Category: Biology
Pioneering approach advances study of CTCF protein in transcription biology
L to R: Beisi Xu, Ph.D., Chunliang Li, Ph.D.; Judith Hyle; Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Ph.D. Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital CTCF is a critical ... Read More
Stunningly detailed blueprint revealed of viral genome replication machinery
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain RNA viruses, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, are in a life-and-death race the moment they infect a cell. These ... Read More
New research shows poor insecticide policy led to countless needless malaria cases
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study on the use of insecticides on anti-mosquito bed-netting has proven that thousands of people needlessly contracted malaria due ... Read More
Fish sensory organ key to improving navigational skills of underwater robots
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists, led by University of Bristol, have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behavior which could ... Read More
‘Friend or foe’ bacteria kill their algal hosts when coexisting is no longer beneficial
Transcriptional profiling of Sulfitobacter D7 in response to dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and additional Emiliania huxleyi infochemicals reveals the signaling role of DMSP. (a) Time course of ... Read More
Stress may trigger male crucian carp defense against predators
Expression of the four genes with strongest support for sex-specific differential expression across predator treatments. In the predator treatment, all of these genes showed greater ... Read More
Study reveals dynamics of DNA ligation during genome replication
AlphaFold prediction of the Lig1–PCNA complex. a First ranked model showing the Lig1 N-terminal region (residues 1-263) and Lig1 Core (residues 264-919) as yellow and ... Read More