Micronutrients - Functions - University of Alaska Fairbanks
... • Calcitriol enters the cell and interacts with a vitamin D receptor (VDR) in the cellular nucleus to form a complex. The calcitriol/VDR complex combines with another receptor, the retinoic acid X receptor (RXR), to form a heterodimer (a dimer or complex of two different molecules, usually proteins) ...
... • Calcitriol enters the cell and interacts with a vitamin D receptor (VDR) in the cellular nucleus to form a complex. The calcitriol/VDR complex combines with another receptor, the retinoic acid X receptor (RXR), to form a heterodimer (a dimer or complex of two different molecules, usually proteins) ...
Marjan Huizing, PhD Czeck it out: Growing up with Hermansky and
... the work was just beginning to get exciting! I decided to stay a bit longer, and started to pick up more of the cell biology of HPS. I spend some time in Dr. Ray Boissy’s lab at the University of Cincinnati and studied cell biological aspects of HPS patients’ cells. By using AP3-deficient HPS-2 mela ...
... the work was just beginning to get exciting! I decided to stay a bit longer, and started to pick up more of the cell biology of HPS. I spend some time in Dr. Ray Boissy’s lab at the University of Cincinnati and studied cell biological aspects of HPS patients’ cells. By using AP3-deficient HPS-2 mela ...
Genetics - Fresno State
... • Some proteins aren’t enzymes, so researchers later revised the hypothesis: one gene–one protein • Many proteins are composed of several polypeptides, each of which has its own gene • Therefore, Beadle and Tatum’s hypothesis is now restated as the one gene–one polypeptide hypothesis • Note that it ...
... • Some proteins aren’t enzymes, so researchers later revised the hypothesis: one gene–one protein • Many proteins are composed of several polypeptides, each of which has its own gene • Therefore, Beadle and Tatum’s hypothesis is now restated as the one gene–one polypeptide hypothesis • Note that it ...
JUNGLE IGUANA ( Green ) well adapted to heavy tropical forest
... new gene causes glands in the nose to collect extra salt from the blood and to expel that salt. • 3. “B” mutation of skin pigment gene causes black pigment instead of green • 4. “S” Mutation of foot shape gene on chromosome 2 causes webbed feet • 5. “C” The “calm gene” is a Mutation of the fear reac ...
... new gene causes glands in the nose to collect extra salt from the blood and to expel that salt. • 3. “B” mutation of skin pigment gene causes black pigment instead of green • 4. “S” Mutation of foot shape gene on chromosome 2 causes webbed feet • 5. “C” The “calm gene” is a Mutation of the fear reac ...
File S4 - G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics
... splice site generating fne-a transcripts and 159 nt upstream of the 5’ splice site generating fne-b transcripts (Figure 1). This sequence is thus retained in mature fne-b transcripts, but not in those of fne-a. Binding of SXL to this site in the primary transcript could conceptually mask the nearby ...
... splice site generating fne-a transcripts and 159 nt upstream of the 5’ splice site generating fne-b transcripts (Figure 1). This sequence is thus retained in mature fne-b transcripts, but not in those of fne-a. Binding of SXL to this site in the primary transcript could conceptually mask the nearby ...
Development of a codominant PCR-based marker for the wheat Wx
... of the Waxy gene. Nullisomic-tetrasomic lines (Sears 1966) of 7A, 4A, and 7D chromosomes in a Chinese Spring background were used to assign markers to chromosomes. The Japanese and Australian cultivars carrying wild-type and null Wx-B1 alleles used in this study included the cultivars Norin 61 (wild ...
... of the Waxy gene. Nullisomic-tetrasomic lines (Sears 1966) of 7A, 4A, and 7D chromosomes in a Chinese Spring background were used to assign markers to chromosomes. The Japanese and Australian cultivars carrying wild-type and null Wx-B1 alleles used in this study included the cultivars Norin 61 (wild ...
Microsoft Word 97
... The production of individual organisms from previously existing ones is discussed in various areas of biology courses. Some forms of reproduction have new individuals developing from some part of the body or cell of one parent. In these asexual forms of reproduction, there are high degrees of simila ...
... The production of individual organisms from previously existing ones is discussed in various areas of biology courses. Some forms of reproduction have new individuals developing from some part of the body or cell of one parent. In these asexual forms of reproduction, there are high degrees of simila ...
