A signal transduction process refers to chain of highly regulated biochemical steps which results in the transfer of signal in response to a stimulus in the extracellular environment to the intracellular compartments such ...

Functional interaction of proteins is a broad term encompassing many different types of associations that are observed amongst proteins. It includes direct non-covalent interactions where the interacting proteins physically ...

Biological processes are so complicated that to understand the mechanisms underlying the functioning of biomolecules it is inevitable to study them from various perspectives and with a wide range of tools. Understanding ...

The insertion of ω- amino acid residues as guests into host α-peptide sequences permits expansion of the range of polypeptide secondary structures. The term ω- amino acid is used to refer to the entire family of residues ...

HIV-1 is the causative agent for AIDS and has been a major focus of research for the past two decades. Though there is a combination therapy in place known as the “Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy” (HAART), its ...

The present thesis focuses on the elucidation of human mitochondrial inner membrane presequence-translocation machinery with implications on cancer cell proliferation. Mitochondria are the endosymbiotic organelles in an ...