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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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...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
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Until the incredibly infectious Omicron variant emerged and took over, it seemed like there was a never-ending stream of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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Health & Medicine
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...
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FEB 27, 2023
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...
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...
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Katie Kokolus
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...
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Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2023
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
One lab drops two papers touting the clearance of protein aggregation in ALS
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
FEB 06, 2023
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell function and identity depend on when and where genes that are expressed in that cell. The same types of cells have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2023
Neuroscience
By controling the activity of an enzyme called CHIP, three proteins regulate tau. Now the genes for these three trouble
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
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...
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...
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...
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Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 03, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can easily assess what genes are being expressed in a tissue by using a method like RT-PCR that precisely an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Separating single cells from their sample matrix without compromising cell integrity is a balancing act. Single cell RNA
...
Sponsored By:
PerkinElmer
DEC 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Twins can provide researchers with a unique opportunity to investigate how a trait might be influenced by genetics or by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The way certain genes are expressed in aging organisms seems to be significantly impacted by events that happen earlier
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool has changed biomedical research, and has even been used in the clinic in a few cases t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Tumors use our own immune systems against us by coaxing regulatory T cells to keep antitumor immune response low. But re
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 29, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now discovered yet another way that MYC proteins can promote cancer. MYC has been called a master regula
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
MicroRNAs are small (between just 21 and 23 nucleotides), non-coding RNA molecules. They are involved in the post-transc
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud