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transcription factors
Also known as: transcription factor
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Cellular rejuvenation: molecular mechanisms and potential ... - Nature nature.com Mar 14, 2023 4 facts
procedureTechniques for cellular reprogramming that trigger the switch from malignancy to benignity include the use of transcription factors, chemical cocktails, microRNAs, and exosomes.
claimCellular reprogramming mediated by specific transcription factors or epigenetic gene mutations initiates cancer.
referenceTranscription factors that affect longevity are evolutionarily conserved, as discussed in the 2020 paper 'Evolutionary conservation of transcription factors affecting longevity' published in Trends in Genetics.
referenceLongevity-promoting pathways and transcription factors respond to and control extracellular matrix dynamics during aging and disease, as discussed by Vidovic and Ewald in their 2022 Frontiers in Aging paper.
Immunity In Depth | Linus Pauling Institute lpi.oregonstate.edu 1 fact
claimLipids can regulate gene expression through the stimulation of membrane receptors or through the modification of transcription factor activity.
The Problem of Hard and Easy Problems cambridge.org Mar 31, 2023 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers' 'gene*' concept encompasses a wide range of biological and environmental factors, including chromosomes, plasmids, maternal RNA, transcription factors, DNA methylation, histone acetylation, mitochondria, and various environmental influences like drugs, pathogens, viruses, and prions.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceLabeling of epigenetic or transcription factors related to the expression of genes necessary for synaptic plasticity is indicative of extinction and reconsolidation processes, as reported by Sweatt (2009).
Rusty Gage, PhD - Salk Institute salk.edu 1 fact
referenceT. Ueba, B. Kaspar, X. Zhao, and Rusty Gage identified that a novel transcription factor represses human fibroblast growth factor 2, as published in the 1999 Journal of Biological Chemistry.