Researchers have solved the operating mode of the barrel-pore-protein arrangement in the mitochondrial outer membrane. As cellular power plants, mitochondria are vital for the human body: They have more than 1,000 different proteins that are required for many central metabolic pathways. Disruption of these diseases leads to serious diseases, particularly those of the nervous system […]
Researchers Are Studying the Molecular Basis of Eye Size Variation in Insects – ScienceDaily
The fascinating compound eyes of insects are made up of hundreds of individual eyes known as "facets". In the course of evolution, an enormous variety of eye sizes and shapes has emerged, which are often adaptations to different environmental conditions. Scientists led by an Emmy Noether research group at the University of Göttingen, together with […]