Sentences with phrase «previously known protein»

Another interesting aspect is that the new protein is unlike any previously known protein and appears to be present on the red blood cells of other species as well.

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This changes a lot of what scientists thought they knew about how water bears deal with radiation, as they were previously thought to have proteins that repaired damaged DNA, rather than proteins that halt damage altogether.

The protein, called SP9, was known to be important for normal medium spiny neurons, but it had not previously been associated with Huntington's disease.

Using the same computer - based approach, the team has now been able to target the c - FLIP (cellular FLICE [FADD - like IL - 1β - converting enzyme]- inhibitory) protein, known to play a key role in cancer stem cell maintenance and survival, described in previously published work by the Institute.

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

In a 2006 study published in Cell, Vidal and Huda Zoghbi, a neurobiologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, teamed up to show previously unsuspected interactions among the proteins produced by mutated genes in several of the movement disorders known as ataxias.

Berninger and others have previously shown that Sox2, Ascl1, and other transcription factors — proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences to control the activity of genes — can induce the nonneuronal «support cells» known as glia to turn into neurons.

Interferon - inducible protein 6 - 16 (IFI 6 - 16), a protein not previously known to be associated with other misfolding diseases but that was uniquely found misfolded in the urine of women with preeclampsia, is known to help prevent cell death and, in breast cancer cells, is responsible for resistance to treatment.

Herpes virus proteins are more «spaghetti - like» than previously thought, which provides a vital clue in the search for an efficient treatment against a type of herpes which causes a form of cancer known as Kaposi's sarcoma.

Cell biologists previously didn't know whether the LppA protein propped up the cell wall, like pillars prop up a roof, or whether the outer membrane was tethered to the cell wall.

These include many known DNA repair factors, as well as new proteins of previously unknown function.

Gao's team used a form of polymerase chain reaction analysis to scan the cells for signs of various proteins, including some previously found in stem cells and some known to play a role in prostate development.

As a means to better understand such pathogen - plant interactions, Chory's team turned to the well - studied weed Arabidopsis thaliana and, in particular, an enzyme called SOBER1 — which had previously been reported to suppress the weed's immune response to a bacterial protein known as AvrBsT.

This succeeded, and we've identified nineteen proteins that no one previously knew existed in the venom,» he concludes.

Together with his team, he has discovered that the bacterial protein EIIAGlc is not only responsible for the uptake of nutrients, which was previously known, but also plays a central role in Salmonella colonizing the host organism.

Some of these proteins already have been implicated in diseases such as cancer, but only a minority were previously known to be «druggable.»

In one example, Dr. Tseng's group previously had shown that exposing precursor white fat cells to a protein known as BMP7 helps to spur the creation of brown fat cells.

From the resulting network predictions, the research team discovered proteins not previously known to be required for virulence.

It was not previously known that cancer cells could dispose of the toxic SRC protein this way.

We use three sources of information to update the homology - based immune catalog in Nasonia: a previously published catalog of antimicrobial peptides [35], homology to characterized Dipteran immune proteins based on reciprocal best blastp hits to D. melanogaster, and profile hidden Markov models (HMMs) of known immune - related gene families derived from ImmunoDB [11](see methods for details).

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — June 27, 2017 — Protein fragments found in semen, and previously only known for their ability to enhance HIV infection, also appear to play an important role in reproductive biology.

A well - studied protein, AvrPtoB, from the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, is known to suppress the plant immune response, but has a previously unknown function, according to researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University and the USDA - Agricultural Research Service.

This agnostic approach has shed light on multiple proteins and pathways not previously known to be associated with disease.

More importantly, they also identified a few proteins that previously were not known to be HCC - related, opening possibilities for candidate biomarker development.

Of these, 126 genes were orthologous to protein - coding genes in the human genome (hereafter, human BC susceptibility genes, hBCSGs), 70 % of which are previously reported cancer - associated genes, and ∼ 16 % are known BC suppressor genes.

Too high a protein intake along with persistent training had previously kept my metabolism doing what it knew best, burn and make glucose.