In 2021, a technology developed at the University of Michigan, called Seq-Scope, revolutionized the ability to map gene ...

In theory, Rap30 could replace the linker histones in the promoter region, maintaining some of the architecture of the promoter, which could be important for stable preinitiation complex formation.

The HIV-1 Tat protein promotes viral transcription elongation by recruiting P-TEFb to RNA element TAR on the viral mRNA. Recent work from D'Orso and Frankel uncovers unexpected aspects of this process ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

A remarkably small bacterium containing fewer than 500 genes serves as the basis for one of the most detailed digital life ...

To support drug discovery, a new study has revealed fundamental features of the transcription cycle in the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.

EPFL researchers have developed a light-based method that can produce proteins that switch states, respond to signals, and even compute, using light and the cell cycle.

Researchers have created a method called optovolution that uses light to guide the evolution of proteins with dynamic behaviors. By engineering yeast cells so their survival depended on proteins ...

People often compare the genome to a computer's program, with the cell using its genetic code to process environmental inputs and produce appropriate responses. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...