Tracy P. Hamilton
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| Quote (Albatrossity2 @ April 22 2010,17:04) | The latest issue of Science has a nice paper that demonstrates the principle, unknown to IDiots, that a new functionality can be generated by a loss of "information". Nakagawa et al. demonstrate that the enzyme known as "dicer", which is normally a ribonuclease, is converted by proteolysis to become a DNA-degrading enzyme during apoptosis. Mammalian cells have a DNAase that is used during apoptosis; this study was done in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, which does not have a homologous DNAase.
New functions generated by loss of protein "information"!
I'm sure that Casey will be covering this on EN&V quite soon. |
It is just microdicing.
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