Nature Communications: CNIC scientists identify essential factors for limb formation

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

5 years ago
Meis transcription factors, limb buds, biomolecules

The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that Meis transcription factors are essential for the formation and antero-posterior patterning of the limbs during embryonic development

First patient affected by a mutation in the nucleoside transporter SLC28 gene family

by Universitat de Barcelona

7 years ago
nucleoside transporters, hCNT1 protein, biomolecules, biomarkers

A research team has described the first case of a patient affected by dysfunctions in a nucleoside transporter of the SLC28 gene family, which brings a set of genes which were not related to human pat...

CiQUS researchers present a new method for detecting a natively folded RNA hairpin (TAR)

by Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials

11 years ago
ARN, natively folded RNA hairpin (TAR), biomolecules

The strategy is based on the modification of a viral protein with a luminescent lanthanide ion. The folding of the protein upon binding to the RNA results in increased emission and selective detection...