“Avishai examined the behavior of dozens of proteins post-UV exposure, and surprisingly discovered a significant rise in the level of a relatively unexplored protein called Ly6a,” Levy said. “This ...

A new approach for identifying new cellular RNA targets of snoRNAs uncovered thousands of previously unknown targets ...

University of Chicago scientists have expanded our understanding of snoRNAs, discovering their extensive influence on ...

Dynamic, reversible modifications of DNA and RNA regulate how genes are expressed and transcribed, which can influence ...

Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago and co-senior author of the paper. “We already see that they play a ...

A recently published study by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that a tiny protein called PNA5 ...

Splicing accuracy enhanced This process is crucial for the life of the cell. "The spliceosome is composed of multiple components that secure production of functional proteins controlling cellular life ...

A new process that is essential to the synthesis of cellular proteins has been discovered by an international research team.

Genes contain the essential building instructions for life, guiding cells on which amino acids to assemble in what sequence to produce specific proteins. The human genome codes for about 20,000 such ...

Deep-sea microbes consume alkanes, reducing oceanic and atmospheric pollution, and a new study reveals they utilize a unique metabolic pathway. This discovery challenges previous beliefs about ...