Sentences with phrase «regulate cellular processes»

«Growth factors» sounds vague, but in fact they are important naturally occurring substances that stimulate cell growth and regulate cellular processes.

«RNA is the blueprint through which genes regulate cellular processes,» says Oliver Rackham at the University of Western Australia.

The researchers discovered that from one stage to another, Capsaspora's suite of proteins undergoes extensive changes, and the organism uses many of the same tools as multicellular animals to regulate these cellular processes.

They suspect that non-coding RNAs might play a role in regulating cellular processes or in the modified immune response following exposure to environmental toxicants.

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Due to the major importance of iron in a wide variety of cellular processes, and the harm caused by its uncontrolled accumulation in the body, its uptake and storage is strictly regulated.

«TIA - 1 is known for its ability to regulate gene expression during cellular stress,» says Hewett, who studies the processes that suppress the severe electrical storms in the brain, leading to seizures.

Among their many functions, signaling pathways regulate biological processes required for cellular survival.

Because the amount of ROS present in cells is tightly regulated by iron - dependent processes in the mitochondria (the cellular compartments in which energy is generated), the researchers had proposed iron import into the mitochondria to be essential for this process.

That is when studies finally convinced scientists that the minuscule RNA snippets they had taken to calling «microRNA» were regulating cellular and genetic processes throughout the human body and were critical factors in the determination of health and disease.

The ability of PARP1 to control cellular processes is regulated by nucleosomes — the basic unit of DNA packaging, consisting of a segment of DNA wound in sequence around eight histone protein cores, similar to a thread wrapped around a spool.

While normal RNA regulation involves regulated and reversible assembly of RNA - protein particles, both increased cellular age and mutation push the process towards hyperassembly, which leads to altered pools of RNA or RNA regulatory proteins in neurons that contribute to their eventual death.

The consistent segregation of these regions, in the same way in every cell, suggests that these processes could drive chromosome and genome folding and thus regulate important cellular events such as DNA replication and cell division.

In the past 27 years, we have found that this cycling sugar modification of proteins — called O - linked N - acetylglucosamine, or O - GlcNAc — is nearly as common as protein phosphorylation and often competes with it at the same or proximal sites on proteins to regulate nearly every cellular process in response to nutrients and stress.

The research focus of the laboratory is to better understand the functions of ADAR and the cellular processes regulated by A-to-I RNA editing and to identify possible human diseases caused by malfunction of these processes.

Multiple effects of a novel epothilone analog on cellular processes and signaling pathways regulated by Rac1 GTPase in the human breast cancer cells.

To identify novel genes and conserved cellular processes that regulate the biology of K2P channels in vivo we take advantage of the powerful genetic tools available in the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Another TOR - regulated process is autophagy, a cellular recycling process.

SIRT1 deacetylation by the NAD + salvage pathway may regulate the cellular redox system, the energetic process underlay ROS production.

Wnt / beta - catenin signaling is a tightly regulated, multi-functional pathway involved in in many cellular processes, including cellular decisions about proliferation versus differentiation.

The embryonic Drosophila central nervous system similar to the human spinal cord is a paradigm for understanding the cellular processes and genetic pathways regulating the formation and maintenance of a diverse population of nerve cells.

Dr. Loftus» research is aimed at understanding how the human genome regulates gene expression, with a focus on how this controls the cellular processes governing mammalian development.

ATF2 is a protein that can regulate a vast array of gene expression and therefore can contribute to many cellular behaviors and processes.

Post-transcriptional control processes regulate the rate and timing of protein production and are of central importance to proper cellular function.

As part of the Genomics, Development and Disease Section (GDDS), Dr. Loftus» research focus is on understanding the cellular processes regulating melanocyte function.

Actin dynamics and organisation are tightly regulated processes responsible for the range of different and specific cellular functions in response to various stimuli.

In response to DNA damage, the checkpoint regulates and coordinates many cellular processes critical for genomic stability, including cell cycle progression, DNA repair, DNA replication, and apoptosis.

The ability to measure the degree of cellular senescence is important in understanding the biological processes regulating cell aging and immortalization.

Posttranscriptional control processes regulate the rate and timing of protein production and are of central importance to proper cellular function.

A subclass of ncRNA transcripts are encoded by highly regulated, multi-exon, transcriptional units, are processed like typical protein - coding mRNAs and are increasingly implicated in regulation of many cellular functions in eukaryotes.

We are investigating the potential role of RNase L in prostate cancer by focusing on basic cellular processes regulated by RNase L including autophagy and apoptosis.

We have several ongoing projects designed to uncover the molecular mechanisms that regulate endocytosis, and to determine its involvement in normal cellular processes and cancer.

Regulate interrelated functioning of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, hormones, etc. in the body's cellular metabolic processes.

Your body makes GLA out of omega - 6 linoleic acid and uses it in the production of substances called prostaglandins, localized tissue hormones that regulate many processes at the cellular level.

• Help regulate oxygen uses and energy production • Important in nerve, muscle and cellular functions • Play a vital role in cognitive function, including memory and mood • Involved in regulation of metabolism, body temperature, blood sugar and insulin control, thyroid function, carbohydrate metabolism and control over hormonal processes • Lubricate joints and improve mineralization of bones • Help transport cholesterol • Improve digestion of the gut • Build the immune system and regulate inflammatory response • Can help direct the processes that stimulate fat breakdown and utilization • Helps regulate blood pressure

Chlorella has very high levels of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), which help regulate gene activity, cellular function, detoxification, and is very effective in slowing down the aging process through supporting cellular repair.