The Human Genome Project is revealing many dramatic examples of how genes ... in building proteins. Biologically and chemically, there is no reason why this particular genetic code, rather than ...

Researchers try multiple means to get high-quality membrane proteins for X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy studies. As much as 30% of human genes code for ...

Depending on the definition, a gene may be considered a stretch of DNA that acts as instructions for protein production. Regions of DNA that do not code for proteins may also be considered genes if ...

When even one tiny section of a person’s genetic code becomes mutated or modified, cells can begin to act out of ...

The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA. Though it's a ...

The genome of a fly was one of the first to be decoded by scientists, a task already completed by the year 2000. Drosophila possesses around 15,000 genes containing information for proteins. By way of ...

Research into transcription factors deepen understanding of the 'language' of the genome, offering insights into human development.

Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes seemed like an open book ... set of instructions that cells use to produce proteins," says Samuel Sternberg, associate professor ...

New research has uncovered more about the complexity of human gene regulation by identifying certain sequences of proteins called transcription factors that bind to DNA and regulate the expression of ...