Sentences with phrase «cellular shape changes»

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Their work also revealed how tensegrity - based changes in molecular shape can drive the motion of cellular parts.

Lindquist says Hsp104 may be acting like a molecular crowbar, grabbing on to a tangled protein and then, with the help of the cellular fuel ATP, changing its shape and prying a tangled protein loose.

These diseases are thought to be caused by prions (pronounced pree - ons), infectious protein particles — normal cellular proteins that supposedly change their shape and then mold other protein molecules into the same sickly altered form.

Something as radical as making inanimate objects move isn't easy, but many researchers believe that commanding shape change will be invaluable as technology aids and replaces human functions: «Maybe every essential process of life is based on shape transformation: cellular division, the beating of a heart, embryogenesis,» says Nathalie Katsonis, a materials scientist at the University of Twente.