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Response written by: Elphège Nora, PhD - postdoctoral researcher in Edith Heard's laboratory, Institut Curie
Each cell of the body produces molecules known as proteins. The structure of proteins...
Read more...Response written by: Elphège Nora, PhD - postdoctoral researcher in Edith Heard's laboratory, Institut Curie
Germ cells of human beings (and all other organism actually) are unfortunately unable...
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Thale cress or Mouse-ear cress. A genus of flowering plants belonging to the mustard family (Brassicaceae). The Arabidopsis thaliana species is most commonly used in genetic research. The entire genome has been sequenced making this plant invaluable for functional genetic research. It plays the role for plant science that mouse and fruit fly (Drosophila) play in human biology.
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