News tagged with housekeeping genes
'Housekeeping' genes play important role in developmental pathways of cells
A study from the Center for Molecular Genetics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows that a gene called HPRT plays an important role in setting the program by which primitive or precursor cells ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Molecule necessary for DNA repairs also halts them
(Phys.org) -- Repairing DNA breaks can save a cell’s life—but shutting off the repair machinery can be just as critical. How cells accomplish this feat was unknown. However, new research by Johns Hopkins scientists, ...
May 07, 2012 |
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Study finds how bacteria resist a 'Trojan horse' antibiotic
A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common "housekeeping" enzyme in a way that enables the enzyme ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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From gene to protein: Gene expression quantification offers new insights
How do genes control us? This fundamental question of life still remains elusive despite decades of research. Genes are blueprints for proteins, but it is the proteins that actually carry out vital functions in the body for ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Uncovering the genome secrets of the Blackleg fungus
The genome of the Blackleg fungus, which causes the most damaging disease to canola crops worldwide, has been sequenced for the first time by a team of French and Australian scientists.
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Immune defense revs for morning attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- Timing is everything in the long-standing arms race between the flowering plant Arabidopsis and its pathogen, Hyaloperonospora, a downy mildew.
Feb 10, 2011 |
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A new way to attack pathogens: RNA recycling system gone awry brings MRSA to a halt
Scientists have discovered a new way to attack dangerous pathogens, marking a hopeful next step in the ever-escalating battle between man and microbe.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Why do we sleep?
While we can more or less abstain from some basic biological urges—for food, drink, and sex—we can’t do the same for sleep. At some point, no matter how much espresso we drink, we just crash. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Plant's immune defense revs up for the morning attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- Timing is everything in the long-standing arms race between the flowering plant Arabidopsis and Hyaloperonospora, a downy mildew pathogen.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Genetic clues to compulsive, self-injurious behavior in rare childhood disorder
Research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine provides new clues for the compulsive behavior and cognitive defects associated with a rare childhood neurological disease called Lesch-Nyhan Disease ...
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Study of how genes activate yields surprising discovery
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have made an unexpected finding about the method by which certain genes are activated. Contrary to what researchers have traditionally assumed, genes ...
Dec 05, 2010 |
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