One small compartment inside the nucleus has come into focus with regards to aging: the nucleolus. Its main job is simple and ...

A single iron-sulfur building block directly determines whether ribosomes—the protein factories of our cells—work smoothly or ...

USDA researchers pinpointed a key region in the watermelon genome linked to resistance against powdery mildew, a common ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have ...

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DNA evidence has helped solve the murders of four teenage girls in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, more than three decades ago. Police announced Friday that Robert Eugene Brashers had been linked to ...

The first and second internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (B. tenagophila, B. occidentalis, and B. t. guaibensis) were sequenced ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. During brain development, neural progenitor ...

This valuable study is a detailed investigation of how chromatin structure influences replication origin function in yeast ribosomal DNA, with a focus on the role of the histone deacetylase Sir2 and ...