Category: 5. Biology

An international research team led by Freiburg biologists Dr. Wenjing Qi and Prof. Ralf Baumeister has discovered how the LINE1 retrotransposon exploits a cell protein to become active itself, as occurs in tumors. At the same time,…

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be helpful for learners to begin with the linear presentation of how stretches of DNA form genes, this…

At the surface, the immune response to a flu virus is simple. Some cells recognize the pathogen and send a signal to the immune system, and immune cells produce a potentially lifesaving antibody against the virus. Antigen in,…

Using artificial intelligence, researchers show how γ-secretase recognizes substrates – an important advance for fundamental and translational research.

The γ-secretase enzyme is capable of cleaving more than 150 different…

Mining venoms for antimicrobials

We sourced venom proteins from four databases: ConoServer (focusing on conopeptides, Supplementary Fig. 1)³¹, ArachnoServer (spider proteins, Supplementary Fig. 2)³², ISOB (indigenous snake proteins, Supplementary…

Phylogenetic analyses

The phylogenetic analyses were conducted using the combined datasets of nrITS and LSU rDNA sequences (Fig. 1). All 106 sequences were aligned, and both ends were trimmed to create a dataset of 647 nucleotides that included…