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Tandem transcripts team together

... (TIC), where two adjacent genes produce a single, fused RNA transcript. The work has implications for dru...development," says Sorek. "Recombinant engineered fused proteins are currently being developed as therapeutic proteins by several companies and institutes. ...

Groovy protein essential for promoting cancer development

...eria to produce fragments of the telomerase enzyme fused to the fluorescent protein. Since telomerase fragments that clustered together would drag along ?and quench ?their associated fluorescent protein, Jacobs knew that any bright green bacterial colonies were producing protein fragments that remained fre...

Report lists top 20 most-vulnerable African carnivores

...eria to produce fragments of the telomerase enzyme fused to the fluorescent protein. Since telomerase fragments that clustered together would drag along ?and quench ?their associated fluorescent protein, Jacobs knew that any bright green bacterial colonies were producing protein fragments that remained fre...

When the going gets tough, slime molds start synthesizing

...KSs revealed each Dictyostelium type III PKS to be fused to other enzymatically active protein domains. This never seen before hybrid arrangement works like a very efficient bucket brigade that synthesizes polyketide molecules in slime mold cells. "Nature has paved the way to exploit this novel domain ...

Coming soon: 3-D imaging that flies 'through' and 'around' cancer

...bnormal cancer growths. When these two results are fused together, the functional data from the PET imaging... this to another level," he noted, indicating that fused PET/CT images with 3-D volume rendering may provide additional beneficial information for image inte...

OHSU study says stem cell 'fusion' occurs in tumors

...e mice. To show that the transplanted donor cells fused with the tumor cells, the scientists detected proteins or markers from both the female donor and male recipient cells in tumors. The only way both donor and recipient markers could be present in a single cell, or colocalized, would be if the two cell...

The power of one: A simpler, cheaper method for cell fusion

...30 percent to 40 percent of the cells are properly fused when the operational parameters were tuned up. "We are not saying that our technology is necessarily better, but it is definitely cheaper and has other benefits," he said. "Hopefully, with our technology many more scientists will be able to experi...

Compound eyes, evolutionary ties

...ny mosquito species have the light-gathering units fused together into a "closed system." In a paper published in this week's early online edition of the journal Nature, the scientists report that one of three proteins needed to form these light gathering units is present in the visual system of fruit fli...

Ring-around-the-cell

...r, if they did form the ring, whether they somehow fused together or kept their individual shapes. The research team’s findings showed clearly that the ring is made of individual podosomes held together by interconnecting protein filaments they throw out to each other. "The podosomes are like folk dancers,...

Creating new life forms that may help eradicate cancer affecting women

...inside." For breast cancer, Dr. Shababi's team fused Listeria with a tumor-associated protein, HER-2/Neu, to immune cells, to create a vaccine called Lovaxin B. What these cells do is enlist killer T cells to seek and destroy tumor cells that over-express the HER-2/Neu molecule. This is significant bec...

Walking molecule now carries packages

... carrier is anthraquinone, which consists of three fused benzene rings with one oxygen atom on each side. An organic compound, anthraquinone is widely used in the pulp industry for turning cellulose from wood into paper. It is also the parent substance of a large class of dyes and pigments. Its chemical fo...

Swell gel could bring relief to back pain sufferers

...resulting in a significant loss of mobility at the fused and adjacent discs. Degeneration of interverteb...y results in a significant loss of mobility at the fused and adjacent discs." Dr Saunders said: "Although we are encouraged by our findings, much work lie...

Fused nasal bones helped tyrannosaurids dismember prey

...lberta researcher whose finding demonstrates how a fused nasal bone helped turn the animal into a "zoologic... deeply in the bone. Snively's team found that fused tyrannosaurid nasals were stronger than unfused carnosaur nasals. This extensive fusion increased th...

Rare soft-shell turtle, nesting ground found in Cambodia

...iant softshell turtle has a rubbery skin with ribs fused together to form a protective layer over the internal organs. To protect itself from predators, the turtle spends 95 percent of its life hidden in sand or mud with only its eyes and nose showing. It possesses long claws and can extend its neck with l...

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