biological process

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biological process

A sequence of biological tasks accomplished via one or more ordered assemblies of molecular functions, which generally involve transformation—i.e., A and B enter and C and D come out.

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Cell growth and maintenance, signal transduction, pyrimidine metabolism, cAMP biosynthesis.
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This review discusses the concept of robust flexibility (a tough cell) and the lack of attention that evolutionary biologists have paid to cellular processes (a tough sell).
Cells, Embryos, and Evolution
During infection bacteria deliver hundreds of proteins into healthy cells that alter cellular processes to turn the hostile environment into one hospitable to bacterial replication, but the specific roles of only about 20 proteins are known, Luo said.
How Bacteria Build Homes Inside Healthy Cells
Recent research has suggested that cells and some pathogens use microRNAs to control a variety of cellular processes.
Herpes runs interference; researchers discover how virus sticks around
Casma uses several approaches to intervene at strategic points throughout the autophagy system to improve the cellular process of clearing out unwanted proteins, organelles and invading pathogens.
Casma Therapeutics Licenses Technology to Advance Autophagy-Based Drug Discovery
Casma Therapeutics is harnessing the natural cellular process of autophagy to open new target areas for drug discovery and development.
Casma Therapeutics Launches with USD 58.5m Investment from Third Rock Ventures
In these cases, the researchers let the cells engulf quantum dots through a natural cellular process called endocytosis.
Nanolights! Camera! Action! Tiny semiconductor crystals reveal cellular activity like never before
Both firms will advance new therapies that function through the ubiquitin proteasome system for modulating protein homeostasis, a fundamental cellular process controlling protein levels.
Nurix collaborates with Celgene
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that bacteria are able to build camouflaged homes for themselves inside healthy cells, and cause disease, by manipulating a natural cellular process.
How bacteria builds 'invisible' homes inside healthy cells
A special section is included in this year's edition on [Beta]-arrestins with topics that include the role of [Beta]-arrestin-mediated signaling in chemotaxis cellular process, their role in regulating signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), and the role of G protein- coupled receptor kinases and arrestins.
Annual review of physiology; v.69, 2007
Describing how the most common gene mutation found in acute myeloid leukaemia starts the process of cancer development, they suggested that three critical steps are required to transform normal blood cells into leukaemic ones, each subverting a different cellular process.
Gene mutation behind onset of acute myeloid leukaemia identified
For example, the fact that RNAi is a natural cellular process may mean that drugs based upon the phenomenon can be expected to be quite efficacious.
RNAi: what's all the noise about gene silencing?

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