RNA carries pieces of instructions encoded in DNA to coordinate the production of proteins that will carry out the work to be done in a cell. But the process isn't always straightforward. Chemical modifications to DNA or ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 31, 2018
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University of Toronto researchers have identified a gene that determines whether the body will adapt to changing seasons.
Biotechnology
Apr 19, 2017
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DNA methylation is a major epigenetic modification that is crucial for mammalian development. For instance, DNA methylation is central to inexhaustible biological processes, such as gene regulation and cell fate decisions. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 18, 2022
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The proteins that underlie nearly all biological mechanisms are produced from RNA molecules transcribed from genetic sequences in DNA. However, a large proportion of transcribed RNA is not transcoded into proteins and appears ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 9, 2015
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A cellular protein from a family involved in several human diseases is crucial for the proper production and release of insulin, new research has found, suggesting that the protein might play a role in diabetes.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2009
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The mammalian fucose mutarotase enzyme is known to be involved in incorporating the sugar fucose into protein. Female mice that lack the fucose mutarotase (FucM) gene refuse to let males mount them, and will attempt copulation ...
Biotechnology
Jul 8, 2010
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The body plan of an organism, crafted over millennia of evolutionary trial and error, is so exquisitely fine-tuned that even a subtle deviation can be detrimental to individual survival and reproductive success. Now, researchers ...
Evolution
Dec 16, 2020
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that the protein Musashi-2 (Msi2) plays a key role in the regulation of mass and metabolic processes in skeletal muscle. They studied mice with the Msi2 gene knocked ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 11, 2023
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