News tagged with physcomitrella patens
Biologists Unlock Secrets of Plants' Growing Tips
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologist Magdalena Bezanilla and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have used a technique they call multi-gene silencing to, for the first time, simultaneously silence nine genes in a ...
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First plants caused ice ages: research
New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. Led by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, the study is published today (February 1, 2012) in Nature Geoscience.
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Feb 01, 2012 |
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Moss helps chart the conquest of land by plants (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent work at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on one of the most important events in earth-history, the conquest of land by plants 480 million years ago.
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Green plant transport mystery solved
Contrary to prevailing wisdom, a new study from plant biologists at UC Davis shows that proteins of the Hsp70 family do indeed chaperone proteins across the membranes of chloroplasts, just as they do for other cellular structures.
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Telltale moss: Mother Nature gives clues for improving stem cell techniques
Hikers know that moss on a tree trunk always points north. According to new research by Israeli and German scientists, this ancient plant may also provide a new "compass" for stem cell research, telling scientists how better ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Expanded version of Phytozome.net released
An enhanced version of Phytozome.net, a web portal for comparative plant genomics geared to advance biofuel, food, feed, and fiber research, has been released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Moss protein plays role in Alzheimer's Disease
Preventing Alzheimer's disease is a goal of Raphael Kopan, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and pharmacology at the Washington University School of Medicine. The moss plant Physcomitrella patens studied ...
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Feb 08, 2008 |
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Moss is a super model for feeding the hungry
One of the simplest plants on the planet could help scientists create crops to survive the ravages of drought.
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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Moss genome shows how plants invaded the land and learned to survive heat and drought
Some 400 million years ago, on a lifeless lakeshore lapped by waves, floating algae learned to survive in the open air and launched an invasion that transformed the Earth into a green paradise.
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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Bacteria to run our cars, warm our homes
The United States Department of Energy has devoted $1.6 million to sequencing the DNA of six photosynthetic bacteria that Washington University in St. Louis biologists will examine for their potential as one ...
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Oct 10, 2006 |
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