Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA ...

Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

While known by the experts as “the king of antioxidants”, astaxanthin doesn’t have the same name recognition as, say, vitamin ...

Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.

Ever since graphene’s discovery 2 decades ago, the iconic 1-atom-thick sheet of carbon has inspired researchers to create a ...

Plants mastered the art of harvesting sunlight billions of years ago, using elegant rings of pigments in their leaves. Now, ...

R&D Green Materials, LLC, 3701 Market Street, Suite 340, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, Department of Chemical Engineering ... wheat gluten to illustrate the interplay between protein structure and ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Biographics Laboratory 3R, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland, Department ...

Catechol oxidases are ubiquitous plant enzymes containing a dinuclear copper center. In the wound-response mechanism of the plant they catalyze the oxidation of a broad range of ortho-diphenols to ...