Researchers at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared ...

Much of the phenotypic variation that is observed within and between species is the result of differences in gene regulation: specifically when, where and how much the genes are expressed. Given the ...

Studying gene expression in a cancer patient's cells can help clinical biologists understand the cancer's origin and predict ...

Inside every cell, thousands of molecular signals collide, overlap, and compensate, obscuring the true drivers of gene expression. Scientists have now developed a way to silence that cellular noise, ...

David Rand, a professor of natural history at Brown University, explains how studying mitochondria — the cell's energy producers — offers a useful way to understand complex gene-by-gene or ...

New research suggests that alternative splicing may have an even greater influence on biology than just by creating new protein isoforms. The study shows that the biggest impact of alternative ...

The expression of genes has to be carefully regulated in cells; active genes give cells their identity and ability to function. Epigenetic features are just one way that cells control gene expression, ...

Propagation of expression noise from mRNA to protein level is influenced by variation in availability of ribosomal machinery.

Plants are constantly exposed to a wide array of biotic and abiotic stresses in their natural environments, posing ...

A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Catherine Peña and Associate Professor of Molecular Biology ...