«Viruses
encode particular proteins that can in some way modulate DNA methyltransferases,» Kuss - Duerkop says, meaning that viruses can cause our own proteins to over-methylate our own DNA.
Not exact matches
In order to produce a
protein, the corresponding body plan
encoded on a
particular section of the DNA has to be copied in so - called messengerRNA (mRNA) and thus multiplied.
And once the cells that
encode particular memories die off from old age or dementia, it might be game over, no matter what kind of
proteins you inject.
Of
particular interest is oskar mRNA, which
encodes Oskar
protein, which is endowed with the unique ability to induce the formation of germ cells, the cells that ensure perpetuation of the species.