High-resolution structures explain the mechanism of human PNPase and provide insights into mutations causing hereditary ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

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Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

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Quantum physics is usually associated with particle colliders and vacuum chambers, not with the proteins quietly shuttling ...

A virus carried by 95% of adults from childhood may trigger bladder cancer decades later by damaging cells during immune ...

Uruguayan scientists have transformed an enzyme from Antarctica into an active ingredient for younger, healthier skin.

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

Multi-omics analyses reveal redundant functions of yeast mRNA decapping activators Scd6 and Edc3 in facilitating recruitment of helicase Dhh1 and accelerating degradation of transcripts required for ...