The mammalian elongation complex has remained a mystery – until researchers discovered how it controls its speed.

A collaborative study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, and University of Southern California reports ...

Gene expression is linked to RNA transcription, which cannot happen without RNA polymerase. However, this is where the similarities between prokaryote and eukaryote expression end. Central to the ...

There are only about 20,000 different genes in the human genome, yet our bodies are filled with an incredible diversity of cell types performing innumerable functions. The key to that diversity in ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

This image illustrates the process of gene transcription within a cell. The DNA double helix unwinds to expose a specific sequence, allowing RNA polymerase to synthesize a complementary pre-mRNA ...

Images of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. In the plant on the right, the activity of the protein-RNA complex "U1 snRNP" was artificially reduced. The plants are 21 days old. Plants have a ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine have found widespread genetic and protein changes in the brain cells of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which ...