A team of researchers from Cornell University has sequenced the Honeycrisp apple genome, a boon for scientists and breeders working with this popular and economically important cultivar.
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2022
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Like an impossibly twisted telephone cord, DNA, the molecule that encodes genetic information, also often finds itself twisted into coils. This twisting, called supercoiling, is caused by enzymes that travel along DNA's helical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2013
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To trace which proteins are produced and when, researchers say, just follow the ribosome "footprints."
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2018
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Male house mice produce several pheromones, which are volatile and non-volatile chemical signals that have potent effects on the reproductive physiology and behavior of female mice. A recent study conducted by researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2019
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Specific nuclear proteins act as a glue to pack genetic material in an absurdly small space in the human body. Proteins "gluing" DNA are called linker histones, and hold their secret in their electric charge. They are strongly ...
Biochemistry
Jan 13, 2022
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(Phys.org) -- Scientists have cracked a molecular code that may open the way to destroying or correcting defective gene products, such as those that cause genetic disorders in humans.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2012
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An organism's genome could be compared to a complex system of instructions that allows it not only to develop, but also to carry out all the activities essential to its survival. To do this, this genome needs to be expressed ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 3, 2021
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When cells decide to make proteins, key building blocks of all organisms, they need to know where to start reading the instructions for assembling them.
Biochemistry
May 1, 2009
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science identify a means of controlling biological processes that could help treatments for immune disease, neurological disorders and cancer.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2012
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Viruses have a very limited set of genes and therefore must use the cellular machineries of their hosts for most parts of their growth. A new study, led by scientists at Uppsala University, has discovered a specific host ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 2, 2018
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