Sentences with phrase «precursor molecules in»

Cyanide is a good candidate as a precursor molecule in the life - in - a-freezer model for several reasons.

Certain treatments for depression and anxiety therefore try to address the imbalance to the indolamine neurotransmitters through supplying the indoleamine or its precursor molecule in the diet.

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... The direct synthesis of... nucleotides from prebiotic precursors in reasonable yield and unaccompanied by larger amounts of unrelated molecules could not be achieved by presently known chemical reactions» (5).

Golden Rice is a strain that is genetically modified by molecular techniques (and therefore labeled a genetically modified organism or GMO) to produce β - carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. Vitamin A is an essential component of the light - absorbing molecule rhodopsin in the eye.

In 2008, she genetically engineered yeasts to build an opiate precursor molecule.

Splicing of the Tetrahymena ribosomal RNA precursor is mediated by the folded structure of the RNA molecule and therefore occurs in the absence of any protein in vitro.

Baur and colleagues examined the role of NAD precursor molecules on mitochondria by specifically disrupting the «NAD salvage pathway,» in mouse skeletal muscle.

Biochemist Gerald Joyce of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, and postdoctoral student John Reader wondered whether a more primitive RNA molecule resembling a hypothetical RNA precursor could trigger this same reaction.

At the American Physical Society meeting in March scientists reported that our makeup of complex molecules based on carbon and hydrogen is no fluke and that precursors to terrestrial life's distinctive chemistry apparently abound in distant space.

«By trapping the precursors of malodours in the MIP, these are inaccessible for hydrolysis by enzymes in the skin bacteria and thus odorous molecules will not be formed.»

In 2016, Cornelia Meinert of the University Nice Sophia Antipolis in France and colleagues showed that irradiated ice forms a cornucopia of molecules essential to life, including ribose, the backbone of RNA, which may have been a precursor to DNA (SN: 4/30/16, p. 18In 2016, Cornelia Meinert of the University Nice Sophia Antipolis in France and colleagues showed that irradiated ice forms a cornucopia of molecules essential to life, including ribose, the backbone of RNA, which may have been a precursor to DNA (SN: 4/30/16, p. 18in France and colleagues showed that irradiated ice forms a cornucopia of molecules essential to life, including ribose, the backbone of RNA, which may have been a precursor to DNA (SN: 4/30/16, p. 18).

In just two years of work with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, astronomers have discovered eight new organic molecules near the center of the Milky Way, bolstering theories that key chemical precursors of life were first forged in deep spacIn just two years of work with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, astronomers have discovered eight new organic molecules near the center of the Milky Way, bolstering theories that key chemical precursors of life were first forged in deep spacin deep space.

During synthesis, GDF8 or myostatin, is made as a precursor which remains in a dormant state with half of the molecule holding the section of GDF8 responsible for signaling inactive, says Thompson.

The new results point to sulfites and bisulfites as a new class of molecules — ones that were actually available on early Earth — that chemists can now test in the lab, to see whether they can synthesize from these molecules the precursors for life.

They found that organic compounds, called amino nitriles, the molecular precursors to amino acids, were able to use molecules present in interstellar ice to trigger the formation of the backbone molecule, 2 - deoxy - D - ribose, of DNA.

That could help scientists understand how certain complex molecules, including some that could be precursors to life, came to exist in space, Hudson said.

Astronomers recently saw the chemical signature of phosphorus - oxygen molecules in a star - forming region, suggesting that simple precursors of DNA float in the soup of new solar systems.

To demonstrate this versatility, the researchers tested their approach with a metabolic pathway that produces a molecule called shikimate, which is a precursor to several different amino acids and is also an ingredient in some drugs including the influenza drug Tamiflu.

For the first time, complex organic molecules (depicted by stick molecules in the artist's representation above) that are potential precursors to some building blocks of life have been spotted in the protoplanetary disk surrounding another star.

Previously, researchers have shown that treating cells with neuregulin - 1, for example, dampens levels of amyloid precursor protein, a molecule that generates amyloid beta, which aggregate and form plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

But doing calculations and following the synthesis processes suggested to Zherebetskyy and Wang that there might still be water in the precursor molecules: indeed, a series of spectroscopic experiments showed that the water binds strongly to the precursors and serves as a source of hydroxyl groups, charge 1 -, that can also allow passivation.

We know some precursor molecules came to Earth from space because amino acids are found in meteorites — fallen space rocks.

These products, including the major malarial by - product hemozoin, malarial proteins and as yet undefined virulence factors, induce MyD88 - dependent inflammatory responses in osteoclast and osteoblast precursors, leading to increased RANKL expression (a key molecule inducing osteoclast differentiation), and over-stimulation of osteoclastogenesis favoring bone resorption.»

All the molecules were thought to stem from reactions with perchlorates in the oven, making their precursors mysterious.

Together, these molecules confer the normal brown body color, possibly as a result of a physical interaction or joint use as precursors in a downstream biosynthetic step.

The TOMM40 gene encodes a barrel - shaped protein in the outer membrane of mitochondria that forms a channel for molecules — including the precursor to amyloid — to enter.

«We knew from our work in Drosophila that Zucchini functions at the initial processing step, in which long piRNA precursor molecules are cut into shorter fragments,» explains Haase.

However, one mass feature present at significant levels in bsl1 - 1 inflorescences, but not in the other samples, matched the exact mass of a pregnane ring - containing molecule, which is predicted as a cleavage product of 3 - β - ketone derivatives of BR and sterol precursors 5 - dehydroepisterol, 5 - dehydroavenasterol, 7 - dehydrodesmosterol, and 7 - dehydrocholesterol (Supplemental Figure 6).

