Sentences with phrase «cell wall structure»

«Between the dried and fresh, the cell wall structure was totally different.»

Fischetti and his colleagues used a phage - encoded molecule to identify a bacterial target enzyme called 2 - epimerase, which is used by Bacillus anthracis to synthesize an essential cell wall structure.

The cells appear to be producing novel cell wall structures to achieve this deflection.

An earlier instrument, also invented at ORNL, provided imaging of poplar cell wall structures that yielded unprecedented topological information, advancing fundamental research in sustainable biofuels.

Not exact matches

TOUGH STUFF A new wood - compacting process crushes the gaps between cell walls in natural wood (porous structure seen in the scanning electron microscopy image, left), making the densified wood (right) as strong as steel.

That allows the printer to build in tiny cell wall — like structures on each scale that prevent fractures and other common problems.

Lignin is a tough and highly complex molecule that gives the plant cell wall its rigid structure.

UNDER THE SKIN Researchers have discovered mysterious structures, such as these bubblelike compartments called vesicles that sit between the cell membrane (cyan) and the cell wall (purple) of the bacterium Halothiobacillus neapolitanus (cryotomogram, top; 3 - D reconstruction, bottom).

Learning how to control the composition of secondary cell walls is an area of intense interest among advanced biofuel researchers because the structures make up the bulk of the plant matter that is broken down into biofuels.

The 2.52 billion - year - old sulfur - oxidizing bacteria are described by Czaja as exceptionally large, spherical - shaped, smooth - walled microscopic structures much larger than most modern bacteria, but similar to some modern single - celled organisms that live in deepwater sulfur - rich ocean settings today, where even now there are almost no traces of oxygen.

«It turns out that calnexin is somehow involved in controlling the function of the blood - brain barrier,» said Marek Michalak, a distinguished professor of biochemistry at the U of A. «This structure usually acts like a wall and restricts the passage of cells and substances from the blood into the brain.

When inserted into the body, stem cells latch onto the structure and differentiate into cells that start to build bone, much as construction workers assemble walls, floors, and glass around a skyscraper's steel girders.

Research problems that are just out of reach today but that could be made accessible by advances in electron microscopy include studies of the little pores that form in our cells walls and which are centrally important in the regulation of all life processes as well as new nano - structured materials that are ultra-light yet strong, allowing reduced energy consumption in vehicles.

Her final year research project was the study of bactieral cell wall peptidoglycan structure by atomic force microscopy.

The Scw1 RNA - binding domain protein regulates septation and cell - wall structure in fission yeast.

2006 — Ken Keegstra — for his pioneering contributions to our understanding of chloroplast biogenesis, protein import into chloroplasts, and the structure and biosynthesis of the plant cell wall

Over half a dozen labs have succeeded in culturing colonies of organisms of this minute size, and some of these labs have succeeded in obtaining DNA, detecting the organic chemistry of living tissue, and even revealing structure of cell walls or membranes.»

Structural biologists need a starting point to determine a new atomic structure, but there was no homologous protein for RodA, a transmembrane protein that bacteria use to build their cell walls.

Structure and function of the first full - length murein Peptide ligase (mpl) cell wall recycling protein.

The gain - of - function sup - 10 (n983) allele [51] confers a rubberband phenotype with focus of action in body wall muscles [52]; the focus of action of daf - 6 is in the amphid and phasmid sheath cells that derive from ABp [53], and daf - 6 animals are defective in the dye - filling (Dyf phenotype) of sensory neurons associated with these structures.

The group, led by principal investigator and Ames Laboratory scientist Emily Smith, is receiving $ 1 million a year for three years from the DOE's Office of Science to develop a subdiffraction Raman imaging platform that will provide an unprecedented look at the specific chemical structures of plant cell walls and then determine how best to deconstruct plant material as a source of biofuels.

1) The first mechanism involves the synthesis of protein that is taking place within the muscle cell, including all segments of its structure like the connective tissues, cell walls and contractile elements.

Exposure to heat ruptures the cell walls which allow the molecule to be better extracted, bringing about changes in the structure letting it be more easily assimilated by the body.

The cholesterol in your cells is used to create structure for cell walls, help with digestion, and produce vitamin D.

Wrangham noted cooking loosened the structures of the cell walls that bind energy in food, making it easier for digestive enzymes to access more calories.

Cellulose is an insoluble, indigestible fiber (long - chain carbohydrate) that makes up a good portion of the cell wall within plant foods, giving them rigidity and structure.

You need plenty of protein in your diet to build muscle, repair tissues and to give structure to cell walls.

Cardiovascular Health: Basil comes complete with vitamin A (through beta - carotene), magnesium, and many other nutrients that can help protect cell walls from free radical damage (in the blood system and other body structures), improve blood flow and help stop cholesterol from oxidizing in the blood stream.

They include the first phase of our skin for transforming sunlight into vitamin D3, building cell walls throughout our bodies, and comprising most of our brains» structure.

Nondigestible plant carbohydrates in foods are usually a mixture of polysaccharides that are integral components of the plant cell wall or intercellular structure.

A variety of pretreatment strategies have been devised, some of which can disrupt the lignin structure and solubilize the cell wall.

Complex cells use semipermeable membranes, pores, vacuoles, and wall structure to do the bulk of the ion transfer related exchanges of the bulk materials.

His earlier versions of the Perfect Wall relied mainly on screwing rigid insulation to the outside of the structure or using closed cell spray foam.

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