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Transcriptional Regulation
Transcriptional Regulation: In molecular biology and genetics, transcriptional regulation is the means by which a cell regulates the conversion of DNA to RNA, thereby orchestrating gene activity.
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AUG 03, 2021Genetics & Genomics
When a gene is active, it's transcribed from DNA to RNA, and a specific sequence in the genetic code acts like a sig ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Chemists have synthesized new compounds that can halt neurodegeneration linked to Alzheimer’s and other neurologic ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 23, 2021Genetics & Genomics
As imaging tools continue to get more sophisticated, researchers have been able to get a look at more biological process ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder that mostly affects girls; affected individuals develop normally until they're ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The common, two-stranded helical structure of DNA was discovered over one hundred years ago. Many researchers would go o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We carry two copies of each non-sex chromosome, and thus, two copies of most genes. For simplicity's sake, it's ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We'e sequenced the human genome, even the parts that are highly repetitive, don't code for protein, and are extremely ch ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
For many years, scientists have known about one of the most fundamental processes in biology, where cells use a DNA sequ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have now been able to capture an enzyme called RNA polymerase on video as it copies a DNA sequence into an R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene activity has to be carefully controlled by cells so that they maintain their identity and continue to carry out the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2021Microbiology
One of the most basic processes in life in the creation of proteins from mRNA molecules, which are transcribed from DNA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For over 100 years, scientists have been seeing speckles when they looked at stained nuclei in cells. Now researchers ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
While the human genome was sequenced many years ago, there was so much to learn about it beyond just its sequence, like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The study of the genome once seemed like a straightforward process: a specific short sequence of three nucleotide bases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Every cell contains our whole genome, but not all genes are turned on all the time; gene expression has to be very caref ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
For centuries, Chinese practitioners have used herbs to treat all kinds of ailments. New research has shown that one of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Glioblastoma is a very aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer that responds poorly to chemotherapy in children and a ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that by the year 2060, there will be 14 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
ChIP-Seq is a tool for analyzing the interactions between DNA and the proteins that bind to it, which influences gene ac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Ewing sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that tends to impact young people and occurs in bones or the tissue around them. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a robot that can analyze the effects of mutations that occur in portions of the genome that hel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
When a gene is active, it's transcribed from DNA to RNA, and a specific sequence in the genetic code acts like a sig
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Chemists have synthesized new compounds that can halt neurodegeneration linked to Alzheimer’s and other neurologic
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 23, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
As imaging tools continue to get more sophisticated, researchers have been able to get a look at more biological process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder that mostly affects girls; affected individuals develop normally until they're
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The common, two-stranded helical structure of DNA was discovered over one hundred years ago. Many researchers would go o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We carry two copies of each non-sex chromosome, and thus, two copies of most genes. For simplicity's sake, it's
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We'e sequenced the human genome, even the parts that are highly repetitive, don't code for protein, and are extremely ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
For many years, scientists have known about one of the most fundamental processes in biology, where cells use a DNA sequ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have now been able to capture an enzyme called RNA polymerase on video as it copies a DNA sequence into an R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene activity has to be carefully controlled by cells so that they maintain their identity and continue to carry out the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2021
Microbiology
One of the most basic processes in life in the creation of proteins from mRNA molecules, which are transcribed from DNA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For over 100 years, scientists have been seeing speckles when they looked at stained nuclei in cells. Now researchers ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
While the human genome was sequenced many years ago, there was so much to learn about it beyond just its sequence, like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The study of the genome once seemed like a straightforward process: a specific short sequence of three nucleotide bases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Every cell contains our whole genome, but not all genes are turned on all the time; gene expression has to be very caref
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
For centuries, Chinese practitioners have used herbs to treat all kinds of ailments. New research has shown that one of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Glioblastoma is a very aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer that responds poorly to chemotherapy in children and a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that by the year 2060, there will be 14 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
ChIP-Seq is a tool for analyzing the interactions between DNA and the proteins that bind to it, which influences gene ac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Ewing sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that tends to impact young people and occurs in bones or the tissue around them.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a robot that can analyze the effects of mutations that occur in portions of the genome that hel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch