Specialized protein machines called SMC complexes (Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes) play a critical role in these ...
Scientists have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they ...
The biological factory that produces reproductive cells has a robust quality control system to identify and eliminate eggs ...
For the first time, a gene called DDX53 has been associated with the complex developmental disorder. Its identification is an ...
Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes.
A woman got routine bloodwork during her second pregnancy and was shocked when the test results came back: It suggested her ...
Cells also need to regulate the chromosome structure to enable its ... And strikingly, the team found that it did: the human SMC protein cohesin does indeed not only pull DNA into a loop, but ...
Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...
ABOVE: Scientists are exploring the relationship between the expression of ancient viral DNA and neurodegenerative disease ...