The information DNA contains is the instructions that the cell uses to make proteins. Proteins play a big part in determining the characteristics of specialised cells and whole organisms.

A cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA ...

Cornell researchers reveal that linker histones, previously thought to merely organize DNA, actively regulate gene expression ...

A single-letter change in the DNA that encodes the hemoglobin protein changes the structure of the protein ... copy the great majority of DNA into RNA. Humans copy at least 70% of our genome ...

FM, researchers can systematically analyze plant RNA, uncovering functional motifs that play key roles in gene expression and ...

It seems imagination is the only limit to AI-based protein design. But there's room for even more progress in 2025.

The latest version of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs’ AlphaFold model can predict the structure ... proteins, but “all of life’s molecules”, according to its developers. That includes ...

Yoshiki Ochiai, the paper's first author and Ph.D. student in the Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, tried to improve RNA methylation activity of a bacterial non-site-specific DNA ...

RNA-targeting compounds or small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) offer a potent means for controlling viral infections. An essential prerequisite to their design depends on identifying conserved and ...

The study highlights how EV-DNA packaging influences immune responses and its promise as a biomarker for assessing colorectal ...