Every day, our cells divide. Each time they need to copy both their DNA and the structure in which the DNA is packed. This ...

when cells are replicating, DNA forms organized structures called chromosomes. Members of the same species usually have DNA ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of ...

Every day, our cells divide. Each time they need to copy both their DNA and the structure in which the DNA is packed. This packaging, called chromatin, acts as a guide. It tells the cell how, where ...

Scientists at Vilnius University have developed a novel gene silencing method using a type IV-A CRISPR system that silences ...

Fearful memories are known to recruit neurons in a specific region of the brain called the amygdala. When we experience something frightening, the amygdala signals to other brain regions involved in ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Life Sciences Center (LSC) have discovered a unique way for cells to silence specific genes without cutting DNA. This ...

The histone proteins of complex cells are named H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. They are assembled into groups of eight, around which a ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science ...

However, when cells are replicating ... autosomes (chromosomes that don't code for sex-linked traits). In its structure, DNA contains a pattern for producing amino acids, proteins, lipids ...

Chromatin as a guide Every day, our cells divide. Each time they need to copy both their DNA and the structure in which the DNA is packed. This packaging, called chromatin, acts as a guide. It tells ...