Information theory helps unravel DNA's genetic code
'Superinformation,' or the randomness of randomness, can be used to predict the coding and noncoding regions of DNA.
General Physics
Sep 12, 2012
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Lessons from epigenome evolution: Exploring the epigenome's regulatory function
The sequencing of the human genome has provided a wealth of genetic information, yet the goal of understanding the function of every gene remains outstanding. New research from the University of Illinois published in Cell ...
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2012
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Precise molecular surgery in the plant genome
Crop plants have always been adapted to the needs of man by breeding for them to carry more fruit, survive droughts, or resist pests. Green biotechnology now adds new tools to the classical breeding methods for a more rapid ...
Biotechnology
Apr 24, 2012
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Researchers discover molecular machinery for bacterial cell death
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vienna have revealed for the first time a stress-induced machinery of protein synthesis that is involved in bringing about cell death in bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 30, 2011
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Nepal scientists to 'poo-print' tigers
Scientists in Nepal are to build up the world's first national DNA database of the endangered Bengal tiger by collecting and recording a unique genetic fingerprint from each adult's faeces.
Ecology
Oct 21, 2011
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Can you really eat just one?
A Kansas State University genomicist is hoping an old potato chip slogan -- "betcha can't eat just one" -- will become the mindset of researchers when it comes to sequencing insect genomes.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2011
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Road signs and traffic signals on DNA: Physical model describes the distribution of nucleosomes
The DNA genomes of organisms whose cells possess nuclei are packaged in a highly characteristic fashion. Most of the DNA is tightly wrapped around protein particles called nucleosomes, which are connected to each other by ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 20, 2010
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Poultry research leads to breakthrough in genetic studies of animal domestication
A Virginia Tech animal scientist, who in 1957 began breeding lines of White Plymouth Rock chickens based on their juvenile body weight, has provided scientists around the world with a model for exploring the molecular basis ...
Biotechnology
Apr 21, 2010
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Researchers Create New Way To Locate Big Genetic Variants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers, analyzing hundreds of billions of bits of genetic information, have collated and standardized 2,000 signposts that mark the boundaries of large blocks of human genomic variants.
Biotechnology
Dec 28, 2009
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'Jumping genes' create antibiotic resistance in bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- A small piece of foreign DNA recognizes when and where to slip into a bacterium's genetic code, allowing bacteria to genetically adapt to their environment -- and develop resistance to antibiotics, according ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 20, 2009
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