Why are lemons sour? Delve into the genetic explanations behind the tartness of lemons and their production of citric acid.

In an article published in Molecular Cell, scientists have discovered how the three-dimensional organization of DNA in our ...

Lemons owe their signature tang to citric acid, yet the molecular mechanisms governing its accumulation have long remained a ...

Researchers developed an epigenetic editing approach to silence the PCSK9 gene, achieving long-term cholesterol reduction ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped these damages has revealed that the way ...

Other cytosine modifications include: 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC): An oxidized form of 5mC that is involved in DNA demethylation and gene regulation. 5-Formylcytosine (5fC) and 5-Carboxylcytosine ...

Published in Cell Genomics, the research explored how the copy number variation, or CNV, of certain DNA segments can influence cognitive abilities. Analyzing the CNV of nearly 260,000 people in ...

The following is a summary of “Histone Modifications and DNA Methylation in Psoriasis: A Cellular Perspective,” published in ...

As well as being essential in the precise packaging of DNA into the space of the nucleus, histone proteins are also the site ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped the DNA damages caused by smoking, reveals that the way our DNA is organized and chemically modified can influence ...