News articles tagged with 'polymerase'
Novel mechanism for control of gene expression revealed
— 5 Mar 2011 13:03 | HealthDr David Levin, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Professor of Microbiology at Boston University School of…
Scientists show how men amp up their X chromosome
— 3 Mar 2011 12:32 | HealthWhat makes a man? His clothes? His car? His choice of scotch? The real answer, says Brown University biologist Erica Larschan, is the newly understood activity of a protein complex…
Collisions of protein machines cause DNA replication derailment
— 24 Feb 2011 19:44 | BiologyScientists have published results that will forever change the way researchers view the interplay between gene expression, DNA replication and the prevention of DNA damage…
Chaperone enzyme provides new target for cancer treatments
— 19 Jan 2011 17:05 | HealthUNC scientists who study how cells repair damage from environmental factors like sunlight and cigarette smoke have discovered how a 'chaperone' enzyme plays a key role in cells' ability…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology IDs new cancer drug target
— 9 Nov 2010 12:31 | HealthSuppressing cancer cells' ability to replicate damaged DNA could dramatically enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, according to a new pair of papers from…
Penn study identifies molecular guardian of cell's RNA
— 26 Oct 2010 12:59 | HealthWhen most genes are transcribed, the nascent RNAs they produce are not quite ready to be translated into proteins - they have to be processed first. One of those processes is called…
UM scientists demonstrate role of RNA polymerase in gene transcription
— 16 Jul 2010 12:38 | HealthIn all organisms, RNA synthesis is carried out by proteins - known as RNA polymerases (RNAPs) - that transcribe the genetic information from DNA in a highly-regulated, multi-stage process.…
Researchers find structural basis for incidence of skin cancers in a genetic disorder
— 24 Jun 2010 13:01 | HealthResearchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found why patients with a variant form of xeroderma pigmentosum (XPV), an inherited genetic disorder characterised by extreme sensitivity…
Flu's evolution strategy strikes perfect balance
— 11 Jun 2010 10:57 | HealthScientists have uncovered the flu's secret formula for effectively evolving within and between host species: balance. The key lies with the flu's unique replication process, which has…
DksA polices the intersection of replication and transcription
— 14 May 2010 13:18 | HealthDr Jue D. (Jade) Wang, assistant professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, focuses her attention on replication - the process by which a strand of DNA…