Millennium Clones Diet-Induced Obesity Gene
...ny tissues of the body, its activity in a specific region ofthe brain's hypothalamus is particularly interesting because of that region'srole in body weight regulation. "The cloning of the mahogany gene and the identification of its protein productare major first steps in achieving a better understanding o...New Gene May Help Scientists Understand More About How the Body Grows
... happen ifderrière is activated in the head region of the embryo where it is not normally active. In ...rrière gene is activated in the future head region ofthe embryo, it prevents the head from forming normally. When we activatedderrière in the b...Studies Document Ease Of Ecosystem Disruption
...mated - not just a slow shift of species from one region toanother. It found that small changes in ocean temperature could affect importantor "keystone" species and trigger large, relatively rapid changes in intertidalecology. The other report, published today in the journal Nature, suggests thatme...Scientists Discover Function For Type III TGF-Beta Receptor
...hese defects have been associated with damage to a region ofchromosome 1 that includes the gene for the Type III TGF-beta receptor. Severalgroups are working hard to identify mutations in this receptor, Barnett said. The Type III TGF-beta receptor has been something of a mystery. A complex ofType I and Ty......hat depletion of calcium insoils is common in that region as well, and that growth of forests may belimited by calcium availability. This situation may be worsened by forestharvesting in areas currently low in soil calcium." Timberharvesting can contribute to the problem because the calcium removed with the...Yeast Provides Evidence For Continuous Membrane Theory
...tion. The researchers studied a particular region of the cell where anorganelle called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) seems to give rise to anotherorganelle called the Golgi apparatus. This process occurs at specific placesalong the ER called transitional ER (tER) sites. "Our work strongl...Jefferson Scientists Find Further Proof Of Damage To The FHIT Gene In Breast Cancers
...ome's most fragile area, onhuman chromosome 3 in a region known as 3p14.2. The area is likely to have DNAgap...his [finding] shows that DNA breakage in this FHIT region leads toalterations in the Fhit protein, which seems obvious but hadn't been proved forbreast cancer...Tumor Oxygen Level And Blood Flow Fluctuate, Duke Scientists Discover
...y can occur inconditions such as a stroke: a brain region already damaged by low-oxygen fromthe cutoff of blood flow can suffer additional damage when oxygen is restored,due to xanthine oxidase. Cells that survive hypoxia-reoxygenation injury are likely to have developeddefenses against damage from oxygen r...Study: Microgravity May Enhance Gene Transfer In Plants
...s process begins by slightly damaging the meristem region of plantseedlings. Next, a bacteria that carries the gene is placed in a solution aroundthe plant. The bacteria provide the desired gene that is incorporated into thedamaged cells. All subsequent plant parts derived from these meristem cells willcarr...First North Americans Had Chance To Be Avid Birders
...much earlier. The findings indicate that an IceAge region known as Eastern Beringia, now the northwestern Yu... glacial period contradicts earlier ideas that the region wasa marginal habitat. "The richness of the avian fauna reflects an environmental richness," saysMcC......Addis Ababa. The site is located in a harsh,desert region of Ethiopia called the Middle Awash, already famous for othermajor discoveries such as the oldest known hominid, found by the same team ofresearchers. The new hominid--dubbed Australopithecus garhi , after thelocal people's word for "surprise"--poss......e tothe molecule - occurs in SF-1 at an activation region known as AF-1. And once ithas, it prompts the receptor to recruit its co-activators, located at thetraditional ligand-binding site, to help bring about changes in gene activity. "It's been dogma that nuclear receptors are regulated by ligands," said ......indlimb specific gene, in the presumptive forelimb region of thechick embryo, induced the development of a l...duction offorelimb-like structures in the hindlimb region was observed when theforelimb-specific gene Tbx5, was misexpressed in that region. The phenotypes of...Important Genetic Marker For Alzheimer's Disease Questioned
...st continue. There are several other genes in this region that we arelooking at now," said Jonathan Haines, PhD, associate professor of molecularphysiology and biophysics and director of the Program in Human Genetics atVanderbilt University School of Medicine. The work was supported by grants from the Natio...1999 Spring Meeting: Information For Media Representatives
...Yangtze Riverflood of 1998. When the Yangtze River region is wet, the South China Sea regionis dry. Delay in the onset of the monsoon may be a precursor of Yangtzeflooding. Scientists from China, the United States, Japan, and Taiwanparticipated in this project. (Relates to Sessions A21C, A22E, A31B) Specia...Endangered Species' Recovery Plans Face Comprehensive Scientific Review
...uding the reason the species becameendangered, the region of the country where recovery plans are in force andperhaps the popularity of the species involved," she said. Scientists also will try to determine whether plans have been implementedcompletely, how revised plans differ from the originals, and wheth......ms thatcarry rain into the interior, dominated the region between 45,000 and 65,000years ago supporting trees, shrubs and C4 grasses. Between 15,000 and 30,000years ago as the world entered the Last Glacial Maximum, Lake Eyre became almostdevoid of C4 grasses, and the vegetation became dominated by desert ...... charged tail," which attracts thepositive charged region of EVH1 more strongly than do the membranephospholipids. Taken together, these Listeria biochemical traits so successfullymimic the cell's normal strategy to bind EVH1, that the molecule has 100times greater affinity to the bacterium than it does to ...Mouse Map Leads Way To Human Disease Exploration
... purple, bright orange, then green within acertain region of its DNA. In the past, scientists would breed mice with suchtraits and hope that perhaps one within a litter of six would be the perfectmodel. But detecting which mouse, if any, carried the desired gene was a virtualfishing expedition. "We're narro...National Laboratory, National Parks And Forests Leaders Seek To Share Resources
.... This knowledge can aid in pollution control in a region such as the nationalforests around Yellowstone that harbor mines. Shovic is involved with reclaiminga district that has been closed down to further mining, and looked to INEEL'stalents for aid. He said, "INEEL can possibly provide geologic support, a...