Cell function is determined by how DNA is expressed into proteins. That process includes two main steps—transcription, when ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers interested in improving a given trait in plants can now identify the genes that regulate the trait’s expression without doing any experiments. The Purdue-USDA team ...

While scientists have known for more than two decades that all cells use a strategy called RNA interference to regulate gene ...

The correct functioning of cells relies heavily on the ability to finely control gene expression, a complex process by which the information contained in DNA is copied into RNA to eventually give rise ...