Bacterial Polysaccharides and Their Research Innovations
Posted December 14, 2021
Bacteria are covered by polysaccharides at the outer surface in the form of capsules, glycoproteins, or glycolipids. Such a bacterial sugar coat constitutes the principal antigens in most pathogenic bacteria and plays an important role in host-pathogen interactions. With mor...
Nanopore direct sequencing of proteins with up to 100% accuracy
Posted December 2, 2021
Proteins are the primary constituents of living organisms and the primary carriers of life activities. Proteins with biological functions often have a certain spatial structure that is defined at various levels, the most important of which is the primary structure, i.e., the type ...
Posted November 30, 2021
Sterols are essential components of the membranes of all eukaryotic organisms, controlling membrane fluidity and permeability. Sterols are the third class of lipids, which play multiple roles that either individually or collectively influence cell processes, and through charge and structure the...
Arabidopsis thaliana: Model Organism in Plant Science and Biote
Posted November 29, 2021
Even people who are not plant scientists may have seen thale cress, an unassuming weed growing in sandy soils or even in the concrete gaps. Thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, is the workhorse in the research field of plant genetics for decades as it was the firs...
Bacteriophage: Mr. Nice Guys of the Virus World
Posted November 26, 2021
It's widely accepted that HIV, Hepatitis C, Ebola, and the ongoing coronavirus have acquired a bad reputation for viruses due to their aggressive and infectious nature. But actually, there are nice guys in the virology world, microscopic bacteriophages. Different from dreadful bad viruses ...
