Sentences with phrase «clock genes control»

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Saper and his colleagues have been studying the brain's suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN, which resets our daily circadian clock, and the genes that control wakefulness.

After isolating the gene, Wu's team determined that when working properly, Wake helps shut down clock neurons of the brain that control arousal by making them more responsive to signals from the inhibitory neurotransmitter called GABA.

The researchers found that the expression of a clock gene named frequency (frq) is controlled by a long non-coding RNA named qrf (frq backwards) − an RNA molecule that is complementary, or antisense, to frq.

«Our findings suggest this is because part of the biological mechanism behind the damage is affected by a person's circadian clock and the underlying genes that control it.»

At the cellular level, the clock is controlled by a complex network of genes and proteins that switch each other on and off based on cues from their environment.

«Clock genes» control our circadian rhythms, and the easiest place to extract evidence of their activity is from hair follicles, according to researchers at Japan's Yamaguchi University.

Associate Professor Amanda Sainsbury - Salis expressed surprise at the impact of the Y6 gene deletion on mice, commenting «I find it amazing that one gene, which is expressed in the small part of the brain that controls the body clock, has such a profound impact on how much fat is stored on the body, and how much lean tissue is maintained.»

In December, the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology will be awarded for the identification of genes that control the biological clock.

Now a study shows that there's a genetic difference between the cohorts: A gene controlling a bee's biological clock ramps up when it joins the daily nectar - gathering grind.

The Physiology or Medicine Prize recognized work on how several genes work together to control the basic circadian clock, encoding proteins that build up during the night and are broken down during the day.

Jeffrey Hall and Michael Rosbash of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Michael Young of The Rockefeller University in New York City share the prize equally for their work on how several genes work together to control the basic circadian clock, encoding proteins that build up during the night and are broken down during the day.

«In individual cells, we saw that p75NTR production was controlled by Clock and Bmal1, which bind directly to the gene that codes for the p75NTR and start production of the protein.»

To explore whether salt affects the circadian rhythm of Daphnia, researchers first established that the plankton is governed by a core set of clock - control genes that anticipates the day / night cycle.

Saving the day once again just as the doomsday clock ticked ever closer to midnight, Big Boss eventually opts to take heed of Gene's masterplan, setting out to spearhead an army free from governmental control to take down Zero and The Patriots.