Biology
Their findings, published today in the journal PLoS Genetics, plot the evolutionary relationships of 150 different species of plants based on advanced genome-wide analysis of gene structure and function.
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A survey of over 200 stem cell researchers in the U.S. found that nearly four in ten researchers have faced excessive delay in acquiring a human embryonic stem cell line and that more than one-quarter were unable to acquire a line they needed.
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Researchers are reporting that, using a conceptually new approach and state-of-the-art research tools, they have created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column in the rodent brain.
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Using a specially designed facility,UCLA stem cell scientists have taken human skin cells, reprogrammed them to be pluripotent and then differentiated them into neurons, using animal origin-free reagents and feeder conditions throughout the process.
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Cells often multi-task when synthesizing and splicing RNA. But when unconventional splicing is required, they synthesize first and splice later, according to a recent study.
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An international research team has decoded the genetic blueprint of the two-spotted spider mite, raising hope for new ways to attack the major pest, which resists pesticides and destroys crops and ornamental plants worldwide.
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Just as a breeze causes leaves, branches and ultimately a tree itself to move, enzymes moving at the molecular level perform hundreds of chemical processes that have a ripple effect necessary for life.
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A detailed description of an enzyme's structure complete with a rare location on its structure could mean better therapeutic drugs.
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A research team has shed light on the inner workings of the endocycle, a common cell cycle that fuels growth in plants and animals.
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A newly developed method for microscopically extracting information from genomes could boost the search for new therapeutic drugs.
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The combo of a high-performance computer simulation with neutron scattering experiments led to the discovery.
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Chromatin states can influence transcription directly by altering the packaging of DNA to allow or prevent access to DNA-binding proteins, or they can modify the nucleosome surface to enhance or impede recruitment of effector protein complexes.
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