Long-Time NIH Grantee Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry
...y 1950's, Boyer has sought to understand the inner workings of ATP synthase, the enzyme he calls the "splendid molecular machine" that produces ATP. The enzyme is a complex protein rooted in the inner membranes of cellular structures called mitochondria, the "powerhou...Study: Hydrogen Bonds Aren't Key To DNA Pairing After All
...s a milestone in researchers' understanding of the workings of DNA -- the genetic bedrock of all organisms -- and forces scientists back to the drawing board to revisit the fundamental question of what's really behind the amazing fidelity of DNAreplication. Eric Kool, the University of Rochester professo...CTC Visualizations Help Ecologists See The Forest And The Trees
... an interactive introduction to and analysisof the workings of SORTIE, a computer model of forest dynamics based onindividual-trees. The paper, "Scaling From Trees to Forests - Analysis of a ComplexSimulation Model," can be viewed at http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/deutschman/index.htm . "The Web si...New Description Of Protein May Be Basis For Regulating Cholesterol
...described the three-dimensionalstructure and inner workings of a terpene synthase, a type of protein thatsynth...'s Science describe matching structures andinner workings for proteins that form terpene molecules. "The processes involved are similar among all three prot...Green Glow: Not Only For Halloween
...to a powerful research tool used to illuminate the workings of genes and follow the wanderings of protein molecules inside a living cell. The source of the green glow is a unique protein, called green fluorescent protein (GFP), found in a Pacific Northwest jellyfish. National Science Foundation-suppo...Enzyme's "Magic" May Hold Key to Anticancer and Antimicrobial Drugs
...o little about the enzymes. Now, the inner workings of one topoisomerase have been laid bare by a group of researchers led by NIGMS grantee Dr. James C. Wang, the Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Harvard University. In the January 18 iss...