harvest…
What if you forgot about Valentine’s Day, and now it’s too late to send that certain someone roses. Someday, you’ll at least be able to send their scent.A…
Cornell University researchers have discovered that, unlike insects that wave their “feelers” around to acquire information, tiger beetles rigidly hold their…
Authors of landmark 2013 study, coordinated by WCS, show that forest elephant poaching continues apace65 percent of forest elephants lost between 2002 and 2013New information released at United for Wildlife International Wildlife Trafficking Symposium: February 11-12, 2014 at the Zoological Society of London…
Modern electronics relies on utilizing the charge properties of the electron. Using lasers and magnetic fields, atomic systems can be engineered to have…
“Studies show that by the time people come in for a diagnosis, there may be a large amount of irreversible brain damage already present,” said study author…
Described in a new paper,* the NIST/JPL array-on-a-chip easily identifies the position of the exact detector in a multi-detector system that absorbs an…
The NIST technique measures changes in a living cell's internal redox (reduction-oxidation) potential, a chemistry concept that expresses the favorability of…
The rapid conversion of natural lands to cement-dominated urban centers is causing great losses in biodiversity. Yet, according to a new study involving 147…
For four decades, waste from nearby manufacturing plants flowed into the waters of New Bedford Harbor—an 18,000-acre estuary and busy seaport. The harbor,…
A key step along the path to ignition is to have “fuel gains” greater than unity, where the energy generated through fusion reactions exceeds the amount of…
“This outbreak illustrates the need for outpatient clinics to follow proper infection control guidelines and medication preparation practices to minimize the…
Scientists, including Brown University geologists and students, have completed the first global geological map of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon and the…
But these experts have not agreed on the reason these patterns exist. Abrasion causes rocks to grind down and become rounder as they are transported down the…
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