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Single gene regulates Casparian strip formation

[caption id="attachment_5408" align="alignright" width="300"] Casparian strip is made of lignin deposited between endodermal cells. MYB36 positively regulates genes required for both polymerizing lignin and locating lignin polymerizing machinery to the Casparian strip deposition site. Copyright…

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How to make chromosomes from DNA

Restoration of DNA structure shown to be prerequisite [caption id="attachment_5402" align="alignright" width="300"] *Model of condensin function revealed by the present study. © 2015 Takashi Sutani[/caption] Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered a long-overlooked…

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Mechanism of an enzyme for biofuel production

[caption id="attachment_5398" align="alignright" width="300"] The three-dimensional structure of cellobionic acid phopshorylase. © 2015 Shinya Fushinobu.[/caption] A University of Tokyo research group has revealed for the first time the three-dimensional structure and mechanism of action of…