News tagged with adenine
Physicists uncover new data on adenine, a crucial building block of life
Early Earth's atmosphere provided little shielding for ultraviolet light from space, so many prebiotic molecules, bombarded by it and light of other wavelengths, had a hard time surviving at all. But some molecules became ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Naturally fluorescent molecules may serve as cancer biomarker
Excess amounts of a naturally fluorescent molecule found in all living cells could serve as a natural biomarker for cancer, according to bioengineers.
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Stable Thanks to Dynamics - DNA Component Resists UV Radiation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Complex computer simulations have, for the first time, allowed scientists to examine in detail the processes that help to ensure the stability of DNA when exposed to UV light. The findings, ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Metabolic errors can spell doom for DNA
Many critical cell functions depend on a class of molecules called purines, which form half of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, and are a major component of the chemicals that store a cell’s energy. ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Environment and diet leave their prints on the heart
A University of Cambridge study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the 'missing link' between our lifestyle and our health, has now mapped the link in detail across the entire human genome.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Exercise provides clue to deadly ataxia
When Dr. John Fryer and Dr. Huda Zoghbi prescribed mild exercise for mice with a neurodegenerative disorder called spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1), they did not know what to expect.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Self-replication process holds promise for production of new materials
New York University scientists have developed artificial structures that can self-replicate, a process that has the potential to yield new types of materials. The work, conducted by researchers in NYU's Departments of Chemistry ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Biochemists identify new genetic code repair tool
Clemson University researchers recently reported finding a new class of DNA repair-makers.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Psychologists discover a gene's link to optimism, self-esteem
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA life scientists have identified for the first time a particlular gene's link to optimism, self-esteem and "mastery," the belief that one has control over one's own life -- three critical psychological ...
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Sep 14, 2011 |
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Novel DNA-sensing pathway in immune response to malaria
Until very recently, it was unclear why infection with malaria causes fever and, under severe circumstances, an infectious death. Although the parasite has an abundance of potentially toxic molecules, no one knew which ones ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Software helps synthetic biologists customize protein production
A software program developed by a Penn State synthetic biologist could provide biotechnology companies with genetic plans to help them turn bacteria into molecular factories, capable of producing everything from biofuels ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Scientists identify seventh and eighth bases of DNA
For decades, scientists have known that DNA consists of four basic units -- adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. Those four bases have been taught in science textbooks and have formed the basis of the growing knowledge ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Modified genetic alphabet: Chemical evolution generates bacterial strain with artificial nucleotide in its genome
(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolution is based on heredity, changes to the genetic material (mutation), and the natural selection of those organisms that are best suited to the given environmental conditions. An international ...
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