Science news articles about 'recognition mechanisms'

  • Face recognition: the eyes have it

    ... to the brain compared to images of the mouth and nose), suggesting that face recognition mechanisms in the brain are specialized to the eyes. This work complements a previously conducted study ...
  • Getting wise to the influenza virus' tricks

    ... interaction is a sandwich with two PB2 amino acids stacking either side of the cap. Whilst this recognition mechanism is similar to other cap-binding proteins, its structural details ...
  • Mate choice in plants

    ... unhindered toward the ovary. Incompatible pollen tubes become distorted and stop growing. The recognition mechanism is analogous to the immune systems in animals. Factors present in both the ECM ...
  • Blocking HIV Multiplication: Structure Elucidation Of 'Kissing Complex'

    Scientists have used innovative techniques to elucidate the specific recognition mechanisms between AIDS virus RNA and a synthetic RNA. These results should provide a basis for the development of new ...
  • Self-digestion as a means of survival

    ... by a receptor located at the gateway to the proteasome. It was natural to suggest a similar recognition mechanism for protein degradation by autophagosomes", says Dikic. Unlike the proteasome, which ...

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