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Plants, animals share molecular growth mechanisms

... plants' growth machinery, has opened a scientific toolbox to learn about both plant and animal development, according Purdue University scientists. The protein complex triggers communication between molecules along a pathway that leads to the creation of long protein strings, called actin filaments, that a...

NHGRI announces new sequencing targets

...r sequencing program is to build the most powerful toolbox possible for advancing human health. By identifying and seeking to fill crucial gaps in our knowledge, these new sequencing plans represent yet another important step in that direction," said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. The plan ...

Salk scientists get to the root of plant cell fate

... polarity," he says. "But they have a very similar toolbox of genes to set up some aspects of their body plan." However, a critical difference between plants and animals in terms of polarity development is how much more tolerant plants are of manipulation. Long says, "In animals, early cell divisions are ve...

Interfering RNA silences genes in 'slippery' immune cells

...hort supply. We expect our technique to expand the toolbox for scientists doing research in immunology." RNA interference (RNAi), which naturally occurs in cells, is a process in which brief RNA sequences, called small interfering RNA (siRNA) block signals from a particular gene. This process, called gene s...

Trying to control pain can be a double-edged sword, say scientists

...Expert Patients Programme they are provided with a toolbox of self-management skills to support them to manage their day-to-day pain." ...

Ultrathin films deliver DNA as possible gene therapy tool

...s body. Lynn's laboratory has engineered a whole toolbox of different polymers to fine-tune the DNA delivery properties of their films. Using the layering method, they can control the amount of DNA by adding more layers, or can even layer multiple ingredients in a specific order. Tweaking the polymer str...

Researchers publish first marsupial genome sequence

... in the genome if we are to have the most complete toolbox possible to explore human biology and improve human health." Marsupials are unique among mammals because their young are born at an extremely early stage of development, attach to their mother's teats and complete their subsequent development whi...

St. Jude study shows genes play an unexpected role in their own activation

...etermines which set of co-factor tools from CREB’s toolbox it will respond to.” In order to activate a gene, CREB must first get “tagged” by a molecule called phosphate. CREB then recruits a co-factor called CBP/p300 to the gene by binding to this protein at a site called KIX. Previously, scientists thou...

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