Cells have proteins called receptors that bind to signaling molecules ... and tyrosine are especially common sites for phosphorylation. These phosphorylation reactions control the activity of ...

Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with variations in receptor function. Computational protein structure prediction ...

The boundary of each cell is defined by the phospholipid ... the extracellular domain of the receptor and its ligand-binding site project into the interior of these organelles.

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread ...

Ferreira pointed to a recent clinical trial conducted at 15 sites across ... chimeric antigen receptor signaling induces an inflammatory program in human regulatory T cells, Molecular Therapy ...

When the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the human body, it breaks into cells with the help of two proteins that it finds there, ACE2 and TMPRSS2. While there has been much discussion of viral infection in ...

Each cell in your body relies on precise communication with other cells to function properly. At the center of this process ...