Successful viral entry often depends on host proteases that activate viral surface proteins. For SARS-CoV-2, the enzyme furin cleaves the spike protein to enable fusion with host membranes. In this ...

Complementing previous work (Namiki et al, 2018), this study provides an important resource for the Drosophila community as it reports 500 lines targeting descending neurons (DN), in addition to ...

Alcohol-associated liver disease is becoming a massive health and economic burden, but researchers at UC San Diego may have ...

Protein, but not mRNA, levels of neurodegenerative disease-associated protein TDP-43 are decreased upon knockdown of BORC, a complex that is required for the anterograde transport of lysosomes.

Humanin is a mitochondria‑derived micropeptide encoded within the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. This small peptide, ...