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Plasmid is a DNA molecule that is separate from, and can replicate independently of, the chromosomal DNA.[1] They are double stranded...

Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS, also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system...

DNA extraction is a routine procedure to collect DNA for subsequent molecular or forensic analysis. There are three basic steps in...

The western blot (alternately, immunoblot) is a method of detecting specific proteins in a given sample of tissue homogenate or extract....

The olfactory system is the sensory system used for olfaction. Most mammals and reptiles have two distinct parts to their olfactory...

AutoDock is a suite of automated docking tools. It is designed to predict how small molecules, such as substrates or drug...

Communication by extracellular signals usually involves six steps: (1) synthesis and (2) release of the signaling molecule by the signaling cell;...

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, abbreviated NAD+, is a coenzyme found in all living cells. The compound is a dinucleotide, since it consists...

Ron Levy, MD, professor of Medicine at Stanford, recounts his experiences moving his discovery from the lab to the clinical setting...

Dr. Rhodes has a 12-year track record in cancer genomics and bioinformatics, with a significant focus on building systems to enable...

The chemical structure of everyone's DNA is the same. The only difference between people (or any animal) is the order of...

The cAMP signal transduction contains 5 main characters: stimulative hormone receptor (Rs) or inhibitory hormone receptor (Ri); stimulative regulative G-protein (Gs)...

Oncogenic activation receptor tyrosine kinases ...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the DNA located in organelles called mitochondria. Most other DNA present in eukaryotic organisms is found in...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), also known as seven transmembrane domain receptors, 7TM receptors, heptahelical receptors, and G protein-linked receptors (GPLR), comprise...

Endocytosis is a process whereby cells absorb material (molecules such as proteins) from the outside by engulfing it with their cell...

Bipolar Disorder encompasses a wide spectrum of symptoms and is classified according to the types of mood episodes exhibited, including: manic,...

The concept of 'teaching' the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells is over a century old, but the development...

At the micro-scale the brain is a mess; a thick tangle of nerve cells connected at synapses. Mapping just a tiny...

The gut microbiota has an essential role in stimulating the development and maintainance of the intestinal immune system – in fact,...

In this animation, we demonstrate the biology of DNA replication leading to bacterial cell division in a gram positive bacterium, such...

The macrolides are a group of drugs (typically antibiotics) whose activity stems from the presence of a macrolide ring, a large...

Glioma is a type of cancer that starts in the brain or spine. It is called a glioma because it arises...