These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...
Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich ...
Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...
The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...
Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the "dark ...
Another protein central to this process is NuMA, which is essential for spindle pole organisation. Normally, NuMA gathers at ...
Researchers with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures ...
As Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a nationwide fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gov. Kathy Hochul says she’s seriously considering restarting New York’s redistricting ...