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Chang Yi Wang — Born December 19, 1951 (1951 12 19) (age 59) Taip … Wikipedia
Histone — In biology, histones are the chief protein components of chromatin. They act as spools around which DNA winds, and they play a role in gene regulation. Without histones, the unwound DNA in chromosomes would be very long. For example, each human… … Wikipedia
BK channel — KCNMA1 The domain structure of BK channels Identifiers Symbol KCNMA1 Alt. symbols SLO … Wikipedia
Regulation of gene expression — Gene modulation redirects here. For information on therapeutic regulation of gene expression, see therapeutic gene modulation. For vocabulary, see Glossary of gene expression terms Diagram showing at which stages in the DNA mRNA protein pathway… … Wikipedia
Symmetry (biology) — Bilateral symmetry redirects here. For bilateral symmetry in mathematics, see reflection symmetry. Symmetry in biology is the balanced distribution of duplicate body parts or shapes. The body plans of most multicellular organisms exhibit some… … Wikipedia
Siloxane — The siloxane unit A siloxane is any chemical compound composed of units of the form R2SiO, where R is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group. They belong to the wider class of organosilicon compounds. Siloxanes can have branched or unbranched… … Wikipedia
SMC protein — SMC proteins represent a large family of ATPases that participate in many aspects of higher order chromosome organization and dynamics.cite journal |author=Hirano T|title=The ABCs of SMC proteins: two armed ATPases for chromosome condensation,… … Wikipedia
Coral (precious) — Taxobox name = Precious coral image width = 250px image caption = Corallium rubrum regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Anthozoa subclassis = Alcyonaria ordo = Gorgonacea familia = Coralliidae genus = CoralliumPrecious coral or red coral … Wikipedia
Solenoid (DNA) — The solenoid defines the packing of DNA as a 30nm fiber of chromatin and results from the helical winding of at least five nucleosome strands. In eukaryotic cells, 146 bp of DNA are wrapped approximately 1.65 times around a histone octamer (each… … Wikipedia
CREB1 — CAMP responsive element binding protein 1, also known as CREB1, is a human protein and gene. This protein binds the cAMP response element, a DNA nucleotide sequence present in many viral and cellular promoters. The binding of CREB1 stimulates… … Wikipedia
