Jun 9, 2024
Most Life on Earth is Dormant, After Pulling an ‘Emergency Brake’
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in category: biological
When the going gets tough, many microbes go dormant.
Many microbes and cells are in deep sleep, waiting for the right moment to activate. Biologists discovered a widespread protein that abruptly shuts down a cell’s activity — and turns it back on just as fast.