cell cycle
noun
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According to Prakash, this is potentially the first clear evidence that this cell cycle is controlled by an ecological parameter.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
During the cell cycle, centrosomes double in size, split into two, then move to opposite sides of the cell.
—Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Tumor suppressing genes, Tejada-Martinez explained, are considered among the most important anti-cancer responses in the body, and are involved in hundreds of biological functions including DNA damage repair, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis (a cell's death).
—Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 5 Mar. 2021
Some of the most critical modifications affect PER proteins, which manage much of the cell cycle by turning other genes (like those that break down lipids or cause cell division) on or off, depending on the time of day.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2016
Among its many functions are import and export packaging of RNA from the nucleus, synthesis of genomic RNA, cell cycle manipulation of the host cell, and suppression of interferon responses to name a few.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
This gene is considered a master regulator of the cell cycle and without it, cells are transformed and immortalized into the continually-dividing cells common to all cancers.
—Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
But being able to place a fossilized cell into a specific spot within the cell cycle is quite new in paleontology.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
But this time, in addition to observing the normal cell cycle under the microscope, the researchers were able to tweak the process without a mutation in a follow-up experiment.
—Katrina Miller, Wired, 8 July 2021
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
During the cell cycle, centrosomes double in size, split into two, then move to opposite sides of the cell.
—Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Tumor suppressing genes, Tejada-Martinez explained, are considered among the most important anti-cancer responses in the body, and are involved in hundreds of biological functions including DNA damage repair, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis (a cell's death).
—Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 5 Mar. 2021
Some of the most critical modifications affect PER proteins, which manage much of the cell cycle by turning other genes (like those that break down lipids or cause cell division) on or off, depending on the time of day.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2016
Among its many functions are import and export packaging of RNA from the nucleus, synthesis of genomic RNA, cell cycle manipulation of the host cell, and suppression of interferon responses to name a few.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
This gene is considered a master regulator of the cell cycle and without it, cells are transformed and immortalized into the continually-dividing cells common to all cancers.
—Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
But being able to place a fossilized cell into a specific spot within the cell cycle is quite new in paleontology.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
But this time, in addition to observing the normal cell cycle under the microscope, the researchers were able to tweak the process without a mutation in a follow-up experiment.
—Katrina Miller, Wired, 8 July 2021
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