These small molecules interact with the cell's molecular properties and guide it backwards in time — not to pluripotency, but to an intermediate, precursor state.

The researchers embedded heteroatoms at equivalent atomic sites in the nanographene ribbons using in - surface chemical reactions with special precursor molecules.

As a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Cori Bargmann's lab at the Rockefeller University, she showed that the nematode C. elegans produces a neuropeptide that is an evolutionary precursor of the mammalian peptides vasopressin and oxytocin, and mapped a neural circuit by which this molecule, nematocin, modulates mating behavior.

Abbreviations: Aβ, amyloid β - peptide; AD, Alzheimer's disease; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Ambra1, activating molecule in Beclin -1-regulated autophagy; AMPK, AMP - activated protein kinase; APP, amyloid precursor protein; AR, androgen receptor; Atg, autophagy - related; AV, autophagic vacuole; Bcl, B - cell lymphoma; BH3, Bcl - 2 homology 3; CaMKKβ, Ca2 + - dependent protein kinase kinase β; CHMP2B, charged multivesicular body protein 2B; CMA, chaperone - mediated autophagy; 2 ′ 5 ′ ddA, 2 ′, 5 ′ - dideoxyadenosine; deptor, DEP - domain containing mTOR - interacting protein; DRPLA, dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy; 4E - BP1, translation initiation factor 4E - binding protein - 1; Epac, exchange protein directly activated by cAMP; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; ERK1 / 2, extracellular - signal - regulated kinase 1/2; ESCRT, endosomal sorting complex required for transport; FAD, familial AD; FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; FIP200, focal adhesion kinase family - interacting protein of 200 kDa; FoxO3, forkhead box O3; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; FTD3, FTD linked to chromosome 3; GAP, GTPase - activating protein; GR, guanidine retinoid; GSK3, glycogen synthase kinase 3; HD, Huntington's disease; hiPSC, human induced pluripotent stem cell; hVps, mammalian vacuolar protein sorting homologue; IKK, inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase; IMPase, inositol monophosphatase; IP3R, Ins (1,4,5) P3 receptor; I1R, imidazoline - 1 receptor; JNK1, c - Jun N - terminal kinase 1; LC3, light chain 3; LD, Lafora disease; L - NAME, NG - nitro - L - arginine methyl ester; LRRK2, leucine - rich repeat kinase 2; MIPS, myo - inositol -1-phosphate synthase; mLST8, mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8; MND, motor neuron disease; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; mTORC, mTOR complex; MVB, multivesicular body; NAC, N - acetylcysteine; NBR1, neighbour of BRCA1 gene 1; NOS, nitric oxide synthase; p70S6K, ribosomal protein S6 kinase - 1; PD, Parkinson's disease; PDK1, phosphoinositide - dependent kinase 1; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PI3K, phosphoinositide 3 - kinase; PI3KC1a, class Ia PI3K; PI3KC3, class III PI3K; PI3KK, PI3K - related protein kinase; PINK1, PTEN - induced kinase 1; PKA, protein kinase A; PLC, phospholipase C; polyQ, polyglutamine; PS, presenilin; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted from chromosome 10; Rag, Ras - related GTP - binding protein; raptor, regulatory - associated protein of mTOR; Rheb, Ras homologue enriched in brain; rictor, rapamycin - insensitive companion of mTOR; SBMA, spinobulbar muscular atrophy; SCA, spinocerebellar ataxia; SLC, solute carrier; SMER, small - molecule enhancer of rapamycin; SMIR, small - molecule inhibitor of rapamycin; SNARE, N - ethylmaleimide - sensitive factor - attachment protein receptor; SOD1, copper / zinc superoxide dismutase 1; TFEB, transcription factor EB; TOR, target of rapamycin; TSC, tuberous sclerosis complex; ULK1, UNC -51-like kinase 1; UVRAG, UV irradiation resistance - associated gene; VAMP, vesicle - associated membrane protein; v - ATPase, vacuolar H + - ATPase; Vps, vacuolar protein sorting

CpG stimulation of precursor B lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia induces a distinct change in costimulatory molecule expression and shifts allogeneic T cells towards a Th1 response.

Intron a nucleic acid sequence that is NOT present in the final RNA molecule after the splicing process edits the precursor RNA molecule (pre-mRNA); see Exon.

It is responsible for most anabolic reactions, in which precursor molecules are joined together into larger molecules.

The first such precursor molecule is acetyl CoA, so a deficiency in acetyl CoA could be the culprit.

We've known for a long time that arachidonic acid (found in meats and animal products) is the direct precursor to pro-inflammatory molecules in the body.

And since beta - carotene is an important precursor molecule for Vitamin A, it also plays a role in the development of healthy skin as well as healthy and shiny coat.

Glucosamine is well - regarded as one of the precursor molecules of glycosaminoglycans which are, in turn, very important component of cartilage, the tissue that makes up the joints.

In Amyris's process, sugarcane stalks are crushed and the juices are then placed in 5,000 - liter fermenters with the company's engineered yeast, which makes a diesel - precursor moleculIn Amyris's process, sugarcane stalks are crushed and the juices are then placed in 5,000 - liter fermenters with the company's engineered yeast, which makes a diesel - precursor moleculin 5,000 - liter fermenters with the company's engineered yeast, which makes a diesel - precursor molecule.