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NSF backs bioinformatics approach to understanding plant RNA modifications

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Led by Boyce Thompson Institute’s Andrew Nelson, four partners will identify RNA modifications and develop resources that may lead to hardier crops Credit: Photo credit: Anna Nelson Dittrich ITHACA, NY, August 4, 2020 — RNA perform a variety of functions in cells, helping with everything from regulating genes to building proteins.

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Localized the gene for blue plum skin

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Researchers from CRAG and IRTA find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence of anthocyanins, a group of plant antioxidant pigments with health-promoting effects Credit: CRAG-IRTA The presence and accumulation of the antioxidant pigment anthocyanin dictates fruit hue in plums, and the synthesis of this compound (..)

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Sensyne, Oxford University deploy AI to find asthma targets

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The three-year project – led by respiratory medicine expert Dr Timothy Hinks from the Oxford University Respiratory Medicine Unit – will use whole-genome sequencing of around 500 patients with severe asthma, comparing their gene sequences with control subjects who don’t have asthma. Dr Timothy Hinks.

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Long search finds grain of hope in the glume

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Credit: John Innes Centre Researchers have found the elusive genetic element controlling the elongated grains and glumes of a wheat variety identified by the renowned botanist Carl Linnaeus more than 250 years ago. Wheat, in bread, pasta, […].

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Shattering expectations: novel seed dispersal gene found in green millet

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Road trips result in the first shattering gene found in a wild population ST. LOUIS, MO — For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg, PhD, member and Robert E.

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Cancer Research UK partnership aims to back 10 new startups

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The two organisations have previously collaborated on the creation of three cancer therapeutics companies, including bacterial delivery system developer Neobe therapeutics, oncolytic virus therapy company Stratosvir, and bioinformatics specialist Enedra.

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Barley pan-genome: IPK scientists reach milestone on the way to ‘transparent’ barley

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Credit: Photo: IPK Leibniz Institute/ Andreas Bähring In order to record all genetic information of an individual, its genome must be completely decoded. But to understand the genetic information of the entire barley species, much more […].

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