Publications by authors named "Michael Ream"
Background: Transgenic plants expressing proteins that target the eggs of the ubiquitous plant pest Bemisia tabaci (whitefly) could be an effective insecticide strategy. Two approaches for protein delivery are assessed using the mCherry reporter gene in transgenic tomato plants, while accommodating autofluorescence in both the plant, phloem-feeding whitefly and pedicle-attached eggs.
Results: Both transgenic strategies were segregated to homozygous genotype using digital PCR.
Article Synopsis
- Transcription factors (TFs) are important proteins that help guide how stem cells behave, including how they grow and develop.
- Scientists studied certain TFs using a special technique to look at individual cells from human stem cells and found that SOX7, SOX17, and SOX18 were more active in a specific type of stem cell called endothelial progenitors (EPs).
- They discovered that increasing SOX17 made it much easier for these stem cells to change into cells that can become blood vessels, highlighting how important SOX17 is in helping stem cells become EPs.