Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with ...

In the heart there are two different subtypes of beta-adrenergic receptors - beta1 and beta2 - which are activated by the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. They both trigger the strongest ...

Scientists have revealed the molecular structure of a type of receptor that's crucial to brain development and function. 'This study shows the dominant assemblies and states of the GABA receptor. That ...

An international collaboration, which included the involvement of the research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB (INC-UAB), has shown that neurons expressing dopamine D2 receptors ...

Research teams have identified, for the first time, where special receptors are located on heart muscle cells. Their findings open up new perspectives for developing therapies for chronic heart ...

The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.

A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful substances. But bitter taste ...