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Novel epigenetic markers of melanoma may herald new treatments for patients
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, diagnosed in more than 50,000 new patients in the United States annually. While the rate of incidences continues to rise, survival rate has not improved and the race is on ...
Scientists Shed Light on Evolution of Gene Regulation
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Nov 25, 2008 |
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Scientists at Penn State have shed light on some of the processes that regulate genes -- such as the processes that ensure that proteins are produced at the correct time, place, and amount in an organism -- ...
Researchers Shed Light on Evolution of Gene Regulation
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Penn State have shed light on some of the processes that regulate genes -- such as the processes that ensure that proteins are produced at the correct time, place, and amount ...
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Scientists demonstrate modulation of gene expression by protein coding regions
Dec 23, 2008 |
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A research team at the Stowers Institute has discovered how the expression of one of the Hox master control genes is regulated in a specific segment of the developing brain. The findings provide important insight into how ...
Technique finds gene regulatory sites without knowledge of regulators
Nov 19, 2009 |
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A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. ...
Evolution is driven by gene regulation
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Aug 09, 2007 |
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It is not just what’s in your genes, it’s how you turn them on that accounts for the difference between species — at least in yeast — according to a report by Yale researchers in this week’s issue of Science.
Olfactory receptor neurons select which odor receptors to express
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May 28, 2008 |
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It may appear difficult to reconcile the fact that almost every cell in the body of an animal has an identical dose of genes with the variety of different appearances and properties cells can display—bone, skin, hair, muscle, ...
More 'functional' DNA in genome than previously thought
Dec 11, 2007 |
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Surrounding the small islands of genes within the human genome is a vast sea of mysterious DNA. While most of this non-coding DNA is junk, some of it is used to help genes turn on and off. As reported online this week in ...
Learning the language of gene expression
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Jan 19, 2007 |
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Researchers have taken a major step towards understanding the language of gene regulation in the fruitfly Drosophila and they expect the technique to be rapidly applicable to understanding the effects of genome variation ...
Gene regulation, not just genes, is what sets humans apart
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Aug 12, 2007 |
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The striking differences between humans and chimps aren’t so much in the genes we have, which are 99 percent the same, but in the way those genes are used, according to new research from a Duke University team.
The importance of gene regulation for common human disease
Sep 16, 2007 |
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A new study published in Nature Genetics on Sunday 16 September 2007 show that common, complex diseases are more likely to be due to genetic variation in regions that control activity of genes, rather than in the regions that s ...
With genomes, bigger may really be better
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Biologists analyzing DNA in search of the molecular underpinnings of life have consistently favored species with small genomes, which are cheaper to sequence and lack the repetitive "junk" that clutters bigger genomes. But ...
Gene regulators bind promiscuously, but often do nothing
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Feb 12, 2008 |
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Biologists are developing ever more sophisticated means to characterize molecular interactions in living systems. But a new study suggests that many of the interactions detected by a widely-used experimental method are functionally ...
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