Accumulation of a protein called TDP-43 is a key feature of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. In a study published in Neuron, ...

Modular assembly The researchers discovered that the ribosomal proteins produced in the cytoplasm are imported into the mitochondria, where they are assembled into protein-only modules.

The chromosome theory of heredity, developed in 1902–1904, became one of the foundation stones of twentieth-century genetics. It is usually referred to as the Sutton–Boveri theory after Walter ...

The nuclear pore is a protein-lined channel in the nuclear envelope that regulates the transportation of molecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. In eukaryotic cells, the nucleus is ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory model that mimics the pathological aggregation of TDP-43, a key protein in ALS and ...