News tagged with transcriptional activators

'TF beacons' may light path to new cancer tests and drugs

Scientists are reporting development of a long-sought new way to detect the activity of proteins that bind to the DNA in genes, often controlling the activity of genes in ways that make cells do everything ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nailing down a crucial plant signaling system

Plant biologists have discovered the last major element of the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, called brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface of a plant cell to the cell's nucleus. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DksA polices the intersection of replication and transcription

DNA replication, the process by which a strand of DNA is copied during cell proliferation , and DNA transcription, the process by which the message in the DNA is translated into messenger RNA, involve the same "track" or ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transcription factors guide differences in human and chimp brain function

Humans share at least 97 percent of their genes with chimpanzees, but, as a new study of transcription factors makes clear, what you have in your genome may be less important than how you use it.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Small molecules mimic natural gene regulators

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the quest for new approaches to treating and preventing disease, one appealing route involves turning genes on or off at will, directly intervening in ailments such as cancer and diabetes, which result ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Major advance in cell reprogramming technology

In a paper publishing online April 23rd in Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press journal, Dr. Sheng Ding and colleagues from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, report an important step forward in the race to mak ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0