Biochemistry Resources (page 2)

AbstractFhCaBP2 is a Fasciola hepatica protein which belongs to a family of helminth calcium-binding proteins which combine an N-terminal domain containing two EF-hand motifs and a C-...

This short article briefly describes the structure of the ionotropic GABAA receptor. The GABAA receptor is a Cl- permeable ion channel extensively expressed in the postsynaptic membra...

IntroductionThe protein that is used for the modelling process in this research project is an Oestrogen Beta (1QKM) receptor. The structure of 1QKM is shown in figure 1. and from thi...

The insulin-like growth factor-II mRNA binding protein 1 (IMP1) is one of 3 human paralogues belonging to the highly conserved, multifunctional, RNA-binding VICKZ family [1]. IMP1 is...

Radical cystectomy accounts for the highest percentage of bladder related surgeries in the world today. The current standard surgical treatment for such a procedure is creating a...

Introduction The total genome of gut microbiota is 100 times greater than the human. Doubtlessly, intestinal flora carries out enormous diversities of metabolic and biochemical funct...

To become addictive, a drug needs to be absorbed into the non-polar fatty lipid tissue of the brain (like substances dissolve like substances). This would mean that it would need to b...

Norovirus (the winter vomiting bug) is a leading cause of stomach bugs in the UK, with an estimated 600,000 - 1 million people infected annually. There are at least 25 strains infecti...

DNA is a fairly simplistic manual to the human body. It covers the entire length of each of our 46 chromosomes and consists of 2 strands separated into genes that are composed of nucl...