Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Hair cells in the inner ear and Merkel cells of the skin have distinct similarities in their development. These hair cells specialize in capturing sound vibrations in the inner part of the ear, whereas Merkel cells of the epidermis can sense a touch at the surface […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Brief about Eukaryotic cell Prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells share some commonalities in structures such as plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and ribosomes. However, eukaryotes precede their ancestor by having membrane-bound organelles, the membrane-bound nucleus also referred to as a “True nucleus” and rod-shaped chromosomes. The genetic material of a eukaryotic cell is […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) is a repair pathway of the genomic DNA. The genomic DNA can be damaged due to a variety of endogenous and environmental mutagens such as exposure of the skin cells to UV radiations from the sun. Such DNA damage can be repaired by the nucleotide excision repair […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Retinoic acid (RA) is a primary bioactive metabolite found in vitamin A. It induces various important effects in cell growth and differentiation for both embryonic development and adult physiology. So, the retinoids have a crucial function in human physiology including fertilization, foetal development, they can also modulate immunity and vision and […]
