Sentences with phrase «discovered class of proteins»

Allen previously discovered a class of proteins secreted by astrocytes that help neurons form active connections, known as synapses.

In 2015, the team received a National Science Foundation Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award to investigate a newly discovered class of proteins that are turned on by heat.

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«A new class of antibiotics to combat drug resistance: Newly discovered antibiotic binds to ribosome, disrupts protein synthesis.»

In this study, the SIgN team discovered for the first time that the integrity of p53 affects the production of a special cell surface protein called Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I. MHC class I molecules on the cancer cell surface serve as targets for the immune system.

In the early 1990s, Guarente discovered that sirtuins, a class of proteins found in nearly all animals, protect against the effects of aging in yeast.

The team of international scientists had discovered that by activating Nurr1, a class of proteins found in the brain, it protects the brain's ability to generate dopamine neurons.

Thousands of sweet - tasting compounds belonging to more than 150 chemical classes have been discovered, including low - molecular - weight carbohydrates, aminoacyl sugars, amino acids, peptides, proteins, terpenoids, chlorinated hydrocarbons, halogenated sugars, N - sulfonyl amides, sulfamates, polyketides, anilines, and ureas.

Juan Bonifacino's lab at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, for one, had discovered the role a certain protein plays as asymptomatic infection progresses to AIDS but testing of a new class of potential HIV medications had to be stopped due to the shutdown.

In 2012, a group from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, in collaboration with SISSA, an Italian University, discovered a new class of mouse lncRNAs, which are called «antisense» because their can pair with typical protein - coding mRNAs and enhance their translation.

His work helped discover a class of molecules called core protein allosteric modulators, or CpAMs, that disrupt capsid protein assembly.

In the course of seeking new treatments for brucellosis, scientists discovered that Brucella contains a class of signaling proteins called LOVs.

But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered how the interplay between two proteins in the brain fuels the degradation and death of the class of brain cells, or neurons, that leads to Parkinson's.