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Transcription is the first step in gene expression in which genetic information is copied from a DNA to an RNA format. Transcription is controlled by proteins known as transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes.
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DEC 26, 2015
Cardiology
Growth of heart tissue is beneficial when the human body is young and growing. Heart expansion that occurs once the hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 04, 2015
Immunology
The germinal center of the immune system plays a complicated dual role in the body: vitally selecting B cells secreting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Staphylococcus pneumoniae are a species of bacteria known for their significant impact on the upper respiratory tract. T
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 04, 2015
Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 24, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
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...
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Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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Sarah Hertrich
SEP 17, 2015
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...
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SEP 11, 2015
Cancer
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...
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SEP 08, 2015
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2015
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...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 26, 2015
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Cancer researchers, always looking for more effective and less toxic approaches to stopping the disease, recently launch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 24, 2015
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...
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AUG 23, 2015
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...
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...
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...
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APR 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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APR 29, 2015
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...
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Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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Judy O'Rourke
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Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 16, 2015
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Microbiology
If you thought bacteria were "loners," molecular biologist Kevin Griffith of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard