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 ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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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
Mar 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
Sep 23, 2010 |
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