The spike protein of the coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, binds to ACE2, a receptor on the host cells, which allows the virus to enter ... “We simulated the electronic structure of the two interacting ...

This structure is so important ... other necessary cellular functions, and the host eukaryotes came to rely on the contribution of the "eaten" cells. Over many generations, the descendants of ...

All bacteriophages are composed of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded by a protein structure. A bacteriophage attaches itself to a susceptible bacterium and infects the host cell.

Pathogenic bacteria are getting deadlier because they are increasingly gaining resistance to crucial antibiotics. Whole ...

to construct its own tail-like structure out of actin filaments. “If you slow down the leading ribosome, the ribosome after it goes and hits it . . . just like a pile-up in a freeway.” Some ...