Jane McLeod

University of York
Jane Mcleod
Jane has a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from he University of York. Jane is currently a Freelance Scientific/Medical Writer

Articles by Jane McLeod

Extracting Better Ubiquitin Data from Your Samples: Beyond the Cellular Skip

Extracting Better Ubiquitin Data from Your Samples: Beyond the Cellular Skip

The ubiquitin-proteasome system was discovered at the start of the 1980s, and people have been studying it ever since. Initially, researchers thought that tagging a protein with ubiquitin was the cell’s signal for the protein to be scrapped via the proteasome. But more research has shown that, as with all biology, once you’re up close and…

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How to Scrutinize Your Glycosylated Proteins Without Using Glycosidases

You might have come across protein glycosylation before. Somewhere in the recesses of your memory you might even recall reading something about the protein you’re studying being glycosylated, but what does this mean and how do you analyze it? Glycosylated proteins are molecules decorated with sugar groups as they pass through the ER and Golgi…