Using Novel Tool, Researchers Dig Through Cell 'Trash' And Find Treasure

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 14:28 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, researchers have found. Using a new technique, scientists have analyzed 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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