Proteins sourced from microorganisms are attracting attention for their potential in biomanufacturing a variety of products, ...

Swapping a single amino acid in a simple bacterial protein changes its structure and function, revealing the effects of complex gene evolution, finds a new study published in the journal eLife. The ...

Pilus biogenesis in Escherichia coli encompasses an intricate process by which these filamentous organelles are assembled and deployed to mediate adhesion, colonisation, and biofilm formation. Central ...

DnaK/DnaJ or Trigger factor and find that chaperone dependence during primary biogenesis in vivo does not track with ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

The havoc that viruses wreak in personal health and civic life is completely out of proportion to their size. How can something so small — a microscopic bundle of protein and nucleic acids — be so ...