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Specific small RNA pathways protect germ line from transposons
May 05, 2009 |
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Cells of higher organisms are in a constant struggle against some of their own DNA - repeated bits of DNA sequence called transposons that have infiltrated host genomes over the eons. Transposons damage the rest of the genome ...
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Scientists discover how 'companion' cells to sperm protect them from genetic damage
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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In plant pollen grains, sperm cells, which carry the genetic material to be passed on to progeny, are cocooned within larger "companion" cells that are called pollen vegetative cells. These companions provide sperm with ...
Parasites ready to jump: How the cell represses mobile genetic elements
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Transposons are mobile genetic elements found in the hereditary material of humans and other organisms. They can replicate and the new copies can insert at novel sites in the genome. Because this threatens the whole organism, ...
TraDIS technique tackles typhoid
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers are able to look at the need for every gene in a bacterial cell in a single experiment. The new method will transform the study of gene activity and the search ...
Scientists discover a new way in which epigenetic information is inherited
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Nov 27, 2008 |
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Hereditary information flows from parents to offspring not just through DNA but also through the millions of proteins and other molecules that cling to it. These modifications of DNA, known as "epigenetic marks," act both ...
Plants display 'molecular amnesia'
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant researchers from McGill University and the University of California, Berkeley, have announced a major breakthrough in a developmental process called epigenetics. They have demonstrated for the first ...
'Jumping gene' diminishes the effect of a new type 2 diabetes risk gene
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Research led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes.
New data suggest 'jumping genes' play a significant role in gene regulatory networks
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Feb 14, 2009 |
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Research performed in the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that mobile repetitive elements--also known as transposons or "jumping genes"--do indeed ...
Gene therapy technique thwarts cancer by cutting off tumor blood supply
Jun 12, 2009 |
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University of Florida researchers have come up with a new gene therapy method to disrupt cancer growth by using a synthetic protein to induce blood clotting that cuts off a tumor's blood and nutrient supply.
'Jumping genes' could make for safer gene delivery system
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Sep 26, 2007 |
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To move a gene from point A to point B, scientists and gene therapists have two proven options: a virus, which can effectively ferry genes of interest into cells, and a plasmid, an engineered loop of DNA that can do the same ...
'Junk' DNA now looks like powerful regulator, researcher finds
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Apr 23, 2007 |
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Large swaths of garbled human DNA once dismissed as junk appear to contain some valuable sections, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-Santa ...
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