Nature Communications: CNIC scientists identify essential factors for limb formation

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

3 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

5 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

8 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...