Sentences with phrase «key biological processes»

FGFR genes are receptors that bind to members of the fibroblast growth factor family of proteins and play a role in key biological processes of a human cell.

Observing the dynamics behind these interactions is critical to understanding key biological processes, such as protein crystallization and metabolism, and could help accelerate the development of important new technologies, such as artificial photosynthesis or high - efficiency photovoltaic cells.

Their research has also helped explain key biological processes, such as recombination, de novo mutations, and parent - of - origin effects.

London, England About Blog Exploring the molecular mechanisms that underpin key biological processes, the Biochemical Journal is a leading bioscience journal publishing high - impact scientific research papers and reviews on the latest advances and new mechanistic concepts in the fields of biochemistry, cellular biosciences and molecular biology.

Publishing in the journal FASEB, the scientists show that medical manipulation of the primary cilia, which are tiny hair - like structures protruding from the surface of most human cells, disrupts a key biological process called «Hedgehog Signalling».

«Scientists are beginning to realise that primary cilia, which were once thought to be irrelevant are actually involved in a number of key biological processes,» explains co-author Professor Martin Knight from Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science and the Institute of Bioengineering.

All human cells need asparagine and glutamine to survive because each is essential to key biological processes.

In particular, the yeast species Yarrowia lipolytica has strong potential as a biofuel - producing organism because it accumulates large amounts of lipids, but little is known about the key biological processes involved.