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Bacterial chaperones to improve protein production in insect cells
Recombinant DNA technology boosted the production of recombinant proteins with industrial or therapeutic applications, which transformed biotechnological industry. Despite this, recombinant protein production in heterologous systems is not yet...
What came first in the origin of life?
A research published in “Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences” rejects the theory that the origin of life stems from a system of self-catalytic molecules capable of experiencing Darwinian evolution without the need of RNA or DNA and its replication. The research, which...
New discoveries in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Researchers at UAB in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, have discovered the structure of the PPC descarboxilase (PPCDC) enzyme present in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a very important organism in biotechnology and an excellent...
Elemental factors and ecology
The identification of general connections between the chemical composition of organisms and the laws of ecosystem function and structure is an increasingly present objective in the current agenda of ecology. For this reason we consider the ratio among the main elements (carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus)...
Climate change and drought: a threat for Mediterranean ecosystem
In previous experiments it’s been observed that drought decreases soil enzyme phosphatases activities in spring and summer in a natural Quercus ilex Mediterranean forest. Now, the aim is to investigate what is the cause of the phosphatase activity...
