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LUC7 proteins play crucial role in efficient RNA splicing
RNA splicing is a cellular process that is critical for gene expression. After genes are copied from DNA into messenger RNA, portions of the RNA that don't code for proteins, called introns, are cut ...
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LUC7 Proteins Play Key Role in RNA Splicing Control
RNA splicing is a cellular process that is critical for gene expression. After genes are copied from DNA into messenger RNA, portions of the RNA that don't code for proteins, called introns, are cut ...
Molecular Mystery Solved: “Useless” RNA Segments Actually Help Cells Fight Stress
This study is the first to demonstrate that certain tRNA introns influence gene expression. Scientists have discovered that ...
The Economist14h
Gene editing has put biological research on a new trajectory
When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...
3D structure of the social amoeba genome sheds light on the transition to multicellularity
Each cell of the human body contains two meters of DNA. The whole secret lies in the intricate three-dimensional arrangement that allows DNA strands to be efficiently organized and compacted within ...