Misleading flowers

Pattern The stomata in the leaf of a plant are more or less equally distributed. They are forming a pattern. But not at the moment of germination, then there are no stomata. Afterwards they are formed supper quickly. Researchers from America now discovered that already during embryo development this stomata pattern is being formed. TheContinue reading “Misleading flowers”

All at once by the clock

All at once by the clock What we see as the flower of a sunflower consist actually out of hundreds of tiny flowers. These develop one by one, from the outside in, forming a spiral. Till the moment of opening, that they do in groups, ring by ring, the outside ring first. But how theContinue reading “All at once by the clock”

Samen uniek

Samen uniek Transcriptie factoren reguleren voor een belangrijkdeel de transcriptie van genen. Maar welke genen een transcriptie factor afleest is sterk afhankelijk van waar het zich bevindt. Zo kan een transcriptie factor een verschillende genen reguleren in verschillende soorten weefsels. De grote vraag is dan ook: Hoe krijgt een transcriptie factor dat voor elkaar? NuContinue reading “Samen uniek”

Unique together

Unique together The regulation of genes is done for an important part by transcription factors. But which genes a transcription factor transcribes is strongly dependent on where it is. This allows a transcription factor to regulate different genes in different tissues. The big question is: How does it do this? Now researchers from the NetherlandsContinue reading “Unique together”