Gene Expression News - Life Science News RSS Feeds from Brightsurf Science NewsLife Science :: Gene ExpressionGene Expression News Stories, Current Gene Expression News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Gene_Expression Gene Expression News Stories Current Gene Expression News Events, Discoveries and Articles Evolution of fruit size in tomato Domesticated tomatoes can be up to 1000 times larger than their wild relatives. How did they get so big? In general, domesticated food plants have larger fruits, heads of grain, tubers, etc, because this is one of the characteristics that early hunter-gatherers chose when foraging for food. (2008-06-30) The 21st century tomato When tomatoes ripen in our gardens, we watch them turn gradually from hard, green globules to brightly colored, aromatic, and tasty fruits. (2008-06-30) How to build a plant Walking through a tropical or temperate forest immediately impresses us with the myriad forms and soaring structures of the plant world, but our knowledge of how plants are actually built, cell by cell, is still incomplete. (2008-06-26) New paradigm for cell-specific gene delivery Researchers from Northwestern University and Texas A & M University have discovered a new way to limit gene transfer and expression to specific tissues in animals. (2008-06-23) Gene-expression profiling of the effects of liver toxins Gene-expression data from liver tissue or whole blood can be used to classify histopathologic differences in the effects of hepatotoxins. It is hoped that these findings, published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Genome Biology, will lead to a more precise way of defining the potential hepatotoxicity of new compounds. (2008-06-20) Researchers find an evolutionarily preserved signature in the primate brain Researchers have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral cortex of humans and other primates. (2008-06-20) Improving understanding of cell behaviour in breast cancer The invasion and spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, known as metastasis, is a principal cause of death in patients diagnosed with breast cancer. (2008-06-19) Shilatifard Lab Identifies New Role for Factor Critical to Transcription The Stowers Institute's Shilatifard Lab has identified a new role for the elongation factor ELL in gene transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) - the enzyme that synthesizes messenger RNA to carry genetic information from DNA to the protein-synthesizing machinery of the cell. (2008-06-18) EuroDYNA takes lid off the genome European researchers have made significant progress unravelling how genes are governed and why this sometimes goes wrong in disease. (2008-06-16) Wealth of genomic hotspots discovered in embryonic stem cells In a paper published in Cell on June 13, 2008, Singapore scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveil an atlas that showing the location of "genomic hotspots" of essential protein "switches" (transcription factors) that are critical for maintaining the embryonic stem (ES) cell state. (2008-06-16) |
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