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Biochemistry

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Crystal structure of PKGI suggests a new activation mechanism

May 11, 2016February 2, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Biochemistry, heart disease, structural biology

By Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.D. Kinases form a large family of proteins that seem to be involved in nearly every aspect of cell life. Faulty

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Evolution meets biochemistry to better understand how dopamine receptors work

April 18, 2016May 4, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Biochemistry, dopamine receptors, drug design, Genetics, Research

  When proteins fail at doing their job, disease usually follows. To perform their job, proteins need to maintain a particular structure and specific motions,

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One atom can make a difference: Hydrogen-bonding pairing helps design better drugs to neutralize gut bacterial infections

April 15, 2016 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Biochemistry, Infectious diseases

IP6, the natural inhibitor or ligand of Clostridium difficile’s toxin, binds weakly to the toxin. This results in the toxin remaining active (center figure). Changing

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Social amoeba cast wide, lethal DNA nets to kill invading bacteria

April 14, 2016September 17, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Biochemistry, Microbiology

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum  begins as a soil-dwelling single cell organism. When stressed, many individual cells coalesce to form first a slug

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Prized speakers, including Nobel Laureate, to speak at BCM March 7

March 5, 2013October 7, 2016 Momentum 0 Comments Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Biochemistry, Dr. Brian Kobilka, Dr. Melanie Cobb, Events, Nobel Laureate

For an established scientist like myself with a 40-plus year career studying biochemistry and genetics, there is no greater enjoyment than learning new science. That’s why

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From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs features an award-winning image of immunofluorescent HeLa cells. Image credit: K. Engevik/Hyser lab.

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