Sentences with phrase «in one's nucleus»

Unlike DNA in the nucleus of cells, mitochondrial DNA evolves quickly.

But DNA strands are too thin to be tracked under the microscope, and even if that were possible, you'd have the vast amount of DNA in the nucleus to contend with.

This DNA is found in the nucleus of the cell, which serves as the «command center» of the cell, as well as in the mitochondria.

They have their own DNA which is passed down by the mother and is distinct from the chromosomes in the nucleus.

The cellular proteins are located in the nucleus of the cell, where the virus maintains its genetic material.

Although their DNA constitutes a small fraction of the DNA contained in the nucleus, it's essential for life.

This gives the baby three genetic parents: DNA in the nucleus from the mother and father, and that of the mitochondria from the donor.

One such shape shift occurs in the nucleus, where the cell's DNA is stored.

These genetic elements are embedded in the DNA fibers packaged in the nucleus.

The yeast data set has proven an essential tool in narrowing down whether proteins operate in the nucleus, the cell membrane, or elsewhere.

What was discovered in 2001 was the sheer bulk of these non coding DNA segments in the nucleus.

Second, even though the enzymes that build DNA and RNA do their work in the nucleus, that doesn't mean their genes necessarily started out there.

Now we know there are certain configurations in the nucleus that make it particularly stable at these higher numbers.

To avoid this separation, another particle comes into play in the nucleus: the neutron.

The RNA finds the spot in the nucleus of a cell where some editing activity should take place.

RNA copies of genes are made in the nucleus, and transported out, where they are «translated» into protein.

Whether a protein is found in the nucleus, cell membrane, or mitochondria can provide clues to the protein's cellular role.

But although most DNA in a cell is located in the nucleus, mitochondria — the power plants of cells — have their own genome.

The bulk of a cell's DNA is contained in its nucleus, as well as enough RNA for analyses of gene activity.

If we focus on DNA in the nucleus, it would appear that he was right.

They found that a group of genes in the nucleus accumbens — an area involved in creating pleasurable feelings — were expressed most strongly in their group of alcoholic smokers (Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01207.x).

This island is predicted by current theory, which says that the protons and neutrons in the nuclei of atoms fall into discrete energy levels or «shells», each of which can hold a maximum number of particles.

Atoms of each new element are packed with protons in their nuclei, giving the four atomic numbers of 113, 115, 117 and 118.

They found that a group of genes in the nucleus accumbens — an area involved in creating pleasurable feelings — were expressed most strongly in their group of alcoholic smokers (Alcoholism: Clinical and...

Sometimes, as is the case with radioactive isotopes, the number of neutrons present in the nucleus can make the isotope unstable.

Attraction to a product strongly correlated with activity in the nucleus accumbens, which seems to mediate the expectation of pleasure.

PRDM16 has not previously been associated with cardiac disease but is localized in the nuclei of cardiomyocytes throughout murine and human development and in the adult heart.

Tsai's team also probed the biochemical mechanism by which environmental enrichment worked its magic, tracing it to proteins called histones, the spools that DNA winds around to create complexes called chromatin in the nuclei of cells.

They used cytochalasin D, a naturally occurring substance found in mold, as a proxy to alter gene expression in the nuclei of mesenchymal stem cells to force them to become osteoblasts (bone cells).

In the past decade, researchers have used mouse models to unravel how cellular changes in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain structure involved in action selection associated with arousal and reward, may contribute to addiction - related behavior.

Quasars are believed to be powered by accretion of material onto supermassive black holes in the nuclei of distant galaxies, making these luminous versions of the general class of objects known as active galaxies.

HDAC5 is found in high amounts in neurons in the nucleus accumbens, part of the reward center of the brain that reacts strongly to cocaine, opioids and alcohol — both in rodents and humans.

Zhang and co-workers at the Waisman Center have identified a misregulation of protein in the nucleus as the likely first step in the pathology of ALS.

It is roughly equivalent to the total binding energy in the nucleus of deuterium.

Using data from nuclear physics experiments carried out at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, researchers have now shown for the first time that this phenomenon exists in nuclei heavier than carbon, including aluminum, iron and lead.

«Animal studies have shown that alcohol and cocaine stimulate the release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbans, and that isradipine blocks this release,» says Edward De Met, a professor and clinician at the University of California at Irvine.

The study by ALICE takes this research further as it probes the possibility of subtle differences between the way that protons and neutrons bind together in nuclei compared with how their antiparticle counterparts form antinuclei.

«Lycopene helps stabilize DNA structures in the nuclei of skin cells,» Dr. Bowe says.

Several of the participants showed a flurry of activity involving dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens while awaiting the outcome, indicating that they were expecting a reward.

Kehr, J.; Ichinose, F.; Yoshitake, S.; Goiny, M.; Sievertsson, T.; Nyberg, F.; Yoshitake, T. Mephedrone, compared to MDMA (ecstasy) and amphetamine, rapidly increases both dopamine and serotonin levels in nucleus accumbens of awake rats.

«Together with Professor Michel Sferrazza, now working at the University of Brussels, already at the beginning of the 1990s, we pointed out that two theoretical models of nuclear excitation predict the existence of relatively stable states with deformed shapes in the nuclei of light elements.

Cells are the units of organic life and store in their nuclei what constitutes the instruction manual for proper cellular functioning, the DNA molecule.

«A major reason we lack good models to investigate such diseases is that the highly refined techniques we use to modify genes in the nucleus don't work for mitochondrial DNA,» Prigione says.

The oxygen levels also varied in step with water levels as Rosetta flew around the comet, suggesting that ice and oxygen in 67P's atmosphere are coming from the same places in its nucleus.

The IL -1-like cytokine IL - 33 is constitutively expressed in the nucleus of endothelial cells and epithelial cells in vivo: a novel «alarmin»?

Gigantic black holes are at home in the nuclei of large galaxies all around us.

HDAC5 and its target gene, Npas4, function in the nucleus accumbens to regulate cocaine - conditioned behaviors Taniguchi M, Carreira MB, Cooper YA, Bobadilla AC, Heinsbroek JA, Koike N, Larson EB, Balmuth EA, Hughes BW, Penrod RD, Kumar J, Smith LN, Guzman D, Takahashi JS, Kim TK, Kalivas PW, Self DW, Lin Y, Cowan CW.

In addition, others (36) have shown that inhibition of exportin 1, a nuclear export receptor, can lead to accumulation of p70S6K in the nucleus of kidney cells.