Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose in the blood to enter cells, providing them with the energy to function. A lack of adequate insulin plays a key role in the development of diabetes.

Mucins are a highly glycosylated protein family that are secreted by animals for adhesion, hydration, lubrication, and other functions. Despite their ubiquity, animal mucins are largely ...

Blood sample of the piglets in every week were collected and serum were obtained by centrifugation at 3,000 rpm for 10 min under 4°C and stored at −20°C until analysis according to our previous ...

Ribosomes are structures within cells that are responsible for making proteins. Molecules called messenger RNAs (or mRNAs), which contain genetic information derived from the DNA of a gene, pass ...

For all galactose induction experiments, yeast cells were pre-cultured, diluted, and re-grown in media with 2% raffinose until mid-log phase (OD600=0.5). 2% galactose was then added to induce ...