Taking a structured approach to understanding proteins

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Growing knowledge about the vast number of genes that code for proteins has revealed that resolving the structure of every known protein is a daunting task. Biologists are undertaking a project to determine the structure of a core set of proteins that are representative of all protein types.

Proteins, Genomes, Protein conformation

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A new look at maternal guidance: parents pass on more than genes to their offspring, and these nongenetic contributions can have profound ecological and evolutionary implications

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Biologists are beginning to study non-genetic maternal contributions to offspring, which had previously been observed only anecdotally. By altering gene- regulating proteins, nutrients or incubation temperatures, mothers can alter the number, size and even the sex of their eggs or seeds.

Innovations, Nature and nurture, Ecological research, Parental behavior in animals, Animal parental behavior

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Fund fuels a resurgence of basic research

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The New Zealand government has established a program called the Marsden Fund to finance basic research. The fund is expected to increase to $15 million by 1997. It modifies a 1992 decision to devote government science aid to applied research.

Science and technology policy, New Zealand, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research

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