The heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) are members of a key transcription factor gene family that responds to heat stress and plays an important role in heat resistance. Previous reports have shown that Hsf family genes ...
Evolution
Aug 10, 2022
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Recently, Professor Chunxiang You from Shandong Agricultural University and her colleagues published a review article titled "Regulation of fleshy fruit ripening: from transcription factors to epigenetic modifications" in ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 8, 2022
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Fly-swatting season is here. No sooner will you place your fresh strawberries on the kitchen counter than will the first fruit fly arrive. It won't take long for a platoon of Drosophila buddies to be hovering about the spoils.
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2022
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Unlike women, who are born with all the eggs they'll ever have, men can continue to produce sperm throughout their adult lives. To do so, they require a constant renewal of spermatogonial stem cells, which give rise to sperm.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 23, 2022
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Cannabis, a plant gaining ever-increasing attention for its wide-ranging medicinal properties, contains dozens of compounds known as cannabinoids.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 21, 2022
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Whether it's making rash decisions or feeling grumpy, hunger can make us think and act differently—"hangry," even. But little is known about how hunger signals in the gut communicate with the brain to change behavior. Now, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 5, 2022
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CU Boulder researchers have discovered a new way to inhibit the most commonly mutated gene underlying human tumor growth, opening the door to new therapeutic strategies for cancer and a host of other diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2022
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The nervous system is made up of diverse cells that arise from progenitors in a specific time-dependent pattern. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers have uncovered the molecular players involved ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2022
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Stem cell analyses could reveal how extra doses of some genes lead to the characteristics seen in males born with one or more surplus X chromosomes.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2022
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DNA is considered the blueprint of our human bodies. It codes for the tens of thousands of genes that determine whether a cell transforms into a brain cell, heart cell or even cancer cell. Other DNA sequences, known as enhancers, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 25, 2022
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