Genetically Modified Zoysia Grass (Zoysia japonica Steud
... auxin picloram of the afb5 mutant. Complementation studies and biochemical analysis were also performed. The rms branching mutants, rather than being depleted in IAA levels, contained elevated IAA levels. We proposed a model where a non-response to SLs, which occurs in SL-biosynthesis or in SL-respo ...
... auxin picloram of the afb5 mutant. Complementation studies and biochemical analysis were also performed. The rms branching mutants, rather than being depleted in IAA levels, contained elevated IAA levels. We proposed a model where a non-response to SLs, which occurs in SL-biosynthesis or in SL-respo ...
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... At first, such a model seems to be in contradiction to some observations that suggest that, in some systeffiS, posterior body parts can regenerate anterior portions (e.g.Slack, 1980). However, it is not clear whether, in these particular cases, anterior regeneration does require posterior cells (as ...
... At first, such a model seems to be in contradiction to some observations that suggest that, in some systeffiS, posterior body parts can regenerate anterior portions (e.g.Slack, 1980). However, it is not clear whether, in these particular cases, anterior regeneration does require posterior cells (as ...
Genetics Notes - Stickler Involved People
... Autosomal dominant: 50% chance child unaffected if one parent has SS, 25% if both parents have SS; doesn’t skip generations (unaffected children don’t “pass it on”) Likely a result of “natural” genetic mutation, not environmental factors. (Premature stop codes on the collagen protein.) Lifespan is ...
... Autosomal dominant: 50% chance child unaffected if one parent has SS, 25% if both parents have SS; doesn’t skip generations (unaffected children don’t “pass it on”) Likely a result of “natural” genetic mutation, not environmental factors. (Premature stop codes on the collagen protein.) Lifespan is ...
`Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii`, an endosymbiont of the tick
... generated using MrBayes. The GenBank accession number for each sequence is indicated. Numbers adjacent to each node represent the posterior probability values. Acetobacter aceti (Rhodospirillales) was included as an outgroup. Additional analyses in which other Alphaproteobacteria were included as ou ...
... generated using MrBayes. The GenBank accession number for each sequence is indicated. Numbers adjacent to each node represent the posterior probability values. Acetobacter aceti (Rhodospirillales) was included as an outgroup. Additional analyses in which other Alphaproteobacteria were included as ou ...
Molecular markers closely linked to fusarium resistance genes in
... Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri races 4 and 5 was used to develop DNA amplification fingerprinting markers linked to both resistance loci. Bulked segregant analysis revealed 19 new markers on linkage group 2 of the genetic map on which the resistance genes are located. Closest linkage (2.0 cM) was o ...
... Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri races 4 and 5 was used to develop DNA amplification fingerprinting markers linked to both resistance loci. Bulked segregant analysis revealed 19 new markers on linkage group 2 of the genetic map on which the resistance genes are located. Closest linkage (2.0 cM) was o ...
Rules, regulations, and policies for breeding and biotechnology
... genes important for growth from a rat, but the application of GM technology for commercial breeing of farm animals has been limited, for ethical and economic reasons. In animal breeding, researchers have focused on estimation of breeding values and the use of gene maps that provide information about ...
... genes important for growth from a rat, but the application of GM technology for commercial breeing of farm animals has been limited, for ethical and economic reasons. In animal breeding, researchers have focused on estimation of breeding values and the use of gene maps that provide information about ...
Recombinases
... integrase-bound attL and attR sites. Because these phages can also excise from their integrated state, the recombinases must be able to catalyze attL°øattR recombination. φRv1 encodes an Xis protein (and the other phages are expected to do so too), and Xis not only enables the φRv1 integrase to prom ...
... integrase-bound attL and attR sites. Because these phages can also excise from their integrated state, the recombinases must be able to catalyze attL°øattR recombination. φRv1 encodes an Xis protein (and the other phages are expected to do so too), and Xis not only enables the φRv1 integrase to prom ...
Octadecabacter jejudonensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction
... this junction, many novel taxa have been isolated and characterized taxonomically. One of these isolates, designated SSK2-1T, is described in this study, as it was found to be phylogenetically related most closely to the genus Octadecabacter, a member of the Alphaproteobacteria. The genus Octadecaba ...
... this junction, many novel taxa have been isolated and characterized taxonomically. One of these isolates, designated SSK2-1T, is described in this study, as it was found to be phylogenetically related most closely to the genus Octadecabacter, a member of the Alphaproteobacteria. The genus Octadecaba ...
