The genetic material—DNA—of plants and animals (within the latter humans) is stored inside the cell, and DNA packing is guaranteed by proteins called histones. Furthermore, histones play a key role in regulating the activation ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 17, 2020
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Experts' interest in utilizing gene editing for breeding crops has seen revolutionary growth. Meanwhile, people's awareness of food safety has also been increasing. To understand the attitudinal difference among experts and ...
Biotechnology
Jan 22, 2020
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In the version of evolutionary theory most of us are familiar with, randomly occurring variation in traits, caused by mutations in our DNA, can be fixed in a population through natural selection. However, writing in Epigenetics ...
Evolution
Sep 10, 2019
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Legumes such as peas and beans form intimate and mutually beneficial partnerships (symbioses) with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, rhizobia. The plant benefits from an enhanced supply of nitrogen, 'fixed' from the air by the rhizobia, ...
Ecology
Mar 1, 2019
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What if the key to perfecting the human species were actually … yogurt?
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2018
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The crops we rely on today have been bred over thousands of years to enhance certain characteristics. For example, sweetcorn started life as a wild grass called teosinte.
Biotechnology
Oct 24, 2018
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Histones are proteins that regulate the unwinding of DNA in the cell nucleus and the expression of genes based on chemical modifications or "marks" that are placed on their tails. Understanding how the histone "code" regulates ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 31, 2018
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Turning genes on and off is an intricate process involving communication between many different types of proteins that interact with DNA.
Biochemistry
May 17, 2018
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How society regards the use of genetic modification and genome editing can have a significant influence on how these technologies are regulated by authorities and on the pace of technological advancement. In a review published ...
Biotechnology
Dec 20, 2017
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Chemical modification of DNA subunits contribute to the regulation of gene expression. Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have now deciphered a new pathway can reactivate genes that have been ...
Biochemistry
Dec 1, 2017
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