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Coat proteins

Coat protein

(Science: protein) The proteins which make up the outer coat of a virus (called the capsid).


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How Bacteria and Viruses work.. in the Nervous system

... position is regulated, about vesicle targeting with clathrin coat proteins and about the transport pathways within the endomembrane system.

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by MrMistery
Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:01 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: How Bacteria and Viruses work.. in the Nervous system
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Tools for studying cells question

... useful for examining lipid membranes and their incorporated proteins in "face on" view. The fresh tissue or cell suspension ... gold at an average angle of 45° in a high vacuum evaporator. A second coat of carbon, evaporated perpendicular to the average surface plane is ...

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by MrMistery
Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:07 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Tools for studying cells question
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Simple Protein Question

... and Chase experiment, I got really confused. In the same book: "Proteins consist of the elements S[ulfur], P[hosphorus], C[arbon], O[xygen], ... 32P labeled the DNA of the phage viruses while 35 S labeled the protein coat of the phage viruses."

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by thewax
Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:44 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Simple Protein Question
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Re: proteins found in the cell membrane.

I was always taught there are 6 fundamental membrane proteins. 1. Carrier proteins (Facilitative, active, aquaporins etc) 2. Enzyme ... and peripheral) 3. Signal transduction proteins (hormone reception, coat proteins?) 4. Cell recognition (Here's your glycoproteins) 5. Intercellular ...

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by keenangp
Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:54 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: proteins found in the cell membrane.
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Re: Are any of these "alive": prions, viroids, virions?

... they do have metabolisim (the cell's...), their own genetic material, proteins, they reproduce, evolve, respond to their environment (this they ... be either. And if virions only have a protein or protein+lipid "coat" and maybe some enzymes within it, how could that make them alive. ...

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by biohazard
Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:22 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Are any of these "alive": prions, viroids, virions?
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