COMMENTARY: Why do pathogens carry avirulence genes?
... signals that are ‘‘ injected ’’ into plant cells by the hrp system, resulting in programmed host cell death, a characteristic normally associated with necrotrophs. A growing body of evidence indicates that most microbial genes conditioning pathogenicity, including the hrp, pth and ar genes, are pre ...
... signals that are ‘‘ injected ’’ into plant cells by the hrp system, resulting in programmed host cell death, a characteristic normally associated with necrotrophs. A growing body of evidence indicates that most microbial genes conditioning pathogenicity, including the hrp, pth and ar genes, are pre ...
Epigenetic Mechanisms of Gene Regulation
... DNA methyltransferase, which transfers a methyl group to the 5-position of cytosine within the CpG dinucleotide recognition sequence. The product of this methylation reaction, 5-methylcytosine, has drawn considerable attention because methylated DNA is believed to be associated with transcriptional ...
... DNA methyltransferase, which transfers a methyl group to the 5-position of cytosine within the CpG dinucleotide recognition sequence. The product of this methylation reaction, 5-methylcytosine, has drawn considerable attention because methylated DNA is believed to be associated with transcriptional ...
00Exem hard
... genomes, the single homologue assumption is justified. In most cases, however, there can be multiple copies of the same gene, or multiple genes that are highly homologous, and these can be scattered along the length of the genome. Recently, Sankoff (1999) has proposed a method for estimating which o ...
... genomes, the single homologue assumption is justified. In most cases, however, there can be multiple copies of the same gene, or multiple genes that are highly homologous, and these can be scattered along the length of the genome. Recently, Sankoff (1999) has proposed a method for estimating which o ...
Genetics and Genomics in Medicine Chapter 5 Questions
... autosomes. Unlike homologous pairs of autosomes, the current X and Y chromosomes are very different in many ways, including their DNA composition, DNA sequence classes, and gene content. Comment on the degree of DNA sequence sharing between these two chromosomes, and the consequences of having very ...
... autosomes. Unlike homologous pairs of autosomes, the current X and Y chromosomes are very different in many ways, including their DNA composition, DNA sequence classes, and gene content. Comment on the degree of DNA sequence sharing between these two chromosomes, and the consequences of having very ...
Prokaryotic Evolution in Light of Gene Transfer
... Prokaryotic Evolution in Light of Gene Transfer J. Peter Gogarten,* W. Ford Doolittle,† and Jeffrey G. Lawrence‡ *Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut; †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; and ‡Department of Biologic ...
... Prokaryotic Evolution in Light of Gene Transfer J. Peter Gogarten,* W. Ford Doolittle,† and Jeffrey G. Lawrence‡ *Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut; †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; and ‡Department of Biologic ...
VARIATIONS IN COLLIE COLOR by Kathy Moll
... length of the stretch of “A’s”. The result is that as the body of a tricolor (with merle) puppy develops, (first as an embryo, and later, after birth) with clones of skin cells with mutations in the merle gene DNA, reversing the merle mutation allowing normal melanosomes to be made again. So this cl ...
... length of the stretch of “A’s”. The result is that as the body of a tricolor (with merle) puppy develops, (first as an embryo, and later, after birth) with clones of skin cells with mutations in the merle gene DNA, reversing the merle mutation allowing normal melanosomes to be made again. So this cl ...
Protecting Against Rod Degeneration In A Model Of Retinitis
... degeneration of rod photoreceptor cells, but secondarily cone cells degenerate and all visual input is lost. Mutations in nearly 100 genes have been associated with this disease and related disorders, however little is known about the series of cellular events that precede photoreceptor death. Takin ...
... degeneration of rod photoreceptor cells, but secondarily cone cells degenerate and all visual input is lost. Mutations in nearly 100 genes have been associated with this disease and related disorders, however little is known about the series of cellular events that precede photoreceptor death. Takin ...
Slide 1
... In unsaturated fatty acids, there are two ways the pieces of the hydrocarbon tail can be arranged around a C=C double bond. In cis bonds, the two pieces of the carbon chain on either side of the double bond are either both “up” or both “down,” such that both are on the same side of the molecule. In ...
... In unsaturated fatty acids, there are two ways the pieces of the hydrocarbon tail can be arranged around a C=C double bond. In cis bonds, the two pieces of the carbon chain on either side of the double bond are either both “up” or both “down,” such that both are on the same side of the molecule. In ...