{"id":2545,"date":"2019-01-19T21:32:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T12:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/163.180.4.222\/lab\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2019-01-19T22:27:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T13:27:07","slug":"%eb%89%b4%ec%8a%a4-g%ef%bb%bfaps-in-our-genes-are-more-important-than-we-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biochemistry.khu.ac.kr\/lab\/?p=2545","title":{"rendered":"G\ufeffaps in our genes are more important than we thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Introns, the bits of non-coding DNA scattered through our genes, may play an important role in cell survival<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear cleared pull--both\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"align-left\">\n<div class=\"article__body serif cleared\">\n<div class=\"embed intensity--high\">\n<div class=\"ratio--16-9\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PjhhQyJkCvo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Introns are short stretches of non-coding DNA interspersed with the coding DNA in the genes of eukaryotic organisms. They are widespread and common but their evolutionary benefit isn&#8217;t clear. This film explores some of the proposed explanations for introns, including a new idea based recent research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"emphasis\">doi: 10.1038\/d41586-019-00202-0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(\uc6d0\ubb38: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-00202-0?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nature%2Frss%2Fcurrent+%28Nature+-+Issue%29\">\uc5ec\uae30<\/a>\ub97c \ud074\ub9ad\ud558\uc138\uc694~)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Introns, the bits of non-coding DNA scattered through our genes, may play an important role in cell survival &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Introns are<a href=\"https:\/\/biochemistry.khu.ac.kr\/lab\/?p=2545\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,34,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-do-biology","category-lets-do-chemistry","category-lets-do-science","category-recent-science-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2523,"url":"https:\/\/biochemistry.khu.ac.kr\/lab\/?p=2523","url_meta":{"origin":2545,"position":0},"title":"Cryptic DNA sequences may help cells survive starvation","author":"biochemistry","date":"January 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Stretches of non-coding DNA in genes called introns could have an important survival function. \u00a0 Non-coding 'intron' DNA can help yeast cells survive at times of stress.Credit: Michael Abbey\/Science Photo Library Patches of seemingly meaningless DNA dotted throughout the genome might actually have a function: helping cells to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Let's Do Biology!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Let's Do Biology!","link":"https:\/\/biochemistry.khu.ac.kr\/lab\/?cat=33"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":957,"url":"https:\/\/biochemistry.khu.ac.kr\/lab\/?p=957","url_meta":{"origin":2545,"position":1},"title":"Oaks last 800 years with help of DNA double take","author":"biochemistry","date":"June 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 (\uc6d0\ubb38) \u00a0 \u00a0 The long lifespan of the pedunculate oak, also known as the English oak, may stem from an extra helping of genes for disease resistance. 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