Sentences with phrase «vesicle genes code»

The gas vesicle genes code for proteins that act like either bricks or cranes in building the final vesicle structure — some of the proteins are the building blocks of the vesicles while some help in actually assembling the structures.

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These genes code for proteins involved in transporting small containers called vesicles throughout the healthy cell, but these proteins are often hijacked by viruses in order to move the virus through the cell.

They found 10 unique proteins and 23 microRNAs — short bits of RNA that don't code for genes — at increased levels in the vesicles.

But intriguingly, the Lokiarchaea appear to have more than 100 genes coding for sophisticated cellular functions such as deforming cell membranes and forming and transporting bubble - like vesicles around the cell — functions that are usually only seen in eukaryotes like us.