News tagged with splicing factors

Researchers discover a switch that controls stem cell pluripotency

Scientists have found a control switch that regulates stem cell "pluripotency," the capacity of stem cells to develop into any type of cell in the human body. The discovery reveals that pluripotency is regulated by a single ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover master regulator of motor neuron firing

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the Human Genome Project was complete, DNA bowed out of the limelight and gave way to RNA as a major player in genetic regulation. Now, findings at Rockefeller University mirror this ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cancer-associated long non-coding RNA regulates pre-mRNA splicing

Researchers report this month that MALAT1, a long non-coding RNA that is implicated in certain cancers, regulates pre-mRNA splicing - a critical step in the earliest stage of protein production. Their study appears in the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0