Nature3d
A bacterial antiviral system detects and directly fights against infection
Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...
eLife5d
Megakaryocytes assemble a three-dimensional cage of extracellular matrix that controls their maturation and anchoring to the vascular niche
Megakaryocytes form a three-dimensional (3D) cage composed of laminin and collagen IV connected to the basement membrane surrounding them. This microarchitecture stabilizes megakaryocytes within their ...
Novel imaging method captures the dynamics of spin waves
One major category of the next generation of energy-efficient microelectronic devices and information processing technologies ...
AZoLifeSciences on MSN20m
NITech researchers shed light on the mechanisms of bacterial flagellar motors
Biological motors, which aid microorganism movement in fluids, are composed of two components—the rotor and stators. Despite ...
Nanowerk1d
Microscopy study of bacterial flagella motors could guide design of nanoscale machines
Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...
The EMBO Journal14h
LATS1/2 inactivation in the mammary epithelium drives the evolution of a tumor-associated niche
LATS1/2-inactivation and consequent nuclear YAP/TAZ hyperactivation in the mammary epithelium drives the development of a pro ...
Newest version of cell-mapping tool can spot boundaries even in cloudy conditions
A new version of Cellpose —the popular tool that maps the boundaries of diverse cells in microscopy images —now works on less-than-perfect pictures that are noisy, blurry, or undersampled.
EurekAlert!1d
Exploring the molecular mechanisms of bacterial flagellar motors (VIDEO)
This video presents a study in which, using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers determined the structure and mechanisms of a key component in the flagellar motor, which bacteria use to turn their ...