N - terminal
signal sequence of gp replaced by that of tissue plasminogen activator (tpa)-- cleaved from
Signal sequence of env replaced by tpa to direct secreation of rgp105 into culture medium
Not exact matches
After all, in a calculator, the pressing
of «2» followed by «+» followed by «3» followed by «=» leads to a
sequence of purely material (electronic) events that produce a final electronic
signal to display the number 5.
«Such losses are particularly critical in the auditory system, because they reduce the temporal precision
of signal transmission — and the quality
of our perception
of the acoustic environment is primarily dependent on rates
of action potential generation and precise neural computation
of their temporal
sequences.»
But to coax them down a specific path in the lab requires recreating the precise
sequence and timing
of environmental cues in the womb — the
signals from proteins and hormones that tell cells what kind
of tissue to become.
While the latter has a reputation for being hard to isolate, she explains that even degraded RNA generally contains enough intact
sequence to analyze — provided investigators can detect the scarce tumor
signals against the immense background
of other RNA molecules in a sample.
A second, well - understood form
of epigenetic
signaling, called DNA methylation, involves the addition
of a methyl group — a carbon atom plus three hydrogen atoms — to particular bases in the DNA
sequence.
By studying and comparing the structure
of unbound SRP with a
signal -
sequence bound SRP, a detailed picture
of the impact
of this binding is now available.
In order for newly - produced secretory or membrane proteins to find their final destination, the proteins have
signal -
sequences connected to themselves as a form
of address tag.
Detail
of a crystal structure
of unbound (right) and
signal -
sequence bound SRP forms (left,
signal sequence depicted in red).
Researchers at Umeå University show in a new, detailed structural study, published in the journal Nature Communications, how the binding
of the
signal -
sequence triggers a number
of structural changes within the SRP particle.
The structure
of the SRP
signal -
sequence complex is determined using x-ray crystallographic methods.
The researchers investigated how Suv39h1 employs a positive feedback loop to chemically tag thousands
of adjacent histones, thus
signaling the cell to stow away these underlying, unnecessary DNA
sequences.
But this part
of the project became «almost insignificant» when he discovered a
sequence - specific silencing
signal spreading through a plant, Voinnet says.
The link protocol is equipped with self - developed smart analog circuits that can rapidly align the receiver's clock with the arrival
of the incoming data, and detects the optical
signal sequences to rapidly turn the link system on and off.
Previous studies identified three sub-events at intervals
of 20 seconds in the seismic
signals recorded during the 1980 Irpinia earthquake
sequence, whose shared ground motion caused more than 3000 deaths and significant damage to structures.
The lizard's
signalling was reconstructed by digitising the position
of multiple body parts through the
sequence, subsequently combining the data from the two camera views to reconstruct the
signalling motion in 3D, Ms Bian said.
The scientists then subtracted the EEG
signals taken in response to a face
sequence from those
of a pattern - only
sequence to extract the unique signature associated with the face stimulus and tracked how this electric
signal evolved over time.
Still unclear is how the methuselah gene mutation makes flies more stress - resistant, but the amino acid
sequence of the protein it makes may be part
of a
signaling pathway that controls how well cells resist or repair these stresses.
«The computational approach allows us to model, right down to the atomic level, how small changes in protein
sequence can have a major impact on
signaling,» said MacDermaid, assistant professor
of research at Temple's Institute for Computational Molecular Science.
Three images, left to right,
of the same thundercloud depict a less - than -10-milliseconds-long
sequence of events: (left) formation within the cloud
of a small channel, or «leader,»
of electrical conductivity (yellow line) with weak emission
of radio
signals (ripples), to (middle) a burst
of both dark lightning (pink) and radio waves (larger ripples), to (right) a discharge
of bright lightning and more radio waves.
For Virginia Postrel, writing in The Atlantic back in 2007, it was dramas like CSI and Numb3rs that were making braininess sexy and imparting a «geeky glamour» to the airwaves — and that was before the rise - to - total - dominance
of House, a prime - time juggernaut whose climax each week involves a man having a scientific epiphany illustrated by an animated
sequence of a corpuscle misinterpreting a hormonal
signal from a gland.
