Swapping a single amino acid in a simple bacterial protein changes its structure and function, revealing the effects of complex gene evolution, finds a new study. The study -- conducted using E. coli ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...

Next-generation technology has helped solve a 30-year mystery of how Legionnaires' disease—a severe form of pneumonia—works, ...

The Yale labs of Craig Roy and Jun Liu have harnessed the power of cryo-EM to solve a 30-year mystery of how the Legionella bacteria works. The findings represent the next steps in the search for new ...

Flagella are primarily used for cell movement and are found in prokaryotes as well as some eukaryotes. The prokaryotic flagellum spins, creating forward movement by a corkscrew shaped filament. A ...

MIT chemists have discovered the structure of a protein that can pump toxic molecules out of bacterial cells. Proteins similar to this one, which is found in E. coli, are believed to help bacteria ...

Bacterial wilt threatens global food security, but new research suggests nanoparticles offer a safer solution than ...

SYNTHETIC cells made by combining components of Mycoplasma bacteria with a chemically synthesised genome can grow and divide into cells of uniform shape and size, just like most natural bacterial ...

Imagine visiting a mangrove in the Caribbean and discovering a human as tall as Mt. Everest. Something like that happened to marine biologist Jean-Marie Volland — except instead of a human, he ...