A newly identified cellular system monitors subtle variations in genetic coding, hinting at a hidden level of control over ...

Human genes are written in long strings of three-letter units composed of four different nucleotides. These units—or ...

Paired Box 3 (PAX3) is a protein that plays a critical role in the formation of tissues and organs during embryonic ...

Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study ...

Cells rely on tiny molecules called microRNAs to tune which genes are active and when. Cells must carefully control the ...

An international team of researchers has taken an important step toward understanding how gene expression is controlled across the human genome. The research is published in the journal Nature. The ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk", may actually play powerful roles in regulating gene expression. Focusing ...

Compared with human-specific transcriptional factors, human-specific lncRNAs identified upon human lncRNAs’ orthologs in mammals have greatly evolved DNA-binding sites in archaic and modern humans in ...

Epigenome editing has followed a similar path, in that more recent technological breakthroughs have enabled scientists to apply the discoveries made in previous decades. Epigenome editing performs a ...