Proteins are the workhorses of biological systems, performing essential functions ranging from structural support to enzymatic catalysis and cellular communication. Accurate characterization of ...

Proteins are the workhorses that keep our cells running, and there are many thousands of types of proteins in our cells, each performing a specialized function. Researchers have long known that the ...

An article in the June issue (Nat. Biotechnol. 22, 773–774, 2004) highlights the challenge of producing a shared vocabulary that biologists can use to communicate their results effectively ...

or at alterations causing complex changes in the amino acid sequence (complex_aae). MutationTaster can be used via an intuitive web interface to analyze single mutations as well as in batch mode.

A study published in December by Duke professor Rohit Singh and his team proposes a new computational model called antibody ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.