DNA and RNA, the two main types of nucleic acid and the building blocks of life, are susceptible to environmental stimuli, which can cause them to deform, bend or twist. These deformations can significantly affect gene regulation ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 24, 2023
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In multicellular organisms, all cells of an individual normally contain the same genetic information and cell differentiation is achieved through regulation of gene expression. There are exceptions, however, where, instead ...
Evolution
Aug 9, 2023
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In 1983, scientists discovered hexasomes—a unique molecular structure that helps cells package their DNA. Now, a study conducted by the Eustermann group at EMBL Heidelberg has shed light on how DNA packaging into hexasomes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 13, 2023
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Plants have the unique ability to regenerate entirely from a somatic cell, i.e., an ordinary cell that does not typically participate in reproduction. This process involves the de novo (or new) formation of a shoot apical ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2023
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Researchers from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have published a study in the journal Nature Communications that reveals how cells carry out the controlled release of mucins and insulin, two crucial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2023
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Climbing trees, making mud pies, or simply playing outside, parents and educators know that being in nature is an important part of every childhood. But when it comes to messy or risky play, it's a whole different story according ...
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2023
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Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association in Berlin have revealed how cells accelerate changes to their identity, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 27, 2023
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Metabolic reaction flux change is the final result of interacting regulations by intracellular gene expression, transcriptional regulation, protein level, translation modification, and allosteric effect. However, the regulatory ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 20, 2023
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Jumping genes, or transposons, are sections of DNA that can copy themselves and jump between different parts of the genome, and might help plants adapt to stressful, changing conditions, according to a study published in ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2023
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In a world of worsening climate extremes, a single red line has caught many people's attention.
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2023
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