More importantly, there is a need to shed light on the basic biological functions of telomeres, like the mechanism involved in the trigger of cell senescence by telomere length or structure, how this is regulated and the possible interactions of telomeres with other chromosome regions.
Although the genes governing such basic biological functions as organ and blood development seem to be the same in both species, mice have far more genes involved in the sense of smell, sexual reproduction and immunity against pathogens.
This picture was simplified dramatically when it became apparent that all of these pathways could be linked to three basic biological functions: maintenance of the cell envelope, energy production and processing of genetic information.
First, a little brain chemistry 101: Melatonin is a hormone responsible for controlling basic biological functions, including body temperature and sleep cycles.
They're byproducts of normal cell activity, and without them, oxygen couldn't react with other molecules to maintain basic biological functions.
And I want it to be possible someday for feminists in Russia not to worry about how long they'll have control over their basic biological functions.
"Going to the bathroom, having sex, menstruating, bleeding, vomiting -- these are all basic biological functions that don't have an assigned value as good or bad," she said.
The hypothalamus is a collection of small nuclei, most of which are involved in basic biological functions.
Nucleolin is highly expressed in cells of the hematopoietic system and its important role for basic biological functions in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells has been recently demonstrated [38].
Examples of basic biological functions include cellular metabolic processes, nucleic acid metabolism, and translation [ 28– 30].
