Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

A signal-processing–based framework converts DNA sequences into numerical signals to identify protein-coding regions. By integrating spectral analysis and SVM classification, the approach improves ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Scientists at IOCB Prague are uncovering new details of gene transcription. They have identified a previously unknown molecular mechanism by which the transcription of genetic information from ...

In the murky waters of Ushiku-numa, a freshwater pond just northeast of Tokyo, a microscopic drama has been playing out for ...

Predicted 3D structures of the ancestral nitrogenase DDKK complex from oldest to modern.Holly Rucker/UW Madison NASA-supported scientists have ...

NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the ...

Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

The study, published in Genomic Psychiatry, identified how stress hormones activate specific RNA molecules called long ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of viruses – and possibly also into the origins of multicellular life. The virus ...