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Control element

Control element

generic term for a region of dna, such as a promoter or enhancer adjacent to (or within) a gene that allows the regulation of gene Expression by the binding of transcription factors.


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Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)

... a maximum age after which the organism dies, and there's an age when an element will become an adult. Before this age each element will follow the ... to growth: I actually thought about disease as a great way to control growth but I'm still trying an implementation that makes sense and ...

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by Smig
Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:25 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)
Replies: 11
Views: 3217

Re: How does a cell know how big it is?

... that a volume/surface area mathematical limit is effectively the control element. Coenocytic fungi are effectively huge continuous cells (with no crosswalls) as are ...

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by JorgeLobo
Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:42 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: How does a cell know how big it is?
Replies: 4
Views: 584

Re: Parthenogenesis(ZW) – CREATION of birds

... one thing, I am no evolutionary biologist, so I am very much out of my element here. But logic is logic. There is such a thing as parthenogenesis, ... In the case of the latter it seems as if you are contrasting the control or existence of sexual reproduction as a collection of genes as distinct ...

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by blcr11
Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:27 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Parthenogenesis(ZW) – CREATION of birds
Replies: 17
Views: 2316

The Fiber Disease

... commercial use. In addition a strain of bakers' yeast with an altered control element has also been approved for commercial use in the UK. Genetically modified viruses, ...

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by London
Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:54 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
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How do we die?

... the time our body, so we die. But also, there is (possibly) a prorammed element of the dearth, such telomerloss at the some cells. But why it is develop at the evolution? For control by the cells?

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by Locus
Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:44 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How do we die?
Replies: 49
Views: 7212
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