Using novel tool, scientists dig through cell 'trash' and find treasure

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 03:14 in Biology & Nature

A person's trash can reveal valuable information, as detectives, historians and identity thieves well know. Likewise, a cell's 'trash' may yield certain treasures, University of Delaware researchers have found. Using a new technique they developed, scientists at UD's Delaware Biotechnology Institute analysed the cellular waste of one of the world's most-studied plants and discovered formerly hidden relationships between genes and the small molecules that can turn them off...

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