Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory nerve is a promising alternative to restore hearing. Since light can be focused on the target tissue, the optical cochlear implant (oCI) might support a major improvement in frequency ...
Why do we sleep? This question is still unsolved, although sleep is such a fundamental behavioral state in all organism with a nervous system. Several physiological mechanisms, like memory consolidation, metabolic waste ...
The VapA-VapB-VipC trimeric complex is part of an epigenetic developmental control pathway of A. nidulans. VeA-interacting protein (VipC) and VipC-associated protein B (VapB) are methyltransferases, and VapA is a zinc-finger ...
The eukaryotic cell is divided into different compartments. The biggest compartment is the nucleus which is formed by one lipid bilayer folded into two membranes: the outer nuclear membrane (ONM) and the inner nuclear ...
In eukaryotes, pre-mRNA splicing is catalysed by the spliceosome, a highly complex and dynamic molecular machine, which assembles stepwise by the sequential recruitment of five small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) and ...