Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...

Background: Wnt signaling affects fundamental development pathways by regulating cell proliferation and differentiation. Aberrant activation of Wnt/ß-catenin signaling promotes the development of ...

Glycine, a non-essential amino acid derived from serine, plays an increasingly recognized role in metabolic regulation.

A new method exposes key details of the mechanism behind calcium signaling in prokaryotes for the first time. Working in a Listeria monocytogenes model, researchers from Umeå University (Sweden) led ...

Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to cope with environmental stressors including drought, nutrient deficiency, and extreme temperatures. Central to these adaptive responses is calcium ...

Cerebral blood delivery depends on mechanisms such as electrical signaling, which propagates through capillary networks to upstream arterioles to deliver blood, and calcium signaling, which fine-tunes ...

The researchers found that this process is triggered when a neuronal signal causes calcium to enter the dendrite through voltage-gated ion channel proteins, which are positioned at the contact sites.

Stone cells arise from lignified secondary cell walls and cause a gritty texture, reduced sweetness, and poor flavor in many pear cultivars.

When plants are subjected to Zn deficiency, the transcriptional levels of Zn-absorbing transporters (such as ZIP4, ZIP9, and ZIP12) are significantly upregulated due to the plant's stress response, ...