Researchers discover transport molecule that allows boron into cells
...s at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have identified a protein that transports the essential nutrient boron into cells, where it is important for cell growth and bone development. The findings are in the Nov. 5 edition of the journal Molecular Cell and are online. The protein, NaBC1, is found in m...U-M researcher examines the cell's housekeeping habits
... Genes governing Type II PCD, autophagy, have been identified recently in many species, starting with baker's yeast, and some of the environmental triggers that start the process are being found. But there is still quite a bit of science to do before autophagy can be understood as either a good thing or a bad t...Powerful 'toolkit' developed for functional profiling of yeast genes
...he end of an experiment, each mutant in the mix is identified by a genetic "barcode" -- created by Shoemaker -- ... In one set of experiments, the new technique identified 116 genes that were synthetic lethal with a gene called cin8 and confirmed their involvement. Of the...A new target for control of obesity
...stance. In 2003, the World Health Organization identified obesity as a growing global threat affecting more than 300 million people worldwide. Although it is commonly believed that obese individuals can overcome their condition by simply eating less and exercising more, compelling scientific data suggest t...For yeast, a DNA break ensures sex switch for a grandchild
...oup at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, has identified a new imprinting mechanism that controls sexual switching in yeast. The French group has now demonstrated that the genomic DNA at the mating-type locus of the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is marked by a simple break on one strand of the DNA. O...Molecular switch provides clues to remarkable adaptability of human pathogen
Scientists have identified a gene that may play a key role in the ability of an important human pathogen to sense and adjust to its surroundings. The research, published in the November issue of Developmental Cell, provides new evidence about how bacteria regulate gene expres...Conversion of flower organs into leaves
...ous genes controlling flower development have been identified during this time. Many of the studies have focused... at the University of California at San Diego, has identified such a gene. The gene, SEP4, is closely related to the three genes corresponding to the triple mutan...Grants target better predictors for type 1 diabetes
...vised estimate of 20,000 to 25,000 human genes and identified about 100 genes that may predict type 1 diabetes. The new Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Grant will help validate those findings. "Because these 100 genes are different in people with diabetes as well as pre-diabetics versus controls, we be...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...Communications and Community Outreach staff member identified at the end of each tip. ENERGY EFFICIENCY -- Doing the Texas two-step . . . A prototype energy system now being field tested in Austin, Texas, may revolutionize how businesses power and cool their buildings. The integrated energy system, implement...Ancient creature fossilized by the bacteria that ate it
...examined limestone deposits they found nearby, and identified fossils of a different kind of bacteria called arc...iving today. Babcock and his team have identified the arthropod as Lioestheria disgregaris, and it appears to have been a bivalved arthropod similar i...MIDI, Inc receives Official Methods(SM) status for the confirmatory ID of the anthrax pathogen
... in the bacterial cell membrane. The bacteria are identified by comparing their fatty acid "fingerprint" to databases of known fatty acid patterns. The system includes several bacterial databases, including The MIDI BIOTER TM database (version 2), which was exclusively used in the study. The MIDI Sherlock S...Reduced fish stocks linked to increased bushmeat trade, wildlife declines in W. Africa
...C fisheries professor Daniel Pauly and others have identified the Gulf as one of the most overfished areas of the world, and now at risk of collapse. Declines in fish stocks in waters off West Africa have coincided with more than ten-fold increases in regional fish harvests by foreign and domestic fleets since...Lyme disease receptor identified in tick guts
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a Lyme disease receptor called TROSPA that is used... Lyme disease pathogens survive inside ticks. "We identified a receptor inside the tick gut that the spirochete bacteria use to colonize or invade ticks," said p...Discovery reveals how the body regulates blood oxygen
... and where it is needed most." The scientists have identified an oxygen-sensing protein, which in mammals is located in a cluster of cells at the spot where the carotid artery branches in the neck. It senses oxygen levels in the blood flowing by and helps the brain to adjust the breathing rate accordingly. "Wh...UCSD discovery opens new avenues for design of anti-tumor medications
...biology at UCSD who headed the research team. "We identified a gene that turns on in the cells lining blood vessels when they are not getting enough oxygen and showed that without this gene the blood vessels cannot grow to nourish the developing tumor. Drugs that interfere with this gene, or another gene invo...New protein identified in development of lung cancer
...3 function in tumors. Villalona and his colleagues identified the link between Pirh2 and the development of cancer by evaluating Pirh2 expression in human and mouse lung tumor samples and comparing it with Pirh2 expression in normal tissue from the same samples. They found that Pirh2 expression was higher in 27...Seeking better cancer treatments
...omain of the human androgen receptor. This project identified and categorised the critical hormone binding sites through crystallisation and X ray determination of the 3D structure, and studied how they docked and acted. The researchers then tested the sites with agonists and antagonists to assess their possibl...Study identifies molecular complex vital to creation of miRNAs
...alled Drosha and DGCR8. Drosha had been previously identified as being involved in miRNA processing, but the rol...microprocessor complex, the Wistar scientists also identified a second and much larger molecular complex that also incorporates Drosha. This complex contains abou...Sick Kids researchers confirm that cancer stem cells initiate and grow brain tumours
...ssion of the brain tumour stem cells. Once we have identified what genes are expressed in those cells, we will then be able to target these genes using new drugs or genetic-type therapies," said Dr. Sheila Singh, the paper's lead author and Sick Kids neurosurgery resident and U of T graduate student who is enro...... said. Maier and her team have not yet identified the bacteria that come from the extremely arid environment of the Atacama's core. She can say they are unusual. She said, "As a microbiologist, I am interested in how these microbial communities evolve and respond. Can we discover new mic...