News tagged with protein production
Scientists identify DNA that regulates antibody production
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When foreign invaders trip the immune system’s alarm, antibodies need to be specially sculpted to attack them head on. New research now shows that gene segments called enhancers control the reshuffling of ...
The ends of mRNAs may prevent the beginnings of cancer
Aug 20, 2009 |
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The tail ends of cellular protein templates, regions often thought relatively inconsequential, may actually play a role in preventing normal cells from becoming cancerous.
Genes that let creepy-crawlies survive a deep freeze
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Arctic springtails (Megaphorura arctica) survive freezing temperatures by dehydrating themselves before the coldest weather sets in. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have identified a suite of ge ...
Cancer cells need normal, nonmutated genes to survive
May 28, 2009 |
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Corrupt lifestyles and vices go hand in hand; each feeds the other. But even the worst miscreant needs customary societal amenities to get by. It's the same with cancer cells. While they rely on vices in the form of genetic ...
Small molecules might block mutant protein production in Huntington's disease
May 03, 2009 |
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Molecules that selectively interfere with protein production can stop human cells from making the abnormal molecules that cause Huntington's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Biochemists to study how crops can increase protein production
Apr 10, 2009 |
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The small flowering plant Arabidopsis is widely used in laboratories as a model organism in plant biology.
Cells get two chances, not just one, to fix their mistakes
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Cells have two chances to fix the same mistake in their protein-making process instead of just one - a so-called proofreading step - that had previously been identified, according to new research.
Research examines how plants produce high-energy storage organs
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding how plants produce storage organs that humans use as food would be a valuable tool for science and for a hungry world.
New Mathematical Model Evaluates Efficiency of E. Coli
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product: itself. It exists to make c ...
Bacteria are models of efficiency
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product: itself. It exists to make c ...
Cancer-causing gene discovery suggests new therapies
Jan 24, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered a novel way by which a much-studied cancer-promoting gene accelerates the disease. The finding suggests a new strategy to halt cancer's progress.
Structural study backs new model for the nuclear pore complex
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Dec 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In higher organisms, the genetic material is confined and protected in the cell nucleus. In order for a healthy cell to function, the DNA must send manufacturing orders through the double ...
Various species' genes evolve to minimize protein production errors
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Jul 24, 2008 |
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Scientists at Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin have found that genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes' efforts to prevent or tolerate errors in protein production.
