All Proteomics articles
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Persistent proteins may influence metabolomics results
Scientists have identified more than 1,000 previously undetected proteins in common metabolite samples, which persist despite extraction methods designed to weed them out.
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Scientists have a new tool in the race to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis
Scientists identify unique molecular signatures of sepsis and use AI to improve diagnosis and identify patients most likely to develop severe symptoms and suffer poor outcomes.
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Protein fragments ID two new “extremophile” microbes—and may help find alien life
Scientists used proteotyping to identify two potentially new types of extremophile bacteria. These results suggest proteotyping could be a more complete solution for identifying extremophile microorganisms from small biological samples.
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Researchers develop a new toolkit in fruit flies to study Zika virus
To study how Zika virus proteins hijack and disrupt host developmental pathways during infection and disease progression, scientists have generated a toolkit of transgenic flies expressing all ten Zika virus proteins.
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New approach to tackling bacterial infections identified
Researchers unveil how the self-killing activity of bacteria can be harnessed in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
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Blood analysis in patients finds characteristics of Long Covid
Analysis of blood samples from patients with Long Covid – a debilitating condition with unknown causes – has revealed serum protein changes as the likely culprit.
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Unzipping mRNA rallies plant cells to fight infection
Scientists studying a plant called Arabidopsis thaliana have discovered short snippets of folded RNA that are unzipped in the presence of a pathogen to allow plant cells to make defense proteins to fight infection.
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Scientists uncover COVID’s weakness - the need for human cells
New UC Riverside research has revealed COVID’s Achilles heel — its dependence on key human proteins for its replication — which can be used to prevent the virus from making people sick.
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Energy depleting mechanism immunizes bacteria against phages
Researchers have described a new family of proteins that deplete cells of their energy, thereby protecting the cells from invaders. The previously unknown immune mechanism is used by many living creatures, from bacteria to bees.
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Researchers reveal how the herpes virus HCMV deceives its host cells
Researchers have created a detailed map of the spatial interactions between viral and host cell proteins within HCMV particles, revealing that certain host cell proteins are recruited by viral proteins and play a role in viral replication.
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Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection
Scientists have developed a breakthrough method to detect structural variations on proteins based on nanopore technologies.
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Researchers craft ‘origami DNA’ to control virus assembly
Researchers have used DNA ‘origami’ templates to control the way viruses are assembled. The global team behind the research, published in Nature Nanotechnology, developed a way to direct the assembly of virus capsids – the protein shell of viruses - at physiological conditions in a precise and programmable manner. ...
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Remnants of ancient virus may fuel ALS in people
Researchers have identified a surprising new player in ALS or motor neurone disease - an ancient, virus-like protein best known for its essential role in enabling placental development.
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Unusual cellular metabolism in fungi linked to AMR
Scientists have discovered that aberrant cellular metabolism in Candida fungi is linked to drug resistance, potentially opening up new possible pathways to antimetabolite therapies.