The non-coding genome, once dismissed as "junk DNA", is now recognized as a fundamental regulator of gene expression and a ...

Corces and his colleagues identified a gene important for Drosophila development — modifier of mdg1 or mod (mdg1) — that produces two transcripts, one from each DNA strand. Exons I to IV are ...

This narrated animation illustrates the process of protein synthesis, starting with chromosomal DNA inside the cell's nucleus. A gene is transcribed into messenger RNA, which leaves the nucleus ...

Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA to create the diversity of wings seen in different species, according to new research.

Kouass Sahbani Saloua, Girouard Sonia, Cloutier Pierre, Sanche Léon, Hunting J. Darel, The Relative Contributions of DNA Strand Breaks, Base Damage and Clustered Lesions to the Loss of DNA ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with international institutions, has ...

The mechanism reveals that damages to non-coding DNA, which are often hidden, accumulate more in slowly proliferating tissues, such as those of the liver or kidneys. Unlike in organs that ...