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Sudarsanam et al . undertook a study to ascertain which genes were controlled by the Snf2p/Swi1p chromatin-remodeling and transcriptional-activator complex subunits, whether the genes had any distinct regulatory roles, and how their regulatory roles compare in rich and minimal media ([ 12], and Figure 1b).
There is also the famous story of the Fukawi Pygmy tribe who frequently got lost in the jungles of Africa; in order to ascertain their whereabouts, they would stand on another's shoulders to peer over the long grass, crying, “Where the Fukawi?
This is noteworthy since a 7-2-7 sequence has been speculated for nucleating NarL interactions at other promoters [ 31 ] . Stoichiometry experiments are planned to ascertain the number of NarL molecules that bind the dmsA promoter region, as are studies to mutagenize one or more of the NarL binding sites to determine the importance of the NarL consensus binding sites at the dmsA promoter.
To ascertain whether increased caspase 3 activity in BRCA1+ cells could also affect DNA repair pathways, the DNA repair enzymes PARP, a known substrate of caspase 3, [ 27 ] and ERCC1, a repair protein not dependent on caspase 3 [ 35 ] were examined (Figure 4).
We used microarray time-course expression profiles as independent measurements to ascertain the accuracy of the captured expression patterns.