Choreographing the bacterial cell cycle
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Researchers have identified a gene called ctrA that regulates the development of flagellum in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus and controls other life-cycle events. This is the first documentation of a mechanism for directly regulating global cell cycle events.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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Protein builds second skeleton
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Researchers have discovered that fibrodysplasia ossificans progressia is the result of a genetic defect that causes the patient's lymphocytes to produce morphogenic protein-4 (BMP-4). BMP-4 gradually converts connective tissue to bone, immobilizing the patient.
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Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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