Just like cars, developmental genes have more than one way to stop
There's more than one way to silence gene activity, according to a Michigan State University researcher.
There's more than one way to silence gene activity, according to a Michigan State University researcher.
Biotechnology
Feb 24, 2011
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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. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a proof of principal study in mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have shown that a set of genetic instructions encased in a nanoparticle can be used as an ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have discovered that a poorly understood class of RNA produced in a mammal's cells during a respiratory virus attack may affect the outcome of the infection. Their findings ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2010
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A protein that helps pack DNA into the cell nucleus has an important role in regulating gene activity, scientists report. The researchers found that the protein, histone H1, also takes part in the formation of ribosomes, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 1, 2010
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For a plant, light is life. It drives everything from photosynthesis to growth and reproduction. Yet the chain of molecular events that enables light signals to control gene activity and ultimately a plant's architecture ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The architect Mies van der Rohe is famous for promoting the slogan "less is more." But if Venkat Chandrasekaran, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, had a ...
Mathematics
Jun 2, 2010
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Social status in paper wasps is established earlier in life than scientists thought, says a study published this month in the journal PLoS ONE.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Yale University scientists has discovered a previously unknown type of molecular scissors that can tailor micro-RNAs, tiny snippets of genetic material that play a key role in regulating many of ...
Biotechnology
May 6, 2010
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They are both nest-building social insects, but paper wasps and honey bees organize their colonies in very different ways. In a new study, researchers report that despite their differences, these insects rely on the same ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2010
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