Researchers map infectious hepatitis B virus
...at revealed for the first time how the outer lipid envelope interacts with the capsid shell. " The 3-D maps sh...me. The capsid itself is contained within an outer envelope formed by a lipid bilayer, similar to the membranes that enclose all human cells. The membrane of he...JCI table of contents, June 1, 2006
...en, and elephants: Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope lipids and pathogenesis AUTHOR CONTACT: Lee W. Riley University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. Phone: (510) 642-9200; Fax: (510) 642-6350; Email: lwriley@berkeley.edu . View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.ph...FSU research produces images of AIDS virus that may shape vaccine
...esult, the researchers were able to hone in on the envelope - the lipid membrane covering the virus itself. They imaged the spikes protruding from the envelope, which contain the only viral protein molecules on the HIV surface. The FSU scientists also were able to capture super-sized images of both the head o...Potential vaccine developed for deadly leishmaniasis disease
...livery vehicle is an influenza virosome the empty envelope of the influenza virus. These flu virus shells contain none of the infectious genetic material in full-fledges flu viruses. The virosome also acts as an "adjuvant," boosting the immune response of the candidate vaccine. The antigen is a synthetic car...Embryos tell story of Earth's earliest animals
... larvae that hatch from the egg-like fertilization envelope did not fossilize, even under reducing conditions....s ago will be embryos encased in the fertilization envelope and will have been fossilized under highly reducing conditions. This suggests "biases in distributio...JCI table of contents: March 1, 2006
... are structural proteins that support the membrane envelope of the cell nucleus. In a study appearing in the M...that InsP3R release of local Ca2+ into the nuclear envelope is followed by CaMKII activation, which acts on HDAC5 to cause HDAC5 to leave the nucleus. In an acc...Learning about sex from an elegant worm
...ukaryotic cells. Just why tethering to the nuclear envelope is essential for stable pairing is now under investigation. What's clear is that without it, pairing of X chromosomes in C. elegans cannot occur. Versatile Pairing Centers do even more These studies inspired a complementary set of experiments by...Zeroing in on progeria: How mutant lamins cause premature aging
...ective envelope. The inner membrane of the nuclear envelope is lined by tough but adaptable proteins called lamins. The mutated gene for HGPS affected the nuclear lamin A (LA) protein. The discovery that progeria was a "laminopathy," a disorder caused by a nuclear lamin failure, gave HGPS families new hope b...T-rays: New imaging technology spotlighted by American Chemical Society
...uttle foam, see biological agents through a sealed envelope and detect tumors without harmful radiation, was the focus of a recent symposium at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society. The session was organized and chaired by experts Charles A. Schmuttenmaer , professor of chemistry at Yale, ...New discoveries about neuron plasticity linked to learning and memory
... for cells, says Johnston. "This really pushes the envelope with respect to how fast a neuron can produce new proteins important for learning," he says. Learning and memory researchers know that protein synthesis in neurons is related to long-term memory, because protein synthesis inhibitors block long-term m...Frog peptides block HIV in lab study
...y inserting themselves into the HIV outer membrane envelope and creating "holes" that cause the virus particle to fall apart, Unutmaz said. "We like to call these peptides WMDs -- weapons of membrane destruction," Unutmaz said. It is curious that the antimicrobial peptides do not harm the T cells at concentr...Secrets to antibody's success against West Nile Virus surprise scientists
...dy prevents the virus from rearranging the protein envelope that surrounds its genetic material after it enter... host cell. To reproduce, a virus must alter its envelope in order to inject its genetic material inside the cell. After that injection, the virus tricks the ...Researchers discover how compounds prevent viruses from entering cells
... After this attachment has taken place, the viral envelope membrane combines with, or fuses to, the cell memb...bare patches, both the cell membrane and the viral envelope come together, and membrane fusion takes place. Defensins, the researchers discovered, bind crosswis...LIAI scientists make major finding on potential smallpox treatment
...ing is contained in a paper entitled "Vaccinia H3L envelope protein is a major target of neutralizing antibodies in humans and elicits protection against lethal challenge in mice" that was published in the September issue of the Journal of Virology. LIAI scientist Shane Crotty, Ph.D., a viral disease expert,...Hebrew U. / Johns Hopkins study provides clues to dealing with human disease
...rch on a study of induced mutations in the nuclear envelope of cells from the tiny C. elegans worm. Their aim ...tter understanding of mutations in proteins of the envelope of the cell nucleus in humans. Such mutations, particularly in lamin (nuclear envelope) proteins A ...Warming most evident at high latitudes, but greatest impact will be in tropics
...ce to changing climate, or defines the temperature envelope in which it can live." Tewksbury will present the findings Friday at the Ecological Society of America's annual meeting in Montreal. Collaborators include Curtis Deutsch, a post-doctoral researcher in the UW Program on Climate Change; Raymond Huey a...Fragment of yellow fever virus may hold key to safer vaccine
...tope is called E-71, signifying its address on the envelope protein. Several other amino acids in another sect...vered by approximately 100 cross-hatched pairs of envelope proteins lying on the surface. The prongs of Y-shaped antibodies against yellow fever likely span th...First test of predictions of climate change impacts on biodiversity
...e climate had changed during this period. Climate envelope model forecasts typically involve a three-step pro...veloped to link the species to its present climate envelope (actual environmental conditions where the species is found). Second, a climate change scenario for ...Same fold in viral shells point to common ancestry
...ologists provide further evidence that the protein envelope protecting DNA in viruses evolved billions of year...r virus called HK97. The protein fold of the viral envelope is crucial for the assembly of the capsid, which protects DNA vital to a virus' ability to infect ho...Master gene controls healing of 'skin' in fruit flies and mammals
...conserved pathway to construct and repair the body envelope that protects them from sharp edges and microbes, even though that body envelope is constructed of mostly different molecules." In their paper, the UCSD researchers state that study...