Journal of Biological Chemistry
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July 25, 2017
Altered metabolism and disease
Vanderbilt researchers report a structure of a human metabolic enzyme bound to its substrate 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. -
April 3, 2017
Fighting fungal infections
A detailed structural and functional analysis of the yeast protein that is the main target of antifungal drugs will help direct efforts to develop better treatments. -
December 9, 2016
Protecting the blood-brain barrier
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered how a promising cancer immunotherapy causes brain swelling, findings that could lead to ways to protect brain function while fighting cancers. -
November 23, 2016
Reducing antidepressants’ side effects
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered how antidepressant medicines that block serotonin uptake can increase bleeding risk. -
November 21, 2016
Building the basement membrane
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered steps in the regulation of a key enzyme that builds the basement membrane, a structure that undergirds nearly all animal tissues. -
April 20, 2016
How strep grabs on to platelets
New structural details of the binding of the bacterium Streptococcus sanguinis to platelets may offer new therapeutics for life-threatening cardiovascular infections. -
April 15, 2016
Mechanism of a DNA repair protein
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered details about the mechanism of an important DNA repair protein that maintains genome stability.