The human genome contains approximately 1,600 types of transcription factors responsible for regulating gene activity across ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing RNA in eukaryotic cells and eventually giving rise to proteins. Scientists ...

The mammalian elongation complex has remained a mystery – until researchers discovered how it controls its speed.

Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new wave of research is forcing a rethink, showing that the three-dimensional ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend.Biology has its own version. Cornell ...