News tagged with gene network
Study demonstrates cells can acquire new functions through transcriptional regulatory network
Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have successfully developed and demonstrated a new experimental technique for producing cells with specific functions through the artificial reconstruction of transcriptional ...
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Clock gene helps plants prepare for spring flowering, study shows
Scientists have made fresh discoveries about the processes that govern plants' internal body clocks and help them adjust to changing seasons, triggering the arrival of flowers in spring.
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Researchers identify novel regulatory network within legumes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three collaborating laboratories in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware -- those of professors Blake Meyers, Janine Sherrier and Pamela J. Green -- recently ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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NanoCAGE reveals transcriptional landscape of the mouse main olfactory epithelium
The problem in biology of how to identify the promoters of olfactory receptor genes (>1000 genes) has remained unsolved due to the difficulty of purifying sufficient material from the olfactory epithelium. ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Genome-scale network of rice genes to speed the development of biofuel crops
The first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed by an international team of researches that includes scientists with the U.S. Department ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Gene regulatory networks in the bee brain linked to behavior
A new study reveals that distinct networks of genes in the honey bee brain contribute to specific behaviors, such as foraging or aggression, researchers report.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Biological computer destroys cancer cells
Researchers led by ETH professor Yaakov Benenson and MIT professor Ron Weiss have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological "computer" network in human cells. This network recognizes certain cancer ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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How to control complex networks
At first glance, a diagram of the complex network of genes that regulate cellular metabolism might seem hopelessly complex, and efforts to control such a system futile.
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 12, 2011 |
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Better brain wiring linked to family genes
(PhysOrg.com) -- How well our brain functions is largely based on our family’s genetic makeup, according to a University of Melbourne led study.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Atlas of an organism
While every cell of an organism contains the same genes only a proportion are expressed in any tissue at a given stage in development. Knowing the extent of gene transcription is valuable and a team of European researchers ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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New markers for allergic disorders thanks to analysis of medical databases
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed new methods for analysing medical databases that can be used to identify diagnostic markers more quickly and to personalise medication for allergic disorders. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Scientists map changes in genetic networks caused by DNA damage
Using a new technology called "differential epistasis maps," an international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has documented for the first ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Getting around gene loss
Genes ‘knocked out’ experimentally in metabolic networks of the model plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana (Fig. 1), are compensated for by duplicate genes or alternative synthetic pathways, accord ...
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Targeted therapy triggers complex mechanism of resistance
In order for targeted therapies against cancer to be effective, scientists need to understand upfront what related proteins in a signaling "network" makes a cancer cell resistant to a drug and selectively target them as well, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Key genetic players in diabetes identified
Scientists have discovered a network of genes for type 1 diabetes (T1D) and identified a key player that controls the network. This development will help researchers focus their efforts to improve drug treatments ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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