Most eukaryotes also make use of small noncoding RNAs to regulate gene expression. For example, the enzyme Dicer finds double-stranded regions of RNA and cuts out short pieces that can serve in a ...

Scientists are exploring how gene expression patterns and their timing regulate cell differentiation. Today, researchers understand that the specialized, differentiated cell types of the adult ...

Our research in this area includes uncovering fundamental mechanisms that regulate how genes are turned on and off in normal cells and how the misregulation of these mechanisms can lead to cancer, as ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

which in turn regulate brain circadian gene expression patterns, neural plasticity, and sleep or wakefulness activity," says lead author Ian Maze, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator ...

The tiny strings of RNA promote translation of a protein implicated in cancer, a hint they could regulate gene expression in more ways than previously thought. Holly Barker is a freelance journalist ...

“In the past, people always thought that linker histones play an indirect role in regulating gene expression. This is the first case – in any species – to demonstrate that linker histones directly ...

One of their main areas of focus is enhancers—DNA control regions that regulate gene expression, often despite being ...

which in turn regulate brain circadian gene expression patterns, neural plasticity, and sleep or wakefulness activity," says lead author Ian Maze, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

Despite these findings, the precise mechanisms by which SCFAs regulate chromatin and gene expression remain unclear, necessitating further research to uncover their therapeutic potential.