Genes are not passive. They are the target of molecular “dimmer switches”; typically (but not always) specific proteins, which dial up or turn down their activity. Most genes are translated into proteins, but discovering the true role of those proteins, in the life of a cell or a whole organism, is still one of the great challenges [...]
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Unele dintre genele noastre lipsesc…dar care cele?
One can think of genes in a number of ways: La nivelul ADN – pur și simplu ca o secvență liniară de nucleotide, o singură comandă fix, în “normal” de stat, or Again as a DNA molecule, dar amintiți-vă că gene in organisme, mai degrabă decât în bucăți de ADN într-o eprubetă, are subject [...]
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Ce ar putea un mouse mic ne învață despre anomalii congenitale umane?
Mice are born with their eyes tightly shut, opening them for the first time only a few days later. So when a mouse was noticed that was smaller than normal and had been born with it’s eyes open, it drew attention. Abnormalities like this arise spontaneously in all animal facilities, but sometimes they are not [...]
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