News tagged with gene regulatory
'Dark matter' of the genome revealed through analysis of 29 mammals
An international team of researchers has discovered the vast majority of the so-called "dark matter" in the human genome, by means of a sweeping comparison of 29 mammalian genomes. The team, led by scientists from the Broad ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Single gene lets bacteria jump from host to host
(PhysOrg.com) -- All life -- plants, animals, people -- depends on peaceful coexistence with a swarm of microbial life that performs vital services from helping to convert food to energy to protection from ...
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Feb 01, 2009 |
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Researchers discover new mode of how diseases evolve
Researchers of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research have discovered a new way that bacteria evolve into something that can make you sick.
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Feb 16, 2009 |
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Three periods of innovation in gene regulation occurred during the evolution of vertebrate animals: study
Over the past 530 million years, the vertebrate lineage branched out from a primitive jawless fish wriggling through Cambrian seas to encompass all the diverse forms of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. Now ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Simplifying complexity -- new insights into how genomes work
(PhysOrg.com) -- A genome is a complex system of genes and factors that regulate them. A European research team has clarified how such dynamic systems work, leading to a new way to predict genetic regulators.
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Breakthrough in the production of flood-tolerant crops
As countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and parts of the United States and United Kingdom have fallen victim to catastrophic flooding in recent years, tolerance of crops to partial or complete submergence ...
Oct 23, 2011 |
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Hairy secret of foraging plants discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- The genes that control the hairy 'mining machine' that makes some plants better at finding nutrients in poor soils than others have been discovered by scientists from Oxford University and ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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With genomes, bigger may really be better
Biologists analyzing DNA in search of the molecular underpinnings of life have consistently favored species with small genomes, which are cheaper to sequence and lack the repetitive "junk" that clutters bigger genomes. But ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Paradigm changing mechanism is revealed for the control of gene expression in bacteria
A new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center is shedding new light on the action of Rho, a key regulatory protein in E. coli and many other bacteria. The study published in the January 14, 2010 issue of Nature reveal ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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MicroRNA can move between cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- MicroRNAs can move between cells and play a role in their communication. This discovery was made by plant researchers at Uppsala University together with colleagues from Finland and the US when they were ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Researchers help unlock the secrets of gene regulatory networks
A quartet of studies by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) highlight a special feature on gene regulatory networks recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ...
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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New data suggest 'jumping genes' play a significant role in gene regulatory networks
Research performed in the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that mobile repetitive elements--also known as transposons or "jumping genes"--do indeed ...
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Feb 14, 2009 |
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First human gene implicated in regulating length of human sleep
Scientists have discovered the first gene involved in regulating the optimal length of human sleep, offering a window into a key aspect of slumber, an enigmatic phenomenon that is critical to human physical and mental health.
Aug 13, 2009 |
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From pre-gut cells to glory
For all animals, development begins with the embryo. It is here that uniform cells divide and diversify, and blueprints are laid for future structures, like skeletal and digestive systems. Although biologists ...
Jun 03, 2011 |
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New computational method to uncover gene regulation
Scientists have developed a new computational model to uncover gene regulation, the key to how our body develops - and how it can go wrong.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 23, 2010 |
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