Thousands of proteins undergo arginine N-methylation, a widespread post-translational modification catalyzed by several protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) that covalently link methyl groups to arginine side chains. ...
Biotechnology
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Global warming imposes a major threat to plant growth and crop production. In many cases, plants could sense the temperature increase and adjust their morphology and development, facilitating plant cooling and warm adaptation. ...
Evolution
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In order to withstand the rigors of space on deep-space missions, food grown outside of Earth needs a little extra help from bacteria. Now, a recent discovery aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has researchers may ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2021
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On January 22 in Current Biology, a team of Harvard-led researchers presented the most complete genome yet assembled of one of the major Rafflesiaceae lineages, Sapria himalayana.
Biotechnology
Jan 22, 2021
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A mosquito species that is one of the world's leading killers of humans arose more than 7 million years ago on islands in the Indian Ocean, some of which had no mammals of any kind, according to a genetic analysis by Yale ...
Ecology
Aug 17, 2020
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Cell division is a fundamental process that organisms need to reproduce, grow, and make repairs. But when an error disrupts this complex biological process, cellular abnormalities can lead to diseases, such as cancer, where ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 24, 2020
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Michigan coyotes in most of the Lower Peninsula are the 'top dogs' in the local food chain and can dine on a wide variety of small animals, including rabbits and rodents, along with berries and other plant foods, insects, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2020
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Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology in collaboration with Ohio University and Merck & Co. Inc. recently developed a new efficient method for targeted protein analysis—one they say could speed up processes ...
Biochemistry
Jun 17, 2020
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A team of researchers from Denmark, Germany, Norway, the U.K. and Canada has used DNA analysis to study the genetic history of narwhals, and report that their future is uncertain. In their paper published in Proceedings of ...
A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.K. and one in the U.S. has found that human culture evolves just as slowly as biological evolution. In their paper published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, the ...
