Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details explaining how poxviruses manipulate host cells to enhance their own protein production, according to a study published in Cell Reports.

Protein synthesis is vital for life, translating genetic information from DNA to functional proteins through transcription ...

We even identified the 'gear lever," protein subunit NIPBL, in the cohesin SMC motor protein." To discover the reverse gear of SMC motors, the researchers used an advanced home-built microscope to ...

A subunit vaccine makes use of just a small portion of a pathogen. For a virus, the vaccine can contain just a piece of the protein coat that surrounds the virus's DNA (or RNA). Even small portion ...