A key question in the origin of biological molecules like RNA and DNA is how they first came together billions of years ago from simple precursors. Now, in a study appearing in this week's Journal of Biological Chemistry, ...
Biochemistry
Nov 20, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists here have identified how the motions of an enzyme are related to correctly copying genetic instructions, setting the stage for studies that can uncover what happens when DNA copying mistakes are ...
Biochemistry
Oct 27, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers from the United States, Korea, and France has sequenced and analyzed the genomes of two important laboratory strains of E. coli bacteria, one used to study evolution and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 20, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Accuracy is essential for life, so in converting the information stored in DNA into a form in which it can be used, a high level of precision is required. Dr Tanniemola Liverpool from the Department of Mathematics, ...
General Physics
Jun 23, 2009
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Driving Miranda, a protein in fruit flies crucial to switch a stem cell's fate, is not as complex as biologists thought, according to University of Oregon biochemists. They've found that one enzyme (aPKC) stands alone and ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 14, 2009
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Scientists from two-dozen research organizations led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have decoded genomes of two algal strains, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 9, 2009
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A team led by researchers from Boston University and the National Institutes of Health has developed a new method for uncovering functional areas of the human genome by studying DNA's three-dimensional structure -- a topographical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 12, 2009
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More and more information is being gathered about how human genes influence medically relevant traits, such as the propensity to develop a certain disease. The ultimate goal is to predict whether or not a given trait will ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 9, 2009
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The Chinese bayberry, Myrica rubra, is a subtropical fruit highly valued for its distinctive flavor, nutritional benefits, and economic importance. However, previous genome assemblies lacked sequence continuity, hindering ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) has become a mainstream method for rapidly obtaining high-density single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ...
Plants & Animals
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