background and purpose: microorganism-based synthesis of nanostructures has recently been noted as a green method for the sustainable development of nanotechnology. nowadays, there have been numerous studies on the emerging resistant pathogenic bacteria and fungal isolates, the probable inability of bacteria and fungi to develop resistance against silver nanoparticles’ (snps) antibacterial, ant...

Ras-transformed cells can grow in amino acid-poor environments by recovering amino acids through macropinocytosis and lysosomal catabolism of extracellular proteins. However, when studying nontransformed fibroblasts, we found that Ras GTPases are dispensable for growth-factor-stimulated macropinocytosis and lysosomal catabolism of extracellular proteins. Instead, we establish a critical role fo...