A cast of so-called 'nurse cells' surrounds and supports the growing fruit fly egg during development, supplying the egg—or 'oocyte'—with all the nutrients and molecules it needs to thrive. Long viewed as passive in this ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 22, 2021
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Within hours after fertilization, a unique genome forms from chromosomes contributed by the egg and sperm. However, this new genome is initially inactive and must be "awakened" to begin the transcription of its DNA and start ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 17, 2019
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After injury, plants make a trade-off between repairing damaged tissue and ramping up their defenses, according to a new study led by researchers in New York University's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology and published ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2022
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One classical question in developmental biology is how different tissue types arise in the correct position of the developing embryo. While one signaling pathway that controls this process has been well described, unexpected ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2013
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The team of researchers, led by Dr Rafael Carazo Salas from the Department of Genetics, combined high-resolution 3D confocal microscopy and computer-automated analysis of the images to survey the fission yeast genome with ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 27, 2014
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A study by IRB Barcelona's Development and Growth Control Laboratory, headed by ICREA researcher Marco Milán, reveals how Dpp and Wg morphogens regulate organ proportions and patterning of the fly wing through independent ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2020
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Scientists in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Gage Crump have revealed how key genes guide the development of the jaw in zebrafish. These findings may offer clues for understanding craniofacial anomalies in human patients, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 18, 2018
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Endothelial cells (ECs) line blood vessels and can serve as specialized vascular niches for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), a special environment where HSPCs reside and self-renew. A team of researchers found ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2023
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Scientists in Mainz and Aachen have discovered a new mechanism that controls egg cell fertility and that might have future therapeutic potential. It was revealed by Professor Dr. Walter Stöcker of the Institute of Zoology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 24, 2013
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As all school-children learn, cells divide using a process called mitosis, which consists of a number of phases during which duplicate copies of the cell's DNA-containing chromosomes are pulled apart and separated into two ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2014
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