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Archive for October 25th, 2007

A green skyscraper in Mumbai, India

Posted in Environment on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I know that this blog is not about the environment and related issues. But occasionally I come across some piece of information about green issues that grabs the attention and I could not suppress the urge to share it. This is one such  example. Mumbai will be getting its, supposed to be greenest, skyscraper soon. [...]

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piRNAs

Posted in Gene Expression, RNA silencing, RNAi on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNA) are a class small of RNA molecules that are expressed uniquely in mammalian spermatogenic cell lines. These are 26–31 nucleotides long and bigger that miRNAs and siRNAs. They are so named because of their capability of forming RNA-protein complexes with Piwi proteins. Piwi proteins are part of the family of Argonaute [...]

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