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Sugarcoating fruit fly development

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

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Scientists discover that sugar tags on nuclear proteins have an important developmental function
Proteins are the executive agents that carry out all processes in a cell. Their activity is controlled and modified with the help of small chemical tags that can be dynamically added to and removed from the protein. 25 years after its first discovery, [...]

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Why silkworms find mulberries attractive

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin.

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A new study published online on May 7th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has found the source of silkworms’ attraction to mulberry leaves, their primary food source. A jasmine-scented chemical emitted in small quantities by the leaves triggers a single, highly tuned olfactory receptor in the silkworms’ antennae, they show.
The results are contrary [...]

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