To
make cell characteristics visible to the human eye, scientists normally have to use chemicals that can kill the very cells they want to look at.
Not exact matches
The
cells progressively lost the
characteristics that
make them melanocytes.
Reprogramming MDS
cells could provide a powerful tool to dissect the architecture and evolution of this disease and to link the genetic
make - up of MDS
cells to
characteristics and traits of these
cells.
These
cells were complex in their
make - up, but exhibited regeneration and
characteristics of a fundamental class of brain
cells, called glia.
Lead author Elizabeth Egan, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard Chan and instructor in pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, and colleagues developed a new technique to tap into a relatively unexplored area — identifying
characteristics of a host red blood
cell that
make it susceptible to the parasites.
In order for these unspecialized
cells to acquire the
characteristics that
make a leaf
cell different from a root
cell or a blood
cell different from a muscle
cell, they must turn on different subsets of genes to produce the proteins responsible for each
cell type's distinctive properties.
Joint author Agata Gadaleta from Università di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy, said: «Now that we've identified the
cell wall
characteristics that
make a common wheat variety resistant to FHB, work can begin on transferring these traits to vulnerable durum wheat varieties.
One
characteristic of almost all living
cells is that they pump ions across a membrane to generate an electrochemical gradient, then use that gradient to
make the energy - rich molecule ATP.
When an infected mosquito bites, parasites in the mosquito's saliva first
make their way to the victim's liver, where they silently grow and multiply into thousands of new parasites before invading red blood
cells — the stage of the disease that triggers malaria's
characteristic fevers, headaches, chills and sweats.
The researchers took skin
cells from the tails of sickle
cell mice and inserted copies of four genes that
made the
cells take on the
characteristics of embryonic stem
cells.
Ruiz and colleagues have previously shown that MurJ has several features that point to this possibility: A model of its structure shows the
characteristic cavity that a flippase needs to have; eliminating the protein showed that
cells wouldn't
make the peptidoglycan layer; and it was demonstrated to be related to other flipping proteins.
The combined understanding of the synthesis, theory, and
characteristics of the new polymer have
made it a key component in the prototype lithium - sulfur
cell at DOE's Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR).
Cedars - Sinai scientists can harvest
cells from the blood or skin of an individual and reprogram them into induced pluripotent stem
cells, which can be
made into any organ
cell (such as those from the lung, liver or intestine), each bearing the unique genetic fingerprint and
characteristics of the person.
These
cells can then be reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem
cells, which can be
made into any organ
cell, each bearing the unique genetic fingerprint and
characteristics of the individual.
Phenotype an observable
characteristic or trait of a
cell or organism determined by the interaction of the genetic
make - up or genotype and the environmental influences.
These single -
celled microbes share many
characteristics with human
cells, but they can be rapidly grown in great numbers in a flask or petri dish, and they have a life cycle and genome that
make their genetics easier to study.
In 1931, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Otto Warburg for his discovery in determining that the defining
characteristic of cancer
cells was low «ATP energy» (ATP is
made inside the mitochondria of
cells and is called «adenosine triphosphate»).
The body's own immune system attacks the
cells that line the small intestine, resulting in the
characteristic shortening or pruning of the intestinal villi (microscopic, finger - like projections of small intestine wall tissue
made of columns of gut epithelial
cells).
Make Three - Dimensional Plant and Animal
Cell Models A hands - on activity for visual and tactile learners demonstrates the 3 - D characteristics of cells while reinforcing students» knowledge of plant and animal cell struct
Cell Models A hands - on activity for visual and tactile learners demonstrates the 3 - D
characteristics of
cells while reinforcing students» knowledge of plant and animal
cell struct
cell structure.
These programs are spread throughout the country, and address all behavioral highway safety areas: one recent demonstration project in New York and Connecticut sought to determine whether hand - held
cell phone bans are enforceable, and what legal, administrative or other
characteristics make enforcement easier or more difficult.
For example, having a topic like Paramount features of
cell - phones, you should write about mobility and other
characteristics that
make them so valuable.
If a male is under stress during the time his body is
making sperm, those sperm
cells can carry «stressful DNA» (for lack of a better term) that is passed on to his offspring, which can then be exhibited in any number of
characteristics in that offspring.