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SIRT1基因对记忆有重要作用
10-07-23 A protein implicated in many biological processes also may play a role in memory, according to a study led by the University of Southern California and the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. The findings, published thi...
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核糖核酸聚合酶在基因转录过程中的作用
10-07-16 In all organisms, RNA synthesis is carried out by proteins known as RNA polymerases（聚合酶） (RNAPs) that transcribe the genetic information from DNA in a highly-regulated, multi-stage process. RNAP is the key enzyme involved in creating an equival...
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光是如何影响植物生长的
10-06-25 For a plant, light is life. It drives everything from photosynthesis（光合作用） to growth and reproduction. Yet the chain of molecular events that enables light signals to control gene activity and ultimately a plant's architecture（建筑学） had re...
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基因转录3D影像拍摄成功
10-06-18 Gene expression takes place in two stages: the transcription of DNA to RNA by an enzyme（酶） called RNA polymerase（核糖核酸聚合酶） , , followed by the translation of this RNA into proteins, whose behaviour affects the characteristics of each indi...
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基因疗法可有效治疗心力衰竭
10-06-04 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a new gene therapy that is safe and effective in reversing advanced heart failure. SERCA2a (produced as MYDICAR) is a gene therapy designed to stimulate（刺激，鼓励） production of an enzy...
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基因突变使马匹易感染西尼罗河病毒
10-06-03 The same mutated gene that makes humans more susceptible to the potentially fatal West Nile virus is also responsible for the virus affecting horses, according to scientists at the University of Adelaide, Australia. A naturally occurring mutation（...
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研究人员发现前所未知的DNA甲基化模式
10-06-03 A previously unknown pattern in DNA methylation（甲基化） - an event that affects cell function by altering gene expression has been uncovered for the first time by stem cell researchers at UCLA, a finding that could have implications（含意，启示）...
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研究人员发现可能导致先天缺陷的基因
10-05-31 An international group of researchers has identified the genetic cause of an inherited condition that causes severe foetal（胎儿的） abnormalities. The work, co-led by geneticists at the University of Leeds, together with colleagues from institutes...
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科学家发现基因调节新计算方法
10-04-25 Scientists have developed a new computational model to uncover gene regulation, the key to how our body develops and how it can go wrong. The researchers, from The University of Manchester (UK), Aalto University (Finland) and the European Molecular...
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基因疗法治愈两例全色盲犬科动物
10-04-22 Veterinary（兽医的） ophthalmology（眼科学） researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy to restore retinal cone（视锥） function and day vision in two canine（犬科的） models of congenital（先天的，天生的） achromatopsia...
