Sentences with phrase «regulates cell movement»

The protein mTOR helps monitor nutrient levels in cells and regulates cell movement, protein production, and cell growth and survival.

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Sodium plays a role in your critical body functions by regulating the movement of water in and out of your cells.

It is controlled, in part, by a series of channels on the surface of heart cells that regulate the movement of different ions into and out of the cells.

Using a mouse model, the team also demonstrated that two processes during neurodevelopment are regulated by the gene: proliferation — the replication of neuronal stem cells that have the potential to become multiple different kinds of cells, including neurons — and migration — the movement of neurons to specific locations in the brain during development.

Ion channels are proteins found in a cell's membrane, which create tiny openings in the membrane that regulate the movement of specific ions.

«Our results show that the movement of mitochondria from stem cells to recipient cells is regulated by the protein Miro1 and is part of a well - directed process,» remarked Anurag Agrawal, Professor at the CSIR - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi, India, and one of the lead authors of the study.

Integrins bind to protein scaffolds in their environment and regulate pretty much everything a cell does — movement, change and growth.

Both actin and myosin inhibitors affect spindle architecture in PtK 1 cells: does an actomyosin system contribute to mitotic spindle forces by regulating attachment and movements of chromosomes in mammalian cells?

In other major projects in the laboratory, we investigate the molecular mechanisms that regulate endothelial cell polarization and movement, a critical and initiating event in the formation of new blood vessels and in repair of injured vessels.

The movement of fat in and out of your fat cells is an extremely important process that needs to be tightly regulated.

Other parts of the adrenal glands play literally dozens of ongoing roles in regulating blood sugar, the movement of carbohydrates, proteins and fats in and out of cells, inflammation, muscle function, mineral balance and kidney function.

Magnesium is a cofactor for several important enzymes in the body, like DNA / RNA polymerases, used to transcribe new DNA / RNA strands, and guanylate cyclase, used to regulate the movement of minerals across cell membranes.

Purkinje cells are important for dogs, as they regulate and coordinate motor movements.