News tagged with polyadenylation

Genomic study yields plausible cause of colony collapse disorder

Researchers report this week that they have found a surprising but reliable marker of colony collapse disorder, a baffling malady that in 2007-2008 killed off more than a third of commercial honey bees in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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New research describes key function of enzyme involved in RNA processing

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a cellular mechanism that is critical in maintaining normal cell function.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Identifying molecular guardian of cell's RNA

When most genes are transcribed, the nascent RNAs they produce are not quite ready to be translated into proteins - they have to be processed first. One of those processes is called splicing, a mechanism by ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers pin down long-elusive protein that's essential to 'life as we know it'

A team of researchers is being recognized for devising a new way to study a human protein that long has evaded close scrutiny by scientists investigating its role in the communication of important genetic messages inside ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The ends of mRNAs may prevent the beginnings of cancer

The tail ends of cellular protein templates, regions often thought relatively inconsequential, may actually play a role in preventing normal cells from becoming cancerous.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Viruses are sneakier than we thought

Viruses are molecular marauders, plundering cells for the resources they need to multiply. Of central importance for viruses is the ability to commandeer cellular gene expression machinery. Several human herpesviruses put ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deep sequencing study reveals new insights into human transcriptome

In a collaborative project scientists from the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin (MPI MolGen), Germany and Genomatix with a business in Munich, Germany and Ann Arbor, MI, USA, applied next generation sequencing ...

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created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study finds protein is required for human chromosome production

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified an elusive protein that performs a necessary step in the production of human chromosomes.

Other Sciences /

created Oct 12, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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