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- initialism genetics
nucleosome remodeling factor ; one of several ISWI-containing protein complexes that catalyze ATP-dependent nucleosome sliding and facilitate transcription of chromatin in vitro.
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Examples
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Matunis believes that proteins similar to NURF will factor into whether a cell decides to change or not in other cell types.
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Now they showed that these same proteins also work with NURF to keep stem cells from changing.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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NURF keeps stem cells from changing in fruit fly testes, but whether NURF keeps other stem cells from changing still needs to be tested.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By genetically engineering flies to lack several proteins involved in packaging DNA, in the stem cells of the testes in fruit flies, the research team found that if the enzyme NURF is removed from testis stem cells, the stem cells disappeared.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"We still don't know what is happening in this case with how NURF regulates genes to keep stem cells from changing," says Matunis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"As soon as you remove NURF from these cells, they leave, so you have to take a lot of samples to see how the cells are moving, since we are not looking at living moving cells but rather individual flashes in time."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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