The final component in this long series
of signal sequences is the Yorkie effector protein that is the decisive factor at the end
of the Hippo
signaling pathway and determines the start
of reactivation, growth, and division in the stem cells.
When an external
signal is detected by the cell, the other plasmid is also activated, leading to insertion
of its
sequences instead.
The result is a mixture
of background
sequences that record time and
signal sequences that change depending on the cell's environment.
In the absence
of an external
signal, only the recording plasmid is active, and the cell adds copies
of a spacer
sequence to the CRISPR locus in its genome.
As a result, they observed an interesting pattern — that the same components could both turn on and off some
of the steps in the
sequence — a phenomenon called paradoxical
signaling.
Top: Typical image
sequences (every 33 milliseconds)
of a raft domain undergoing
signaling (green) and a sphingomyelin analog (red).
«It's clear we lost the
signal from the lander, but we don't know where it happened in the
sequence of events,» Ferri says.
MESSAGE CORD A bundle
of animal hairs
signals the beginning
of a
sequence of twisted and knotted cords on an 18th century khipu from a Central Andean village.
Three - letter genetic
sequences are known as codons, and they can either code for an amino acid — the building blocks
of proteins — or act as stop
signals.
Small organic sensor molecules were prepared that bind and
signal the presence
of unlabeled tripeptides in a
sequence - selective manner.
The Viterbi algorithm can search for the most probable
sequence of two - speaker states to explain the total audio
signal.
By
sequencing the genes
of a population
of cells that all contain the program, researchers can determine the magnitude and duration
of the
signal: The more cells have the genetic mutation, the stronger or longer the
signal was.
Like many biological processes, it involves an entire
sequence of molecular
signals that result in the formation
of new cells and tissue.
That allows for more interactions between the pore and a DNA strand, which can degrade the electrical
signals of interest for
sequencing.
To the other jug she added two enzymes that targeted the
sequence that
signaled the presence
of a knight in the two threatened positions.
But in front
of it was a termination
sequence, flanked by two snippets that
signaled the DNA recombinase.
Whatever their limitations, the two reports
signal the dawn
of a new era in genome
sequencing and detecting changes in individual genomes.
The
sequence, called an ITAM (immunoreceptor tyrosine - based activation motif), encodes a piece
of protein that can by itself
signal immune system cells to multiply and go to work.
Signal molecules and proteins that have this
sequence trigger a reaction
of the cell.
Gene expression is regulated by epigenetics — patterns
of chemical
signals that are «above» the gene
sequence.
He plans to figure out how and if the
sequence of developmental
signals directs embryonic stem cells to transform into more specialized cell types.
Mostafa Ronaghi, Ph.D., Stanford Genome Technology Center, Palo Alto, Calif. $ 1.8 million (3 years) «Pyrosequencing Array for DNA
Sequencing» The principal investigator
of this team is an inventor
of pyrosequencing, which uses unmodified nucleotides and polymerases to synthesize DNA and a firefly enzyme to generate a chemiluminescent
signal.
Shannon entropy analysis
of the NS5 polymerase mature protein revealed that a G374E mutation, in a region that contributes to interferon resistance in other flaviviruses by interfering with JAK - STAT
signaling was present in both the Asian and American
sequences from the 2007 - 2008 Venezuelan outbreak, but was absent in the
sequences from the 2001 Venezuelan outbreak.
Many
of these
sequences are non-coding, such as regulatory
signals, structural sites and RNA genes.
The group
of researchers will work on further developing a highly integrated and parallel format with improved equipment for detection
of the chemiluminescent
signals resulting in a portable and inexpensive device for low - cost genome
sequencing.
Our discovery that this conservation also extends to the level
of HK transmembrane
signaling allowed us to design a test system, whereby transmembrane fusions can be rapidly developed and tested in bacteria and then, with the addition
of proper targeting
sequences, function in plants.
Our AST - VAC immunotherapy programs employ three common elements
of dendritic cells, telomerase antigen, and the LAMP
signal sequence to stimulate robust and specific immune responses to cancer cells (Figure 1).
To evaluate these options, the manuscript contrasts
sequence information from Egyptian and Ethiopian genomes and with a panel
of Eurasians, showing that Egyptians are the modern Africa population harboring the strongest
signal of that past migration and, hence, favoring a northern exit as the most likely route out
of Africa.