Definition: The extracellular matrix is the non-cellular network of proteins and polysaccharides that surrounds cells, gives tissues mechanical structure, and provides biochemical and mechanical ...

Before arriving at Janelia three years ago, Postdoctoral Scientist Antonio Fiore was designing and building optical instruments like microscopes and spectrometers. Fiore, a physicist by training, came ...

Extracellular vesicles are defined as nanosized to microsized particles, delimited by a lipid bilayer membrane, that seem to be released by all cell types and that can transport bioactive molecules ...

Rhobo6, a light microscopy probe, gives scientists an unprecedented look at the extracellular matrix -- the collection of organized molecular structures that fills the spaces between cells in our ...

The full 1 H-13 C HSQC spectrum indicated that neither proteins nor polysaccharides were present in the NA gel isolate (Supplementary Fig. 1) 21. eDNA fibre networked structures were visible in the ...

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In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a group of researchers designed and evaluated a multi-epitope vaccine targeting the main outer membrane protein (MOMP) protein of Chlamydia ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

Peptide-based signaling systems continue to occupy a central role in modern biochemical inquiry, particularly in areas concerned with extracellular matrix (ECM) dynamics and structural protein ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

Fascia of live mouse pancreas, in which the extracellular matrix is labeled with Rhobo6 (red) and nuclei are labeled with Hoechst (cyan). Maximum intensity projection shown. Before arriving at Janelia ...