Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

The endoplasmic reticulum is usually the biggest organelle in eukaryotic cells and is invovled in many crucial processes... | Cell And Molecular Biology ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

In the murky waters of Ushiku-numa, a freshwater pond just northeast of Tokyo, a microscopic drama has been playing out for ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of ...

These include stress granules and proteasome storage granules (PSGs). In the past, these membraneless organelles were only visible as “droplets” using a fluorescence microscope. Now, researchers from ...

A novel F-actin-binding motif consisting of an α-helix hairpin from a Legionella pneumophila lysine fatty acyltransferase has the potential to be developed as an F-actin probe.

In research that could shed light on the growth and formation of complex tissue architectures, Brown University engineers ...

Cilia are evolutionarily conserved, microtubule-based organelles that project from the surface of most eukaryotic cells and play a central role in sensing ...