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The expression of genes is regulated at many levels but one of the most important is regulation at the level of transcription. Transcription...

A recent paper on characterizing endogenous retrovirus sequences has attracted some attention because of a press release from Kyoto Universi...

There are a million potential transcription regulatory sites in the human genome. How many of these function as true regulatory sites? ...

John Mattick continues to promote the idea that he is leading a paradigm shift in molecular biology. He believes that he and his...

C. David Allis died on January 8, 2023. You can read about his history of awards and accomplishments in the Nature obituary with the provo...

The most important step in the regulation of protein-coding genes in E. coli is the rate of binding of RNA polymerase to the promoter regio...