Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...

Neurons balance energy efficiency by regulating protein synthesis based on molecular properties like stability and size.

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy them, ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers found that the neuronal energy conservation program determines the location and ...

When Xiao Wang applied to faculty jobs, many of the institutions where she interviewed thought her research proposal - to ...

Protein synthesis is vital for life, translating genetic information from DNA to functional proteins through transcription ...

A new imaging technique reveals ribosomes work together when translating mRNA, preventing slowdowns in protein production. This discovery challenges prior beliefs and could revolutionize our ...

Researchers developed a technique to gain a deeper understanding of ribosome function and their cooperative behaviors.

Researchers developed a microscopy technique to observe ribosomes translating mRNA in real time. They found that ribosomes ...