Sentences with phrase «certain small molecules»

Certain small molecules in particular have affinity for particular types of cells.

Research in the laboratory of Rebecca Wingert, the Gallagher Family Associate Professor of Adult Stem Cell Research in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has confirmed the key role of a certain small molecule in the development of kidney structures in zebrafish, a widely used model for human kidneys.

However, if certain smaller molecules of RNA — called microRNAs — bind to a messenger RNA molecule, they «silence» it, which prevents the information in the messenger RNA from being translated to make a protein.

Not exact matches

In fact, while some composting methods have been shown to degrade certain pesticides, heavy metals are an elemental contaminant that does not degrade into smaller, less harmful molecules during the composting process.

Now, researchers have demonstrated that two iron - containing small - molecule catalysts can help turn certain types of amino acids — the building blocks of peptides and proteins — into an array of potential new forms, even when part of a larger peptide, while preserving a crucial aspect of their chemistry: chirality, or «handedness.»

«I was certain that it would be a small molecule, like sex pheromones in sea anemones or something along those lines.

In another study published this week the group investigated influenza pH1N1 virus - host cell interaction in detail and found that certain host function could be temporally inhibited with small molecule MK2206 to block influenza infection in cell culture.

Certain ligases, like Fbxl3, can be targeted with small molecules.

In the journal Nature, Manuela Raffatellu, associate professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, and colleagues provide the first evidence that small protein molecules called microcins, produced by beneficial gut microbes, play a critical part in blocking certain illness - causing bacteria in inflamed intestines.

Rather, the work of folding is done by much smaller water molecules, which surround proteins and push and pull at them to make them fold a certain way in fractions of a second, like scores of tiny origami artists folding a giant sheet of paper at blazingly fast speeds.

New research at Rockefeller University and Columbia University suggests these small molecules may be able to relay valuable information about damage to the heart: Scientists in Thomas Tuschl's Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology have linked an increase in certain microRNAs circulating in the blood with injury to cardiac muscle.

He is an unquestioned leader in separation science, an important branch of analytical chemistry, who is particularly known for his studies of certain separation methods like micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography, a useful technique for analyzing a wide variety of small molecules.

«Because gene therapy may carry certain risks, we set out to see if we could perform a similar transformation with small molecules, thereby eliminating — or at least reducing — our reliance on genetic manipulation,» says Dr. Ding.

There are two main theoretical models, one based on small magnetite particles that may reorient in an external magnetic field and the other based on the idea that upon photo excitation a certain type of molecules in the eye of a bird support a radical pair formed by two electrons which evolve under the joint action of the Zeeman interaction with the external magnetic field and the hyperfine interaction with the supporting molecule.

Surfen is a small molecule that inhibits the actions of certain polysaccharide molecules called heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) that are found on the surface of cells.

«Certain molecules called FODMAPs — found in excess fructose from some fruits and lactose in some dairy foods — can be poorly absorbed by some people in the small intestine and digestive tract and feed the bacteria there,» says Dr Sue Shepherd, an Australian dietitian and senior lecturer at La Trobe University's Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition.

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a clinical - stage drug development company that discovers and develops novel, small - molecule drugs for the treatment of inflammatory / autoimmune diseases, as well as for certain cancers and metabolic diseases.

In susceptible dogs, they are unable to absorb these molecules across the small intestines because they lack certain carrier molecules.