A key thread that holds together the delicate balance of a complex biological system is the transmembrane ion channel. These are supramolecular, or multi-molecule, ion and molecule exchange routes ...
AMHERST, Mass. - In the molecular-level world of ion channels - passageways through membranes that carry signals in a cell's environment and allow it to respond - researchers have debated about the ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 48 (November 29, 2022), pp. 1-11 (11 pages) Trimethylglycine, or betaine, is an amino acid derivative ...
BioRxiv (2023) PubMed PMID: 37546940; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10402079. The mammalian innate immune system uses cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS) to synthesize the cyclic dinucleotide 2′,3′-cGAMP during ...