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The splice of life: Proteins cooperate to regulate gene splicing

Understanding how RNA binding proteins control the genetic splicing code is fundamental to human biology and disease – much like editing film can change a movie scene. Abnormal variations in splicing ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists clarify editing error underlying genetic neurodegenerative disease

Two molecular biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have uncovered important new details about how a gene mutation causes a cellular editing error that results in a devastating disease called pontocerebellar hypoplasia ...

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers find mechanism underlying alt. splicing of premessenger RNA into messenger RNA

An international research team led by Tim Nilsen, Ph.D., a professor of medicine and biochemistry and the director of the School of Medicine's Center for RNA Molecular Biology, has discovered an unexpected mechanism governing ...

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created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1