Researchers led by Kenichiro Itami at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) / RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ...

The funding will go to the newly created Insect Bioconversion Association (INBIA), Fera Science Ltd and the UK Agri-Tech Centre. The three groups have launched a network to explore the regulatory ...

SLC35A2 specifically encodes a protein that attaches the sugar galactose to other proteins, and the effect of SLC35A2 knockout on glycosylation can therefore be measured by staining cells for two ...

To assess the effect of glycosylation on protein function, we expressed two recombinant variants of AP24: an unglycosylated bacteria-expressed version (rAP24N) and a glycosylated insect cell-expressed ...

The process of making these complex sugar molecules that coat cells is known as glycosylation. "Glycosylation is like the clothing a cell wears. A person has clothes that go around them that do ...

But this nesting-doll-like setup has another, more harmful effect: the bacteria secrete a deadly molecular syringe, 100 nanometers long, that latches onto the insect’s cells. Once attached to a ...

Entomoculture is a subfield of cellular agriculture exploring the use of insect cells as a sustainable food source. Insect cells are favourable as opposed to “traditional” meat cell sources such as ...

In addition, the genome of host insect cell lines could also be engineered to extend the lifespan or to strengthen its post-translational modifications, especially for the mammalian cell-like ...

Recombinant proteins are fundamental to the study and development of biologics. A baculovirus-insect cell system is an excellent choice for the expression of complicated intracellular and viral ...

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We tested three different recombinant forms: aglycosyl IL-7 from E coli, IL-7 with insect cell glycans and IL-7 with the ensemble of glycoforms produced in a mammalian cell line. In accordance with ...

Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is a hugely important biopolymer. It encodes information, shuttles messages around, and regulates processes inside cells. But while scientists have found that RNA ...